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John Alexander vs Mark Cox Head to Head Tennis Stats and Match Analysis

John Alexander seasons:19851984198319821981
Mark Cox seasons:19811980197919781977
🇦🇺 John Alexander
🇬🇧 Mark Cox
Age: 74y 314d (1951-07-04)
Hand: R
Backhand: nan
(1943-07-05) Age: 82y 313d
Hand: L
Backhand: nan
3 - 5
Wins: 37.5% - 62.5%
Hard 1–0Clay 1–1Grass 0–1
Others 3–4Slam 0–1
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🇦🇺John Alexander and 🇬🇧Mark Cox have met 8 times. Mark Cox currently holds the upper hand, leading the series 5–3.

Looking at their individual career profiles, 🇦🇺John Alexander has compiled an overall career record of 591–434 across 1025 matches, translating to a win rate of 57.66%. On hard courts his record stands at 103–87 (54.21%), while on clay he holds a 225–132 (63.03%) mark. On grass the numbers read 153–96 (61.45%) , and on carpet 110–119 (48.03%). Throughout his career he has won 8 titles (3 hard, 2 clay, 2 grass, 1 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record reads 24–81 (22.86%).

🇬🇧Mark Cox, on the other hand, enters this matchup with a career mark of 423–277 from 700 matches (60.43% win rate). His hard-court record is 113–77 (59.47%), on clay he stands at 94–67 (58.39%), and on grass he has gone 75–44 (63.03%) , with a carpet record of 141–89 (61.30%). He has accumulated 14 titles in total (3 hard, 2 clay, 1 grass, 8 carpet). Against Top 10 opponents his record stands at 12–28 (30.00%).

When it comes to their head-to-head meetings, the surface breakdown reveals this contrast. On hard courts they have met 1 times, with John Alexander leading 1–0 (100.00%). The clay record between them sits at 1–1 (50.00% each) across 2 matches. On grass, their 1 encounter has yielded a record of 1–0 (100.00% for Mark Cox).

Dateâ–¼
Tourney
Surface
Round
Wrk
Winner
Lrk
Loser
Score
BoF
Min
WA
WDF
W1stIn
W1st%
W2nd%
BPSvd
1977-06-20WimbledonGrassR6414🇬🇧Mark Cox (14)30🇦🇺John Alexander8-6 6-4 7-55------0/0
1975-03-24Atlanta WCTCarpetF30🇬🇧Mark Cox (5)20🇦🇺John Alexander (2)6-3 7-6(3)3------0/0
1975-03-10Washington WCTCarpetQF49🇬🇧Mark Cox22🇦🇺John Alexander (1)7-5 6-33------0/0
1972-08-14Fort Worth WCTHardR32-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-4 6-33------0/0
1972-07-05Bretton Woods WCTClayR32-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇬🇧Mark Cox6-3 6-33------0/0
1972-02-08Philadelphia WCTCarpetR32-🇦🇺John Alexander-🇬🇧Mark Cox7-6 3-6 6-33------0/0
1971-10-11Cologne WCTCarpetR32-🇬🇧Mark Cox-🇦🇺John Alexander7-6 6-33------0/0
1968-07-31MunichClayR16-🇬🇧Mark Cox-🇦🇺John Alexander6-4 6-23------0/0

Wins

John Alexander
Mark Cox
3–5Overall
0–1Grand Slam
3–4Others
1–0Hard
1–1Clay
0–1Grass
1–3Indoor Hard

Sets Format

42.9%3
57.1%4
Bo3
0.0%0
100.0%1
Bo5
33.3%2
66.7%4
2 Sets
50.0%1
50.0%1
3 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
4 Sets
0.0%0
0.0%0
5 Sets
John Alexander
Mark Cox

Deciding

100.0%1
0.0%0
Decider Set
33.3%1
66.7%2
Tiebreak Wins
0.0%0
0.0%0
After 3 hours
John Alexander
Mark Cox

Sets

33.3%6
66.7%12
All
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
100.0%2
0.0%0
Hard
0.0%0
100.0%3
Grass
50.0%2
50.0%2
Clay
22.2%2
77.8%7
Carpet
John Alexander
Mark Cox

Games

46.5%87
53.5%100
All
41.7%15
58.3%21
Grand Slam
0.0%0
0.0%0
Masters 1000
63.2%12
36.8%7
Hard
41.7%15
58.3%21
Grass
50.0%18
50.0%18
Clay
43.8%42
56.3%54
Carpet
John Alexander
Mark Cox

Overview

By Surface

John Alexander
Mark Cox

By Tournament Level

John Alexander
Mark Cox

By Round

John Alexander
Mark Cox

By Opponent Ranking

John AlexanderMark Cox
7.7%1-12
vs Top 1
12.5%1-7
14.6%7-41
vs Top 5
25%5-15
22.9%24-81
vs Top 10
30%12-28
32.6%60-124
vs Top 20
30%21-49
49.2%227-234
vs Top 100
49.8%102-103
74.4%160-55
vs +100
75%69-23
34.3%82-157
vs Higher
35.1%39-72
69.8%305-132
vs Lower
71%132-54

Opponent Breakdown

John AlexanderMark Cox
54.5%234-195
Vs Younger
59.5%294-200
57.7%321-235
Vs Older
56.1%97-76
58.6%501-354
Vs Right-Handed
59.2%352-243
45.5%66-79
Vs Left-Handed
59.8%49-33
11.8%2-15
Vs 2H Backhand
28.6%4-10
42.4%36-49
Vs 1H Backhand
40.8%29-42
49.7%325-329
Vs Shorter
—
42.1%24-33
Vs Taller
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Pressure Situations