John Marks is a former professional tennis

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 player from Australia. He was born in Sydney, Australia.

Marks is best remembered for finishing runner-up in singles at the 1978 Australian Open, although he never won a singles title in his career. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 63 in 1978. During his career he won 7 doubles titles.

Singles runner-ups (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Ross Case Ross Case Ross Case was an Australian tennis player.With Geoff Masters he won two Grand Slam titles: the 1974 doubles at the Australian Open and the 1977 doubles at Wimbledon. He was also runner up in 1976 at Wimbledon...	2–6, 1–6
2.	1978	Australian Open Australian Open The Australian Open is the only Grand Slam tennis tournament held in the southern hemisphere. The tournament was held for the first time in 1905 and was last contested on grass in 1987. Since 1972 the Australian Open has been held in Melbourne, Victoria. In 1988, the tournament became a hard court... , Melbourne Melbourne Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...	Grass	Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...	4–6, 4–6, 6–3, 3–6

Doubles titles (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1975	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Chris Kachel Chris Kachel Chris Kachel , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Kachel enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...     Peter McNamara Peter McNamara Peter McNamara is a retired Australian tennis player.He won five singles and nineteen doubles titles during his professional career. A right-hander, McNamara reached his highest singles ATP-ranking on 14 March 1983 when he became World number 7...	6–1, 6–1
2.	1977	Cairo Cairo Open The Cairo Open is a defunct Grand Prix and Challenger affiliated tennis tournament played from 1975 to 1991. It was held in Cairo in Egypt and played on outdoor clay courts.... , Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...	Clay	John Bartlett John Bartlett (tennis) John Bartlett was born John David Bartlett on 17 March 1948 in Woonona, NSW, Australia.John Bartlett was an Australian Davis Cup Squad Member and top ten player in the 1970's. His career highlights include winning the "All Japan Indoors" in 1969 and the Egyptian Open Doubles with John Marks and...	Pat Du Pré    Chris Lewis	7–5, 6–1, 6–3
3.	1977	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Jean-Louis Haillet Jean-Louis Haillet Jean-Louis Haillet , is a former professional tennis player from France.Haillet enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 2 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :-Runner-ups :...     François Jauffret François Jauffret François Jauffret is a retired professional tennis player from France. He holds the record for most ties played for the France Davis Cup team with 35, between 1964 and 1978....	6–4, 6–0
4.	1977	Manila Philippine International Tennis Tournament The Philippine International Tennis Tournament was a men's tennis tournament played in Manila, Philippines from 1973-1978. The event was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit and was played on outdoor hard courts.-Men's singles:-Doubles:-References:**... , Philippines Philippines The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...	Hard	Chris Kachel Chris Kachel Chris Kachel , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Kachel enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 3 doubles titles.-Doubles titles :...	Mike Cahill Mike Cahill Micheal Cahill is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Cahill enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won five doubles titles. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...     Terry Moor Terry Moor Terry Moor is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles and three doubles titles during his professional career....	4–6, 6–0, 7–6
5.	1978	Hong Kong	Hard	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Hank Pfister Hank Pfister Hank Pfister is a former tennis player from the United States, who won two singles titles during his professional career...     Brad Rowe	5–7, 7–6, 6–1
6.	1979	Gstaad, Switzerland	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Ion Ţiriac Ion Tiriac Ion Țiriac is a Romanian former tennis player and businessman. He is also the current owner of the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open.-Sports career:...     Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Vilas Guillermo Apolinario Vilas is a retired and former World No. 2 professional tennis player from Argentina. He was the second Latin-American to win a Grand Slam tournament.-Career:...	2–6, 6–1, 6–4
7.	1979	Taipei ATP Taipei The Taipei Grand Prix, ATP Taipei in its final year, was a men's tennis tournament played in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held from 1977–1984 and was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit It emerged for one last time in 1992. The event was played on indoor carpet.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...	Carpet	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Pat Du Pré    Robert Lutz	6–1, 3–6, 6–4

Runner-ups (7)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	1976	Palma, Spain	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	John Andrews John Andrews (tennis) John Andrews , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.Andrews reached a career high singles ranking of World No. 64 which he reached in June, 1975. He won one career title, in doubles in 1976.-Titles :...     Colin Dibley Colin Dibley Colin Dibley is a former tennis player from Australia.Dibley once held the title for the fastest serve in the world at 148 m.p.h. During his professional career, he also won four singles and seventeen doubles titles...	6–2, 3–6, 2–6
2.	1976	Sydney Outdoor, Australia	Grass	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Syd Ball Syd Ball Syd Ball , is a former professional tennis player from Australia.Ball enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 7 doubles titles and finished runner-up an additional 14 times. Partnering Bob Giltinan, Ball finished runner-up at the 1974 Australian Open...     Kim Warwick Kim Warwick Kim Warwick is a former Australian professional male tennis player mostly known for his doubles titles with Mark Edmondson, and for reaching the final of the singles Australian Open in 1980...	3–6, 4–6
3.	1978	Florence ATP Florence This is a defunct tennis tournament that was played on the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1973 through 1989 and the ATP Tour 1990 through 1994. The tournament was held in Florence, Italy and was competed on outdoor clay courts... , Italy	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti Corrado Barazzutti is an Italian former tennis player.Barazzutti gained fame in 1971 by winning the Orange Bowl. The previous year he had been called to the Italy Davis Cup team, for which he would play a total of 44 matches...     Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta Adriano Panatta is a former professional tennis player from Italy. He is best remembered for winning the French Open in 1976, and for being the only player to ever defeat Björn Borg at Roland Garros, which he did on two occasions.-Career:...	3–6, 7–6, 3–6
4.	1978	Sydney Indoor ATP Sydney Indoor The Australian Indoor Tennis Championship, or Sydney Indoor for short, was a professional men's tennis tournament was played in Sydney, Australia. The event was played under various names as part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from 1973 through 1989 and as part of the ATP Tour from 1990 through... , Australia	Hard (i)	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	John Newcombe John Newcombe John David Newcombe, AO, OBE is a former World No. 1 tennis player.-Biography:He won seven Grand Slam singles titles, A natural athlete, Newcombe played several sports as a boy until devoting himself to tennis. He was the Australian junior champion in 1961, 1962, and 1963 and was a member of...     Tony Roche Tony Roche Anthony "Tony" Dalton Roche is a former professional Australian tennis player, native of Tarcutta. He played junior tennis in the New South Wales regional city of Wagga Wagga. He won one Grand Slam singles title and twelve Grand Slam doubles titles. He is also very well known for coaching...	4–6, 3–6
5.	1978	Taipei ATP Taipei The Taipei Grand Prix, ATP Taipei in its final year, was a men's tennis tournament played in Taipei, Taiwan. The event was held from 1977–1984 and was part of the Grand Prix Tennis Circuit It emerged for one last time in 1992. The event was played on indoor carpet.-Singles:-Doubles:-References:*... , Taiwan Taiwan Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...	Carpet	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart Sherwood Stewart played amateur and professional tennis in the 1970s and 1980s. Stewart was ranked as high as No. 60 in the world in singles on the ATP Rankings on December 31, 1978, and No...     Butch Walts Butch Walts Butch Walts , is a former professional tennis player from the United States.During his career Walts won 4 singles titles and 15 doubles titles. He achieved a career-high singles ranking of World No. 32 in 1979 and a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	2–6, 7–6, 6–7
6.	1979	Hamburg Hamburg Masters The German Open Hamburg, established in 1892, is an annual tennis tournament for male professional players held in Hamburg, Germany and part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Tour. Originally a Grand Prix Tennis Tour event between 1978 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix Championship... , Germany	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Jan Kodeš Jan Kodeš Jan Kodeš is a right-handed Czech former tennis player who won three Grand Slam events in the early-1970s.Kodeš's greatest success was on the clay courts of the French Open. He won the title there in 1970, beating Željko Franulović in the final, and in 1971, defeating Ilie Năstase in the final...     Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd Tomáš Šmíd is a former tennis player from Czechoslovakia, who won nine singles titles during his career. In doubles, he won fifty-four titles and was the world's highest-ranking doubles player from December 17, 1984, to August 11, 1985. The right-hander reached his highest singles ATP ranking on...	3–6, 1–6, 6–7
7.	1979	Båstad, Sweden	Clay	Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson Mark Edmondson is a former professional Australian male tennis player....	Heinz Günthardt Heinz Günthardt Heinz Peter Günthardt is a former tennis player from Switzerland, who won five singles titles during his professional career, including the Rotterdam WCT in 1980....     Bob Hewitt Bob Hewitt Robert "Bob" Anthony John Hewitt is a former professional male tennis player from Australia...	2–6, 2–6

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