Education
Cox was educated at Wyggeston Boys" School in Leicester and Millfield School in Somerset.
Cox was educated at Wyggeston Boys" School in Leicester and Millfield School in Somerset.
He was ranked as high as World Number. He also played on Great Britain"s Davis Cup team, and was on the team that reached the 1978 final against the United States. He has also gone down in tennis history as the first amateur player to beat a professional.
In May 1968, at the British Hard Court Championships at Bournemouth, he beat the American Pancho Gonzales in five sets in two and a quarter hours.
1 seed, Rod Laver, at the 1971 Australian Open, and over Number. 2 seed, Ken Rosewall, at the 1972 United States Open.
Cox retired from playing in 1981. During his latter playing years and after his retirement, Cox has worked as a coach, and also as a television commentator for the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Titles (8)
Titles (3).
Cox obtained an economics undergraduate degree from the University of Cambridge (Downing College), where he was a member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club.