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Last year, two American juniors bound for the pro circuit — Devin Britton and Jordan Cox — played an epic three-set semifinal in the boys singles.  Cox, then 17, won 6-3, 6-7 (5), 16-14, the final set lasting 83 minutes (which in the pre-Isner/Mahut days seemed liked a long time). Cox lost in the finals (pictured [...]

Riding a last-minute bid into New York, 17-year-old Jordan Cox lost 1 and 2 to Sebastien De Chaunac of France, a man almost twice his age.  De Chaunac, 32, is in his 13th year on tour, and at 149 in the world, has achieved his highest rank ever.  Cox, a Wimbledon juniors finalist, is 1134.

Last night I was wondering on the blog why Jordan Cox wasn’t in the qualifying draw, but today see that he went from practicing in Florida this morning to getting ready for a match in New York tomorrow.  Glad to see the 17-year-old from Georgia get a bid.  With his performance reaching the Wimbledon juniors final, he [...]

If you are one of the rare men’s tennis fans who care about those outside of the Big Four and believe that tennis is about more than selling Rolex watches, the weeks leading up to the first round of the U.S. Open hold serious intrigue.  For the first time in about seven years, the NCAA college [...]

Jordan Cox, 17, from Duluth, Ga., an Atlanta suburb fell short in the boys singles final, losing in three sets to Russian Andrey Kuznetsov.

Jordan Cox, March 2008

You are missing out if you don’t read Devin Britton’s blog on the USTA site. I’m quoting my favorite parts at length from it below, but you should visit it yourself.
We (Jordan Cox and I) had a good dinner at the Pizza Express tonight, and I think he is ready for a solid performance tomorrow…    [...]

From the Jackson, Miss., Clarion-Ledger:  WIMBLEDON, ENGLAND — Devin Britton’s string of 10 straight grass court victories ended today in the semifinals of junior Wimbledon. Jordan Cox of Duluth, Ga., Britton’s doubles teammate, defeated Britton in a marathon match, 6-3, 6-7, 16-14. The third set took one hour, 24 minutes to complete. The entire match [...]