Christopher Eubanks (born May 5, 1996) is an American professional tennis player.
He played college tennis for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets.
There, he was a two-time All-American and twice named ACC Player of the Year.
He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 29, achieved on July 31, 2023.
2011
In both 2011 and 2013, he helped his team win the region championship and become runners-up in the state.
He had a 7–11 record at the first singles position, and defeated players nationally ranked as high as No. 5. He received an at-large bid into the NCAA singles championship where he beat 31st-ranked Nathan Pasha of the University of Georgia in the opening round.
Eubanks was named Second-team All-ACC.
That summer, Christopher was granted a wildcard into both singles and doubles main draws of the BB&T Atlanta Open.
In doubles, he teamed up with fellow Atlanta-native Donald Young.
The pair won their opening-round and quarterfinals matches before falling in the semis to the world's No. 1-ranked doubles team–Bob and Mike Bryan.
In singles, Eubanks fell to Radek Štěpánek in the first round.
Playing much of the year at the top of Tech's lineup, Eubanks finished with a record of 34–7 in all singles matches, which was the second-most wins in one year in program history.
In singles, he finished the spring ranked No. 8 nationally.
He reached the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Indoor Championship after earning a wild-card bid.
He was named first-team All-ACC, ITA All-American, and ACC Player of the Year.
In August, Christopher competed again in the BB&T Atlanta Open.
With a doubles wild card, he and Zach Kennedy (GSU top player and former Westlake High teammate) won their first round match in the main draw against Yoshihito Nishioka and Thiago Monteiro.
In singles, Eubanks earned a spot in the main draw after defeating Monteiro in qualifying in two sets.
In his final season at Georgia Tech, Eubanks went 31–6 overall in singles–including 18 victories over ranked opponents.
He reached his career-high national ranking of No. 4. For the second straight year, he advanced to the semifinals of the USTA/ITA National Indoors where he was awarded the USTA/ITA Sportsmanship Award–voted on by coaches and officials.
Paired with Haley Carter of UNC, they won the mixed doubles title at the Oracle ITA Masters in Malibu, California.
He earned his third-straight entry into the NCAA Singles Championship where he advanced to the quarterfinals before being defeated by the eventual champion, Thai-Son Kwiatkowski of Virginia.
Eubanks received the National Div.
I ITA/Arthur Ashe Leadership and Sportsmanship Award for the Southeast region and was again named ITA All-American and ACC Player of the Year.
2013
In Juniors, Christopher earned a 48–6 overall record in 2013.
He advanced six rounds in the USTA Nationals at Kalamazoo.
He won the Georgia State Closed Junior Challenger.
Eubanks was also a member of the winning team at the USTA National Boys' 18 Team Championships.
Eubanks played three seasons at Georgia Tech before forgoing his senior year of eligibility to turn pro.
Eubanks played at the top of Tech's lineup in 18 of GT's 27 dual matches and was ranked as high as No. 53 nationally in singles.
2017
For the third straight summer, he competed in the 2017 BB&T Atlanta Open.
2020
In doubles, he achieved a career-high ranking of world No. 182 on September 14, 2020.
Christopher is the son of Mark and Carla Eubanks and has one older brother, Mark.
He was coached regularly by his father until he was 13.
Eubanks became close friends with Donald Young and his family after they moved from Chicago to Atlanta.
Around when he started high school, he began training with Young's parents, who run the South Fulton Tennis Center near where Eubanks lived.
During this time, he also had the opportunity to practice with Young, who was already in the Top 100 of the ATP rankings.
Eubanks credited these practice sessions with helping him get on track to become a professional.
He has said, "When I got around Donald and got to get better and better, that’s when I got back to, 'Maybe I could do this one day'."
Eubanks played three seasons for Westlake High School.
