Dan Evans

Daniel Evans (born 23 May 1990) is a British professional tennis player from England.

He has been ranked as high as world No. 21 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he achieved on 7 August 2023.

He is the current British No. 2 in singles.

He reached a career-high ranking of world No. 52 in doubles on 26 April 2021.

French Open: 1R (2007), 2R (2008)

Wimbledon: 1R (2007), 3R (2008)

US Open: QF (2007)

Junior Slam results – Doubles:

French Open: 1R (2007), QF (2008)

Wimbledon: 1R (2007), 2R (2008)

US Open: 2R (2007)

Australian Open: QF (2008)

Australian Open: QF (2008)

Evans made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain against Poland in September 2009.

Evans twice won deciding fifth rubbers, against Slovakia and Russia respectively, helping Great Britain progress to the Davis Cup World Group.

In 2015, he formed part of the winning British Davis Cup team.

Evans also played in the semifinal against Australia, losing both of his rubbers, and was a substitute for the Final against Belgium, with Great Britain winning the Davis Cup in 2015, the nation's first success in the tournament for 79 years.

The Davis Cup team was awarded the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.

Evans, often referred to as "Evo", was born and grew up in the Hall Green area of Birmingham, his father is an electrician, his mother a nurse, and he has two older sisters.

At first, Evans played squash with his father, aged seven, at the local squash and tennis club, the West Warwickshire Sports Club in Solihull, only falling into tennis by chance a couple of years later.

Once Evans had got to grips with his preferred racket it became quickly apparent that he had some ability and he began training in earnest, moving to Edgbaston Priory aged 10.

By the time he was 13, Evans had moved to Loughborough to live with a host family while training at the LTA's academy at Loughborough University.

Of his time at Loughborough, he said: "I was never the best at 14 and 15, in fact, I was probably the worst. I was smaller than the others and a bit of a late developer, but I always thought I was pretty good and in the end, I was the best."

Evans supports Aston Villa F.C. and has a single figure golf handicap.

Evans was a member of the British team that won the World Junior Tennis competition in the Czech Republic aged 14.

Evans was guided by LTA Academy coaches Mark Taylor and Leighton Alfred, who both continued working with him sporadically over the years.

In March, Evans won the junior title at Marcq-en-Baroeul, putting him at the top of the European under-16 rankings.

The Lawn Tennis Association withdrew him from the Wimbledon junior tournament for being, in his own words, "stupid on court".

In April, Evans was invited to the Davis Cup tie against the Netherlands, as a hitting partner for Tim Henman and Jamie Murray.

In June, Evans had his first win on the ATP tour in the Nottingham qualifier, losing in the second round.

In July, Evans first victories on the Futures tour, after seven attempts, were at the Great Britain F11 in Felixstowe, where he won two rounds before being beaten in the quarterfinals.

Evans reached the quarterfinals of the US Open boys' singles. Evans won a junior tournament in Paraguay, was a runner-up in the Czech Republic and reached a semi-final in Chile.

He also had a successful year in a doubles partnership with David Rice, winning tournaments in Brazil, Uruguay and France.

Evans was coached by Mark Hilton at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.

Evans started the year at the Nottinghill junior tournament, by reaching the singles quarterfinals, and the doubles final partnering Dan Cox.

At the Australian Open, Evans reached the quarterfinals of the boys' singles, where he lost to Yuki Bhambri.

Again with Dan Cox, they reached the doubles quarterfinals.

He went on to win the fourth junior title of his career in Nottingham.

Junior Slam results – Singles:

Evans's four ATP Tour finals to date have been the 2017 Apia International Sydney (losing to Gilles Müller), Delray Beach Open (losing to Radu Albot), the 2021 Murray River Open, where he beat Félix Auger-Aliassime to win his first title, and the 2023 Washington Open, winning his first ATP 500 title against Tallon Griekspoor.