Kelly Evernden

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Kelly Graeme Evernden (born September 21, 1962 in Gisborne) is a former professional tennis player from New Zealand, who turned professional in 1985.

Evernden won his first tour doubles title in 1986 at Cologne. His first top-level singles title came in 1987 at Bristol. His best singles performance at a Grand Slam event came at the 1987 Australian Open, where he reached the quarter-finals before being knocked-out by Wally Masur.

Over the course of his career, Evernden won three top-level singles titles, the last of which was won in 1989 at Wellington. He also won five tour doubles titles (the most significant of which was the Canadian Open in 1989). Evernden's career-high rankings were World No. 31 in singles and World No. 19 in doubles. He retired from the professional tour in 1994.

Amazingly, Evernden played pro tennis with only one lung, having had a lung removed as the result of an injury sustained in an accident during his youth.

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[edit] Titles (8)

[edit] Singles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	15 June 1987	Bristol, Great Britain	Grass	Tim Wilkison	6-4, 7-6
2.	5 October 1987	Brisbane, Australia	Hard (I)	Eric Jelen	3-6, 6-1, 6-1
3.	2 January 1989	Wellington, New Zealand	Hard	Shuzo Matsuoka	7-5, 6-1, 6-4