| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Residence | Birmingham, England |
| Born | 25 July 1990 Birmingham, England |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1] |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Career prize money | US$129,763 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–9 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 248 (3 August 2009) |
| Current ranking | 324 (18 July 2011) |
| Grand Slam results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2009, 2011) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 466 (7 February 2011) |
| Current ranking | 612 (18 July 2011) |
| Last updated on: 18 July 2011. | |
Daniel Evans (born 25 July 1990, Solihull) is an English professional tennis player. He is ranked 6th in the UK,[2] and plays right-handed. Evans was until recently one of the highest ranked teenagers on the ATP rankings list. He made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in September 2009. He hails from Hall Green, Birmingham, England.[3]
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In March 2006, Evans won the junior title at Marcq-en-Baroeul, putting him at the top of the European under-16 rankings.[4]
Evans started the year by reaching the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the Australian Open,[5] where he lost to Yuki Bhambri.[6] He went on to win the fourth junior title of his career in Nottingham.[5] In June, he was awarded a wildcard into the Artois Championships, playing Belgian Xavier Malisse in the first round at Queen's Club. He played in the boys' tournament at Wimbledon, but was suspended, until November 2008, by the LTA having been photographed in the early hours of the day he later competed in a boys' double match.[7] In addition to losing his funding, he was also denied wild cards to tournaments and access to practise centres and LTA coaching staff.[7]
In August he won his first senior title, a Futures event in Wrexham. Later that month he won in London, with a third senior title coming that October in Glasgow.
He ended the year by winning the LTA Male Junior Player of the Year award.[8]
In February, Evans took part in the play-offs for the British Davis Cup team, but lost out to Josh Goodall and Chris Eaton.[9]
Evans won the singles title at AEGON Pro-Series Jersey in March, a men's €42.5k ATP Challenger Tour event.[10] Evans was granted a wildcard into Wimbledon, and was drawn against the Russian 12th seed Nikolay Davydenko. Davydenko defeated him 6–2 6–3 6–3.[11] In August, he lost in the first round of qualifying for the US Open, 7–6 (7–0) 7–6 (7–0) to Brazilian Júlio Silva.[12]
On 2 September, it was announced that Evans was made part of the Great Britain Davis Cup squad for the Europe/Africa Zone Group 1 relegation playoff against Poland, along with Andy Murray, Joshua Goodall, James Ward, Ross Hutchins and Ken Skupski.[13] He played in the tie, losing 3–6 3–6 6–7 to Jerzy Janowicz in the second rubber,[14] and then losing 2–6 1–6 5–7 to Michal Przysiezny in the deciding final match.
In November 2009 he reached the second round of the Caversham ATP Jersey Open, where he lost 6–4, 6–2 to Finland's Jarkko Nieminen.[15]
Evans began the year by winning his first qualifying tie in Doha, but lost to Steve Darcis in the second qualifying round. A week later, he succeeded in qualifying for an ATP Tour event for the first time, but lost in the first round of the Heineken Open in Auckland to Michael Lammer.[16] This loss allowed him to take part in qualifying for the Australian Open where he won his first qualifying match 7–5, 6–1 against Sean Berman.[17] He lost in the second round to Santiago Ventura.
Evans' father is an electrician called David and his mother a nurse. His grandfather Brian passed away on 29th July 2011. He has a large family with having 8 aunts and uncles.[7]
| Legend (Singles) |
| ATP World Tour 250 (0) |
| ATP Challenger Tour (1) |
| ITF Futures (3) |
| No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
| 1. | 9 August 2008 | Wrexham, Great Britain | Hard | Ian Flanagan | 4–6, 6–3, 1–0 (Ret) |
| 2. | 16 August 2008 | London, Great Britain | Hard | Daniel Danilović | 3–6, 7–6(7), 6–2 |
| 3. | 25 October 2008 | Glasgow, Great Britain | Hard | Marcus Willis | 6–2, 3–1 (Ret) |
| 4. | 29 March 2009 | Jersey, Great Britain | Hard | Jan Minář | 6–3, 6–2[1] |
| Tournament | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | W–L | ||||||||||||||||
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| Australian Open | A | LQ | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | 0–0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Wimbledon | 1R | LQ | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||
| US Open | LQ | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Win–Loss | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||
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