Daniel Evans (tennis)

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Daniel Evans
Country  United Kingdom
Residence Birmingham, England
Born (1990-05-23) 23 May 1990
Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $317,332
Singles
Career record 8–17
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 146 (27 January 2014)
Current ranking No. 147 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2010, 2014)
Wimbledon 1R (2009, 2011)
US Open 3R (2013)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 466 (7 February 2011)
Current ranking No. 717 (3 February 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon Q1 (2013)
Last updated on: 3 February 2014.

Daniel "Dan" Evans (born 23 May 1990) is an English professional tennis player. He is the British No. 2 and plays right-handed.[2][3] He made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain in September 2009. He is from Hall Green, Birmingham, England.[4]

Career

2006

In March 2006, Evans won the junior title at Marcq-en-Baroeul, putting him at the top of the European under-16 rankings.[5]

2008

Evans started the year by reaching the quarter-finals of the boys' singles at the Australian Open,[6] where he lost to Yuki Bhambri.[7] He went on to win the fourth junior title of his career in Nottingham.[6] 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 after he was photographed at a nightclub in the early hours of the day he later competed in a boys' double match.[8] In addition to losing his funding, he was also denied wild cards to tournaments and access to practise centres and LTA coaching staff.[8]

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.[9]

2009

In February, Evans took part in the play-offs for the British Davis Cup team, but lost out to Josh Goodall and Chris Eaton.[10]

Evans won the singles title at The Caversham International in March, a men's €42.5k ATP Challenger Tour event.[11] 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.[12] In August, he lost in the first round of qualifying for the US Open 7–6, 7–6 to Brazilian Júlio Silva.[13]

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.[14] He played in the tie, losing 3–6, 3–6, 6–7 to Jerzy Janowicz in the second rubber,[15] and then losing 2–6, 1–6, 5–7 to Michał Przysiężny 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.[16]

2010

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.[17] 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.[18] He lost in the second round to Santiago Ventura.

2012

Evans began the year by competing in a number of UK based ITF Futures tournaments, securing his first singles title of the year in Sheffield in mid-January, where he defeated David Rice 6–2, 6–0 in the final.[19] The following month, Evans entered qualifying for the 2012 PBZ Zagreb Indoors, winning his three qualification matches before ultimately losing in three sets to Guillermo García-López in the opening round of the main draw.[20] After his week in Croatia, Evans was instrumental in Great Britain's 3–2 victory over Slovakia in the Davis Cup in February. He won both of his singles matches, defeating the much higher seeded players Lukáš Lacko and Martin Kližan, the latter in five sets in the deciding rubber.[21][22] He also received a qualifying wild card for the 2012 Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, but lost in straight sets to Björn Phau.[23] Evans spent the remainder of the year playing at ITF Futures level, mainly in England, as well as taking in one Challenger tournament towards the latter stages of the year.[19] He won four ITF Pro Circuit singles titles during the year, all of which in England.[19] This tally included two titles in as many weeks in September 2012, dropping just one set in ten matches.[19]

2013

"I know why. It's because I don't train hard enough and don't work hard enough day in and day out. I'm obviously pretty bad at my job. It's up to me, it's not up to anyone else. I want to push on. It's not that I don't want to do it, I obviously want to do it. It's just for whatever reasons, distractions – I need to stay there and just play tennis and that's it. It's easier said than done. Thousands of people have told me to do it but I'm yet to do it for a sustained period of time. When I do do it, I obviously play pretty well. I definitely think I will be top 100, and I still think that."

Evans, on his own lack of application that has prevented him from progressing further in the sport, in April 2013.[24]

After not initially being picked for Great Britain's squad for the Davis Cup tie versus Russia, Evans was given a last-minute place ahead of Britain's no. 3, Jamie Baker.[24] Evans played valiantly in his first rubber against world no. 67 Dmitry Tursunov before losing 4–6 7–6(5) 4–6 7–5 4–6.[24][25] With Great Britain trailing 2–0 to Russia, the GB doubles pairing of Colin Fleming and Jonny Marray reduced the deficit a day later, before James Ward levelled the tie at 2–2 after beating Tursunov in five sets. The result meant that Evans had the chance to complete an unlikely comeback when he faced world no. 80 Evgeny Donskoy in the final rubber. Evans defeated Donskoy comprehensively in straight sets, thus securing what was described as a "famous victory".[26][27][28]

In May, Evans won his first tournament outside the UK, a clay-court ITF tournament in Båstad, Sweden, where he beat Grzegorz Panfil in the final.[29] Evans was then given a main-draw wildcard for the 2013 Aegon Trophy in Nottingham in June, reaching the quarterfinal stage of the tournament. In the first round, Evans was dealt a tough draw but overcame fifth seed, and world no. 92, Ryan Harrison in three sets.[30] He then defeated Australian-born Brit Brydan Klein 6–2 6–2 in the second round,[31] before losing to the eventual champion, Australian Matthew Ebden, 6–7 2–6 in the quarter-finals.[32] Shortly before Evans' victory over Klein, he was informed that he had been handed a main-draw wildcard at the Queen's Club, London, for the 2013 Aegon Championships.[31][33] He won his first-round match comfortably, beating world no. 75 Guido Pella in straight sets.[34] His fine form continued in the following round when Evans disposed of world no. 37, Finland's Jarkko Nieminen, in three sets.[35] He had been a break down at 2–4 in the final set, taking four consecutive games to record the victory.[36] It was the first time Evans had beaten a player ranked in the top 50.[35] In the third round, Evans went down to Juan Martín del Potro in straight sets.

Evans received a wild card into the Wimbledon qualifiers, where he lost in the first round to Spain's Daniel Muñoz-De La Nava.

Evans reached only his second Challenger final in Vancouver, where he picked up some notable scalps along the way. He defeated top seed Evgeny Donskoy, eighth seed Olivier Rochus, and fifth seed Bobby Reynolds to set up a final clash with second seed and home favourite Vasek Pospisil, where he lost in three sets. This performance saw Evans rise to the top 200 for the first time, reaching number 194, and he also gained direct entry to the 2013 Comerica Bank Challenger. Evans completed back-to-back Challenger finals, defeating top seed Guido Pella for the second time this year along the way. In the final, he lost to American Bradley Klahn despite holding match point in the second set. This run would see Evans rise to a career high of no. 169 and become Britain's no. 2.

After coming through three rounds of qualifying Evans qualified for his first slam event in over two years at the US Open and his first outside Wimbledon. On 26 August at the US Open, he achieved his most impressive victory to date, beating 11th seed Kei Nishikori in the first round in straight sets. He made the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time, beating Bernard Tomic of Australia in the second round in four sets. He ultimately lost to 19th seed Tommy Robredo in the third round, however achieved prize money of US$93,000, almost half of his entire career earnings thus far.

2014

Evans began the year at the 2014 Qatar ExxonMobil Open where he came through Qualifying before losing to Ernests Gulbis in the first round. In Melbourne, Evans entered the qualifying competition of the 2014 Australian Open as the 26th seed, however lost in the second round of qualifying to Hungarian Márton Fucsovics.

In February he entered the qualifying stages of the PBZ Zagreb Indoors as the third seed, losing in the final round of qualification to Bjorn Phau, however he received entry to the main draw as a Lucky Loser after the withdrawal of 7th seed Radek Štěpánek. Evans beat Jan Hájek and Michael Berrer in the first two rounds to make his first ever quarterfinal at ATP World Tour level. He then stunned third seed Philipp Kohlschreiber in three sets, overcoming a ranking deficit of 120 places to reach his first semifinal where he will face top seed Tommy Haas.

Personal life

Evans' father, David, is an electrician, and his mother a nurse. His grandfather Brian died on 29 July 2011. He has a large family, with eight aunts and uncles. Evans is a capable squash player.[8]

Career statistics

Career finals


ATP Challenger Tour

Singles: 3 (1-2)
Outcome No. Date Category Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 29 March 2009 Challenger The Caversham International, Jersey, Great Britain Hard Czech Republic Jan Minář 6–3, 6–2
Runner-up 1. 4 August 2013 Challenger Odlum Brown Vancouver Open, Vancouver, Canada Hard Canada Vasek Pospisil 0–6, 6–1, 5–7
Runner-up 2. 11 August 2013 Challenger Comerica Bank Challenger, Aptos, United States Hard United States Bradley Klahn 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 4–6

ITF circuit

Singles: 20 (9-11)
Doubles: 17 (7-10)

Grand Slam singles performance

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 W–L
Australian Open A Q2 A A A Q2 0–0
French Open A A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R Q2 1R A Q1 0–2
US Open Q1 A A A 3R 2–1
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 2–1 0-0 2–3

References

  1. ↑ Mike Dickson (30 March 2009). "Good Evans! Britain has another tennis winner". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  2. ↑ "Singles Rankings - Tennis". ATP World Tour. Retrieved 2013-08-31. 
  3. ↑ "All players – Great Britain". ATP World Tour. 18 January 2010. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
  4. ↑ Brian Dick (23 June 2009). "Hall Green 19-year-old Dan Evans in Wimbledon debut as wild card". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  5. ↑ Neil Harman (9 March 2006). "Rising star Evans has friends in high places". The Times. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Birmingham player gets wildcard". BBC Sport. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  7. ↑ "Evans misses out on junior semis". BBC Sport. 24 January 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Neil Harman (14 July 2008). "Dan Evans counting cost of his exploits". The Times. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  9. ↑ "British Tennis Player Awards 2008". The LTA. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  10. ↑ "Fleming aims for ranking boost". BBC Sport. 28 February 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  11. ↑ Brian Dick (21 June 2009). "Wimbledon wild card inspires reformed bad boy Dan Evans". The Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 20 September 2009. 
  12. ↑ "Wimbledon day two as it happened". BBC Sport. 23 June 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  13. ↑ "Robson creates shock at US Open". BBC Sport. 26 August 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  14. ↑ "Murray named in GB Davis Cup side". BBC Sport. 2 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  15. ↑ "Murray wins opener in Davis Cup". BBC Sport. 18 September 2009. Retrieved 18 September 2009. 
  16. ↑ "Nieminen cruises into last eight". BBC Sport. 12 November 2009. Retrieved 26 January 2010. 
  17. ↑ "Britain's Dan Evans knocked out of Heineken Open". BBC Sport. 12 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  18. ↑ "Alex Bogdanovic, James Ward & Dan Evans win qualifiers". BBC Sport. 13 January 2010. Retrieved 13 January 2010. 
  19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 19.3 "Dan Evans – ITF". ITF Pro Circuit. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  20. ↑ "Daniel Evans – Guillermo García-López Live". Yahoo Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2013. 
  21. ↑ "Evans stars in GB triumph". Sky Sports. 12 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012. 
  22. ↑ "Dan Evans guides GB to Davis Cup win over Slovakia". BBC Sport. 13 February 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2013. 
  23. ↑ "B.Phau 2–0 D.Evans". Scoresway. Retrieved 13 June 2013. 
  24. ↑ 24.0 24.1 24.2 "Davis Cup: Russia take 2–0 lead over Great Britain". BBC Sport. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  25. ↑ "Davis Cup, Great Britain 0–2 Russia: Dan Evans and James Ward fall short on day one". Sky Sports. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  26. ↑ "Davis Cup 2013: Great Britain shock Russia in Coventry". BBC Sport. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  27. ↑ "Great Britain come from 2–0 down to beat Russia 3–2 in Davis Cup tie to earn World Group play-off". The Telegraph. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  28. ↑ "Great Britain through to World Group play-offs". ESPN. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  29. ↑ "Sweden F3 Futures". ITF Pro Circuit. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 
  30. ↑ "Queen's invite for cup king Dan Evans". London Evening Standard. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 "Aegon Trophy: Dan Evans beats fellow Briton Brydan Klein". BBC Sport. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  32. ↑ "Pliskova and Ebden dash British hopes at the Aegon Trophy". LTA. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  33. ↑ "Dan Evans earns Wild Card into the Aegon Championships". LTA. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013. 
  34. ↑ "Aegon Championships: Britain's Dan Evans shocks Guido Pella". BBC Sport. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2013. 
  35. ↑ 35.0 35.1 "Aegon Championships: Rain halts Murray comeback". BBC Sport. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013. 
  36. ↑ "Timely show from Dan Evans as Aegon reinvest in British 'golden era'". The Guardian. 12 June 2013. Retrieved 12 June 2013. 

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