Dan Evans (tennis)

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Daniel Evans
Country  United Kingdom
Residence Birmingham, England
Born (1990-07-25) 25 July 1990 (age 22)
Birmingham, England
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)[1]
Plays Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money $149,068
Singles
Career record 2–12
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 248 (3 August 2009)
Current ranking No. 325 (1 April 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2010)
Wimbledon 1R (2009, 2011)
US Open Q1 (2009)
Doubles
Career record 0–0
Career titles 0
Highest ranking No. 466 (7 February 2011)

Daniel "Dan" Evans (born 25 July 1990, Solihull) is an English professional tennis player. He is ranked No. 6 in the UK and plays right-handed.[2] 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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Career [edit]

2006 [edit]

In March 2006, Evans won the junior title at Marcq-en-Baroeul, putting him at the top of the European under-16 rankings.[4]

2008 [edit]

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]

2009 [edit]

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, 7–6 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]

2010 [edit]

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.

2012 [edit]

Daniel was inspirational in Great Britain's 3–2 victory over Slovakia in the Davis Cup in February. Evans won both of his singles matches, defeating the much higher seeded players Martin Kližan and Lukas Lacko.[18] He won four ITF Pro Circuit singles titles during the year, all of which in England.[19]

2013 [edit]

"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.[20]

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 number 3 Jamie Baker.[20] Evans played valiantly in his first rubber against world number 67 Dmitry Tursunov before losing 6–4 6–7(5) 6–4 5–7 6–4.[20][21] 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 number 80 Evgeny Donskoy in the final rubber. Evans defeated Donskoy comprehensively in straight sets, winning 6–4, 6–4, 6–1, consequently securing what was described as a "famous victory".[22][23][24]

Personal life [edit]

Evans' father is an electrician called David and his mother a nurse. His grandfather Brian died on 29 July 2011. He has a large family with having 8 aunts and uncles.[7]

Singles titles [edit]

Legend (Singles)
ATP World Tour 250 (0)
ATP Challenger Tour (1)
ITF Futures (9)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 9 August 2008 Wrexham, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Ian Flanagan 4–6, 6–3, 1–0 ret.
2. 16 August 2008 London, Great Britain Hard Montenegro Daniel Danilović 3–6, 7–6(9–7), 6–2
3. 25 October 2008 Glasgow, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Marcus Willis 6–2, 3–1 ret.
4. 29 March 2009 Jersey, Great Britain Hard Czech Republic Jan Minář 6–3, 6–2[1]
5. 21 January 2012 Sheffield, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom David Rice 6-2, 6-0
6. 11 August 2012 London, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Daniel Cox 6-2, 7-5
7. 8 September 2012 London, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Joshua Milton 6-3, 6-1
8. 16 September 2012 Nottingham, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield 7-6(7–4), 7-6(7–2)
9. 10 March 2013 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard United Kingdom Marcus Willis 7-6(7–3), 7-6(7–1)
10. 18 May 2013 Bastad, Sweden Clay Poland Grzegorz Panfil 6-4, 7-6(7–4)

Singles performance [edit]

Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012 W–L
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open A LQ A A 0–0
French Open A A A A 0–0
Wimbledon 1R LQ 1R A 0–2
US Open LQ A A A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2

References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Mike Dickson (2009-03-30). "Good Evans! Britain has another tennis winner". The Daily Mail. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  2. ^ "All players – Great Britain". ATP World Tour. 2010-01-18. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  3. ^ Brian Dick (2009-06-23). "Hall Green 19-year-old Dan Evans in Wimbledon debut as wild card". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  4. ^ Neil Harman (2006-03-09). "Rising star Evans has friends in high places". The Times. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  5. ^ a b "Birmingham player gets wildcard". BBC Sport. 2008-06-05. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  6. ^ "Evans misses out on junior semis". BBC Sport. 2008-01-24. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  7. ^ a b c Neil Harman (2008-07-14). "Dan Evans counting cost of his exploits". The Times. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  8. ^ "British Tennis Player Awards 2008". The LTA. 2008-11-05. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  9. ^ "Fleming aims for ranking boost". BBC Sport. 2009-02-28. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  10. ^ Brian Dick (2009-06-21). "Wimbledon wild card inspires reformed bad boy Dan Evans". The Sunday Mercury. Retrieved 2009-09-20. 
  11. ^ "Wimbledon day two as it happened". BBC Sport. 2009-06-23. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  12. ^ "Robson creates shock at US Open". BBC Sport. 2009-08-26. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  13. ^ "Murray named in GB Davis Cup side". BBC Sport. 2009-09-02. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  14. ^ "Murray wins opener in Davis Cup". BBC Sport. 2009-09-18. Retrieved 2009-09-18. 
  15. ^ "Nieminen cruises into last eight". BBC Sport. 2009-11-12. Retrieved 2010-01-26. 
  16. ^ "Britain's Dan Evans knocked out of Heineken Open". BBC Sport. 2010-01-12. Retrieved 2010-01-13. 
  17. ^ "Alex Bogdanovic, James Ward & Dan Evans win qualifiers". BBC Sport. 2010-01-13. Retrieved 2010-01-13. 
  18. ^ "Evans stars in GB triumph". Skysports. 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-14. 
  19. ^ "Dan Evans – ITF". ITF Pro Circuit. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  20. ^ a b c "Davis Cup: Russia take 2–0 lead over Great Britain". BBC Sport. 6 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  21. ^ "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. 
  22. ^ "Davis Cup 2013: Great Britain shock Russia in Coventry". BBC Sport. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 
  23. ^ "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. 
  24. ^ "Great Britain through to World Group play-offs". ESPN. 7 April 2013. Retrieved 7 April 2013. 

External links [edit]

Association of Tennis Professionals: United Kingdom Top ten British male singles tennis players as of 13 May 2013
  • 6. Josh Goodall (298 Decrease2)
  • 7. Daniel Evans (322 Increase5)
  • 8. Edward Corrie (328 Increase2)
  • 9. Joshua Milton (365 Increase6)
  • 10. Daniel Smethurst (377 Decrease4)
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