Evan Furness


Evan Furness is a French professional tennis player.
Furness has a career high ATP singles ranking of 417, achieved on 18 February 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 977, achieved on 17 December 2018. Furness has won one ITF singles title.
Furness made his grand slam main draw debut at the 2018 French Open, where he received a wildcard into the mixed doubles event, partnering Fiona Ferro.

Career

In October 2017 he secured his first win over a top 100 player when he beat Marcos Baghdatis at the Eckental Challenger.
Furness reached 5 semi-finals on the futures tour in 2017; at Poitiers, Gdynia, Troyes, Riga and Nottingham. In March 2018 he won his first tournament on the futures tour. In Faro, he defeated David Guez in the final, winning in straight sets, losing only 2 games in a 6-1 6-1 victory. In April 2018 he reached the semi-finals of the futures tour event in Porto but had to retire when one set apiece against Pedro Cachin with a calf injury.
He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's Singles Qualifying. He lost to Pedja Krstin.

Personal life

He was coached by his father Mark in Brittany before moving to the French Federation in Paris and he has a sister called Lucy.

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 1 (1-0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1-0POR F2, FaroFuturesHard David Guez6-1, 6-1