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Evan Furness

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Evan Furness
Furness at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports) France
ResidencePontivy, France
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 26)
Pontivy, France
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$220,802
Singles
Career record0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 197 (3 October 2022)
Current rankingNo. 211 (9 January 2023)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2023)
French OpenQ3 (2021)
WimbledonQ1 (2022)
US OpenQ1 (2022)
Doubles
Career record0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 513 (27 May 2019)
Current rankingNo. 580 (5 April 2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French Open1R (2018)
Last updated on: 2 October 2022.

Evan Furness (born 13 August 1998)[1] is a French professional tennis player.

Furness has a career high ATP singles ranking of 197, achieved on 2 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 513, achieved on 27 May 2019. Furness has won eight ITF singles titles and one challenger single 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

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2017: First win over Top 100 player

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In October 2017 he secured his first win over a top 100 player when he beat Marcos Baghdatis at the Eckental Challenger.[2]

Furness reached 5 semi-finals on the futures tour in 2017; at Poitiers, Gdynia, Troyes, Riga and Nottingham.

2018: First win on the Futures Tour

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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.[3] 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.[4]

He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's singles qualifying.[5] He lost to Peđa Krstin.[6]

2022: First Challenger win and ATP Tour debut

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In April 2022, he won his first Challenger tournament, as a qualifier, at the Ostrava Group Open, winning against Ryan Peniston 4-6, 7-6, 6-1.

In September 2022, Furness made his debut on the ATP Tour at the 2022 Moselle Open in Metz, France entering the main draw as a qualifier and losing in the first round to Alexander Bublik.

Personal life

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He was coached by his father Mark in Brittany before moving to the French Federation in Paris and he has a sister called Lucy. He plays guitar like nobody else and knows how to open an oyster perfectly. He likes pigeons, Bob Dylan, Inès Fleurot, and he's a part of the French group known as Je_dis_ui [7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 14 (9-5)

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Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (8-5)
Finals by surface
Hard (7-4)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet(1-0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0-1 Oct 2016 France F22, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard France Remi Boutillier 4-6, 1-6
Win 1-1 Mar 2018 Portugal F2, Faro Futures Hard France David Guez 6-1, 6-1
Loss 1-2 Dec 2018 Cameroon F1, Yaounde Futures Hard Tunisia Skander Mansouri 6-3, 3–6, 4-6
Win 2-2 Jan 2019 M25 Hong Kong World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Julian Lenz 5-6 ret.
Win 3-2 Feb 2019 M25 Oberentfelden, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Carpet Switzerland Sandro Ehrat 4-6, 7–5, 6-4
Loss 3-3 Jan 2020 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Spain Carlos Alcaraz 0-6, 2-6
Loss 3-4 Jan 2020 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Spain Carlos Alcaraz 3-6, 4-6
Win 4-4 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Croatia Matija Pecotić 6-3, 1–6, 6-3
Win 5-4 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Monaco Lucas Catarina 6-1, 2–6, 7-5
Win 6-4 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard Monaco Lucas Catarina 6-3, 4–6, 6-1
Loss 6-5 Jan 2021 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Switzerland Antoine Bellier 6-7(7-9), 4-6
Win 7-5 Jan 2021 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Denmark Holger Rune 6-2, 5–7, 6-0
Win 8-5 Feb 2021 M25 Vale Do Lobo, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Portugal Gastao Elias 6-2, 6-4
Win 9-5 Apr 2022 Ostrava, Czech Republic Challenger Clay United Kingdom Ryan Peniston 4-6, 7–6(8–6), 6-1

Doubles: 3 (1-2)

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Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (1-2)
Titles by surface
Hard (1-1)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet(0-0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0-1 Aug 2016 Belgium F8, Ostend Futures Clay France Ugo Humbert Netherlands Botic Van de Zandschulp
Netherlands Paul Monteban
6-3, 5–7, [5-10]
Loss 0-2 Oct 2016 France F22, Saint-Dizier Futures Hard France Geoffrey Blancaneaux France Hugo Nys
France Mick Lescure
2-6, 3-6
Win 1-2 Nov 2020 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard France Clement Tabur Germany Lucas Gerch
Mexico Gerardo Lopez Villasenor
7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-4)

References

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  1. ^ "Evan Furness | Overview | ATP World Tour | Tennis". atpworldtour.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  2. ^ "Evan Furness. "Mûrir mon tennis"". Le Télégramme. 10 November 2017.
  3. ^ "Tennis. Evan Furness : " Ce premier titre, je l'attendais avec impatience ! "". Ouest-France. 6 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Tennis. Future de Porto : Evan Furness stoppé en demie". Ouest-France. 15 April 2018.
  5. ^ "#RG18: wild-cards announced ! - Roland-Garros - The 2018 French Open official site". rolandgarros.com. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
  6. ^ "Roland-Garros : le programme des Français dans les qualifications". L'Équipe. 25 May 2018.
  7. ^ http://www.letelegramme.fr/soir/evan-furness-aller-plus-haut-23-01-2018-11824222[dead link]
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