Evan Furness (born 13 August 1998)[1] is a French professional tennis player.
![]() Furness at the 2018 French Open | |
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Residence | Pontivy, France |
Born | (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 24) Pontivy, France |
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $220,802 |
Singles | |
Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 197 (3 October 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 197 (3 October 2022) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
French Open | Q3 (2021) |
Wimbledon | Q1 (2022) |
US Open | Q1 (2022) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 513 (27 May 2019) |
Current ranking | No. 580 (5 April 2022) |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
French Open | 1R (2018) |
Last updated on: 2 October 2022. |
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.
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.
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]
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.
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, la Suze Tonic, Inès Fleurot, and he's a part of the French group known as Je_dis_ui [7]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0-1 | Oct 2016 | France F22, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
4-6, 1-6 |
Win | 1-1 | Mar 2018 | Portugal F2, Faro | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6-1, 6-1 |
Loss | 1-2 | Dec 2018 | Cameroon F1, Yaounde | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 3–6, 4-6 |
Win | 2-2 | Jan 2019 | M25 Hong Kong | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
5-6 ret. |
Win | 3-2 | Feb 2019 | M25 Oberentfelden, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Carpet | ![]() |
4-6, 7–5, 6-4 |
Loss | 3-3 | Jan 2020 | M15 Manacor, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
0-6, 2-6 |
Loss | 3-4 | Jan 2020 | M15 Manacor, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | ![]() |
3-6, 4-6 |
Win | 4-4 | Nov 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 1–6, 6-3 |
Win | 5-4 | Nov 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-1, 2–6, 7-5 |
Win | 6-4 | Nov 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-3, 4–6, 6-1 |
Loss | 6-5 | Jan 2021 | M15 Manacor, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-7(7-9), 4-6 |
Win | 7-5 | Jan 2021 | M15 Manacor, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 5–7, 6-0 |
Win | 8-5 | Feb 2021 | M25 Vale Do Lobo, Portugal | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
6-2, 6-4 |
Win | 9-5 | Apr 2022 | Ostrava, Czech Republic | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
4-6, 7–6(8–6), 6-1 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0-1 | Aug 2016 | Belgium F8, Ostend | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6-3, 5–7, [5-10] |
Loss | 0-2 | Oct 2016 | France F22, Saint-Dizier | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2-6, 3-6 |
Win | 1-2 | Nov 2020 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard | ![]() |
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7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-4) |
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