Brendan Evans

Brendan Evans (born April 8, 1986) is an American retired professional tennis player.

Brendan Evans

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Wesley Chapel, Florida, United States
Born	(1986-04-08) April 8, 1986 Pontiac, Michigan, United States
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2004
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$411,906
Singles
Career record	6–15 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (12 October 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2008, 2009, 2010)
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	1–6 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 119 (26 November 2007)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
US Open	1R (2004, 2009)

Tennis career

Juniors

On the junior circuit, Evans reached as high as No. 2 in the combined junior world rankings in July 2004, when he won the Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open boys' doubles titles alongside Scott Oudsema. During his junior career, Evans posted win–loss records of 94–55 in singles and 103–32 in doubles.

Junior Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: QF (2003, 2004)
French Open: SF (2004)
Wimbledon: QF (2003, 2004)
US Open: 2R (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004)

Junior Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: W (2004)
French Open: SF (2004)
Wimbledon: W (2004)
US Open: W (2004)

Nike deal

In 2001, Evans signed a 5-year endorsement deal with Nike at the age of 15 for a reported $1.25 million. At the time, the deal was one of the largest endorsement contracts for any junior tennis player.

Pro tour

After turning pro in 2004, Evans has competed on the ATP Challenger Tour and the ATP World Tour, both in singles and doubles. He reached his highest ATP singles ranking of world No. 117 in October 2009 and his highest ATP doubles ranking of world No. 119 in November 2007. He secured wins over top players Juan Martín del Potro, Kei Nishikori and John Isner. Evans is coached by former South African player Marcos Ondruska.

Top Spin 2 on Xbox 360

In 2006, Evans was featured as a character in the Xbox 360 video game Top Spin 2, along with fellow pro tour players Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and James Blake.

Career after tennis

Evans studied finance at The University of Virginia. Evans was named as one of the top tennis players in finance by Business Insider in 2014.

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

Result	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	2001	US Open	Hard	Brett Joelson	Tomáš Berdych Stéphane Bohli	4–6, 4–6
Win	2004	Australian Open	Hard	Scott Oudsema	David Galic David Jeflea	6–1, 6–1
Win	2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Scott Oudsema	Robin Haase Viktor Troicki	6–4, 6–4
Win	2004	US Open	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Sebastian Rieschick Andreas Beck	4–6, 6–1, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend ATP Challenger (3–2) ITF Futures (2–3)

Finals by surface Hard (3–4) Clay (0–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2004	USA F32, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Wayne Odesnik	6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)
Loss	1–1	May 2005	USA F9, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Ryan Newport	3–6, 6–7(6–8)
Loss	1–2	Aug 2005	USA F21, Kenosha	Futures	Hard	Ryan Newport	6–2, 3–6, 3–6
Loss	1–3	Feb 2006	USA F4, Brownsville	Futures	Hard	Michael Russell	2–6, 1–6
Win	2–3	Jun 2006	USA F12, Rocklin	Futures	Hard	David Martin	7–6(7–3), 7–5
Win	3–3	Oct 2007	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Carpet	Ilija Bozoljac	6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4
Loss	3–4	May 2008	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Lu Yen-Hsun	7–5, 6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win	4–4	Jan 2009	Noumea, New Caledonia	Challenger	Hard	Florian Mayer	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Feb 2009	Dallas, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ryan Sweeting	4–6, 3–6
Win	5–5	Jun 2009	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Challenger	Grass	Ilija Bozoljac	6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 22 (7–15)

Legend ATP Challenger (4–8) ITF Futures (3–7)

Finals by surface Hard (7–11) Clay (0–3) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	May 2003	USA F11, Orange Park	Futures	Clay	Marcos Ondruska	Brian Baker Phillip Simmonds	6–4, 5–7, 4–6
Win	1–1	Oct 2004	USA F26, Irvine	Futures	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–4
Win	2–1	Nov 2004	USA F31, Waikoloa	Futures	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Scoville Jenkins Phillip Simmonds	6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–4
Loss	2–2	Nov 2005	USA F29, Honolulu	Futures	Hard	Pete Stroer	Marco Crugnola Stefano Ianni	6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win	3–2	Mar 2006	USA F5, Harlingen	Futures	Hard	Tim Smyczek	Johan Brunstrom Philip Stolt	7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss	3–3	Mar 2006	USA F7, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Michael Quintero Wesley Whitehouse	4–6, 2–6
Loss	3–4	May 2006	USA F9, Vero Beach	Futures	Clay	Troy Hahn	Jonathan Chu Izak Van Der Merwe	4–6, 6–7(0–7)
Win	4–4	Jan 2007	Waikoloa, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Oudsema	Scott Lipsky David Martin	4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss	4–5	Apr 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Brian Wilson	Miguel Gallardo-Valles Carlos Palencia	3–6, 3–6
Loss	4–6	Apr 2007	USA F8, Little Rock	Futures	Hard	Brian Wilson	Donald Young Kei Nishikori	6–7(5–7), 4–6
Win	5–6	Jul 2007	Lexington, United States	Challenger	Hard	Ryan Sweeting	Phillip Simmonds Ross Hutchins	6–4, 6–4
Loss	5–7	Oct 2007	Rimouski, Canada	Challenger	Carpet	Alberto Francis	Daniel King-Turner Robert Smeets	5–7, 7–6(9–7), [7–10]
Loss	5–8	Nov 2007	Champaign-Urbana, United States	Challenger	Hard	Scott Lipsky	Harel Levy Sam Warburg	4–6, 0–6
Loss	5–9	Nov 2007	Knoxville, United States	Challenger	Hard	Jamie Baker	Harel Levy Sam Warburg	6–3, 2–6, [6–10]
Loss	5–10	Mar 2008	León, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	4–6, 1–6
Loss	5–11	May 2008	New Delhi, India	Challenger	Hard	Mustafa Ghouse	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	5–7, 3–6
Win	6–11	Oct 2008	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard	Chris Haggard	Todd Perry James Auckland	6–3, 7–5
Loss	6–12	Nov 2008	Yokohama, Japan	Challenger	Hard	Martin Slanar	Tomas Cakl Marek Semjan	3–6, 6–7(1–7)
Loss	6–13	May 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Challenger	Clay	Ryan Sweeting	Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti	4–6, 4–6
Win	7–13	May 2010	Fergana, Uzbekistan	Challenger	Hard	Toshihide Matsui	Gong Maoxin Zhe Li	3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss	7–14	Sep 2010	Canada F4, Toronto	Futures	Hard	Phillip Simmonds	Brett Joelson Ashwin Kumar	6–3, 3–6, [7–10]
Loss	7–15	Oct 2010	Canada F5, Markham	Futures	Hard	Chris Klingemann	Chris Kwon Conor Pollock	6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–12]

Performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

DNQ

A

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Singles

Tournament	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q1	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	A	A	A	A	Q1	Q2	Q2	2R	0 / 1	1–1	50%
US Open	A	Q3	Q1	Q1	Q1	1R	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0 / 3	1–3	25%
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells	Q1	A	Q2	A	A	Q2	1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	Q1	Q1	1R	A	Q1	A	1R	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Canada Masters	A	A	A	Q1	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati	A	Q1	A	A	A	A	Q1	A	0 / 0	0–-0	–
Shanghai	Not Held						Q1	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–2	0–0	0 / 3	0–3	0%

External links

• Brendan Evans at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brendan Evans at the International Tennis Federation