Evan Furness

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Evan Furness
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Furness at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)Flag of France.svg  France
ResidencePontivy, France
Born (1998-08-13) 13 August 1998 (age 25)
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 Open Q1 (2023)
French Open Q3 (2021)
Wimbledon Q1 (2022)
US Open Q1 (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 Open 1R (2018)
Last updated on: 2 October 2022.

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

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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

2017: First win over Top 100 player

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 futures tour

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

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

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

Singles: 14 (9-5)

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0-1Oct 2016France F22, Saint-Dizier FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Remi Boutillier4-6, 1-6
Win1-1Mar 2018Portugal F2, Faro FuturesHard Flag of France.svg David Guez 6-1, 6-1
Loss1-2Dec 2018Cameroon F1, Yaounde FuturesHard Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri 6-3, 3–6, 4-6
Win2-2Jan 2019M25 Hong Kong World Tennis TourHard Flag of Germany.svg Julian Lenz 5-6 ret.
Win3-2Feb 2019M25 Oberentfelden, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourCarpet Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Sandro Ehrat 4-6, 7–5, 6-4
Loss3-3Jan 2020M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 0-6, 2-6
Loss3-4Jan 2020M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Alcaraz 3-6, 4-6
Win4-4Nov 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Croatia.svg Matija Pecotić 6-3, 1–6, 6-3
Win5-4Nov 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Monaco.svg Lucas Catarina 6-1, 2–6, 7-5
Win6-4Nov 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Monaco.svg Lucas Catarina 6-3, 4–6, 6-1
Loss6-5Jan 2021M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Antoine Bellier 6-7(7-9), 4-6
Win7-5Jan 2021M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Denmark.svg Holger Rune 6-2, 5–7, 6-0
Win8-5Feb 2021M25 Vale Do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Portugal.svg Gastao Elias 6-2, 6-4
Win9-5 Apr 2022 Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Ryan Peniston 4-6, 7–6(8–6), 6-1

Doubles: 3 (1-2)

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)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0-1Aug 2016Belgium F8, Ostend FuturesClay Flag of France.svg Ugo Humbert Flag of the Netherlands.svg Botic Van de Zandschulp
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Paul Monteban		6-3, 5–7, [5-10]
Loss0-2Oct 2016France F22, Saint-Dizier FuturesHard Flag of France.svg Geoffrey Blancaneaux Flag of France.svg Hugo Nys
Flag of France.svg Mick Lescure		2-6, 3-6
Win1-2Nov 2020M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of France.svg Clement Tabur Flag of Germany.svg Lucas Gerch
Flag of Mexico.svg Gerardo Lopez Villasenor 		7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-4)

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References

  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%5B%5D


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