Rand Evett

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Rand Evett
Country (sports)Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (1954-03-01) March 1, 1954 (age 67)
PlaysRight-handed
Singles
Career record4–13
Highest rankingNo. 219 (Jan 3, 1983)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open 1R (1982)
French Open Q2 (1975)
Wimbledon 1R (1982)
Doubles
Career record12–31
Highest rankingNo. 83 (Jan 2, 1984)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1R (1982)
French Open 2R (1983)
Wimbledon Q1 (1982, 1984, 1985)
US Open 3R (1983)

Rand Evett (born March 1, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player.

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Evett, the son of a Yale physics instructor, was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he attended Catalina High School. [1]

During the early 1970s he played collegiate tennis for the University of Arizona and won back to back WAC singles championships in 1972 and 1973. He also earned NCAA All-American honors in 1973 and 1974. [2] In 1974 he and De Armond Briggs won the doubles title at the national amateur grass‐court championships. [3]

On the professional tour, Evett reached a best world ranking of 219, making singles main draw appearances at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. He had a win over world number 33 Shlomo Glickstein in Tel Aviv in 1983. As a doubles player he was ranked in the world's top 100 and reached the round of 16 at the 1983 US Open.

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Result   Date   TournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
LossApr 1983 Ashkelon, IsraelHard Flag of the United States.svg Rodney Crowley Flag of Sweden.svg Stefan Svensson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Huub van Boeckel
4–6, 6–4, 3–6

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