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

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) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2001US OpenHard Brett Joelson Tomáš Berdych Stéphane Bohli4–6, 4–6Win2004Australian OpenHard Scott Oudsema David Galic David Jeflea6–1, 6–1Win2004WimbledonGrass Scott Oudsema Robin Haase Viktor Troicki6–4, 6–4Win2004US OpenHard Scott Oudsema Sebastian Rieschick Andreas Beck4–6, 6–1, 6–2

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 10 (5–5) LegendATP Challenger (3–2)ITF Futures (2–3)Finals by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–0)Carpet (1–0)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0USA F32, HonoluluFuturesHard Wayne Odesnik6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–4)Loss1–1USA F9, Vero BeachFuturesClay Ryan Newport3–6, 6–7(6–8)Loss1–2USA F21, KenoshaFuturesHard Ryan Newport6–2, 3–6, 3–6Loss1–3USA F4, BrownsvilleFuturesHard Michael Russell2–6, 1–6Win2–3USA F12, RocklinFuturesHard David Martin7–6(7–3), 7–5Win3–3Rimouski, CanadaChallengerCarpet Ilija Bozoljac6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–4Loss3–4New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Lu Yen-Hsun7–5, 6–7(5–7), 3–6Win4–4Noumea, New CaledoniaChallengerHard Florian Mayer4–6, 6–3, 6–4Loss4–5Dallas, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Sweeting4–6, 3–6Win5–5Nottingham, United KingdomChallengerGrass Ilija Bozoljac6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)

Doubles: 22 (7–15) LegendATP Challenger (4–8)ITF Futures (3–7)Finals by surfaceHard (7–11)Clay (0–3)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1USA F11, Orange ParkFuturesClay Marcos Ondruska Brian Baker Phillip Simmonds6–4, 5–7, 4–6Win1–1USA F26, IrvineFuturesHard Scott Oudsema Scott Lipsky David Martin7–6(9–7), 3–6, 6–4Win2–1USA F31, WaikoloaFuturesHard Scott Oudsema Scoville Jenkins Phillip Simmonds6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2), 6–4Loss2–2USA F29, HonoluluFuturesHard Pete Stroer Marco Crugnola Stefano Ianni6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4–7)Win3–2USA F5, HarlingenFuturesHard Tim Smyczek Johan Brunstrom Philip Stolt7–6(7–4), 6–3Loss3–3USA F7, Little RockFuturesHard Scott Oudsema Michael Quintero Wesley Whitehouse4–6, 2–6Loss3–4USA F9, Vero BeachFuturesClay Troy Hahn Jonathan Chu Izak Van Der Merwe4–6, 6–7(0–7)Win4–4Waikoloa, United StatesChallengerHard Scott Oudsema Scott Lipsky David Martin4–6, 6–3, [12–10]Loss4–5Mexico City, MexicoChallengerHard Brian Wilson Miguel Gallardo-Valles Carlos Palencia3–6, 3–6Loss4–6USA F8, Little RockFuturesHard Brian Wilson Donald Young Kei Nishikori6–7(5–7), 4–6Win5–6Lexington, United StatesChallengerHard Ryan Sweeting Phillip Simmonds Ross Hutchins6–4, 6–4Loss5–7Rimouski, CanadaChallengerCarpet Alberto Francis Daniel King-Turner Robert Smeets5–7, 7–6(9–7), [7–10]Loss5–8Champaign-Urbana, United StatesChallengerHard Scott Lipsky Harel Levy Sam Warburg4–6, 0–6Loss5–9Knoxville, United StatesChallengerHard Jamie Baker Harel Levy Sam Warburg6–3, 2–6, [6–10]Loss5–10León, MexicoChallengerHard Alex Kuznetsov Travis Parrott Filip Polášek4–6, 1–6Loss5–11New Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Mustafa Ghouse Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh5–7, 3–6Win6–11Kolding, DenmarkChallengerHard Chris Haggard Todd Perry James Auckland6–3, 7–5Loss6–12Yokohama, JapanChallengerHard Martin Slanar Tomas Cakl Marek Semjan3–6, 6–7(1–7)Loss6–13Zagreb, CroatiaChallengerClay Ryan Sweeting Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti4–6, 4–6Win7–13Fergana, UzbekistanChallengerHard Toshihide Matsui Gong Maoxin Zhe Li3–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss7–14Canada F4, TorontoFuturesHard Phillip Simmonds Brett Joelson Ashwin Kumar6–3, 3–6, [7–10]Loss7–15Canada F5, MarkhamFuturesHard Chris Klingemann Chris Kwon Conor Pollock6–3, 6–7(2–7), [10–12]

Performance timeline

Singles Tournament20032004200520062007200820092010SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAAAAQ1Q1Q10 / 00–0French OpenAAAAAAQ1A0 / 00–0WimbledonAAAAQ1Q2Q22R0 / 11–1US OpenAQ3Q1Q1Q11R1RA0 / 20–2Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–10–11–10 / 31–3ATP Tour Masters 1000Indian WellsQ1AQ2AAQ21RQ10 / 10–1MiamiQ1Q11RAQ1A1RA0 / 20–2Canada MastersAAAQ1AAQ1A0 / 00–0CincinnatiAQ1AAAAQ1A0 / 00–-0ShanghaiNot HeldQ1A0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–10–00–00–00–20–00 / 30–3

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