Evan Furness (born 13 August 1998) is a French inactive professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 197, achieved on 2 October 2022. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 513, achieved on 27 May 2019. Furness has won one ATP Challenger and eight ITF singles titles.
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.
Furness reached 5 semifinals on the Futures Tour in 2017; at Poitiers, Gdynia, Troyes, Riga and Nottingham.
2018: First title on the 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, In April 2018 he reached the semifinals of the Futures event in Porto but had to retire when one set apiece against Pedro Cachin with a calf injury.
He was awarded a wildcard to the French Open qualifying. He lost to Peđa Krstin. At the same tournament, Furness made his Grand Slam main draw debut, where he received a wildcard into the mixed doubles event, partnering Fiona Ferro.
2022: First Challenger title, ATP Tour debut In April 2022, he won his first Challenger tournament, as a qualifier, at the Ostra Group Open, defeating Ryan Peniston in the final.
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 and knows how to open an oyster perfectly. He likes pigeons, Bob Dylan, girls with red hair and Larry le malicieux.
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 surfaceHard (7-4)Clay (1–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet(1-0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0-1France F22, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Remi Boutillier4-6, 1-6Win1-1Portugal F2, FaroFuturesHard David Guez6-1, 6-1Loss1-2Cameroon F1, YaoundeFuturesHard Skander Mansouri6-3, 3–6, 4-6Win2-2M25 Hong KongWorld Tennis TourHard Julian Lenz5-6 ret.Win3-2M25 Oberentfelden, SwitzerlandWorld Tennis TourCarpet Sandro Ehrat4-6, 7–5, 6-4Loss3-3M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Carlos Alcaraz0-6, 2-6Loss3-4M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourClay Carlos Alcaraz3-6, 4-6Win4-4M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Matija Pecotić6-3, 1–6, 6-3Win5-4M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Lucas Catarina6-1, 2–6, 7-5Win6-4M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Lucas Catarina6-3, 4–6, 6-1Loss6-5M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Antoine Bellier6-7(7-9), 4-6Win7-5M15 Manacor, SpainWorld Tennis TourHard Holger Rune6-2, 5–7, 6-0Win8-5M25 Vale Do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Gastao Elias6-2, 6-4Win9-5Ostrava, Czech RepublicChallengerClay Ryan Peniston4-6, 7–6(8–6), 6-1
Doubles: 3 (1-2) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (1-2)Titles by surfaceHard (1-1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet(0-0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0-1Belgium F8, OstendFuturesClay Ugo Humbert Botic Van de Zandschulp Paul Monteban6-3, 5–7, [5-10]Loss0-2France F22, Saint-DizierFuturesHard Geoffrey Blancaneaux Hugo Nys Mick Lescure2-6, 3-6Win1-2M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Clement Tabur Lucas Gerch Gerardo Lopez Villasenor7-6(7-4), 7-6(7-4)
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