Evan Furness

Evan Furness
	Furness at the 2018 French Open
Country (sports)	France
Residence	Pontivy, France
Born	13 August 1998 (age 23); Pontivy, France
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$27,950
Singles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 331 (5 April 2021)
Current ranking	No. 331 (5 April 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
French Open	Q3 (2021)
Doubles
Career record	0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 513 (27 May 2019)
Current ranking	No. 836 (5 April 2021)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	1R (2018)
	Last updated on: 9 April 2021.

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

Furness has a career high ATP singles ranking of 417, achieved on 18 February 2019. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 977, achieved on 17 December 2018. Furness has won one ITF singles 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[]

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. 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 Pedja Krstin.^[6]

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.^[7]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals[]

Singles: 13 (8-5)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (8-5)

Finals by Surface
Hard (7-4)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet(1-0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0-1	Oct 2016	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Remi Boutillier	4-6, 1-6
Win	1-1	Mar 2018	Portugal F2, Faro	Futures	Hard	David Guez	6-1, 6-1
Loss	1-2	Dec 2018	Cameroon F1, Yaounde	Futures	Hard	Skander Mansouri	6-3, 3-6, 4-6
Win	2-2	Jan 2019	M25 Hong Kong	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Julian Lenz	5-6 ret.
Win	3-2	Feb 2019	M25 Oberentfelden, Switzerland	World Tennis Tour	Carpet	Sandro Ehrat	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
Loss	3-3	Jan 2020	M15 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Carlos Alcaraz	0-6, 2-6
Loss	3-4	Jan 2020	M15 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Clay	Carlos Alcaraz	3-6, 4-6
Win	4-4	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Matija Pecotic	6-3, 1-6, 6-3
Win	5-4	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Catarina	6-1, 2-6, 7-5
Win	6-4	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Lucas Catarina	6-3, 4-6, 6-1
Loss	6-5	Jan 2021	M15 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Antoine Bellier	6-7^(7-9), 4-6
Win	7-5	Jan 2021	M15 Manacor, Spain	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Holger Rune	6-2, 5-7, 6-0
Win	8-5	Feb 2021	M25 Vale Do Lobo, Portugal	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Gastao Elias	6-2, 6-4

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)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0-1	Aug 2016	Belgium F8, Ostend	Futures	Clay	Ugo Humbert	Botic Van de Zandschulp Paul Monteban	6-3, 5-7, [5-10]
Loss	0-2	Oct 2016	France F22, Saint-Dizier	Futures	Hard	Geoffrey Blancaneaux	Hugo Nys Mick Lescure	2-6, 3-6
Win	1-2	Nov 2020	M15 Heraklion, Greece	World Tennis Tour	Hard	Clement Tabur	Lucas Gerch Gerardo Lopez Villasenor	7-6^(7-4), 7-6^(7-4)