Brendan Evans

Brendan Evans

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Charlottesville, Virginia
Born	(1986-04-08) April 8, 1986 Pontiac, Michigan
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2001
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$410,076
Singles
Career record	6–15 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (October 12, 2009)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2008, 2009, 2010)
French Open	Q1 (2009)
Wimbledon	2R (2010)
US Open	1R (2008, 2009)
Doubles
Career record	1–5 (at ATP Tour-level, Grand Slam-level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 119 (November 26, 2007)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2008)
US Open	1R (2004, 2009)
Last updated on: April 8, 2014.

Brendan Evans (born April 8, 1986 in Pontiac, Michigan) is an American professional tennis player. He is currently a retired professional tennis player and a student at The University of Virginia (UVA, class of 2015), studying finance.

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. Evans competed in tournament matches against top players Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Roddick, Andy Murray and Mardy Fish. He secured wins over top players Juan Martin 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 game, Top Spin 2, along with fellow pro tour players Roger Federer, Andy Roddick and James Blake.

Career After Tennis

Evans is currently studying finance at The University of Virginia (UVA, class of 2015). Evans is expected to join top investment bank Goldman Sachs as an analyst in its Investment Banking Division after graduation. Evans was named as one of the top tennis players in finance by Business Insider in 2014.

Futures and Challenger finals: 29 (11–18)

Singles: 10 (5–5)

Legend

Challengers (3–2)

Futures (2–3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	1.	November 15, 2004	Honolulu, United States	Hard	Wayne Odesnik	6–7(5), 7–6(2), 7–6(4)
Runner-up	1.	May 2, 2005	Vera Beach, United States	Clay (Green)	Ryan Newport	6–3, 7–6(6)
Runner-up	2.	August 8, 2005	Kenosha, United States	Hard	Ryan Newport	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	3.	February 20, 2006	Brownsville, United States	Hard	Michael Russell	6–2, 6–1
Winner	2.	June 12, 2006	Rocklin, United States	Hard	David Martin	7–6(3), 7–5
Winner	3.	October 22, 2007	Rimouski, Canada	Carpet (i)	Ilija Bozoljac	6–7(3), 6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	4.	May 12, 2008	New Delhi, India	Hard	Yen-hsun Lu	7–5, 6–7(5), 3–6
Winner	4.	January 5, 2009	Nouméa, France	Hard	Florian Mayer	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
Runner-up	5.	February 2, 2009	Dallas, United States	Hard (i)	Ryan Sweeting	6–4, 6–3
Winner	5.	June 1, 2009	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Grass	Ilija Bozoljac	6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(4)

Doubles: 19 (6–13)

Legend

Challengers (3–8)

Futures (3–5)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score in final
Runner-up	1.	May 12, 2003	Orange Park, United States	Clay (Green)	Marcos Ondruska	Brian Baker Philip Simmonds	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
Winner	1.	August 27, 2004	Irvine, United States	Hard	Scott Oudesma	Scott Lipsky David Martin	7–6(7), 3–6, 6–4
Winner	2.	November 8, 2004	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Scott Oudesma	Scoville Jenkins Philip Simmonds	6–7(4), 7–6(2), 6–4
Runner-up	2.	November 14, 2005	Honolulu, United States	Hard	Pete Stroer	Marco Crugnola Stefano Ianni	6–1, 3–6, 6–7(4)
Winner	3.	February 27, 2006	Harlingen, United States	Hard	Tim Smyczek	Johan Brunström Phil Stolt	7–6(4), 6–3
Runner-up	3.	March 20, 2006	Little Rock, United States	Hard	Scott Oudesma	Michael Quintero Wesley Whitehouse	6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	4.	May 1, 2006	Vera Beach, United States	Clay (Green)	Troy Hahn	Jonathan Chu Izak van der Merwe	6–4, 7–6(0)
Winner	4.	January 22, 2007	Waikoloa, United States	Hard	Scott Oudesma	Scott Lipsky David Martin	4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Runner-up	5.	April 9, 2007	Mexico City, Mexico	Hard	Brian Wilson	Miguel Gallardo-Valles Carlos Palencia	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	April 16, 2007	Little Rock, United States	Hard	Brian Wilson	Kei Nishikori Donald Young	7–6(5), 6–4
Winner	5.	July 23, 2007	Lexington, United States	Hard	Ryan Sweeting	Ross Hutchins Phillip Simmonds	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	7.	October 22, 2007	Rimouski, Canada	Carpet (i)	Alberto Francis	Daniel King-Turner Robert Smeets	7–5, 6–7(7), [10–7]
Runner-up	8.	November 12, 2007	Champaign, United States	Hard (i)	Scott Lipsky	Harel Levy Sam Warburg	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	9.	November 19, 2007	Knoxville, United States	Hard (i)	Jamie Baker	Harel Levy Sam Warburg	3–6, 6–2, [10–6]
Runner-up	10.	March 24, 2008	León, Mexico	Hard	Alex Kuznetsov	Travis Parrott Filip Polášek	6–4, 6–1
Runner-up	11.	May 19, 2008	New Delhi, India	Hard	Mustafa Ghouse	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	October 13, 2008	Kolding, Denmark	Hard (i)	Chris Haggard	James Auckland Todd Perry	6–3, 7–5
Runner-up	12.	November 17, 2008	Yokohama, Japan	Hard	Martin Slanar	Tomáš Cakl Marek Semjan	6–3, 7–6(1)
Runner-up	13.	May 11, 2009	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay (Red)	Ryan Sweeting	Peter Luczak Alessandro Motti	6–4, 6–4

External links

• Brendan Evans at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Brendan Evans at the International Tennis Federation Junior Profile