Evan Furness (born 13 August 1998) is a French professional

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player. Furness has a career high ATP singles ranking of 197, achieved on 2 October 2022. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 513, achieved on 27 May 2019. Furness has won eight ITF singles titles and one challenger single title. Furness made his

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main draw debut at the

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, where he received a wildcard into the mixed doubles event, partnering

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Career

2017: First win over Top 100 player

In October 2017 he secured his first win over a top 100 player when he beat

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at the Eckental Challenger. Furness reached 5 semi-finals on the futures tour in 2017; at Poitiers, Gdynia, Troyes, Riga and Nottingham.

2018: First win on futures tour

In March 2018 he won his first tournament on the futures tour. In Faro, he defeated

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in the final, winning in straight sets, losing only 2 games in a 6-1 6–1 victory. In April 2018 he reached the semi-finals of the futures tour event in Porto but had to retire when one set apiece against

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with a calf injury. He was awarded a wildcard to the 2018 French Open – Men's singles qualifying. He lost to

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2022: First challenger win and ATP Tour debut

In April 2022, he won his first Challenger tournament, as a qualifier, at the Ostrava Group Open, winning against

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4-6, 7-6, 6-1. In September 2022, Furness made his debut on the

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at the 2022 Moselle Open in Metz, France entering the main draw as a qualifier and losing in the first round to

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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 like nobody else and knows how to open an oyster perfectly. He likes pigeons, Bob Dylan, la Suze Tonic, Inès Fleurot, and he's a part of the French group known as Je_dis_ui http://www.letelegramme.fr/soir/evan-furness-aller-plus-haut-23-01-2018-11824222

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 14 (9-5)

Doubles: 3 (1-2)

References

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* * Living people 1998 births French male tennis players People from Pontivy Sportspeople from Morbihan {{France-tennis-bio-stub