Tanner Cochran Evans (born August 3, 1984) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
player from the United States.
Biography
Tennis career
A right-handed player from
Dublin, Georgia
Dublin is a city in Laurens County, Georgia, United States. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 16,074. It is the county seat of Laurens County.
History
The original settlement was named after Dublin, Ireland.
Dublin, accordi ...
, Cochran debuted at the US Open main draw as a 16 year-old in 2000, partnering
Kristen Schlukebir in the women's doubles. As a junior, she and Schlukebir were semi-finalists in the girls' doubles event at the 2001 Open and she reached the round of 16 of the girls' singles at the 2002 US Open, which included a win over
Ana Ivanovic.
From 2002 she played as a professional and won a $25,000 ITF singles title that year at Allentown, in addition to a second US Open doubles appearance. Cochran, who had a best ranking of 236 in the world, played in the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament for the only time at the
2003 Kroger St. Jude International in Memphis.
Personal life
She is married to former
Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) West division. Since 1966, the team h ...
baseball player
Terry Evans.
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1984 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis people from Georgia (U.S. state)
People from Dublin, Georgia
21st-century American women