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Egan Adams (born June 15, 1959) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.

Biography

Adams, a native of Miami, went to Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School, before competing professionally in the 1980s.

His best result on the Grand Prix circuit was reaching the doubles final of the 1982 Quito Open, with Rocky Royer. In 1982 he also made his first US Open main draw appearance, a first round loss to Mark Edmondson, as well as the quarter-finals in Brazil, his best singles performance in a Grand Prix tournament.

At the 1985 French Open he featured in both the singles and men's doubles event. He lost to Andrei Chesnokov in the opening round of the singles and in the doubles he and partner Stanislav Birner had to face second seeds Ken Flach and Robert Seguso. He also played at the 1985 US Open, in the men's doubles with Mark Wooldridge.

Adams won two Challenger titles in doubles, the second in Lagos in 1985. The title in Lagos came in the same month that he won a match match against a young Thomas Muster in another Nigerian Challenger tournament.

He was a highly ranked player on the ITF senior's tour for many years.

Grand Prix career finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Outcome No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Runner-up 1. 1982 Quito, Ecuador Clay United States Rocky Royer Chile Jaime Fillol
Chile Pedro Rebolledo
2–6, 3–6

Challenger titles

Doubles: (2)

No. Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
1. 1981 Reus, Spain Clay South Africa Robbie Venter United States Junie Chatman
New Zealand Bruce Derlin
6–7, 6–4, 6–4
2. 1985 Lagos, Nigeria Clay United States Mark Wooldridge West Germany Peter Elter
Austria Peter Feigl
6–4, 6–4