Evan King
American tennis player

Evan King

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American tennis player
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25 March 1992(Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA)
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Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, USA
Education:
University of Michigan
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Introduction

Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player.

King has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 185, achieved in April 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of No. 113, achieved in February 2020.

King has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour. On the ITF Pro Circuit, King has six career singles titles and 22 career doubles titles.

He holds the record for most combined career men's singles and doubles wins at the University of Michigan.

King was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, '12, '13), a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13), and a four-time All-Big Ten (2010, '11, '12, '13) player.

King made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2009 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships as a 17 year old.

World TeamTennis

King has played two seasons with World TeamTennis starting in 2018 when he debuted in the league with the Orange County Breakers. In 2019 he joined the expansion Orlando Storm for their inaugural season. This year, it was announced that he will join his hometown expansion team the Chicago Smash during the 2020 season set to begin July 12.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Finals by surface
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss Aug 2011 USA F22, Edwardsville Futures Hard Blake Strode 6–7, 3–6
Loss Oct 2013 USA F26, Houston Futures Hard Jeff Dadamo 3–6, 1–6
Win Jun 2015 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Futures Hard Tyler Hochwalt 6–4, 7–5
Loss Jul 2015 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard Tucker Vorster 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win Aug 2015 USA F23, Edwardsville Futures Hard Clay Thompson 6–4, 6–3
Win Nov 2015 USA F31, Birmingham Futures Clay Bastian Trinker 6–4, 6–4
Win Jun 2016 Japan F7, Tokyo Futures Hard Sho Katayama 6–2, 7–6
Win Jun 2016 USA F19, Buffalo Futures Clay Gavin van Peperzeel 7–6, 6–3
Loss Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los Caballeros Futures Clay Bruno Sant'anna 5–7, 3–6
Win Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este Futures Hard Calvin Hemery 6–4, 7–6
Loss Jun 2017 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Brčko Futures Clay Tomislav Brkić 6–7, 3–6

Doubles: 48 (29–19)

Finals by surface
Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (7–9)
ITF Futures Tour (22–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (23–14)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–9)
ITF Futures Tour (22–10)
Hard (23–14)
Clay (6–5)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win Aug 2010 USA F20, Godfrey Futures Hard Jordan Cox Jean Andersen
Joshua Zavala
4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss Oct 2011 USA F28, Birmingham Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Andrei Dăescu
Milan Pokrajac
2–6, 2–6
Win Aug 2012 Canada F5, Mississauga Futures Hard Jason Jung Kamil Pajkowski
Milan Pokrajac
6–4, 6–2
Win Jul 2013 USA F20, Godfrey Futures Hard Peter Kobelt Marcos Giron
Devin McCarthy
7–5, 6–2
Win Sep 2013 Canada F8, Toronto Futures Hard Jason Jung Milan Pokrajac
Peter Polansky
7–5, 6–2
Win Sep 2013 Canada F9, Markham Futures Hard (i) Sekou Bangoura Hans Hach
Andrew Ochotta
6–3, 6–2
Loss Oct 2013 USA F26, Houston Futures Hard Costin Pavăl Vijayant Malik
Sanam Singh
6–7, 4–6
Loss Oct 2013 USA F28, Birmingham Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Romain Arneodo
Benjamin Balleret
7–6, 4–6, [7–10]
Win Jan 2014 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay Jason Jung William Blumberg
Francis Tiafoe
6–7, 6–4, [10–6]
Loss Jan 2014 USA F3, Weston Futures Clay Jason Jung Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic
7–6, 6–7, [15–17]
Win Mar 2014 USA F8, Bakersfield Futures Hard Sekou Bangoura Adam Chadaj
Marek Michalička
5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win Mar 2014 USA F9, Calabasas Futures Hard Sekou Bangoura Dennis Novikov
Connor Smith
6–4, 6–4
Win Apr 2014 USA F10, Harlingen Futures Hard Devin McCarthy Edward Corrie
Daniel Smethurst
6–3, 7–6
Loss Jun 2014 Tianjin, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Jason Jung Robin Kern
Josselin Ouanna
7–6, 5–7, [8–10]
Loss Jul 2014 Winnetka, USA Challenger Hard Raymond Sarmiento Thanasi Kokkinakis
Denis Kudla
2–6, 6–7
Win Sep 2014 Canada F9, Toronto Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Bjorn Fratangelo
Mitchell Krueger
6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss Oct 2014 USA F27, Houston Futures Hard Jeff Dadamo Henrique Cunha
Dimitar Kutrovsky
4–6, 4–6
Win Jun 2015 Mozambique F2, Maputo Futures Hard Anderson Reed Duncan Mugabe
Hassan Ndayishimiye
6–3, 6–2
Loss Jun 2015 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Futures Hard Anderson Reed Lloyd Harris
Nicolaas Scholtz
5–7, 4–6
Win Jul 2015 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard Anderson Reed Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock
4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win Aug 2015 USA F24, Decatur Futures Hard Kevin King Grégoire Barrère
Tom Jomby
6–0, 6–2
Loss Aug 2015 USA F25, Champaign Futures Hard Kevin King Justin S. Shane
Ryan Shane
1–6, 6–7
Loss Sep 2015 France F19, Plaisir Futures Hard (i) Anderson Reed Sander Arends
Adam Majchrowicz
4–6, 4–6
Win Jan 2016 USA F1, Los Angeles Futures Hard Raymond Sarmiento Jean-Yves Aubone
Dennis Nevolo
6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss Jan 2016 USA F2, Long Beach Futures Hard Raymond Sarmiento David O'Hare
Joe Salisbury
3–6, 6–7
Win Oct 2016 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Denis Kudla Jarryd Chaplin
Ben McLachlan
6–7, 6–4, [10–2]
Win Oct 2016 USA F32, Harlingen Futures Hard Luke Bambridge John McNally
Evan Zhu
6–4, 6–4
Loss Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los Caballeros Futures Clay Hunter Reese Eduardo Dischinger
Bruno Sant'anna
3–6, 6–7
Win Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este Futures Hard Alexios Halebian Nebojša Perić
Ilija Vučić
6–4, 6–4
Win Feb 2017 Indonesia F2, Jakarta Futures Hard Nathan Pasha Soichiro Moritani
Masato Shiga
6–3, 6–7, [10–6]
Win Mar 2017 Australia F2, Canberra Futures Clay Nathan Pasha Maverick Banes
Gavin van Peperzeel
4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win Apr 2017 USA F14, Orange Park Futures Clay Hunter Reese Daniel Nolan
Yosuke Watanuki
2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win Jun 2017 Spain F17, Martos Futures Hard Robert Galloway JC Aragone
Daniel Nolan
6–4, 6–4
Win Jul 2017 Netherlands F3, Middelburg Futures Clay Hunter Reese Michiel de Krom
Sem Verbeek
6–2, 6–1
Loss Aug 2017 Floridablanca, Colombia Challenger Clay Sekou Bangoura Sergio Galdós
Nicolás Jarry
3–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Win Oct 2017 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Christopher Eubanks Marcelo Arevalo
Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela
7–6, 6–3
Loss Oct 2017 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Alex Bolt
Bradley Mousley
4–6, 2–6
Win Dec 2017 Hong Kong F5, Hong Kong Futures Hard Michael Zhu Corentin Denolly
Takuto Niki
6–4, 6–2
Loss Feb 2018 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Max Schnur Marcel Granollers
Gerard Granollers-Pujol
6–7, 2–6
Loss Feb 2018 Morelos, Mexico Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Roberto Maytín
Fernando Romboli
5–7, 3–6
Loss Mar 2018 Indian Wells, USA Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow
7–6, 1–6, [9–11]
Win Apr 2018 Sarasota, USA Challenger Clay Hunter Reese Christian Harrison
Peter Polansky
6–1, 6–2
Win Sep 2018 Cary, USA Challenger Hard Hunter Reese Fabrice Martin
Hugo Nys
6–4, 7–6
Win Apr 2019 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Santiago González
Aisam Qureshi
7–5, 6–2
Loss May 2019 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Julian Ocleppo Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar
4–6, 6–7
Win Jun 2019 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Hunter Reese Nikola Čačić
Yang Tsung-hua
6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss Nov 2019 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Ruben Gonzales Harri Heliövaara
Patrik Niklas-Salminen
4–6, 7–6, [7–10]
Win Feb 2020 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Benjamin Lock Kimmer Coppejans
Sergio Martos Gornés
3–6, 6–3, [10–8]