Evan King

Evan King
King at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports) United States
ResidenceChicago, Illinois, U.S.
Born (1992-03-25) March 25, 1992
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2013
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Michigan
Prize moneyUS $ 1,142,221
Singles
Career record1–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 185 (April 23, 2018)
Current rankingNo. 1454 (16 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2018)
French OpenQ1 (2018)
WimbledonQ1 (2018)
US Open1R (2017)
Doubles
Career record41–51
Career titles2
Highest rankingNo. 18 (May 5, 2025)
Current rankingNo. 19 (9 June 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2024, 2025)
French OpenSF (2025)
Wimbledon3R (2024)
US Open3R (2021)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
French OpenF (2025)
Wimbledon2R (2025)
US Open1R (2016)
Last updated on: 16 June 2025.

Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 18, achieved on May 5, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 185, achieved on April 23, 2018. His best achievements are reaching the semifinals of the 2025 French Open with Christian Harrison and the mixed doubles final, partnering with Taylor Townsend.[1][2] He has won two ATP Tour doubles titles with Harrison. He also won 24 doubles titles on the ATP Challenger Tour.

Early life

Evan King was born in Chicago on March 25, 1992. He is the son of Evelyn Maxwell and Van King.[3] He attended Walter Payton College Prep for two years and played tennis.[3] In 2006, he won five Boys' 16-and-under singles titles, including the USTA National Open and USTA National Winter Championships.[3] In 2007, he was the Illinois State champion in singles.[3][4] In 2008, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida, to attend the USTA Training Academy, and enrolled in online classes at Laurel Springs School.[3] While in high school, King was featured on the covers of USTA Magazine (April 2008) and RISE Magazine (June 2008),[3] as well as being ranked No. 1 in the USTA 18-and-under category, No. 1 in the TennisRPI list, and the nation’s No. 2 prospect by Tennisrecruiting.net.[4]

College career

Following in his father's footsteps,[3] King attended the University of Michigan.[3] He played on the Wolverine men's tennis team and amassed a 116-34 singles record.[5] He was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, '12, '13),[5] a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13),[5] and a four-time All-Big Ten (2010, '11, '12, '13) player.[3] He was Michigan's all-time leader in combined singles and doubles wins with 195[5] until 2023 when Andrew Fenty surpassed his record. He served as a volunteer assistant during the dual-match portion of the 2014-15 season, and as a volunteer assistant coach in 2015-16.[5]

Professional career

King made his ATP main-draw debut at the 2009 Delray Beach Open as a 17 year old as a wildcard.[6]

At the 2021 US Open he reached the third round of a major for the first time in his career as a wildcard pair partnering fellow American Hunter Reese defeating ninth seeds Łukasz Kubot/Marcelo Melo in the first round[7] and then Austin Krajicek/Dominic Inglot in the second.[8]

Partnering with Christian Harrison, King won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2025 Dallas Open, defeating Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway in the final.[9] Within three weeks they lifted their second title, also an ATP 500 in Acapulco, having qualified for the main draw. They defeated fourth seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-0 in a 56-minute final.[10][11]

At the 2025 BNP Paribas Open the pair reached their first Masters semifinal as wildcards with wins over Matthew Ebden and John Peers and seventh-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. As a result King reached a new career-high ranking in the top 30 on 17 March 2025.[12][13] At the next Masters in Miami, the pair reached back-to-back quarterfinals upsetting third seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori and King reached the top 25 in the rankings on 31 March 2025.[14] The pair reached another semifinal at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open but again lost, this time to the world No. 1 pair Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic. As a result they both reached new career-high rankings in the top 20 in the rankings on 5 May 2025.[15]

At the 2025 French Open, King reached the semifinals with Christian Harrison in doubles,[16][17] and the final with Taylor Townsend in mixed doubles.[2]

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.[18] It was announced that he will join his hometown expansion team the Chicago Smash during the 2020 season set to begin July 12.[19]

King paired up with Rajeev Ram multiple times throughout the 2020 season in men's doubles. The Smash were seeded second in the WTT Playoffs and defeated the Orlando Storm for a spot in the final, where they ultimately fell to the New York Empire.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournaments

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result Year Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2025 French Open Clay Taylor Townsend Sara Errani
Andrea Vavassori 		4–6, 2–6

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (2–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2025 Dallas Open, United States ATP 500 Hard (i) Christian Harrison Ariel Behar
Robert Galloway 		7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)
Loss 1–1 Feb 2025 Delray Beach Open, United States ATP 250 Hard Christian Harrison Miomir Kecmanovic
Brandon Nakashima 		6–7(3–7), 6–1, [3–10]
Win 2–1 Feb 2025 Mexican Open, Mexico ATP 500 Hard Christian Harrison Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul 		6–4, 6–0

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 11 (6–5)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)
ITF Futures Tour (6–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (2–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Aug 2011 USA F22, Edwardsville Futures Hard Blake Strode 6–7(4–7), 3–6
Loss 0–2 Oct 2013 USA F26, Houston Futures Hard Jeff Dadamo 3–6, 1–6
Win 1–2 Jun 2015 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Futures Hard Tyler Hochwalt 6–4, 7–5
Loss 1–3 Jul 2015 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard Tucker Vorster 1–6, 6–3, 3–6
Win 2–3 Aug 2015 USA F23, Edwardsville Futures Hard Clay Thompson 6–4, 6–3
Win 3–3 Nov 2015 USA F31, Birmingham Futures Clay Bastian Trinker 6–4, 6–4
Win 4–3 Jun 2016 Japan F7, Tokyo Futures Hard Sho Katayama 6–2, 7–6(7–1)
Win 5–3 Jun 2016 USA F19, Buffalo Futures Clay Gavin van Peperzeel 7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 5–4 Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los Caballeros Futures Clay Bruno Sant'anna 5–7, 3–6
Win 6–4 Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este Futures Hard Calvin Hemery 6–4, 7–6(11–9)
Loss 6–5 Jun 2017 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Brčko Futures Clay Tomislav Brkić 6–7(7–9), 3–6

Doubles: 70 (43 titles, 27 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (21–17)
ITF Futures Tour (22–10)
Finals by surface
Hard (32–19)
Clay (11–7)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2010 USA F20, Godfrey Futures Hard Jordan Cox Jean Andersen
Joshua Zavala 		4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss 1–1 Oct 2011 USA F28, Birmingham Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Andrei Dăescu
Milan Pokrajac 		2–6, 2–6
Win 2–1 Aug 2012 Canada F5, Mississauga Futures Hard Jason Jung Kamil Pajkowski
Milan Pokrajac 		6–4, 6–2
Win 3–1 Jul 2013 USA F20, Godfrey Futures Hard Peter Kobelt Marcos Giron
Devin McCarthy 		7–5, 6–2
Win 4–1 Sep 2013 Canada F8, Toronto Futures Hard Jason Jung Milan Pokrajac
Peter Polansky 		7–5, 6–2
Win 5–1 Sep 2013 Canada F9, Markham Futures Hard (i) Sekou Bangoura Hans Hach
Andrew Ochotta 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 5–2 Oct 2013 USA F26, Houston Futures Hard Costin Pavăl Vijayant Malik
Sanam Singh 		6–7(5–7), 4–6
Loss 5–3 Oct 2013 USA F28, Birmingham Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Romain Arneodo
Benjamin Balleret 		7–6(7–4), 4–6, [7–10]
Win 6–3 Jan 2014 USA F2, Sunrise Futures Clay Jason Jung William Blumberg
Francis Tiafoe 		6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–6]
Loss 6–4 Jan 2014 USA F3, Weston Futures Clay Jason Jung Markus Eriksson
Milos Sekulic 		7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [15–17]
Win 7–4 Mar 2014 USA F8, Bakersfield Futures Hard Sekou Bangoura Adam Chadaj
Marek Michalička 		5–7, 6–4, [10–5]
Win 8–4 Mar 2014 USA F9, Calabasas Futures Hard Sekou Bangoura Dennis Novikov
Connor Smith 		6–4, 6–4
Win 9–4 Apr 2014 USA F10, Harlingen Futures Hard Devin McCarthy Edward Corrie
Daniel Smethurst 		6–3, 7–6(7–2)
Loss 9–5 Jun 2014 Tianjin, China, P.R. Challenger Hard Jason Jung Robin Kern
Josselin Ouanna 		7–6(7–3), 5–7, [8–10]
Loss 9–6 Jul 2014 Winnetka, USA Challenger Hard Raymond Sarmiento Thanasi Kokkinakis
Denis Kudla 		2–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 10–6 Sep 2014 Canada F9, Toronto Futures Clay Sekou Bangoura Bjorn Fratangelo
Mitchell Krueger 		6–4, 4–6, [11–9]
Loss 10–7 Oct 2014 USA F27, Houston Futures Hard Jeff Dadamo Henrique Cunha
Dimitar Kutrovsky 		4–6, 4–6
Win 11–7 Jun 2015 Mozambique F2, Maputo Futures Hard Anderson Reed Duncan Mugabe
Hassan Ndayishimiye 		6–3, 6–2
Loss 11–8 Jun 2015 Zimbabwe F1, Harare Futures Hard Anderson Reed Lloyd Harris
Nicolaas Scholtz 		5–7, 4–6
Win 12–8 Jul 2015 Zimbabwe F3, Harare Futures Hard Anderson Reed Benjamin Lock
Courtney John Lock 		4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
Win 13–8 Aug 2015 USA F24, Decatur Futures Hard Kevin King Grégoire Barrère
Tom Jomby 		6–0, 6–2
Loss 13–9 Aug 2015 USA F25, Champaign Futures Hard Kevin King Justin S. Shane
Ryan Shane 		1–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 13–10 Sep 2015 France F19, Plaisir Futures Hard (i) Anderson Reed Sander Arends
Adam Majchrowicz 		4–6, 4–6
Win 14–10 Jan 2016 USA F1, Los Angeles Futures Hard Raymond Sarmiento Jean-Yves Aubone
Dennis Nevolo 		6–4, 3–6, [11–9]
Loss 14–11 Jan 2016 USA F2, Long Beach Futures Hard Raymond Sarmiento David O'Hare
Joe Salisbury 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 15–11 Oct 2016 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Denis Kudla Jarryd Chaplin
Ben McLachlan 		6–7(4–7), 6–4, [10–2]
Win 16–11 Oct 2016 USA F32, Harlingen Futures Hard Luke Bambridge John McNally
Evan Zhu 		6–4, 6–4
Loss 16–12 Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F1, Santiago de los Caballeros Futures Clay Hunter Reese Eduardo Dischinger
Bruno Sant'anna 		3–6, 6–7(4–7)
Win 17–12 Dec 2016 Dominican Republic F3, Santo Domingo Este Futures Hard Alexios Halebian Nebojša Perić
Ilija Vučić 		6–4, 6–4
Win 18–12 Feb 2017 Indonesia F2, Jakarta Futures Hard Nathan Pasha Soichiro Moritani
Masato Shiga 		6–3, 6–7(8–10), [10–6]
Win 19–12 Mar 2017 Australia F2, Canberra Futures Clay Nathan Pasha Maverick Banes
Gavin van Peperzeel 		4–6, 6–3, [10–4]
Win 20–12 Apr 2017 USA F14, Orange Park Futures Clay Hunter Reese Daniel Nolan
Yosuke Watanuki 		2–6, 7–5, [10–8]
Win 21–12 Jun 2017 Spain F17, Martos Futures Hard Robert Galloway JC Aragone
Daniel Nolan 		6–4, 6–4
Win 22–12 Jul 2017 Netherlands F3, Middelburg Futures Clay Hunter Reese Michiel de Krom
Sem Verbeek 		6–2, 6–1
Loss 22–13 Aug 2017 Floridablanca, Colombia Challenger Clay Sekou Bangoura Sergio Galdós
Nicolás Jarry 		3–6, 7–5, [1–10]
Win 23–13 Oct 2017 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Christopher Eubanks Marcelo Arevalo
Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 		7–6(7–4), 6–3
Loss 23–14 Oct 2017 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Alex Bolt
Bradley Mousley 		4–6, 2–6
Win 24–14 Dec 2017 Hong Kong F5, Hong Kong Futures Hard Michael Zhu Corentin Denolly
Takuto Niki 		6–4, 6–2
Loss 24–15 Feb 2018 Burnie, Australia Challenger Hard Max Schnur Marcel Granollers
Gerard Granollers-Pujol 		6–7(8–10), 2–6
Loss 24–16 Feb 2018 Morelos, Mexico Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Roberto Maytín
Fernando Romboli 		5–7, 3–6
Loss 24–17 Mar 2018 Indian Wells, USA Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Austin Krajicek
Jackson Withrow 		7–6(7–3), 1–6, [9–11]
Win 25–17 Apr 2018 Sarasota, USA Challenger Clay Hunter Reese Christian Harrison
Peter Polansky 		6–1, 6–2
Win 26–17 Sep 2018 Cary, USA Challenger Hard Hunter Reese Fabrice Martin
Hugo Nys 		6–4, 7–6(8–6)
Win 27–17 Apr 2019 Monterrey, Mexico Challenger Hard Nathan Pasha Santiago González
Aisam Qureshi 		7–5, 6–2
Loss 27–18 May 2019 Jerusalem, Israel Challenger Hard Julian Ocleppo Ariel Behar
Gonzalo Escobar 		4–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 28–18 Jun 2019 Fergana, Uzbekistan Challenger Hard Hunter Reese Nikola Čačić
Yang Tsung-hua 		6–3, 5–7, [10–4]
Loss 28–19 Sep 2019 Kaohsiung, Taiwan Challenger Carpet Hunter Reese Hsieh Cheng-peng
Yang Tsung-hua 		4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Loss 28–20 Nov 2019 Playford, Australia Challenger Hard Ruben Gonzales Harri Heliövaara
Patrik Niklas-Salminen 		4–6, 7–6(7–4), [7–10]
Win 29–20 Feb 2020 Launceston, Australia Challenger Hard Benjamin Lock Kimmer Coppejans
Sergio Martos Gornés 		3–6, 6–3, [10–8]
Loss 29–21 Mar 2021 Cleveland, USA Challenger Hard (i) Hunter Reese Robert Galloway
Alex Lawson 		5-7, 7-6(7-5), [9-11]
Win 30–21 May 2021 Zagreb, Croatia Challenger Clay Hunter Reese Andrey Golubev
Aleksandr Nedovyesov 		6–2, 7–6(7–4)
Win 31–21 May 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Julian Lenz Karol Drzewiecki
Sergio Martos Gornés 		3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 31–22 Oct 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Max Schnur Diego Hidalgo
Nicolás Jarry 		3-6, 7-5, [6-10]
Win 32–22 Oct 2021 Santiago, Chile Challenger Clay Max Schnur Hans Hach Verdugo
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela 		3–6, 7–6(7–3), [16–14]
Loss 32–23 Oct 2021 Las Vegas, USA Challenger Hard Jason Jung William Blumberg
Max Schnur 		5-7, 7–6(7–5), [5-10]
Win 33–23 May 2022 Troisdorf, Germany Challenger Clay Dustin Brown Hendrik Jebens
Piotr Matuszewski 		6-4, 7-5
Loss 33–24 Aug 2022 Chicago, USA Challenger Hard Mitchell Krueger André Göransson
Ben McLachlan 		4–6, 7–6(7–3), [5–10]
Win 34–24 Nov 2022 Maspalomas, Spain Challenger Clay Reese Stalder Marco Bortolotti
Sergio Martos Gornés 		6–3, 5–7, [11–9]
Loss 34–25 Feb 2023 Waco, USA Challenger Hard Mitchell Krueger Ivan Sabanov
Matej Sabanov 		1–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Loss 34–26 Mar 2023 Mexico City, Mexico Challenger Clay Reese Stalder Boris Arias
Federico Zeballos 		5–7, 7–5, [2–10]
Win 35–26 May 2023 Gwangju, South Korea Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Andrew Harris
John-Patrick Smith 		6–4, 6–2
Win 36–26 May 2023 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Max Purcell
Rubin Statham 		w/o
Loss 36–27 Jun 2023 Tyler, United States Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Alex Bolt
Andrew Harris 		1–6, 4–6
Win 37–27 Jun 2023 Palmas del Mar, Puerto Rico Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Toshihide Matsui
Kaito Uesugi 		3–6, 7–5, [11–9]
Win 38–27 Aug 2023 Cary, United States Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Miķelis Lībietis
Adam Walton 		6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 39–27 Oct 2023 Fairfield, United States Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Vasil Kirkov
Denis Kudla 		7–5, 6–3
Win 40–27 Nov 2023 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard Brandon Nakashima Francisco Cabral
Henry Patten 		6–4, 7–6(7–1)
Win 41–27 Nov 2023 Kobe, Japan Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Nam Ji-sung
Andrew Harris 		7–6(7–3), 2–6, [10–7]
Win 42–27 Nov 2023 Yokkaichi, Japan Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Ray Ho
Calum Puttergill 		7–5, 6–4
Win 43–27 June 2024 Ilkley, United Kingdom Challenger Hard Reese Stalder Christian Harrison
Fabrice Martin 		6–3, 3–6, [10–6]

References

  1. ^ "Evan King: 'Enjoying the ride and trying not to screw it up'". June 4, 2025.
  2. ^ a b "For the first time, an African-American reached the quarterfinals in all five pro disciplines at the same Grand Slam". June 4, 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i 2012-13 Men's Tennis Roster: Evan King. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  4. ^ a b Rudnitsky, Matt (March 19, 2011). The Pro You Don't Know: Evan King. The Michigan Daily. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  5. ^ a b c d e Evan King. Volunteer Assistant Coach. University of Michigan. Retrieved June 4, 2025.
  6. ^ "Evan King Bio". Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  7. ^ "Doubles Wrap: Shock upset for Mektic/Pavic". usopen.org. September 2, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  8. ^ "Bencic, Pegula and Krajicek are mixed-doubles victors". September 3, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2025.
  9. ^ "Qualifiers Harrison & King triumph in Dallas for first ATP title". ATPTour. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  10. ^ "Harrison & King win second title in three weeks". March 2, 2025.
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  12. ^ "American wild cards Harrison/King advance to Indian Wells doubles SFs". March 13, 2025.
  13. ^ "How King and Harrison Are Cashing In On Confidence, Chemistry On The Desert Doubles Court". March 13, 2025.
  14. ^ "Harrison & King upset third seeds, Heliovaara & Patten cruise into Miami QFs". March 25, 2025.
  15. ^ "Crowd favourites Granollers/Zeballos hold firm for Madrid final spot". May 2, 2025.
  16. ^ @RolandGarros (June 5, 2025). ""I wouldn't still be playing if I didn't believe that I could achieve some of these goals I have set for myself. I'm happy to get a little bit of validation of the things I thought were possible." Evan King is having a magic run in the doubles competition 💫#RolandGarros" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  17. ^ "Granollers/Zeballos rally to reach Roland Garros final". June 5, 2025.
  18. ^ "New Orlando Franchise Is Ready To Take World TeamTennis By Storm". OrlandoStorm.com. July 13, 2019.
  19. ^ "World TeamTennis Adds Stars Tiafoe, Puig, Roanic, Bouchard, & Sock As Rosters Set For 2020". WTT.com. June 16, 2020.
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