Rand Evett Explained

Rand Evett
Birth Date:1 March 1954
Plays:Right-handed
Singlesrecord:4–13
Highestsinglesranking:No. 219 (Jan 3, 1983)
Australianopenresult:1R (1982)
Frenchopenresult:Q2 (1975)
Wimbledonresult:1R (1982)
Doublesrecord:12–31
Highestdoublesranking:No. 83 (Jan 2, 1984)
Australianopendoublesresult:1R (1982)
Frenchopendoublesresult:2R (1983)
Wimbledondoublesresult:Q1 (1982, 1984, 1985)
Usopendoublesresult:3R (1983)

Rand Evett (born March 1, 1954) is an American former professional tennis player.

Evett, the son of a Yale physics instructor, was raised in Tucson, Arizona, where he attended Catalina High School.[1]

During the early 1970s he played collegiate tennis for the University of Arizona and won back to back WAC singles championships in 1972 and 1973. He also earned NCAA All-American honors in 1973 and 1974.[2] In 1974 he and De Armond Briggs won the doubles title at the national amateur grass‐court championships.[3]

On the professional tour, Evett reached a best world ranking of 219, making singles main draw appearances at the Australian Open and Wimbledon. He had a win over world number 33 Shlomo Glickstein in Tel Aviv in 1983. As a doubles player he was ranked in the world's top 100 and reached the round of 16 at the 1983 US Open.

ATP Challenger finals

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Notes and References

  1. News: Greg Hansen's top 10 boys high school tennis players in Tucson history . . July 21, 2017 . en.
  2. News: Rosenblatt . Zack . Lenoir tops UA men's tennis list . . Saddlebag Notes . June 11, 2015 . en.
  3. News: Hagey Wins Grass Title . . July 22, 1974.