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.