Evan King (born March 25, 1992) is an American professional
tennis
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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
Taylor Townsend (born April 16, 1996) is an American professional tennis player. She has a WTA career-high doubles ranking of world No. 2, achieved on February 24, 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 46, achieved on August 19, 2024. Townsend won ...
.
He has won two
ATP Tour
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doubles titles with Harrison. He also won 24 doubles titles on the
ATP Challenger Tour
The ATP Challenger Tour (known until the end of 2008 as the ATP Challenger Series) is a series of international men's professional tennis tournaments. It was founded in 1976 as a replacement for the ILTF Satellite Circuit (founded in 1971) as ...
.
Early life
Evan King was born in Chicago on March 25, 1992. He is the son of Evelyn Maxwell and Van King.
He attended
Walter Payton College Prep
Walter Payton College Preparatory High School is a public four-year magnet high school located in the Old Town neighborhood on the near–north side of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Opened in 2000, Payton is operated by the Chicago Public ...
for two years and played tennis.
In 2006, he won five Boys' 16-and-under singles titles, including the USTA National Open and USTA National Winter Championships.
In 2007, he was the Illinois State champion in singles.
[Rudnitsky, Matt (March 19, 2011)]
The Pro You Don't Know: Evan King.
''The Michigan Daily''. Retrieved June 4, 2025. In 2008, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida, to attend the USTA Training Academy, and enrolled in online classes at
Laurel Springs School.
While in high school, King was featured on the covers of USTA Magazine (April 2008) and RISE Magazine (June 2008),
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.
College career
Following in his father's footsteps,
King attended the
University of Michigan
The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...
.
[ 2012-13 Men's Tennis Roster: Evan King.](_blank)
University of Michigan. Retrieved June 4, 2025. He played on the Wolverine men's tennis team and amassed a 116-34 singles record.
He was a three-time ITA All-American (2011, '12, '13),
[ Evan King. Volunteer Assistant Coach.](_blank)
University of Michigan. Retrieved June 4, 2025. a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13),
and a four-time All-Big Ten (2010, '11, '12, '13) player.
He was Michigan's all-time leader in combined singles and doubles wins with 195
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.
Professional career
King made his ATP main-draw debut at the
2009 Delray Beach Open as a 17 year old as a wildcard.
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
Łukasz Kubot (; born 16 May 1982) is a former Polish professional tennis player who was ranked world No. 1 in doubles.
He is a two-time Grand Slam champion in doubles, having won the 2014 Australian Open with Robert Lindstedt, as well as the ...
/
Marcelo Melo
Marcelo Pinheiro Davi de Melo (; born September 23, 1983) is a Brazilian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He is a former List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1, which he achieved in 2 November 2015. ...
in the first round and then
Austin Krajicek
Austin Krajicek ( ; born June 16, 1990) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 1 in doubles by the ATP in June 2023. He attained a career-high singles ranking of world No. 94 in October 2015.
A form ...
/
Dominic Inglot
Dominic Inglot ( ; born 6 March 1986) is a British former professional tennis player and a Davis Cup champion. A doubles specialist; he made the final of twenty seven ATP World Tour events, winning fourteen, including the Citi Open and Swiss ...
in the second.
Partnering with
Christian Harrison, King won his first
ATP Tour
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doubles title at the
2025 Dallas Open, defeating
Ariel Behar
Ariel Behar (; born November 12, 1989) is a Uruguayan professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. His career-high doubles ranking is World No. 34 achieved on 6 May 2024. He has won three ATP titles with Ecuadorian partner Gonzalo Esc ...
and
Robert Galloway in the final. Within three weeks they lifted their second title, also an ATP 500 in
Acapulco
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, having qualified for the main draw. They defeated fourth seeds
Sadio Doumbia and
Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-0 in a 56-minute final.
At the
2025 BNP Paribas Open the pair reached their first Masters semifinal as wildcards with wins over
Matthew Ebden
Matthew Ebden (born 26 November 1987) is an Australian professional tennis player who reached a career high of List of ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, world No. 1 in doubles.
Ebden is a three-time Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ch ...
and
John Peers
John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specializes in doubles.
He reached a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 2 on 3 April 2017, and a singles ranking of No. 456 in June 2012.
He has ...
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. At the next Masters in
Miami, the pair reached back-to-back quarterfinals upsetting third seeds
Simone Bolelli
Simone Bolelli (; born 8 October 1985) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP ranking in doubles of World No. 6 achieved on 13 January 2025 and in singles of No. 36 achieved on 23 February 2009. Bolelli is a Grand S ...
and
Andrea Vavassori
Andrea Vavassori (; born 5 May 1995) is an Italian professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 14 October 2024 and a singles ranking of world No. 128, achieved on 19 June 2023. Vavassori is a ...
and King reached the top 25 in the rankings on 31 March 2025. 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.
At the
2025 French Open, King reached the semifinals with Christian Harrison in doubles, and the final with Taylor Townsend in mixed doubles.
World TeamTennis
King has played two seasons with
World TeamTennis
World TeamTennis (WTT) was a mixed-gender professional tennis league played with a team format in the United States, which was founded in 1973.
The league's season normally took place in the summer months. Players from the ATP and WTA would ...
starting in 2018 when he debuted in the league with the
Orange County Breakers
The Orange County Breakers was a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2003, owned by Laguna Beach businessman Eric Davidson. The Breakers won the WTT Championship in 2004, 2017 and 2021. In 2014, the franchise moved to Greater Austin, Texa ...
. In 2019 he joined the expansion
Orlando Storm
The Orlando Storm was a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2019, owned by the league. The team was one of two expansion teams to enter the league in 2019 alongside the expansion Vegas Rollers. The Storm plays their home matches at the UST ...
for their inaugural season. It was announced that he will join his hometown expansion team the
Chicago Smash
The Chicago Smash was a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2020, owned by the league. The team was the third expansion teams in two years to enter the league in 2020 following the addition of the Orlando Storm and Vegas Rollers during th ...
during the 2020 season set to begin July 12.
King paired up with
Rajeev Ram
Rajeev Ram ( ; born March 18, 1984) is an American professional tennis player. He has been ranked world No. 1 in men's doubles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP). Ram is a six-time major champion, having won the 2020 Australian O ...
multiple times throughout the 2020 season in men's doubles. The Smash were seeded second in the WTT Playoffs and defeated the
Orlando Storm
The Orlando Storm was a World TeamTennis (WTT) franchise founded in 2019, owned by the league. The team was one of two expansion teams to enter the league in 2019 alongside the expansion Vegas Rollers. The Storm plays their home matches at the UST ...
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)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 3 (2 titles, 1 runner-up)
Challenger and Futures finals
Singles: 11 (6–5)
Doubles: 70 (43 titles, 27 runners-up)
References
External links
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1992 births
Living people
American male tennis players
Tennis players from Chicago
Michigan Wolverines men's tennis players
21st-century American sportsmen