Tanner Cochran Evans (born August 3, 1984) is a former professional
tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket st ...
player from the United States.
Biography
Tennis career
A right-handed player from
Dublin, Georgia
Dublin is a city and county seat of Laurens County, Georgia, United States. The population was 16,074 at the 2020 census.
History
The City of Dublin, Georgia was incorporated by the Georgia General Assembly on December 9, 1812, and made the c ...
, Cochran debuted at the US Open main draw as a 16 year-old in 2000, partnering
Kristen Schlukebir in the women's doubles. As a junior, she and Schlukebir were semi-finalists in the girls' doubles event at the 2001 Open and she reached the round of 16 of the girls' singles at the 2002 US Open, which included a win over
Ana Ivanovic
Ana Schweinsteiger (name at birth, née Ivanovic; born 6 November 1987) is a Serbian former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the List of WTA number 1 ranked singles tennis players, world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tenn ...
.
From 2002 she played as a professional and won a $25,000 ITF singles title that year at Allentown, in addition to a second US Open doubles appearance. Cochran, who had a best ranking of 236 in the world, played in the main draw of a WTA Tour tournament for the only time at the
2003 Kroger St. Jude International in Memphis.
Personal life
She is married to former
Los Angeles Angels
The Los Angeles Angels are an American professional baseball team based in the Greater Los Angeles, Greater Los Angeles area. The Angels compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) American League West, ...
baseball player
Terry Evans.
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1984 births
Living people
American female tennis players
Tennis players from Georgia (U.S. state)
Sportspeople from Dublin, Georgia
21st-century American women