Evan King

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. 14 achieved on 2 February 2026 and a singles ranking of No. 185 achieved on 23 April 2018. His best achievements are at the French Open, reaching the semifinals in 2025 with Christian Harrison and two consecutive mixed doubles finals in 2025 and 2026, partnering with Taylor Townsend and Gabriela Dabrowski, respectively. In 2008, he moved to Boca Raton, Florida, to attend the USTA Training Academy, and enrolled in online classes at Laurel Springs School. He played on the Wolverine men's tennis team and amassed a 116-34 singles record. a two-time Big Ten Athlete of the Year (2012, '13),

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 and then Austin Krajicek/Dominic Inglot in the second.

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. 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.

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

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.

Performance timeline

Doubles Current through the 2026 French Open.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

ATP Tour finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (–)ATP Finals (–)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (2–0)ATP 250 (1–2)Finals by surfaceHard (3–1)Clay (–)Grass (0–1)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–2)Indoor (2–0)

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 11 (6 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (–)ITF Futures (6–5)Finals by surfaceHard (4–3)Clay (2–2)

Doubles: 72 (45–27) LegendATP Challenger Tour (23–17)ITF Futures Tour (22–10)Finals by surfaceHard (34–19)Clay (11–7)Carpet (0–1)