Dan Evans to retire after Wimbledon in 2024
Dan Evans will retire from tennis after this year’s Wimbledon, ending a career that took him to a ranking of 21 and into Great Britain’s Davis Cup-winning team. The 36-year-old has played just five professional matches this year and dropped to 217th in the world before deciding Wimbledon will be his last stop.
Evans and Wimbledon
Evans said on Instagram that the sport has given him everything and that he has loved every single minute of being a professional tennis player. He also said: "Representing Great Britain in both Davis Cup and the Olympics remains the greatest honour of my career and something I will cherish for the rest of my life," before adding, "I'm looking forward to finishing on a high... and giving everything I have one last time," in reference to his final Wimbledon period.
Wimbledon starts on 29 June, but Evans would still need to come through qualifying or receive a wildcard to reach the main draw. He received a wildcard for last year’s tournament, and the wildcard committee will meet on Tuesday to decide which players they would like to invite into the main draw.
Great Britain milestones
Evans was part of the 2015 Davis Cup team that secured Great Britain’s first title in 79 years, and he played 28 Davis Cup ties for his country. He won two ATP Tour-level titles and reached his career-high ranking of 21 in 2023, putting this retirement decision at the end of a run that included both individual results and team success.
Paris Olympics with Murray
His final major team appearance came in 2024, when he partnered Andy Murray at the Paris Olympics. Evans gave up the 500 ranking points he had earned at the Washington Open the previous year to play alongside Murray, and the pair lost in the quarter-finals in what was Murray’s last match.
Evans’ career also included a one-year suspension after testing positive for cocaine in 2017, a setback he has now folded into the bigger arc of a career that has taken him from a peak of 21 in the world to the edge of retirement. Wimbledon now stands as the final checkpoint, with a wildcard or qualifying place the only route into the main draw.
