Researching Dan Evans

He started in baseball as an intern with the Chicago White Sox while a junior at DePaul University. He was eventually promoted to Assistant General Manager/Director of Baseball Operations. After almost 20 years, Evans resigned from the White Sox after their 2000 Central Division Championship season. During his tenure, he was responsible for drafting or acquiring future Hall of Famer Frank Thomas (designated hitter), Tom Seaver, Robin Ventura, Paul Konerko, and Bo Jackson, among others.

Evans then became the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers from 2001 to 2004, rebuilt the Dodgers' entire baseball organization after it had sunk to a rating of 28th within MLB as he inherited the team, and was the primary architect of the Dodgers' 2004 West Division champions, their first playoff club in eight years. Evans' winning percentage (.546) as General Manager is the second-best in Los Angeles Dodgers history. Among his draftees were All-Star outfielder Matt Kemp and catcher Russell Martin. Within two years, the Dodgers set franchise records for pitching and defense, and the organization elevated its ranking to 2nd overall. While Dodgers' GM, Evans promoted the first Taiwanese player (Chin-Feng Chen) to the Major Leagues, and three of the first four Taiwanese big leaguers have direct ties to Evans.

He has worked in decision-making roles for five MLB organizations (Chicago White Sox, Chicago Cubs, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners, and Toronto Blue Jays). After a few months of working for the Chicago Cubs along with some broadcasting, landed a job as a senior advisor with the Los Angeles Dodgers under Chairman Bob Daly and was eventually promoted to Dodgers' General Manager. Proficient in social media, Evans' Twitter account, @DanEvans108, was honored as a "Top 100 Must-Follow Sports Business Twitter Account of 2014" by Forbes and was named among "Top 50 Baseball Related Twitter Accounts" by Baseball America.

He was Commissioner of the Northern League of Professional Baseball in 2013, which folded before playing games due to the League's ownership issues. Evans authored a column "108 Stitches" for Baseball Prospectus before working for the Blue Jays. In 2013, he also became a "Baseball GM and Scouting" instructor for the online sports-career training school Sports Management Worldwide, founded and run by Dr. Lynn Lashbrook.

Evans was born in Chicago, Illinois. He has two daughters (Sarah and Andrea), and lives in Boulder, Colorado.

In Grand Slam events, Evans reached the fourth round of the 2017 Australian Open after beating seventh-seed Marin Čilić. Evans has made six third-round Slam appearances at the 2013 US Open, at Wimbledon 2016, at the 2016 US Open, at Wimbledon 2019, at the 2019 US Open, and at Wimbledon 2021. Evans's three ATP Tour finals to date have been the 2017 Apia International Sydney (losing to Gilles Müller), Delray Beach Open (losing to Radu Albot), and the 2021 Murray River Open (beating Felix Auger-Aliassime).

Evans made his Davis Cup debut for Great Britain against Poland in September 2009. Evans twice won deciding fifth rubbers, against Slovakia and Russia respectively, helping Great Britain progress to the Davis Cup World Group. Evans also played in the semifinal against Australia, losing both of his rubbers, and was a substitute for the Final against Belgium, with Great Britain winning the Davis Cup in 2015, the nation's first success in the tournament for 79 years. The Davis Cup team was awarded the 2015 BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award.