 With the tie poised at 2-2, Evans played the deciding rubber against Leonardo Mayer, winning the first set but finally losing in four sets.January saw Evans beat 8th ranked Dominic Thiem at Sydney Apia International before winning the semi final to meet Gilles Müller in Evans' first ATP Tour final.He was the first English born player to reach a singles final there in more than 11 years (Tim Henman being the last in 2006) but lost the match in straight sets.