The Brit also believes that the players who make it are the ones who play in tournaments every week.
Evans is coming off a loss to Bernabe Zapata Miralles at the Madrid Open. Despite the loss, he is still ranked high enough to ensure automatic entry at the French Open and Wimbledon.
He has maintained his Top-50 ranking for more than three and half years and is therefore well-placed to advise the underperforming players.
“I think players need to compete more week in, week out,” said Evans after a loss to Zapata Miralles.
“The players need to get out on the road and just get after it. It’s not like there’s great science behind it. I mean, it can be hard on the tour but you need to be at it.”
“I’m never going to say I’m a blueprint,” Evans added, “but James Ward - when he made it to 80 in the world – was playing in Challengers and Futures events week in [and] week out.”
“Cam Norrie learned his trade by playing his matches and being in competitive situations. He’s not got good on the practice court. He plays his tournaments, he sticks to his schedule, he’s never injured – touch wood – and how that’s not a blueprint is beyond me, basically.”
He also does not consider having four British players in the Top 100 in the ATP a triumph, although that is on the average historically. The women’s rankings, however, are far bleaker with British Number 1 Emma Raducanu expected to slip out of the Top 100 soon.
“[As a nation], we’re picking and choosing what tournaments we play,” said Evans.
“And we’re ranked 200 in the world. I’m not going to bag the girls here but no one played after [the Billie Jean King Cup in Coventry a fortnight ago]. There’s some cultural thing about resting and all that. It’s not new. Maybe they’ve got too much money or something.”