All six British singles players lost in the first round, the first time since 2020 that none made it to the middle of the opening week.
Evans had arguably the trickiest draw as he lost in straight sets to Danish 13th seed Holger Rune.
Andy Murray, only recently back from an ankle injury, was beaten by fellow gland-slam champion Stan Wawrinka and Katie Boulter was edged out by former world number two Paula Badosa.
Harriet Dart lost a tight match to Czech teenager Linda Noskova, while the biggest disappointments were Cameron Norrie, who went down in five to 56th-ranked Pavel Kotov, and Jack Draper, beaten by qualifier Jesper De Jong.
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