Oliver Anderson
Australian tennis player
Oliver Anderson (born 30 April 1998) is an Australian professional tennis player. Anderson was convicted and temporarily suspended from playing professional tennis due to being found guilty of match fixing his first round match at the 2016 Latrobe City Traralgon ATP Challenger.
Anderson is best known for winning the 2016 Australian Open – Boys' singles title over Jurabek Karimov. Anderson retired from tennis aged 20 in 2018, following a guilty charge of match fixing. Anderson returned to tennis in 2024.
Tennis career
Anderson made his professional debut at the age of 14 in March 2013 when he received a wildcard entry into an Australian futures tournament in his home state of Queensland. He lost in the first round of both the singles and doubles tournaments. Anderson secured his first ranking point in September 2013 when he defeated Jay Andrijic in the first round of an Australian futures tournament held in Cairns. He continued to improve his ranking through 2014 and 2015 with several wins spread across the challengers tour and the futures circuit.
2016-2017
To begin 2016, Anderson received a qualifying wildcard into his hometown tournament – the Brisbane International.
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