Mikal Statham (born 25 April 1987), usually referred to by his self-penned nickname of "Oliver," is a tennis player from New Zealand.
Statham has a career high ATP singles ranking of 711 achieved on 12 April 2010. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 381 achieved on 28 September 2009. He has represented New Zealand at the Davis Cup.
Career Statham made his ATP doubles main draw debut at the 2007 Heineken Open, partnering his twin brother Rubin.
Having not competed since 2011, he played two tournaments in Thailand in 2016, and then returned again to professional tournaments in 2018, when he played three ITF events.
2019 Statham played exclusively in Cancún in 2019, competing in 16 tournaments from March to August. His best efforts in singles were three second round losses, but he twice reached the semi-finals in doubles.
2020 Statham only played domestic competitions in 2020, including helping his Hikurangi team win the inaugural New Zealand Premier League.
Davis Cup
Group membership World Group (0) Group I (0) Group II (1–2) Group III (0) Group IV (0)
indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score5–0; 10–12 July 2009; Perry Arena Indoor Stadium, Hamilton, New Zealand; Group II Asia/Oceania Semi-final; Hard (i) surfaceVictory1.VSingles (dead rubber) IndonesiaSunu-Wahyu Trijati6–1, 6–01–4; 18–20 September 2009; Philippine Columbian Association, Manila, Philippines; Group II Asia/Oceania Final; Clay (i) surfaceDefeat1.IIIDoubles (with G.D. Jones) PhilippinesTreat Huey / Cecil Mamiit6–7(4–7), 3–6, 5–7Defeat2.IVSingles (dead rubber)Johnny Arcilla3–6, 6–2, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Future finals
Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF Futures (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss 0–1 Ramat HaSharon (1), Israel F4Futures Hard Noam Okun 2–6, 1–6
Doubles: 13 (3 titles, 10 runners-up) LegendATP Challengers (0–0)ITF Futures (3–10)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss 0–1 Modena, Italy F24Futures Clay Rubin Statham Matteo Fago Stefano Pescosolido 7–6(7–5), 1–6, 4–6Loss 0–2 Hope Island, Australia F8Futures Hard Rubin Statham Alun Jones Robert Smeets 2–6, 1–6Win 1–2 Hamilton, New Zealand F2Futures Hard Nathan Healey Andrew Coelho Brydan Klein 7–5, 3–6, [10–8]Loss 1–3 Khon Kaen, Thailand F4Futures Hard Chen Ti Gao Wan Yu Xin-yuan 5–7, 7–6(10–8), [7–10]Loss 1–4 Gympie, Australia F7Futures Hard Haydn Lewis Adam Hubble Greg Jones 6–7(6–8), 7–6(7–4), [5–10]Loss 1–5 Traralgon, Australia F8Futures Hard Jared Easton Dane Propoggia Matt Reid 3–6, 4–6Win 2–5 Petaling Jaya, Malaysia F2Futures Hard Yu Xin-yuan Steven Goh Joel Lindner 6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–4]Loss 2–6 Perth, Australia F11Futures Hard Adam Feeney Kaden Hensel Adam Hubble 4–6, 7–6(7–2), [10–12]Win 3–6 Ain Sokhna, Egypt F8Futures Clay Adam El Mihdawy Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry 6–1, 7–5Loss 3–7 Giza, Egypt F10Futures Clay Adam El Mihdawy Karim Maamoun Sherif Sabry 4–6, 3–6Loss 3–8 Tokyo, Japan F2Futures Hard Maciek Sykut Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo 6–3, 1–6, [8–10]Loss 3–9 Kōfu, Japan F3Futures Hard Maciek Sykut Tasuku Iwami Hiroki Kondo 2–6, 3–6Loss 3–10 Port Pirie, Australia F8Futures Hard Erik Chvojka Jared Easton Joel Lindner 4–6, 2–6
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