Oliver Crawford (born 30 April 1999) is an American-British tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 183 achieved on 15 September 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 316 achieved on 23 September 2024. He has won 13 ITF Men's World Tennis Tour titles from 27 finals.
Early life Crawford started playing tennis at two years-old. His parents had no tennis background. His parents are from Birmingham, England and moved to work in Spartanburg, South Carolina, before he was born. He graduated from Laurel Springs School, an online high school based in California, and attended the University of Florida. He was named SEC Freshmen of the Year and before turning professional in 2020, was twice included as a First Team All-SEC and a three-time ITA All-America.
Career 2018: Juniors A former world No. 9 junior player, Crawford won his first senior title in October 2018 at a $25,000 USTA Pro Circuit event in Harlingen, Texas. 2020–2022: Pro beginnings, top 350 In March, Crawford won his third title on the ITF Tour when he defeated American Zane Khan in the final of an M15 tournament in Pune, India.
2023–2024: Grand Slam doubles debut In his first event representing Britain, Crawford defeated Ilya Ivashka in the first round of qualifying for the 2024 Australian Open. He followed that with a win over Francesco Passaro in the second round. He lost to Vít Kopřiva in the final qualifying round. He reached the final of the $25,000 ITF men's tennis tournament at the Arera Club in Bhopal on 21 January 2024 but had to award his opponent Bogdan Bobrov a walkover due to a back injury.
Crawford made his Grand Slam debut partnering Kyle Edmund in the men's doubles at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, losing in the first round to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul in straight sets.
2025: Major singles debut at Wimbledon Crawford was awarded a wildcard to make his Grand Slam main-draw singles debut at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to Mattia Bellucci in the first round. At the 2025 International Challenger Zhangjiagang Crawford reached his third Challenger final but lost to Sho Shimabukuro.
Personal life Although born in South Carolina after his parents left Britain in 1999, many of his extended family still live in Sutton Coldfield and London. Crawford started representing Great Britain in January 2024.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20222023202420252026Win %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAQ3AQ10 / 00–0French OpenAAQ1A0 / 00–0WimbledonAAQ11R0 / 10–1US OpenQ1AQ1Q20 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–00 / 10–1ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAAAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenAAAA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Shanghai MastersNHAAA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00 / 00–0
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 34 (14 titles, 20 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–4)ITF Futures/WTT (14–16)Finals by surfaceHard (9–9)Clay (5–11)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Charleston, USAChallengerHard Abdullah Shelbayh2–6, 7–6(7–5), 3–6Loss0–2Curitiba, BrazilChallengerClay Hugo Dellien6–7(6–8), 6–4, 6–7(1–7)Loss0–3Zhangjiagang, ChinaChallengerHard Sho Shimabukuro3–6, 6–3, 5–7Loss0–4Delhi, IndiaChallengerHard Stefanos Sakellaridis5–7, 6–4, 6–7(6–8)Win1–0USA F28, HarlingenFuturesHard Andrew Watson6–1, 6–1Loss1–1M25 Champaign, USAWTTHard Jenson Brooksby2–6, 1–6Win2–1M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWTTHard Alex Rybakov6–3, 6–1Loss2–2M15 Santo Domingo, Dominican RepublicWTTHard Nick Hardt4–6, 0–6Win3–2M15 Pune, IndiaWTTHard Zane Khan6–3, 6–0Loss3–3M15 New Delhi, IndiaWTTHard Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha3–6, 6–7(5–7)Win4–3M15 Cairo, EgyptWTTClay Daniel Michalski6–2, 5–7, 6–3Loss4–4M25 Sierre, SwitzerlandWTTClay Rinky Hijikata6–7(6–8), 1–6Loss4–5M25 Medellín, ColombiaWTTClay Benjamin Lock6–7(3–7), 6–4, 6–7(5–7)Loss4–6M25 Bourg-en-Bresse, FranceWTTClay Ugo Blanchet4–6, 6–7(4–7)Loss4–7M25 Telfs, AustriaWTTClay Ergi Kırkın4–6, 5–7Win5–7M25 Bacău, RomaniaWTTClay Moez Echargui2–6, 6–3, 7–5Win6–7M25 Indore, IndiaWTTHard Dominik Palán6–1, 1–6, 6–3Win7–7M25 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Moez Echargui2–6, 6–4, 6–1Loss7–8M25 Värnamo, SwedenWTTClay Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș6–7(4–7), 1–6Win8–8M25 Klosters, SwitzerlandWTTClay Damien Wenger6–1, 6–3Loss8–9M25 Gandia, SpainWTTClay Sergi Pérez Contri3–6, 5–7Loss8–10M25 Oldenzaal, NetherlandsWTTClay Lucas Gerch5–7, 0–6Loss8–11M25 Kigali, RwandaWTTClay Damien Wenger4–6, 2–6Loss8–12M25 Kigali, RwandaWTTClay Corentin Denolly6–1, 4–6, 4–6Loss8–13M25 Bhopal, IndiaWTTHard Bogdan BobrovwalkoverWin9–13M25 The Hague, NetherlandsWTTClay Àlex Martí Pujolràs6–0, 6–1Win10–13M25 Chennai, IndiaWTTHard Eric Vanshelboim5–7, 6–3, 7–6(7–5)Loss10–14M15 Zahra, KuwaitWTTHard Lucas Gerch6–2, 4–6, 4–6Loss10–15M15 Villena, SpainWTTHard Darwin Blanch6–1, 5–7, 5–7Win11–15M25 Lu'an, ChinaWTTHard Chung Hyeon4–6, 6–3, 6–2Win12–15M25 Shenzhen, ChinaWTTHard Bai Yan7–6(7–5), 1–6, 6–2Win13–15M25 Bengaluru, IndiaWTTHard Jay Clarke5–2 ret.Loss13–16M25 Sabadell, SpainWTTClay Daniel Mérida4–6, 6–2, 6–7(5–7)Win14–16M25 Grado, ItalyWTTClay Gianmarco Ferrari7–6(9–7), 6–2
References
External links