Oliver Tarvet (born 29 October 2003) is a British professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 301 achieved on 21 September 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 2,366 achieved on 19 May 2025.
Early life Tarvet was born in 2003 in St Albans, Hertfordshire, the son of Garry Tarvet, a construction manager, and Jennifer Tarvet, a teacher.https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/articles/cq533p4x7l2o He has one sister Joanna Tarvet. Tarvet trained as a youngster at Batchwood Tennis Academy and attended Marlborough Science Academy, a state school in St Albans between 2015 and 2020.https://stalbanstimes.co.uk/st-albans/the-story-of-a-tennis-prodigy-celebrating-marlboroughs-oliver-tarvet/ Tarvet was homeschooled during his A-levels, and played tennis at Unique Tennis London.
Coach Tarvet is coached by Alex Funkhouser, the Associate Head Coach at the University of San Diego.
Personal life
Tarvet stated in 2025 that he prefers to be called Ollie. He said "I usually only get called Oliver when my mum is annoyed at me. So you know, I try to avoid it at all costs".
Career
College Years From 2022-2026, Tarvet spent four years at University of San Diego, competing for San Diego Toreros. His personal honours included being named an ITA Singles All-American Championships Title Winner four years in a row, making him the most decorated player in the program's history. Tarvet studied for a communications and marketing degree.
2025-2026: Wimbledon debut and first win In June 2025, ranked No. 719 Tarvet was awarded a wildcard into the men's singles qualifying event at the 2025 Wimbledon Championships, and in the first round recorded a straight sets win over 14th seed Térence Atmane. In the second round he defeated Alexis Galarneau, again in straight sets, before defeating Alexander Blockx to earn his debut appearance at a Grand Slam. Tarvet recorded his first ATP and also major win, defeating fellow qualifier Leandro Riedi in the first round. He was defeated in straight sets by defending champion, and world No. 2, Carlos Alcaraz in the second round. Tarvet had to forgo the majority of his £99,000 prize money in order to maintain his status as an amateur college athlete.
2026: Second Wimbledon, Maiden Challenger title
Tarvet turned professional after graduating from the University of San Diego.
Tarvet, ranked 344, was again awarded a wildcard into the qualifying event at Wimbledon. He recorded wins over Alex Bolt, Alexis Galarneau, and Stefanos Sakellaridis to qualify to the main draw. This made him only the third British player in history to qualify for Wimbledon in back to back years. Tarvet did not lose a set in qualifying. In the main draw, he lost to 24th seed Arthur Rinderknech in the first round.
After Wimbledon, Tarvet won a M25 tournament in Aldershot and then claimed his maiden Challenger title at the Roehampton Challenger, defeating Lucas Poullain in the final.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20252026SRW–LWin%Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAA0 / 00–0French OpenAA0 / 00–0Wimbledon2R1R0 / 21–2US OpenA0 / 00–0Win–loss1–10–10 / 21–2
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 1 (1 title) LegendATP Challenger Tour (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Roehampton Challenger, United KingdomChallengerHard Lucas Poullain6–3, 6–2
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (7 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendITF WTT (7–1)Finals by surfaceHard (7–1)Clay (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Igor Kudriashov6–1, 6–1Win2–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Ryotaro Taguchi4–6, 6–3, 6–1Win3–0M15 San Diego, USWTTHard Nathan Ponwith4–6, 6–3, 6–4Win4–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Eliakim Coulibaly6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–1Win5–0M15 San Diego, USWTTHard Leo Vithoontien6–0, 6–0Win6–0M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Paul Jubb4–6, 7–5, 6–1Win7–0M25 Aldershot, UKWTTHard Emile Hudd6–1, 6–3Loss7–1M25 Roehampton, UKWTTHard Charles Broom3–6, 2–6
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