Oliver Crawford

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.

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

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)