Oliver Anderson (born 30 April 1998) is an

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professional

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player. Anderson was convicted and temporarily suspended from playing professional tennis due to being found guilty of

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his first round match at the

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. Anderson is best known for winning the

2016 Australian Open – Boys' singles Oliver Anderson won the title, defeating Jurabek Karimov in the final, 6–2, 1–6, 6–1. Roman Safiullin was the defending champion, but was no longer eligible to participate in junior events. Seeds Draw Finals Top half Secti ...

title over

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. 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

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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

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. He recorded two upset victories from a set down over the eighth seed

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and the fourth seed

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to qualify for his first ever ATP main draw tournament at the age of 17. He faced Croatian

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in the first round, losing 6–3, 6–2. Anderson was then given a wildcards into the 2016 Australian Open men's

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tournament and the junior boys' competition. He was lost in the second round of qualifying tournament but went on to win the junior singles title with a three set win over Uzbekistan's

in the final. This was Anderson's first junior grand slam title. Anderson didn't play again until May where he was eliminated in round one of qualifying for

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and

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Challengers. Anderson had a further 4 months off for hip surgery returning to the ITF circuit in September. In October, Anderson was given a wildcard into the

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, he lost in round 2 to

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. Anderson ended the year with an ATP ranking of 736.

2017 Match-fixing scandal, suspension and retirement

On 5 January 2017, Anderson was charged with match-fixing his first round match at the

in October 2016. Anderson was approached to tank the first set of his first round match against Australian Harrison Lombe. He lost the first set 4–6, but won the next two 6–0, 6–2. In May 2017, Anderson pleaded guilty to the match-fixing charge and was fined $500 by Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court, Victoria. This was followed by an Independent Hearing Officer who suspended Anderson competing for 19 months from the International Tennis Integrity Agency. Anderson immediately retired at the age of 20.

2024: Return to tennis

In March 2024, returned to tennis, qualifying for the Mildura ITF $25k.

Junior Grand Slam titles

Singles: 1

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 1 (1 title)

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Oliver 1998 births Living people Australian male tennis players Australian Open (tennis) junior champions Tennis players from Brisbane Match fixers Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' singles Match fixing in tennis Sportsmen from Queensland 21st-century Australian sportsmen