Oliver Crawford | Bio | ATP Tour

Nickname is ‘OC’. Speaks English.
Born in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Now competed for Great Britain.
Father, Julian; Mother, Alison; Sister, Lizzie.
Began playing tennis aged three when his mum dropped him off at their local club as an alternative to leaving him with a babysitter.
Before focusing on tennis, also played football, American football, basketball and baseball.
Did not come to tournament tennis until 12 years old.
Parents were not tennis players, but had a huge impact on his career by encouraging and supporting him, taking him to tournaments all over the southeast United States.
Played college tennis at the University of Florida.
Favourite shot is forehand, surface is clay, tournament is Wimbledon and city on Tour is London.
Tennis idol is Gael Monfils, favourite athlete is ski jumper Eddie the Eagle and hero is Perry Belue.
Outside of tennis, favourite sport is golf and his dream job is playing professional golf. Enjoys fishing.
Favourite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid, movie is The Benchwarmers, TV show is The Inbetweeners.
Favourite actor is David Spade, musician is Mac Miller.
Favourite food is Indian curry and guilty pleasure is ice cream.
Secret talent is being extremely well kept.

(UPDATED 30 JUNE 2025)

Former Top 10 junior broke into Top 200 in 2023 and achieved career-high No. 190 in January 2024.
Was awarded WC to make tour-level debut at 2025 Wimbledon.
Owns 29-37 Challenger record (0-2 in finals), earning back-to-back finals at 2023 Charleston and 2023 Curitiba and boasts 223-80 record on ITF World Tennis Tour, including 41-9 in 2025, earning 13 career titles.
Played college tennis for University of Florida, becoming a 2-time singles ITA All-American.
Peaked at No. 9 in juniors in 2017, ending junior career with run to 2017 US Open boys' singles QF, losing to eventual champion Wu Yibing.