Graydon Oliver

Graydon Oliver

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Tampa, Florida
Born	(1978-06-15) June 15, 1978 Miami, Florida, United States
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Turned pro	2002
Retired	2008
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$357,113
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 865 (March 31, 2003)
Doubles
Career record	80–84
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 29 (August 15, 2005)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2005)
French Open	1R (2003, 2004, 2005)
Wimbledon	3R (2002)
US Open	3R (2004, 2006)

Graydon Oliver (born June 15, 1978) is a retired American professional tennis player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career.

After testing positive for the diuretic hydrochlorothiazide, Oliver was suspended for two months in 2004.^[1]

Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the energy sector (Leor Energy), working for an exploration and production company. In 2010, Oliver took a job in the financial sector for a company in Texas.^[2]

Doubles titles

Wins (8)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	March 11, 2002	North Miami Beach, U.S.	Hard	Eric Nunez	Ota Fukárek Jim Thomas	3–6, 7–65, 7–5
2.	September 23, 2002	Hong Kong	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	Wayne Arthurs Andrew Kratzmann	26–7, 6–4, 7–64
3.	February 3, 2003	Joplin, U.S.	Hard (i)	Martín García	Diego Ayala Brandon Coupe	6–1, 6–4
4.	April 5, 2004	Calabasas, U.S.	Hard	Travis Parrott	Ivo Klec Robert Lindstedt	7–5, 6–3
5.	September 13, 2004	Beijing, China	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Taylor Dent	4–6, 6–4, 7–66
6.	September 27, 2004	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Yves Allegro Roger Federer	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
7.	November 8, 2004	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Simon Aspelin	Jonathan Erlich Noam Okun	7–65, 6–3
8.	July 18, 2005	Indianapolis, U.S.	Hard	Paul Hanley	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	6–2, 3–1, ret.

Runners-up (9)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	April 22, 2002	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill	Mardy Fish Andy Roddick	6–4, 6–4
2.	September 30, 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill	Jeff Coetzee Chris Haggard	7–64, 6–4
3.	January 27, 2003	Dallas, U.S.	Hard (i)	Martín García	Justin Gimelstob Scott Humphries	7–67, 7–64
4.	April 21, 2003	Houston, U.S.	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–4, 6–3
5.	August 11, 2003	Bronx, U.S.	Hard	Martín García	Julien Benneteau Nicolas Mahut	6–3, 6–1
6.	June 1, 2004	Fürth, Germany	Clay	Simon Aspelin	Adrián García Janko Tipsarević	6–4, 6–4
7.	September 20, 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Justin Gimelstob	Ashley Fisher Tripp Phillips	7–5, 7–5
8.	September 20, 2004	Champaign-Urbana, U.S.	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob	Brian Baker Rajeev Ram	7–67, 7–65
9.	July 4, 2005	Newport, U.S.	Grass	Travis Parrott	Jordan Kerr Jim Thomas	7–65, 7–65

References

External links

• Graydon Oliver at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Graydon Oliver at the International Tennis Federation
• Illinois Fighting Illini profile page