Kevin Anderson

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Kevin Anderson (born 18 May 1986) is a South African professional tennis player who is ranked world No. 91 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as of 04 November 2019.He became the top-ranked male South African player on 10 March 2008 after making the final at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas.

He achieved his career-high ranking of world No. 5 on 16 July 2018.

He was the first South African to be ranked in the top 5 since Kevin Curren was No. 5 on 23 September 1985. On 6 February 2011, he defeated Somdev Devvarman in his hometown of Johannesburg to capture the South African Open title for his first ATP-level event title.

His second ATP title came at the Delray Beach Open in 2012 when he defeated Marinko Matosevic.

Anderson won his third ATP 250 championship in 2015 at the Winston-Salem Open with a victory over Pierre-Hugues Herbert.

His fourth ATP World Tour title came in February 2018 at the New York Open.

Anderson made his Grand Slam final debut at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal.

He ended 2017 winning the Abu Dhabi hosted World Tennis Championship. In the 2018 Wimbledon semifinals, Anderson reached his second major final by defeating American John Isner in the second-longest match in the history of major tournaments.

The match, which lasted 6 hours and 36 minutes, was only beaten in length by the 2010 match between Isner and France's Nicolas Mahut.

Early years

Anderson started playing tennis at age 6 and was competitive in 800-metre races at school. On the eve of their meeting in the finals at the 2017 US Open, it emerged that as a 12-year old, Anderson regularly competed against future world number one Rafael Nadal on the juniors circuit.

Personal life

Anderson married his college girlfriend, golfer Kelsey O'Neal, in 2011, and they bought a home in Delray Beach, Florida. His daughter, Keira, was born in September 2019. He is a permanent resident of the United States.

Anderson plays the guitar and is a fan of the British rock band Dire Straits and Mark Knopfler.

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Collegiate career

Anderson played three seasons of college tennis at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. He was a three-time All-American singles and a two-time All-American in doubles. He won the national doubles championships in 2005-06 with playing partner Ryan Rowe.

Anderson led Illinois to a runner-up team finish in 2007, losing to host Georgia on their home courts. Anderson lost at #1 singles to John Isner, the top-ten player in the championship dual match. Anderson lost in the semifinals to eventual two-time national champion Somdev Devvarman of Virginia during the singles tournament. Anderson and his partner, Ryan Rowe, dropped short of repeating as champions in three sets, losing in the championship match against Marco Born and Andreas Siljeström of Middle Tennessee State in three sets after losing in three sets for the first time in three sets.

Professional career highlights

Anderson, 17, won four main-draw matches in the four-week tournament for his first professional appearance, earning a world ranking of No. 177. He won his first tournament of the year, he was 1178 from his first tournament of the year. He also finished the year with a No. 2nd place in a doubles ranking. 902. Anderson won the Botswana F1 in November and his third pro tournament appearance in the country, boosting his ranking to No. 1 in the World Cup. The 769. He continued his good work in South Africa over the next two weeks by winning the final in F1 and the semifinals in F2, earning him his first position in the year. From just three tournaments, 665 in singles have been ranked 665.

Anderson, 19, began playing at the Futures level, but exclusively in the United States, and made it to the semifinals of USA F21 in August. He competed in his first Challenger event in Champaign in November, winning No. 134 and qualifying. In the first round, 192 Jan-Michael Gambill was defeated. He came in No. 1 in the year and finished the year at No. 2. 766 people were killed in the 766th World War II.

Anderson played his first pro tournament of the year in 2006, later in the United States, reaching the finals of USA F13 and F21. He returned to Champaign in November after defeating No. 1 in the top polls. Kevin Kim will qualify for his first Challenger quarterfinal at 107. He came in No. 58 at the end of the year. 517. He won two of the USA Futures back to back in June and finished the year ranked No. 1 in doubles. 530.

Anderson played his first tournament in 2006 but waited until June to participate in his first tournaments. He began as a finalist in USA F12 and then won USA F13 before being ranked No. 1 in the Winnet Challenger and moving his ranking to No. 67. 310. He defeated No. 2 in the ATP tournament in New Haven, defeating No. 1 for his first victory over a top-100 opponent in the qualifying process. 88 Chris Guccione before losing in the main draw to No. 1 before losing to No. Arnaud Clément is 41 years old.

He needed to qualify in both singles and doubles in September 2007 and then won all 13 matches that week to win the singles and doubles titles, defeating four top-200 singles players and the top three seeded doubles teams. His Challenger's success in New Orleans helped him to his career-high ranks at the end of 2007, when he was No. 2 in the nation. In singles and No. 2, there are 221 in singles and No. 1. In doubles, there are 398.

Anderson began 2008 with a little bit of success, reaching the quarters of the Challenger in New Caledonia before qualifying in his first Grand Slam attempt in Australia. In the first round of the main draw, he lost to No. 1 to No. 84 Alejandro Falla in 5 sets, but his efforts helped him to his No. 1 rank, which is a career high for him. 190.

He defeated sixth seed Michal Llodra in straight sets 6–2, 7–6 at the 2008 Tennis Channel Open in Las Vegas as a qualifier. He defeated legendary John Isner 7–6, 7–5. He defeated Evgeny Korolev in his first ATP quarter-final 6–2, 6–0. He defeated Robby Ginepri in straight sets to advance to his first ATP tour final in the semi-finals. He lost in 3 sets to Sam Query in the final.

He defeated Novak Djokovic in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida, defeating him for the first time against a top-ten player.

Anderson and partner Robert Lindstedt of Sweden reached the quarterfinals before losing to eventual tournament champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji.

Anderson also appeared in the Beijing Olympics, defeating Komlavi Loglo, 4–6, 4–6, 4–6 for the singles tournament and losing (with his partner Jeff Coetzee) to Nicolás Almagro and David Ferrer of Spain 6–6, 4–6.

He won the San Miguel Challenger in May after a slow start to the year, defeating Blan Khan in the final in three sets after a rough start to the year.

Anderson won three matches to qualify at the Aegon Championships (Queen's Club, London), then losing no one. In the first round of the main draw, 57 Fabio Fognini was in the first round before losing to no. Sam Querry of the second round.

After winning the first two sets, he was defeated by seventh seed Nikolay Davydenko.

Anderson qualified to the semifinals of the 2010 Atlanta Tennis Championships in July, defeating fifth seed Janko Tipsarevi in the first round.

He qualified and advanced to the third round of the Rogers Cup in Toronto, defeating Leonardo Mayer and Sam Querry before losing to no. Rafael Nadal is the head of the Rafael Nadal family.

He then won his first Grand Slam match over Somdev Devvarman in straight sets and backed it up with a five-set victory over 26th seed Thomaz Bellucci.

He began the 2011 season by progressing to the semifinals of the Brisbane International Tournament before losing in three sets to Andy Roddick. Blau Kavi, who then went on to fail in the first round of the Australian Open to Blai Kavi.

He claimed his second ATP Tour title by defeating Indian Somdev Devvarman, a career high of No. 81 in the ATP rankings, securing his debut at No. 211 (Anderson's home event). 40.

He made a career out of nowhere. After progressing to the quarterfinals of the 2011 Sony Ericsson Open, 33 people have been disappointed. Anderson qualified as the second seed in the Atlanta Tennis Championships, defeating Michael Russell and losing in straight sets to Gilles Müller. Anderson defeated Chris Guccione in the second round of the Legg Mason Tennis Classic before being defeated by Victor Troicki in the third round.

He defeated Pablo Andrejar in straight sets before defeating Andy Murray, an out-of-sorts player, in the second round. Stanislas Wawrinka defeated him in the third round of a close three sets match.

Anderson started at the 2012 Australian Open in the third round. He won in Delray Beach and defeated qualifier Marinko Matosevic in the final, and he continued his winning streak.

He had a career-best third round at the French Open, where he was defeated in five sets by seventh seed Tomá Berdych.

Anderson began the year at the Sydney International Cricket Festival, where he advanced to the final but lost in three sets to Australian Bernard Tomic.

In the third round of the 2013 Australian Open, he defeated Fernando Verdasco in the third round but lost to Tomá Berdych in the fourth round. This was his highest performance in any Grand Slam event in his career.

He competed at Indian Wells, knocking out fourth seed David Ferrer out of place. He reached the quarterfinals before losing to Tomá Berdych. He advanced to the fourth round of the French Open before losing in straight sets to Ferrer. He lost in the third round to Berdych at Wimbledon. He reached the final in Atlanta in July, but he lost his third final of the year in three tiebreaks to John Isner.

Anderson started the year off in the fourth round of the Australian Open before being knocked out in straight sets by Tomá Berdych. He then reached the final at Delray Beach before losing in two tiebreaks to Marin ili. He reached the final of the Mexican Open in Acapulco, losing in three sets to Grigor Dimitrov in three sets and tiebreaks in the first and third sets.

Anderson reached the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters after defeating third seed Stan Wawrinka in three sets. In straight sets, he lost in straight sets to Roger Federer. He beat Radek tpánek tpánek in the 2014 Madrid Open before losing to Tomá Berdych. He continued his triumph in 2013 by winning in the fourth round of the French Open for the fourth time before losing in four sets to fifth seed David Ferrer in fourth round.

He then progressed to the quarterfinals of the AEGON Championships held at the Queen's Club, London, before losing to Radek tpánek. He defeated Fabio Fognini in the fourth round of the Wimbledon Championships, where he lost to Andy Murray.

After beating Fognini and Stanislas Wawrinka, Anderson made it to the quarterfinals of the Masters 1000 event in Toronto. He suffered a humiliating first-round, straight-set exit at the Cincinnati Masters.

He made it to the third round of the US Open, losing to eventual champion Marin ili. He defeated Wawrinka in the quarterfinals at the Paris Masters, after which Tomas Berdych defeated him. The South African remained dormantic this year. In the ATP year-end rankings, 16th in the top 10.

Anderson reached the final in Memphis, losing to Kei Nishikori, but he had to leave Estoril and Madrid early. He then advanced to the final at Queen's Club before being defeated in straight sets by Andy Murray. He advanced to the fourth round at Wimbledon, where he led eventual champion Novak Djokovic two sets to adoration in two sets by tiebreakers. However, he was unable to recover his form for the next three sets and eventually lost the match in five sets. Anderson won the ATP 250 in Winston-Salem for his third straights title. Anderson's best moment came in the US Open, where he defeated Andy Murray and advanced to his first quarterfinals in a Grand Slam after seven attempts. He won the first two sets and then lost the third set via tiebreaker, but Anderson beat the tiebreaker 7–0, gaining the victory. Stan Wawrinka, who had defeated the last four times they've played, including once this year, will meet him again next year. This was their eighth match overall, but not at Grand Slam level. At 4–4, Wawrinka went head-to-head, defeating Anderson in straight sets, with a bagel in the third.

Anderson took the Japan Open in Asia after the US Open, where he lost in the round of 32 to Gilles Müller. Despite this loss, he climbed to a career-high rank of No. 1. On October 10, the first South African tennis player to crack the top ten in 18 years, with a tenacious smile on October. He then travelled to Shanghai for the Shanghai Masters (tennis), where he was defeated by Jo-Wilfried Tsonga in the quarterfinals. The Vienna Open was next, where he defeated Steve Johnson in the quarterfinals. He was defeated by yet another American in Donald Young in the Round of 16. He made it to the third round of the 2015 BNP Paribas Masters, but he was unable to capitalize on a match point against Rafael Nadal.

Anderson was the fourth seed in Auckland's season. He defeated Robin Haase in the second round but lost to Jack Sock in the quarterfinals despite winning the first set. Anderson had intended to play at the Chennai Open but had to cancel due to a left knee injury. Anderson dropped out early in the first round of the Australian Open early, and was advised to take some time off to address shoulder issues. He took the break and underwent minor surgery on his ankle when he was out. Anderson was named the top seed in Delray Beach when he returned to the island. In the first round of his match against Austin Krajicek, he lost the first set of his match against him and then pulled out in the second set.

Anderson did not play again on tour until May at the Madrid Open. In the first round against 13th seed Gail Monfils, he failed. Anderson came from Rome as the 16th seed. Anderson won his first-round match against Feliciano López, but lost in the second round to Juan Mónaco despite winning the first set. Anderson was then in Nice as the third seed. He defeated qualifier Diego Schwartzman before losing to fifth seed Joo Sousa. Anderson finished in the first round as the 18th seed of the French Open, where he lost in the first round to Stéphane Robert. Anderson joined Queen's Club for his grass season. Since he arrived late, he had to pass qualifying. Anderson won the main draw after defeating Edward Corrie and Jivesel in straight sets. In the first round of the main draw, he then lost to Bernard Tomic. Anderson was then ranked as the top seed at Nottingham. He defeated Ivan Dodig and 14th seed Fernando Verdasco to advance to the quarterfinals, where he lost to sixth seed and eventual champion Steve Johnson. Anderson was ranked 20th seed at Wimbledon and then ranked 20th. Despite winning the first two sets, he lost in the first round to Denis Istomin.

Anderson was the ninth seed at the Citi Open. Despite winning the first set, he lost in the second round to Malek Jaziri. Anderson also appeared in the Rogers Cup. He defeated Viktor Troicki in the first round of his first-round match. Dominic Thiem was beaten in the sixth seed by Thiem because he was forced to leave early. He then advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating 12th seed Bernard Tomic for the first time. Anderson lost in straight sets to Stan Wawrinka. The US Open saw his best showing in a Grand Slam this year, defeating both Yoshihito Nishioka and Vasek Pospisil in straight sets before falling out in third round in straight sets to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga.

Despite a slow start, Anderson's 2017 was a fruitful year. He began the year at the Memphis Open in February, where he lost in the first round to Bosnian Damir Dumhur. Juan Martn del Potro, a resurgent Juan Martn del Potro, also lost in the first round of the Delray Beach Open to resurgent Juan Martn del Potro.

He made it to the second round of Indian Wells in March, where he lost to Steve Johnson in the second round. In Miami, he made it to the second round, where Kei Nishikori defeated him.

He made it to the semifinals in Houston with Sam Query before losing to Dustin Brown and Francis Tiafoe. He then traveled to Barcelona, where he defeated Carlos Berlocq and David Ferrer in the third round before falling to eventual champion Rafael Nadal.

He defeated Richard Gasquet in the quarterfinals of Estoril in May before succumbing to an in-form Gilles Müller in the semifinals. He had to qualify in Rome but then lost in the first round to eventual champion Alexander Zverev. He then travelled to Geneva, where he made it to the quarterfinals, but he lost in three close sets to Kei Nishikori. He had to withdraw from his fourth-round match against Marin ili> at the French Open.

Anderson was back in action on the grass-court swing, making it to the second round of Eastbourne, where he lost to Richard Gasquet. He made it to the fourth round at Wimbledon before losing in five sets to Sam Querry.

He had his best showing at the Citi Open in Washington, where he defeated Dominic Thiem in the second round and Jack Sock in the semifinals and guaranteed a runner-up finish over Alexander Zverev. Anderson also reached the quarterfinals in Montréal, losing to Zverev. He departed from Winston-Salem after losing in the first round in Cincinnati.

Anderson advanced to the quarterfinals of the 2017 US Open, defeating Sam Querries in four sets. In the semi-finals, he defeated Pablo Carreta. He lost in three sets to Rafael Nadal in his first Slam final.

Anderson debuted his year at the 2018 Maharashtra Open in Pune, India. He made it to the final but lost 6–7 (7.2–4), 2-6 to Gilles Simon.

Despite being in two sets up to one, he lost his first match in five sets to eventual semifinalist Kyle Edmund.

The inaugural New York Open, his third tournament of the year, earned his first tournament victory of the year. All of his matches went to three sets; his path to the final included defeating American rising star Frances Tiafoe and 2014 US Open finalist Kei Nishikori. In three sets, he defeated American Sam Querries. With the victory, he moved him back to the top of the top ten for the first time since 2015 to be World No. 1. A new record for the ninth time.

This was a follow-up to his participation in the Mexican Open in Acapulco, where he defeated Hyeon Chung in the quarterfinals. He made it to the final, but lost 4–6, 4–6 to Juan Martn del Potro. He reached the quarter-finals at the first two Masters 1000 events of the year, Miami and Indian Wells, losing to Borna Corric and Pablo Caruy respectively in a third set tiebreak.

Anderson lost in the fourth round of the French Open to 5'7" Diego Schwartzman. Anderson was disqualified nine times in one match, the most times Anderson had been broken in a single match.

Anderson was seeded eighth at Wimbledon. He defeated Norbert Gombos, Andreas Seppi, 25th seed, and Gal Monfils in the tournament's first quarterfinals, where he defeated eight-time champion, defending champion, and top seed Roger Federer. Federer dominated the game early, winning the first two sets and keeping match points in the third. Anderson came back to upset Federer in the fifth set, winning 13–11.

In the second longest match in Grand Slam history and the third longest men's singles match ever, ending 7–6, 6–7, 26–24. This was also the longest semifinal match in Grand Slam history. Anderson became the first South African player to reach the Wimbledon men's singles final after Kevin Curren in 1985. Despite having five set point chances in the third, he lost in the final to Novak Djokovic in straight sets. However, he did not make it to the final, achieving a new career peak of World No. 1. 5.

Anderson got off to a good start in the Rogers Cup, defeating fifth seed Grigor Dimitrov in the quarterfinals before losing in three close sets to Stefanos Tsitsipas in the semifinals. In the fourth round, he was seeded fifth, defeating Ryan Harrison, Jeremy Chardy, and Denis Shapovalov, the 28th seed, who was defeated in straight sets by ninth seed Dominic Thiem in the fourth round.

Anderson began his season at the Maharashtra Open in Pune. He defeated Laslo, seventh seed Jaume Munar, third seed Gilles Simon, and Ivo Karlovi to win the title.

Anderson was seeded fifth in the Australian Open Championships. He defeated Adrian Mannarino in four sets before being stunned by Frances Tiafoe in the second round.

Anderson was seeded fifth at Indian Wells but had to withdraw due to a right elbow injury. He was then seeded sixth at the Miami Open and advanced to the quarterfinals, where he was defeated in straight sets by in-form and eventual champion Roger Federer.

Anderson lost in five sets to Taylor Fritz in the 2020 Australian Open. He underwent surgery on his right knee for a torn meniscus in February.

Kevin Anderson recovered from knee surgery and won his 7th ATP title at the Hall of Fame Tennis Championships by defeating Jenson Brooksby 7–6, 6–4. The championship win gave him his 350th victory on the ATP tour.

Anderson announced his retirement from competitive tennis on May 3rd. He ended his singles career as No. 10. 107. He played his last singles match at the 2022 Miami Open, losing in a thrilling three sets to Juan Manuel Cerundolo as a lucky loser.

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