Graydon Oliver is an American professional tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

 player. A doubles specialist, he won four titles during his career.

Upon retiring from the tour, Oliver took a job in the Energy sector (Leor Energy

Leor Energy

Leor Energy is a Houston-based natural gas exploration company focused primarily on unconventional gas in North America. In November 2007, Leor sold its Deep Bossier natural gas and land interests to a subsidiary of EnCana Corporation for $2.55 billion...

) working for an exploration and production company. In 2010, Oliver took a job in the finanical sector for a company in Texas. www.avalonadvisors.com

Wins (8)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP International Series Gold (0)

ATP Tour (4)

Challengers (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	March 11, 2002	North Miami Beach North Miami Beach, Florida North Miami Beach is a Miami suburban city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States. Originally named Fulford in 1926 after Captain William H. Fulford of the United States Coast Guard, the city was incorporated in 1927 as Fulford, but was renamed North Miami Beach in 1931. The population was... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard	Eric Nunez Eric Nunez Eric Nunez is an American professional tennis player. During his career he has won 4 doubles challenger titles.-External links:...	Ota Fukárek Ota Fukárek Ota Fukárek is a retired tennis player from Czech Republic.-Wins :-Runners-up :-Wins :-Runner-ups :-External links:...     Jim Thomas Jim Thomas (tennis) Jim Thomas is a professional American tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 288, which he reached on November 2, 1998. His career high in doubles was at 29 set at August 21, 2006....	3–6, 7–65, 7–5
2.	September 23, 2002	Hong Kong Hong Kong Open (tennis) The Hong Kong Open is a defunct tennis tournament that was held in Hong Kong on the Grand Prix tour from and the ATP Tour from...	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...	Wayne Arthurs    Andrew Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann Andrew Kratzmann is a professional male tennis player from Australia.Kratzmann turned professional in 1990 and was known as a doubles specialist, often partnering his brother Mark.-Doubles titles :...	26–7, 6–4, 7–64
3.	February 3, 2003	Joplin Joplin, Montana Joplin is a census-designated place in Liberty County, Montana, United States. The population was 157 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Joplin is located at .... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard (i)	Martín García	Diego Ayala Diego Ayala Diego Ayala is a Paraguayan footballer currently playing for All Boys of the Primera Division Argentina and played for the Paraguay Under-20 in the South American Youth Championship Venezuela 2009.-External links:...     Brandon Coupe Brandon Coupe Bramdon Coupe , is a former professional tennis player from the United States. He enjoyed most of his tennis success while playing doubles. During his career he won 1 doubles title. He achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No...	6–1, 6–4
4.	April 5, 2004	Calabasas Mercedes Benz of Calabasas The Calabasas Pro Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Calabasas, California, USA since 2001. The event is part of the ATP Challenger Tour and is played on outdoor hard courts. Former French Open champion Michael Chang won the event in 2002.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard	Travis Parrott Travis Parrott Travis Parrott is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist...	Ivo Klec Ivo Klec Ivo Klec is a Slovak tennis player playing on the ATP Challenger Tour. On August 21, 2006, he reached his highest ATP singles ranking of 184.-External links:...     Robert Lindstedt Robert Lindstedt Robert Lindstedt is a Swedish professional tennis player, who turned pro in 1998, and is a doubles specialist...	7–5, 6–3
5.	September 13, 2004	Beijing China Open (tennis) The China Open is an annual professional tennis tournament held in Beijing, China. The men's singles and doubles events were first held in 1993, the year in which the Qatar Open and Dubai Tennis Championships were also introduced to the men's tour, as the ATP opened a series of new tournaments in... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Alex Bogomolov, Jr. Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bogomolov, most known as Alex Bogomolov Jr. , nicknamed Bogie, is a Russian professional tennis player.-Tennis career:...     Taylor Dent Taylor Dent Taylor Phillip Dent is a retired professional tennis player from the United States.-Early career and back injury:He won 4 ATP singles titles during his career: Newport , Bangkok , Memphis , and Moscow , and reached the finals of three other events on tour...	4–6, 6–4, 7–66
6.	September 27, 2004	Bangkok Thailand Open (tennis) The Thailand Open is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the ATP Tour... , Thailand Thailand Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Yves Allegro Yves Allegro Yves Allegro is a professional male tennis player from Switzerland. He is a doubles specialist and is well known as Roger Federer's doubles partner and good friend.-Doubles: 9 :-External links:...     Roger Federer Roger Federer Roger Federer is a Swiss professional tennis player who held the ATP no. 1 position for a record 237 consecutive weeks, and 285 weeks overall. As of 28 November 2011, he is ranked World No. 3 by the Association of Tennis Professionals . Federer has won a men's record 16 Grand Slam singles titles...	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
7.	November 8, 2004	Bratislava Bratislava Bratislava is the capital of Slovakia and, with a population of about 431,000, also the country's largest city. Bratislava is in southwestern Slovakia on both banks of the Danube River. Bordering Austria and Hungary, it is the only national capital that borders two independent countries.Bratislava... , Slovakia Slovakia The Slovak Republic is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about . Slovakia is bordered by the Czech Republic and Austria to the west, Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east and Hungary to the south...	Hard (i)	Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...	Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Erlich Jonathan Dario "Yoni" Erlich is a professional Israeli tennis player...     Noam Okun Noam Okun Noam Okun is a professional tennis player.In 2002, Okun reached a career-high singles ranking of # 95 in the world...	7–65, 6–3
8.	July 18, 2005	Indianapolis, U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard	Paul Hanley Paul Hanley (tennis) Paul Jason Hanley is a professional male tennis player from Australia, specialising in doubles. His parents, Jay and Judy, co-own a tennis centre, one of the main reasons Hanley pursued a career in the sport.He lost the 2005 Wimbledon finals in mixed doubles, playing with Tatiana Perebiynis...	Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...     Todd Perry Todd Perry ----Todd Perry is a presently inactive tour professional tennis player from Australia.Perry turned turned professional in 1998. He played more doubles than singles, and his most usual partner was the Swedish Simon Aspelin...	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. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...	Mardy Fish Mardy Fish Mardy Simpson Fish is an American professional tennis player, and Olympic silver medalist. He is a hardcourt specialist...     Andy Roddick Andy Roddick Andrew Stephen "Andy" Roddick is an American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is currently the second highest-ranked American player, behind Mardy Fish....	6–4, 6–4
2.	September 30, 2002	Tokyo Japan Open Tennis Championships The Rakuten Japan Open Tennis Championships is a tennis tournament held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park with its center court Ariake Coliseum, located in Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. The championship includes both men's and women's, as well as singles and doubles competitions... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	Hard	Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...	Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee Jeff Coetzee is a South African professional tennis player and competes regularly on the ATP tour, as a doubles specialist....     Chris Haggard Chris Haggard Chris Haggard is a professional tennis player from South Africa.After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He has won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a...	7–64, 6–4
3.	January 27, 2003	Dallas Challenger of Dallas The Challenger of Dallas is a professional tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the T Bar M Racquet Club in Dallas, Texas, USA, since 1998.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard (i)	Martín García	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....     Scott Humphries Scott Humphries Scott Humphries , is a professional tennis player from the United States.Humphries achieved a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 29 in 2000...	7–67, 7–64
4.	April 21, 2003	Houston U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships The U.S. Men's Clay Court Championship is an annual ATP Tour tennis tournament that started in 1910. It is the last remaining ATP Tour-level tournament in the United States to be played on clay courts.... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Clay	Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Gambill Jan-Michael Charles Gambill is an American tennis player who made his professional debut in 1996. His highest singles ranking to date is World No. 14, which he first reached on June 18, 2001...	Mark Knowles Mark Knowles Mark Knowles is a former World number 1 doubles professional male tennis player from the Bahamas, who will go down as one of the greatest athletes of his country for his longevity within his sport and charitable contributions off the court.After being awarded a scholarship to the Nick...     Daniel Nestor Daniel Nestor Daniel Mark Nestor, CM , born Danijel Nestorović September 4, 1972, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, is a Serbian-born Canadian professional tennis player from Toronto, Ontario, Canada....	6–4, 6–3
5.	August 11, 2003	Bronx GHI Bronx Tennis Classic The GHI Bronx Tennis Classic is a tennis tournament for male professional players played on hard courts. The event is held annually in Bronx, New York since 1993 and takes part on the challenger series of the ATP Tour.-Singles:-Doubles:- References :*... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard	Martín García	Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau Julien Benneteau is a professional male tennis player from France. His career-best singles ranking is ATP world no. 32, which he reached in July 2010. He formerly resided in Boulogne Billancourt and now lives in Geneva...     Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Mahut Nicolas Pierre Armand Mahut is a French tennis player. Mahut is right-handed and has previously won the Orange Bowl in 1999, becoming professional in 2000. He is a good serve and volleyer and a doubles expert, having won many tournaments with his doubles partner Julien Benneteau. His career high...	6–3, 6–1
6.	June 1, 2004	Fürth Schickedanz Open The Franken Challenge is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor red clay courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals Challenger Tour... , Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...	Clay	Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin Simon Aspelin is a former professional tennis doubles player from Sweden who turned professional in 1998...	Adrián García Adrián García Adrián Alonso García Sobarzo is a Chilean tennis player.García was born in Concepción, Chile. On September 13, 2004, he achieved a career-high singles ranking of 103.-Source:* ATP Tour profile for...     Janko Tipsarević Janko Tipsarevic Janko Tipsarević is a Serbian tennis player. His career-high ranking is No. 9, achieved on 14 November 2011. He is the 117th player in history to crack the top 10....	6–4, 6–4
7.	September 20, 2004	Beijing Beijing Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's... , China People's Republic of China China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...	Hard	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher Ashley Fisher is a professional tennis player who comes from New South Wales in Australia. Fisher turned professional in 1998. Fisher has never played a major singles match on the ATP Tour, but has won four notable doubles titles on tour. The doubles specialist reached his highest doubles ranking...     Tripp Phillips Tripp Phillips Owen Thomas Phillips III is an American professional tennis player. Phillips mainly plays doubles.-Early life:...	7–5, 7–5
8.	September 20, 2004	Champaign-Urbana JSM Challenger The JSM Challenger is a tennis tournament held in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois since 1996. The event is part of the challenger series and is played on indoor hard courts.-Singles:-Doubles:- External links :***... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Hard (i)	Justin Gimelstob Justin Gimelstob Justin Jeremy Gimelstob is a retired American tennis player. Gimelstob has been a resident of Morristown, New Jersey and as of 2009 resided in Santa Monica, California....	Brian Baker Brian Baker (tennis) Brian Baker is a professionally ranked tennis player from Nashville, Tennessee.Baker's biggest win occurred on On August 29, 2005, when he scored an upset victory over ninth seeded Gastón Gaudio in the 2005 US Open, in Baker's only appearance in the grand slam event main draw.Baker originally...     Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram Rajeev Ram is an American professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Rajeev is a tall, lanky player with a serve-and-volley style who is known best as a doubles specialist. He has advanced as far as the quarter-finals in doubles at three Grand Slams, most recently with Scott Lipsky at the 2011...	7–67, 7–65
9.	July 4, 2005	Newport Hall of Fame Tennis Championships The Hall of Fame Championships is an international tennis tournament that has been held every year in July since 1976 at the International Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, Rhode Island... , U.S. United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...	Grass	Travis Parrott Travis Parrott Travis Parrott is an American professional ATP tennis doubles player. He is primarily a doubles specialist...	Jordan Kerr Jordan Kerr Jordan Kerr is an Australian professional tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking is 356th, which he reached on 7 August 2000. His career high in doubles was at 23rd, which he reached on 18 August 2008...     Jim Thomas Jim Thomas (tennis) Jim Thomas is a professional American tennis player. His highest ATP singles ranking was World No. 288, which he reached on November 2, 1998. His career high in doubles was at 29 set at August 21, 2006....	7–65, 7–65

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