Key facts
- Country sports
- South Africa
- Residence
- Gulf Stream, Florida , U.S., Johannesburg , South Africa
- Born
- ( 1986-05-18 ) 18 May 1986 (age 40) , Johannesburg, South Africa
- Height
- 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
- Retired
- 2023-2024
- Plays
- Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
- College
- University of Illinois
- Coach
- Diego Moyano , Jay Bosworth
- Prize money
- US$17,791,917 45th all-time leader in earnings
- Career record
- 356–255 (58.3%)
- Highest ranking
- No. 5 (16 July 2018)
- Australian open
- 4R ( 2013 , 2014 , 2015 )
- French open
- 4R ( 2013 , 2014 , 2017 , 2018 )
- Wimbledon
- F ( 2018 )
- Us open
- F ( 2017 )
- Tour finals
- SF ( 2018 )
- Olympic games
- 2R ( 2008 )
- Davis cup
- PO ( 2011 )
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Kevin
- Family name
- Anderson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- South Africa
- Place of birth
- Johannesburg
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Educated at
- University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- 2008 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- tennis
- Country for sport
- South Africa
- Mass
- 94
- Official website
- realifetennis.com
- Image
- Kevin Anderson (20074004466).jpg
- Height
- 203
- Residence
- Johannesburg
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- Kevin Anderson
- doubles record
- 59–72
- date of birth
- 1986-05-18
- singles record
- 356–255
- name in native language
- Kevin Anderson
- prize money
- 17791917
- ranking
- 58
- start of work period
- 2007-00-00
- handedness
- right-handedness
- social media followers
- 102753
- different from
- Kevin Anderson
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Encyclopedic overview
Kevin Michael Anderson (born 18 May 1986) is a South African former professional tennis player. He achieved his career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) 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.
In February 2011, Anderson won his first ATP Tour title at the South African Open in his hometown of Johannesburg. Anderson reached his first major final at the 2017 US Open, where he lost to Rafael Nadal. 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, at 6 hours and 36 minutes (second only to the 2010 match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut). He then lost to Novak Djokovic in the final. On 3 May 2022, Anderson retired at age 35, but he made a brief comeback in the summer of 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kevin Anderson” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.