Kevin Anderson is a famous South African tennis player. During his sports career he managed to win in many professional competitions, and in 2017 he became a finalist of the Grand Slam tournament.
Biographical data
Kevin Anderson was born in May 1986 in Johannesburg. He began to play tennis at the age of six with his younger brother Gregory.
A few years later, Kevin moved to the United States, where he not only played tennis with local juniors, but also received education. After graduating from the University of Illinois, Anderson chose the career of a professional tennis player.
The first steps in tennis
At the age of 18, Kevin Anderson first performed at the Futures Tournament Series in Gaborone (Botswana). And the debut was simply phenomenal - the South African tennis player won this competition.
In total, in a series of futures, tennis player Kevin Anderson won two tournaments and reached the finals in five more. Also on his account are four titles on hard coverings in doubles.
In 2007, Kevin Anderson first won the Challenger. In September, he became the best on New Orleans hard coverings.
At the beginning of next year, Anderson first made his way to the Australian Open Grand Slam tournament, where he could not go beyond the first round. A few months later, he made it to the finals of the ATP tournament. These successes helped him enter the hundred of the best tennis players on the planet.
In the doubles ranking, Kevin also progressed noticeably. This contributed to the victory in several Challengers. Do not miss Anderson and the Beijing Olympics. The 22-year-old South African tennis player in the singles rating reached the second round, and in the doubles he dropped out in the first.
In 2009, luck rarely smiled at a South African tennis player. In all prestigious tournaments, he dropped out in the first round or in qualification. The only consolation was the won “Challenger” in San Remo (Italy). It is not surprising that at the end of the year it fell to 161 place in the Asia-Pacific Region rating.
In 2010, Kevin Anderson's performance improved markedly. He won on the hard courts of Button Rouge. At the US Open, Anderson managed to break into the third round of the competition. At the same stage, he settled on the ATR tournament in Toronto.
First victories in a professional career
2011 was a turning point in the career of a tennis player. In February, Kevin Anderson became the best on the courts of his native Johannesburg and for the first time the winner of the APR tournament. This contributed to his rapid progress up the ATP rating. In addition, he repeats his last year's performance at the US Open, and also reaches the quarter-finals in Miami. Anderson finished the season in 32nd place in the ranking of the best tennis players on the planet.
The next year began for Kevin not bad. In Australia, he reached the third round, and then repeated this achievement on the courts of Roland Garros. He also won the ATR tournament in Delray Beach (USA). However, these results remained the best for Anderson that season.
