Oliver Golding
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Oliver Golding in 2014
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| Full name | Oliver Golding |
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| Country (sports) |
 United Kingdom |
| Residence | Richmond, London, United Kingdom |
| Born |
29 September 1993 Richmond, London, United Kingdom |
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) |
| Turned pro | 2011 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $95,168 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–3 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 327 (28 April 2014) |
| Current ranking | Unranked |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2012) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | 409 (27 August 2012) |
| Current ranking | Unranked |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2012) |
| Last updated on: 17 January 2016. | |
| Medal record | ||
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| Men's tennis | ||
Representing a  mixed-NOCs team
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| Youth Olympic Games | ||
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2010 Singapore | Doubles |
Oliver Golding (born 29 September 1993) was an English tennis player and former child actor. He was the youngest junior British number one, and the 2011 U.S. Open Boys' Champion.
Golding is a Youth Olympic Games gold medallist, having won gold in the boys' doubles event in tennis at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics with Czech partner Jiří Veselý, with whom he participated in the boys' doubles at the 2010 U.S. Open. On 11 September 2011, he won the Junior Boys' Singles US Open championship.
Golding became a professional tennis player in 2011 after winning the US Open junior championship.
In 2004, Golding began playing tennis for the Esporta Riverside Club, Chiswick, and later that year went to Wimbledon, under the Lawn Tennis Association's "Ariel Champions of the Future" scheme, to meet former professionals Martina Navratilova and Todd Woodbridge.
On 27 November 2005, in the first ever Aberdeen Cup tennis match, Golding was selected to represent England in one of the junior matches, beating Scotland's Scott Lister 11 games to 4 in their "tie-break" style , to the match however, Jamie Murray and Elena Baltacha won their subsequent doubles game, to secure a Scottish victory. It was claimed on the Guardian Unlimited website that Golding had "impressed Andy Murray when he played for England against Scotland".
In late 2006, as fourth , Golding lost 4–6, 2–6, in the semi-final of the Ariel Winter Grand Prix event (promoted by the LTA), to the eventual winner, number two seed Andrew Bettles. He also made news in the Daily Mail when Richmond upon Thames Council banned him (and other potential stars) from playing in the tennis courts which were part of his mother's back garden, and from which she coached local youngsters in tennis. This was due to complaints from local neighbours about the disturbance. The Council deemed that the extra activity constituted "unauthorised change in the court's use". His mother commented: "This ridiculous decision is going to threaten his training and cripple his prospects. We always hear how this country needs young tennis players but if this is how they are treated then what chance do they have? Oliver is representing Britain in the European Championships next year. From the end of this month he can't do the two hours per day practice he needs to maintain this standard in his own back garden."
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