Olivia Nicholls

Olivia Nicholls

Nicholls at the 2021 ITF Poitiers
Full name	Olivia Ann Nicholls
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1994-10-26) 26 October 1994 Norwich, England
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$ 61,070
Singles
Career record	32–39
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 943 (18 September 2017)
Doubles
Career record	158–81
Career titles	1
Highest ranking	No. 72 (29 August 2022)
Current ranking	No. 72 (29 August 2022)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2022)
US Open	1R (2022)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2022)
Last updated on: 16 August 2022.

Olivia Nicholls

Medal record
Representing Great Britain
Women's Tennis
Summer Universiade
	2017 Taipei	Doubles

Olivia Ann Nicholls (born 26 October 1994) is a British tennis player who specialises in doubles.

Nicholls has won one doubles title on the WTA Tour and 15 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 15 August 2022, she peaked at No. 88 in the WTA doubles rankings.

Nicholls graduated from Loughborough University. At the 2017 Summer Universiade held in Taipei, Taiwan, she won the bronze medal in women's doubles, along with Emily Arbuthnott.

She made her WTA Tour debut at 2022 Lyon Open, partnered with Alicia Barnett in doubles. The duo reached the final.

Biography

Olivia Nicholls was born on 26 October 1994 at the Norfolk and Norwich Hospital, the daughter of Ann Elizabeth Nicholls (née Mason) and Ian Phillip Nicholls. She has an older brother, Henry, a secondary school science teacher. Nicholls grew up in the Norfolk village of Acle, attending both Acle Primary School and Acle High School, now Acle Academy. She completed her A Level qualifications at East Norfolk Sixth Form College in Gorleston-on-Sea, Norfolk, before completing her BSc in Sports Science with Management at Loughborough University.

Grand Slam performance timeline

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam WTA 1000 WTA 500 WTA 250 (1–1)

Finals by surface Hard (1–1) Clay Grass Carpet

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 2022	Lyon Open, France	WTA 250	Hard (i)	Alicia Barnett	Laura Siegemund Vera Zvonareva	5–7, 1–6
Win	1–1	Aug 2022	Championnats de Granby, Canada	WTA 250	Hard	Alicia Barnett	Harriet Dart Rosalie van der Hoek	5–7, 6–3, [10–1]

ITF finals

Nichols is currently ranked 1255 by the ITF in singles.

External links

• Olivia Nicholls at the Women's Tennis Association
• Olivia Nicholls at the International Tennis Federation