| Country (sports) |  Estonia |
|---|---|
| Born | (2005-02-10) 10 February 2005 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Texas |
| Prize money | US $10,596 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 3–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 869 (18 March 2024) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 0–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 1,151 (27 October 2025) |
| Last updated on: 16 March 2026. | |
Oliver Ojakäär (born 10 February 2005) is an Estonian professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 869, achieved on 18 March 2024.[2] Ojakäär won the 2023 US Open – Boys' doubles title with Max Dahlin.
College
In November 2024, he agreed to attend the University of Texas in the United States, on a scholarship from the spring of 2025.[3]
Early life
Ojakäär was born in Tartu, Estonia. He started taking tennis lessons in his early childhood, at the Club MK Tennis.
Junior career
He won his first junior ITF tournament in 2021 in Jūrmala, Latvia.[4] He started 2023 with a junior ranking of world No. 55.[5]
Coached by former junior grand slam champion Kenneth Raisma, Ojakäär made his major junior debut at the 2023 Australian Open. He reached the last-16 of the boys' singles and the quarter finals of the boys' doubles in Melbourne. Later that season, he won the boys' doubles category at the 2023 US Open, playing alongside Max Dahlin. The pair defeated sixth seeds Federico Bondioli and Joel Schwärzler in the final.[6][7][8] In doing so, Ojakäär became the fourth Estonian to triumph in a Grand Slam Junior tournament after Toomas Leius at the 1959 Wimbledon Junior tournament, Kaia Kanepi at the 2001 French Open, and Ojakäär's own coach Raisma who won Wimbledon Junior with Stefanos Tsitsipas in 2016.[9][10]
Ojakäär had good results on the ITF junior circuit, maintaining a 92–47 singles win-loss record. He reached an ITF junior combined ranking of world No. 10 on 5 June 2023.[11]
Profissional career
Ojakäär played alongside his coach Kenneth Raisma at the Alexela Team Cup in Tallinn, Estonia in November 2023.[12]
In February 2024, he reached his first ITF Tour final at M15 Sharm-el-Sheikh, Egypt. He defeated local player Mohamed Safwat in the semi-finals, before losing to Czech Marek Gengel in the final.[13][14]
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard |  Marek Gengel |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jun 2026 | M15 Lakewood, US | WTT | Hard |  Oliver Bonding |
5–7, 6–7(1–7) |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2024 | M15 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Markus Mölder |
 Yuta Kikuchi Yamato Sueoka |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Sep 2025 | M15 Hurghada, Egypt | WTT | Hard |  Karim Ibrahim |
 Lorenzo Lorusso Kris van Wyk |
6–2, 6–7(6–8), [11–9] |
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 1 (title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2023 | US Open | Hard |  Max Dahlin |
Federico Bondioli Joel Schwärzler |
3–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
References
- "Oliver Ojakäär". Eesti Tennise Liit (in Estonian). 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
- "Oliver Ojakaar | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- "Men's Tennis signs international standouts Ojakaar, Dedura-Palomero". Texaslonghorns. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Oliver Ojakäär won the first ITF junior title of his career in Jurmala". sport.err. 1 May 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Oliver Ojakäär alustas Austraalia lahtiste noorteturniiri võidukalt". tenisnet.ee. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Estonian Ojakäär, Sweden's Dahlin crowned US Open junior doubles champs". err.ee. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Seema, Kristofer (28 January 2023). "Tennisetalent elu esimesest slämmiturniiri kogemusest: kõik on korraldatud nii, et saad keskenduda ainult mängimisele". Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- "Tennis hopeful Oliver Ojakäär continues his career at a US university". Delfi.ee. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Fourth Estonian grand slam winner Ojakäär: I haven't gotten it yet". err.ee. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- Barnes, Leo (11 March 2025). "From the Baltic Sea to the SEC: Oliver Ojakäär's path to pro dreams". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Oliver Ojakaar Junior Results".
- "Estonia's top men's tennis players compete in front of home crowd on Friday". err.ee. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Oliver Ojakäär reached the semi-finals in Egypt!". tennisnet.ee. 9 February 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- "Ojakäär fought in the final, but had to admit the superiority of his opponent". err.ee. 11 Feb 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.