Andrew Harris (tennis)

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Andrew Harris
Full nameAndrew Harris
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 27)
Melbourne, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachJohn Roddick
Prize moneyUS$ 288,384
Singles
Career record1–2
Highest rankingNo. 159 (11 November 2019)
Current rankingNo. 282 (26 July 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
French OpenQ1 (2020)
WimbledonQ3 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record0-3
Highest rankingNo. 245 (28 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 311 (26 July 2021)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open2R (2021)
Last updated on: 27 July 2021.

Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player from Melbourne. He was the winner of the junior doubles titles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the Roland Garros Junior French Championship. He signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Sooners to participate in 2013.[1]

In October 2013, Harris won his first Futures title.

Professional career[]

2011[]

Harris' first appearance in a professional tournament was at the Australia F7 in September 2011, where he made the quarter final before losing to Alex Bolt.

2012[]

Harris lost in round 1 of the 2012 Australian Open qualification to Denys Molchanov, before competing in three Future tournaments in Australia. His best result being a quarter final in Australia F4 in March where he retired whilst playing Maverick Banes. Harris played only one more tournament in 2012, the Great Britain F10 in July, where he lost in the second round.

2013[]

Harris successfully returned to competition in May 2013, where he made the final of the Thailand F2, losing to Saketh Myneni of India. The following week, he made the semi-final of the Thailand F3, losing to fellow Australian Adam Feeney in straight sets. Throughout June and July, Harris competed in Futures throughout Europe, his best performance being a quarter-final in Belgium F4, before winning his first title in Texas at the USA F27 against .

2014[]

Harris retired from round 1 of the qualification for the 2014 Brisbane International before competing in the Men's qualifying of the 2014 Australian Open, where he made round 2. Harris didn't play again until June, where he played in 5 futures in the USA. The best result was at the F17 in Oklahoma City, where he was runner-up to Jared Donaldson.

2015[]

Harris commenced the 2015 season at the Onkaparinga Challenger, where he qualified and registered his first challenger main draw win, defeating Hiroki Moriya 7–5, 6–1. He made it to the semi final, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis. This increased Harris' ATP ranking 157 places to a career high of No.497. Harris made the second round of Australian Open qualifying. This was the last match Harris played for almost 2 years.

2017[]

In January 2017, Harris returned to tennis gaining a wild card into the 2017 Canberra Challenger. He defeated Thomas Fancutt in round 1, before losing to Jan-Lennard Struff in a close 3-set match. Harris didn't play again until June 2017 on the ITF Futures circuit in USA. In July, he lost in qualifying rounds of two Canadian Challenger events. In September, Harris returned to Australia and won his second ITF title at Toowoomba in October.

2018[]

Harris spend the 2018 year on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Circuits across Australia and United States of America. His best performances were semi final results at Launceston in February, Australia F4 in March, USA F19 in July and USA F23 in August.

2019: First Challenger finals, ATP top 200[]

In February, Harris reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at Chennai Open Challenger. The result led to a career-high ranking.[2] In May, Harris reached the final of Busan Challenger, further improving his ranking.[3] In August, Harris lost in the first round of 2019 US Open – Men's Singles Qualifying.

2020: Grand Slam debut[]

Harris was awarded a wildcard into the 2020 Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to 8th seed Matteo Berrettini. Harris ended 2020 with a singles rank of 229.

2021: First ATP Main draw win[]

Harris commenced 2021 at the 2021 Murray River Open, where he recorded his first ATP main draw win against Taro Daniel.

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 8 (2–6)[]

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (2–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 Thailand F2, Bangkok Futures Hard India Saketh Myneni 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2013 USA F27, Mansfield Futures Hard United States Dennis Nevolo 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–2 Jun 2014 USA F17, Oklahoma City Futures Hard United States Jared Donaldson 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2017 Australia F6, Toowoomba Futures Hard Australia Jason Kubler 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Nov 2017 Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City Futures Hard India Arjun Kadhe 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Feb 2019 Chennai, India Challenger Hard France Corentin Moutet 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 May 2019 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Lithuania Ricardas Berankis 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 2–6 Oct 2019 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Australia Marc Polmans 5–7, 3–6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2012 Great Britain F10, Ilkley Futures Grass Australia Andrew Whittington United Kingdom Lewis Burton
United Kingdom Edward Corrie 		1–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2019 Ningbo, China Challenger Hard Australia Marc Polmans Australia Alex Bolt
Australia Matt Reid 		6–0, 6–1

Performance timelines[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (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, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles[]

Current through the 2021 Australian Open.

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q2 Q2 A A A A 1R Q2 0–1
French Open A A A A A A A A Q1 A 0–0
Wimbledon A A A A A A A Q3 NH A 0–0
US Open A A A A A A A Q1 A 0–0
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1
Career statistics
Year-end ranking 1151 598 654 687 - 442 343 161 229

References[]

  1. ^ "Roddick Signs Junior Standout Andrew Harris". Oklahoma Sooners. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. ^ "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS MAKES LEAP AFTER CHALLENGER SUCCESS". Tennis Australia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. ^ "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS APPROACHING TOP 200". Tennis Australia. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.

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