Christian Harrison
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Country (sports) | United States |
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Residence | Bradenton, Florida, USA |
Born | Shreveport, Louisiana, USA | May 29, 1994
Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Turned pro | 2007 |
Plays | Right-handed (double-handed backhand) |
Coach | Pat Harrison |
Prize money | $442,368 |
Singles | |
Career record | 5–7 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 198 (2 July 2018) |
Current ranking | No. 292 (21 June 2021) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q2 (2018) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2018) |
US Open | 1R (2016) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 12–10 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 162 (26 August 2013) |
Current ranking | No. 235 (31 May 2021) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
US Open | QF (2012) |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
US Open | SF (2018) |
Last updated on: 3 June 2021. |
Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player. He has a career-high ranking of world No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018 and a doubles ranking of world No. 162 achieved on 26 August 2013. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison.
Early life[]
Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.
Professional career[]
2012: Grand Slam doubles debut[]
In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event.[1] Christian was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 US Open to play doubles alongside Ryan Harrison, where they reached the quarterfinals.
2013[]
Earlier in the year he reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, the final, and won, respectively, the four Futures events in which he participated. He failed to qualify in Indian Wells, losing in the first round of qualifying to Ernests Gulbis, who made a deep run to the fourth round after qualifying. However, he did take a set off Gulbis. Harrison won his first ATP World Tour match against Alejandro Falla at the BB&T Atlanta Open. He then lost in the next round to John Isner in three tight sets.
2014–15[]
Harrison spent 2014 and 2015 recovering from several surgeries.
2016-2018: Grand Slam singles and Masters 1000 debuts[]
Harrison reached the final round of qualifying at the 2016 US Open after beating Luke Saville and second seed Konstantin Kravchuk in two three-set matches. He made it into main draw after beating Steven Diez also in three-set match. He was one set down at all three matches in qualifying. He lost in the first round to Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets.
2021: Maiden ATP doubles final[]
Christian Harrison is known for being resilient and a strong competitor, with 2021 starting with great success. He qualified for the 2021 Delray Beach Open, starting the week ranked No. 789 in the world.[2] He beat number 1 seed Cristian Garín[3] and advanced all the way to the semifinals,[4] where he was defeated by fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz,[5] who would later win the title. As a result he climbed 444 positions in the rankings to a World No. 345 ranking on 18 January 2021 and he got five ATP Tour match victories thus far, with three of them in Delray Beach, where he also won two matches in qualifying. He also reached his maiden ATP final in doubles with his brother Ryan Harrison where they lost to Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar.[6] As a result he reached the top 250 in the doubles rankings at World No. 229.
ATP career finals[]
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2021 | Delray Beach Open, United States | 250 Series | Hard | Ryan Harrison | Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar |
7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10] |
ATP Challenger and Itf Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals[]
Singles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2013 | Great Britain F2, Preston | Futures | Hard (i) | Edward Corrie | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 1–1 | Feb 2013 | Great Britain F3, Sheffield | Futures | Hard (i) | Edward Corrie | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5) |
Loss | 1–2 | May 2013 | USA F13, Tampa | Futures | Clay | Austin Krajicek | Walkover |
Win | 2–2 | Aug 2016 | USA F27, Champaign | Futures | Hard | Rhyne Williams | 6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2017 | USA F21, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Tommy Paul | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
Win | 4–2 | Jul 2017 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 1–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
Loss | 4–3 | May 2018 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Dellien | 1–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2021 | M25 Naples, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Clement Tabur | 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
Win | 5–4 | Feb 2021 | M25 Naples, United States | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Corentin Denolly | 6–4, 6–2 |
Doubles: 6 (2 titles, 4 runner-ups)[]
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Michael Venus | Colin Ebelthite Rameez Junaid |
4–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2018 | Sarasota, USA | Challenger | Clay | Peter Polansky | Evan King Hunter Reese |
1–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2020 | M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Toby Kodat | Martin Cuevas Agustin Velotti |
6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2021 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Jack Sock Mitchell Krueger |
6–4, 5–7, [11–13] |
Win | 1–4 | Jun 2021 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | JC Aragone Nicolás Barrientos |
6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 2–4 | Jul 2021 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Petros Chrysochos Michail Pervolarakis |
6–3, 6–3 |
Performance timeline[]
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles[]
Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % | |||||
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Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q2 | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||
French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | 1R | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
US Open | Q1 | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | Q2 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% | |||||
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | |||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | Q1 | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q2 | NH | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Miami Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
Cincinnati Masters | Q1 | A | A | A | A | 2R | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
Win–Loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
World TeamTennis[]
Christian has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making his debut in 2015 with the Boston Lobsters as a substitute. He has since served as a substitute for the Orange County Breakers in 2018 and the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season played at The Greenbrier.[7]
References[]
- ^ IMG Academy news
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/harrison-delray-beach-2021-feature
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/harrison-garin-delray-beach-2021-saturday
- ^ "American Christian Harrison, ranked No. 789, advances to Delray Beach semis".
- ^ https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/01/12/hurkacz-reaches-delray-beach-open-final-by-beating-harrison/
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/behar-escobar-delray-beach-2021-doubles-final-wednesday
- ^ "2020 San Diego Aviators Roster". sandiegoaviators.com. July 25, 2020.
External links[]
- 1994 births
- American male tennis players
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Bradenton, Florida
- Sportspeople from Shreveport, Louisiana
- Tennis people from Florida
- Tennis people from Louisiana