Lloyd Harris (tennis)

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Lloyd Harris

Harris at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Lloyd George Muirhead Harris
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Born	(1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 24) Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$1,923,695
Singles
Career record	52–50 (51.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 46 (16 August 2021)
Current ranking	No. 46 (16 August 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	3R (2021)
French Open	2R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
US Open	2R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	4–7 (36.4%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 203 (18 March 2019)
Current ranking	No. 277 (9 August 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2021)
French Open	2R (2021)
Wimbledon	2R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	11–4 (73.3%)
Last updated on: 9 August 2021.

Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player. Harris has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 46 achieved on 16 August 2021 and a doubles ranking of No. 203 on 18 March 2019.^[1] Harris is currently South Africa's top-ranked tennis player. He has won three ATP Challenger singles titles and two Challenger doubles titles. Harris has also won 13 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles. In August 2018, Harris made his Grand Slam debut at the US Open main draw at a senior men's singles level as a qualifier.

Juniors[]

In November 2012, Harris won his first ITF junior singles title at the G5 in Windhoek, Namibia. In August 2014, Harris represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games.

As a junior, Harris reached a ranking of No. 38 by the International Tennis Federation, and he compiled a singles win/loss record of 73–44.

Professional career[]

2015–2017[]

Harris turned pro in 2015 and ended the year with a single ranking of 358. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Harris mainly played in the ITF Futures tour. In June 2015, Harris won his first ITF Futures singles title in Mozambique F2. Harris also won his first ITF Futures Doubles title in June 2015.

In 2015 Harris reached five ITF Futures tour single finals, winning four. In 2016, Harris reached eight ITF Futures tour finals, winning six.

In 2017, he reached Challenger tour semifinals in Kyoto, Japan and Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei and qualified for his first ATP World Tour event in Antalya, Turkey.

2018: Grand Slam debut, First ATP match win[]

Harris started the year reaching four ITF Futures tour finals, winning three. He had a successful American hard-court summer season, winning his first ATP Challenger title at the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships.

In August, he qualified for his first main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2018 US Open through the qualifying rounds.

In September, Harris won his first main draw match on the ATP World Tour when he defeated Gael Monfils 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the Chengdu Open (ATP 250 event) in China.

On 7 October 2018, Harris won his second ATP Challenger title of the year by defeating Marc Polmans 6–2, 6–2 at the Stockton Challenger.

2019: Top 100 debut[]

In January, Harris qualified for his second main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open.

In February, due to his victory at the Launceston Tennis International, Harris reached World No. 100 in the ATP rankings on 4 February 2019.

In May he reached for the first time the second round of the 2019 French Open with a win over lucky looser Lukáš Rosol.

Harris also entered the main draw for the first time of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships as well as the 2019 US Open for the second time.

In September, he made his first ATP 250 semifinal at the Chengdu Open in China.

2020: First ATP 250 final[]

In January, Lloyd reached his first ATP final at the 2020 Adelaide International losing to Andrey Rublev.

2021: First ATP 500 final, Top 50 debut[]

In February, Harris reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time at the 2021 Australian Open.

In March, Harris reached his first ATP 500 final by becoming the first qualifier to reach the semifinals at the 2021 Dubai Tennis Championships, with wins over world No. 4 Dominic Thiem, Kei Nishikori and world No. 12 Denis Shapovalov in the semifinal. He lost to Aslan Karatsev in straight sets.^[2][3] As a result of this successful run, he reached a career-high singles of World No. 52.

In August, Harris played in Washington, where, en route to the quarterfinals, he stunned world no. 3 Rafael Nadal, beating him in 3 sets. As a result he entered the top 50 at World No. 49 on 9 August 2021.

Coaching[]

Harris was coached by Norman McCarthy as a child, and in 2012 at the age of 15 joined the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy. He has been coached by Anthony Harris ever since.

National representation[]

Harris has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a win-loss record of 11–4.

Singles performance timeline[]

Current through the 2021 Western & Southern Open.

ATP career finals[]

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Andrey Rublev	3–6, 0–6
Loss	0–2	Mar 2021	Dubai Championships, United Arab Emirates	500 Series	Hard	Aslan Karatsev	3–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals[]

Singles: 22 (16–6)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Mozambique F2, Maputo	Futures	Hard	Jeremy Beale	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jun 2015	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6–3
Win	3–0	Aug 2015	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Nov 2015	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win	4–1	Nov 2015	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Jun 2016	Mozambique F1, Maputo	Futures	Hard	Marc Polmans	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–3	Jul 2016	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Marc Polmans	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–4
Win	8–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Alessandro Bega	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Jordi Samper Montaña	6–0, 6–1
Win	10–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	7–5, 6–4
Loss	10–4	Apr 2017	Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–5	Feb 2018	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win	11–5	Mar 2018	Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	12–5	Mar 2018	Portugal F5, Vilamoura	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	13–5	Mar 2018	Portugal F6, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)
Win	14–5	Aug 2018	Lexington, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	Stefano Napolitano	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14–6	Aug 2018	Aptos, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	2–6, 3–6
Win	15–6	Oct 2018	Stockton, U.S.	Challenger	Hard	Marc Polmans	6–2, 6–2
Win	16–6	Feb 2019	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lorenzo Giustino	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (6–3)[]

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Evan King Anderson Reed	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Cameron Silverman	Milos Sekulic Libor Salaba	7–6(7–4), 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 2015	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	David Pel Antal van der Duim	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Dec 2015	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	David Pel Antal van der Duim	7–5, 7–6(8–6)
Win	4–1	Oct 2016	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Conor Berg Mitchell Thomas McDaniels	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Mar 2017	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov	w/o
Loss	4–3	Mar 2018	Portugal F5, Vilamoura	Futures	Hard	Fred Gil	Francisco Cabral Tiago Cação	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Apr 2018	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Aliaksandr Bury	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–3	Jan 2019	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	Mirza Bašić Tomislav Brkić	6–3, 6–7(3–7), [10–8]

Record against other players[]

Record against top 10 players[]

Harris's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10. Only ATP Tour (incl. Grand Slam) main draw and Davis Cup matches). Players who have been No. 1 are in boldface.

* As of 19 August 2021

Wins over top 10 players[]

• He has a 2–5 (28.6%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.

#	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Rd	Score	LH Rank
2021
1.	Dominic Thiem	4	Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates	Hard	2R	6–3, 6–4	81
2.	Rafael Nadal	3	Washington, United States	Hard	3R	6–4, 1–6, 6–4	50

* As of 7 August 2021

References[]

External links[]

• Lloyd Harris at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Lloyd Harris at the International Tennis Federation
• Lloyd Harris at the Davis Cup