Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as World No. 31 in singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), achieved on 13 September 2021, making him the current African and South African No. 1 men's singles player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 108, achieved on 6 June 2022.[2] Harris has won one doubles ATP tournament, three ATP Challenger singles titles and two Challenger doubles titles and has also won 13 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles.

Lloyd Harris
Harris at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Full nameLloyd George Muirhead Harris
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceCape Town, South Africa
Born (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997 (age 27)
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS $3,804,299 [1]
Singles
Career record76–82 (48.1%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 31 (13 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 167 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open2R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US OpenQF (2021)
Doubles
Career record22–22 (50.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 108 (6 June 2022)
Current rankingNo. 122 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (2023)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon3R (2023)
US Open2R (2021, 2023)
Team competitions
Davis Cup11–4 (73.3%)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Juniors edit

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 edit

2015–2017 edit

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 edit

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 edit

 
Harris at the 2019 Wimbledon Championships

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

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

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

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

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

2021: First top 10 win, ATP 500 final, Grand Slam quarterfinal edit

Harris started his 2021 season in February at the Murray River Open. He lost in the first round to Egor Gerasimov.[3] Ranked 91 at the Australian Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time; he lost to Mackenzie McDonald.[4]

Seeded seventh at the Singapore Open, Harris was defeated in the first round by wildcard Adrian Andreev.[5] Getting past qualifying at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he upset seventh seed, 2008 finalist, and three-time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka, in the first round.[6] He lost in the second round to Márton Fucsovics.

Harris then qualified for the Dubai Tennis Championships. There, after beating Christopher O'Connell, he won his first match against a top 10 player by defeating top seed and world no. 3 Dominic Thiem in the first round. Harris then beat Filip Krajinović, Kei Nishikori and third seed Denis Shapovalov to reach his first ATP 500 final. He lost in the final to Aslan Karatsev.

In Washington, Harris, seeded 14th, defeated Tennys Sandgren and world no. 3 Rafael Nadal to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Nishikori.

At the US Open, Harris defeated 25th seed Karen Khachanov and Ernesto Escobedo to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career. He then defeated Denis Shapovalov for the third top 10 win of his career. In the fourth round, he defeated Reilly Opelka to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated by world no. 4 Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals. As a result, he made his debut in the top 40.

2022: Masters 1000 fourth round, Surgery and early end of season edit

Harris started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 2. Seeded fifth, he lost in the first round to Kwon Soon-woo.[7] Seeded 30th at the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Aleksandar Vukic, in four sets.[8]

In February, Harris competed at the Rotterdam Open. He was eliminated in the first round by Ilya Ivashka.[9] However, he reached his first ATP doubles final with German Tim Pütz. They lost in the final to Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop.[10] Seeded eighth at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he was beaten in the first round by Márton Fucsovics.[11] Last year finalist at the Dubai Championships, he lost in the first round to lucky loser Alex Molčan.[12] Representing South Africa during the Davis Cup tie against Israel, Harris got his first singles win of the season by beating Daniel Cukierman in his first match. Partnering in doubles with compatriot Raven Klaasen, they lost to Daniel Cukierman and Jonathan Erlich. He then lost his second singles match to Yshai Oliel. In the end, Israel won the tie over South Africa 3-1.[13] Seeded 30th at the Indian Wells Masters, he was eliminated in the third round by sixth seed Matteo Berrettini.[14] In Miami, Harris upset 12th seed, Denis Shapovalov, in the second round.[15] He ended up losing in the fourth round to eighth seed and defending champion, Hubert Hurkacz.[16] Nevertheless, this was his best result at a Masters 1000 event.

Harris began his clay-court season at the Monte-Carlo Masters. He was beaten in the first round by Márton Fucsovics.[17] At the Barcelona Open, he retired during his third-round match against 10th seed, Alex de Minaur, due to back spasms.[18] At the Estoril Open, he was ousted from the tournament in the first round by lucky loser Carlos Taberner.[19] In Madrid, he fell in the first round to Monte-Carlo finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina.[20] At the Italian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Aslan Karatsev, despite having a match point in the third set tie-break.[21] Ranked 39 at the French Open, he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet.[22]

On 17 June 2022, Harris announced that he will be out for the rest of the season due to a right wrist injury that required surgery.[23]

2023: Comeback, maiden ATP doubles title, back to top 150 in singles edit

Using a protected ranking, Harris upset 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Australian Open in five sets.[24][25] Once again using a protected ranking, Harris entered the 2023 French Open and lost to 22nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.[26]

He won his first ATP title at the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Yuki Bhambri.[27]

With protected ranking, he reached the second round at the US Open defeating Guido Pella.[28]

Personal life edit

Lloyd Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa and began playing tennis at age 3 before committing professionally to the sport at 15. He speaks English and Afrikaans.

During the last tournament that his parents could afford, he qualified for two futures and made quarterfinals of one, and semi finals of the other. From this success he received enough support to play five more weeks of futures around Africa. In early 2018, he was playing in Portugal when he received the news of his father passing away the day before his match. He decided that he was going to stay and play for him and ended up winning back to back weeks.[29]

Coaching edit

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. Xavier Malisse occasionally acts as his coach while on tour.

National representation edit

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

Singles performance timeline edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (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.

Current through the 2023 French Open.

Tournament 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 3R 1R 2R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
French Open A A Q1 2R 2R 2R 1R 1R 0 / 5 3–5 38%
Wimbledon A A Q1 1R NH 2R A 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
US Open A A 1R 1R 2R QF A 2R 0 / 5 6–5 55%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–3 8–4 0–2 2–4 0 / 18 13–18 42%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z1 WG2 0 / 0 15–6 71%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 NH 3R 3R Q1 0 / 2 2–2 50%
Miami Open A A A 2R NH 2R 4R A 0 / 3 3–2 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A NH A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A NH 2R 1R A 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Italian Open A A A A Q1 1R 1R A 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Canadian Open A Q1 A Q1 NH 3R A A 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 1R 2R A 1R 0 / 3 1–3 25%
Shanghai Masters A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 6–5 4–4 1–1 0 / 12 7–12 37%
Career statistics
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 SR W–L Win %
Tournaments 0 2 2 13 9 23 13 5 67
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2
Hard win–loss 2–0 6–1 2–3 9–9 11–11 24–14 5–8 1–2 0 / 48 60–48 56%
Clay win–loss 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 2–6 0–2 0 / 19 6–19 24%
Grass win–loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–4 0–0 0–1 0 / 7 4–7 36%
Overall win–loss 2–2 6–2 2–4 10–13 12–12 30–22 7–14 1–5 0 / 74 70–74 49%
Win % 50% 75% 33% 43% 50% 58% 33% 17% 48.61%
Year-end ranking 284 291 112 99 87 31 237 140 $3,742,168

ATP Tour career finals edit

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) edit

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–2)
Indoor (0–0)
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 Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates 500 Series Hard   Aslan Karatsev 3–6, 2–6

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

Legend (doubles)
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–1)
ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (1–0)
Indoor (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Feb 2022 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i)   Tim Pütz   Robin Haase
  Matwé Middelkoop
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]
Win 1–1 Jun 2023 Mallorca Championships, Spain 250 Series Grass   Yuki Bhambri   Robin Haase
  Philipp Oswald
6–3, 6–4

ATP Challenger and Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour finals edit

Singles: 24 (17 titles, 7 runner-ups) edit

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (4–2)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (13–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (17–6)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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
Loss 16–7 Jan 2023 Nonthaburi, Thailand Challenger Hard   Arthur Cazaux 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Win 17–7 Apr 2024 Gwangju, South Korea Challenger Hard   Bu Yunchaokete 6–2, 3–6, 6–4

Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) edit

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
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]

Wins over top 10 players edit

  • He has a 3–12 (20.0%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2021 2022 2023 2024 Total
Wins 3 0 0 0 3
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score LHR
2021
1.   Dominic Thiem 4 Dubai Championships, UAE Hard 2R 6–3, 6–4 81
2.   Rafael Nadal 3 Washington Open, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 50
3.   Denis Shapovalov 10 US Open, United States Hard 3R 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 46
* As of 13 January 2024

Notes edit

References edit

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  22. ^ Taylor, Craig (24 May 2022). "SA's Lloyd Harris out of French Open after 1st round defeat to Richard Gasquet". www.news24.com. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  23. ^ "Harris Undergoes Season-Ending Wrist Surgery". www.atptour.com. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  24. ^ "Australian Open: SA's Lloyd Harris knocks out 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti". BBC Sport. 16 January 2023.
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