Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player.

Billy Harris
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJoserra Blasco
Prize money$273,863
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 207 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 322 (15 April 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Isle of Man
Island Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bermuda Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bermuda Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jersey Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jersey Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Isle of Wight Men's team
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Harris has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 181 achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024.[1]

Harris has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger with Kelsey Stevenson.

Career edit

He reached his first singles Challenger final at the inaugural edition of the 2023 Challenger Club Els Gorchs in Las Franquesas del Valles, Spain as a qualifier where he lost to second seed Hugo Grenier.[2]

He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Sofia Open where as a qualifier he reached the main draw and defeated defending champion Marc-Andrea Huesler in the first round.[3][4]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals edit

Singles: 12 (5–7) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2020 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Georgii Kravchenko 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard   Kai Wehnelt 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard   Yan Bondarevskiy 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Felix Gill 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Nov 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Daniel Michalski 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Arthur Fils 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win 4–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Cayetano March 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 5–7, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Oleksii Krutykh 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 5–5 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard   Edan Leshem 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Challenger Hard   Hugo Grenier 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–7 Jul 2023 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Grass   Toby Samuel 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6) edit

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (7–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 Belgium F9, Eupen Futures Clay   Evan Hoyt   Sander Gillé
  Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2015 Great Britain F10, Tipton Futures Hard   Evan Hoyt   Lloyd Glasspool
  Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 2–1 Sep 2016 Belgium F12, Middelkerke Futures Clay   Jakob Sude   Adam Taylor
  Jason Taylor
0–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2016 Great Britain F4, Loughborough Futures Hard   Mateusz Terczyński   Scott Clayton
  Jonny O'Mara
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2017 Belgium F12, Middelkerke Futures Clay   Patrik Niklas-Salminen   Michiel de Krom
  Stephan Fransen
6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
Loss 3–3 Mar 2018 Italy F2, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay   Maciej Rajski   Gianluca Di Nicola
  Walter Trusendi
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Oct 2019 M25 Tây Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard   Samuel Beren   Rio Noguchi
  Alexey Zakharov
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [4–10]
Win 4–4 Mar 2020 M15 Vale Do Lobo, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard   Peter Bothwell   Albert Roglan
  Benjamín Winter López
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jan 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Yan Sabanin   Plamen Milushev
  Simeon Terziev
7–6(7–5), 6–0
Loss 5–5 May 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard   George Houghton   Julian Cash
  Reese Stalder
7–6(8–6), 0–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–6 Jul 2021 M15 L'Aquila, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Luciano Darderi   Juan Ignacio Galarza
  Tomás Lipovšek Puches
3–6, 1–6
Win 6–6 Jul 2021 M15 Perugia, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay   Luciano Darderi   Juan Ignacio Galarza
  Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Walkover
Win 7–6 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard   Alexander Donski   Yan Bondarevskiy
  Kai Wehnelt
6–1, 6–4
Win 8–6 Jul 2022 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard   Kelsey Stevenson   Max Schnur
  John-Patrick Smith
2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–8]

References edit

  1. ^ "Billy Harris | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Heart-stopping Finals Aplenty In Week 12 Of ATP Challenger Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Roberto Bautista Agut Wins Epic In Sofia | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Sofia Open: Britain's Billy Harris wins first ATP match aged 28". BBC Sport. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

External links edit