Lloyd Harris (tennis)

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. 203, achieved on 18 March 2019.[1] Harris has won 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 2019 French Open
Full nameLloyd George Muirhead Harris
Country (sports) South Africa
ResidenceCape Town, South Africa
Born (1997-02-24) 24 February 1997
Cape Town, South Africa
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Turned pro2015
PlaysRight-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize moneyUS$2,454,145
Singles
Career record62–55 (53.0%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 31 (13 September 2021)
Current rankingNo. 31 (25 October 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open3R (2021)
French Open2R (2019, 2020, 2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US OpenQF (2021)
Doubles
Career record6–8 (42.9%) (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 203 (18 March 2019)
Current rankingNo. 226 (27 September 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2021)
French Open2R (2021)
Wimbledon2R (2021)
US Open2R (2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup11–4 (73.3%)
Last updated on: 27 September 2021.

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.

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.

2020: First ATP final

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

2021: First ATP 500 final, maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal, top 40 debut

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

At the US Open, Harris reached the quarterfinals of a Major for the first time following wins over 25th-seed Karen Khachanov, 7th-seed Denis Shapovalov (his 7th top-20 and his 3rd top-10 win of the season), and 22nd-seed Reilly Opelka. He lost to 4th seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets. As a result of this, Harris moved within the world's top 40.

Personal life

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.[4]

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

National representation

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

Singles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) Won; (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)
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 2021 Erste Bank Open.

Tournament201620172018201920202021 2022SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A 1R 1R 3R 0 / 3 2–3 40%
French Open A A Q1 2R 2R 2R 0 / 3 3–3 50%
Wimbledon A A Q1 1R NH 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A 1R 1R 2R QF 0 / 4 5–4 56%
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–4 2–3 8–4 0 / 12 11–12 48%
National representation
Summer Olympics A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z1 Z2 Z1 WG2 0 / 0 14–5 74%
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 NH 3R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Miami Open A A A 2R NH 2R 0 / 2 1–1 50%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A A NH 2R 0 / 1 1–1 50%
Italian Open A A A A Q1 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Canadian Open A Q1 A Q1 NH 3R 0 / 1 2–1 67%
Cincinnati Masters A A A Q1 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
Shanghai Masters A A A A NH 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Paris Masters A A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 6–5 0 / 8 6–7 46%
Career statistics
201620172018201920202021 SRW–LWin %
Tournaments 0 2 2 13 9 23 49
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Finals 0 0 0 0 1 1 2
Hard Win–Loss 2–0 6–1 2–3 9–9 11–11 24–14 0 / 35 54–38 59%
Clay Win–Loss 0–2 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 2–4 0 / 8 4–11 27%
Grass Win–Loss 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 0–0 4–4 0 / 6 4–6 40%
Overall Win–Loss 2–2 6–2 2–4 10–13 12–12 30–22 62–55
Win % 50% 75% 33% 43% 50% 58% 53%
Year-end ranking 284 291 112 99 87 31

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner–ups)
Legend
Grand Slam
ATP Masters 1000
ATP 500 Series (0–1)
ATP250 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 Championships, United Arab Emirates 500 Series Hard Aslan Karatsev 3–6, 2–6

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 22 (16–6)
Legend
ATP Challenger (3–1)
ITF Futures (13–5)
Finals by surface
Hard (16–5)
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

Doubles: 9 (6–3)
Legend
ATP Challenger (2–0)
ITF Futures (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]

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 26 October 2021

Wins over top 10 players
  • He has a 3–8 (27.3%) record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season2021Total
Wins33
# 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 4 September 2021

Notes

    References
    1. "Rankings | Singles | ATP Tour | Tennis".
    2. "Lloyd Harris Takes His Chance, Beats Kei Nishikori on 'Home Court' in Dubai - 2021 Match Report | ATP Tour | Tennis".
    3. "Lloyd Harris Downs Denis Shapovalov to Make History in Dubai | ATP Tour | Tennis".
    4. https://behindtheracquet.com/lloyd-harris/
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