Lloyd Harris
Full name: Lloyd George Muirhead Harris
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| Bio | He is a South African professional tennis player. 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 began playing tennis at age 3 before committing professionally to the sport at 15. 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. 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. In 2018, 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. In January, Harris qualified for his second main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open. On February 4, 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. Harris started his 2021 season in February at the Murray River Open. He lost in the first round to Egor Gerasimov. Ranked 91 at the Australian Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time; he lost to Mackenzie McDonald. Seeded seventh at the Singapore Open, Harris was defeated in the first round by wildcard Adrian Andreev. 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. 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. Harris started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 2. Seeded fifth, he lost in the first round to Kwon Soon-woo. Seeded 30th at the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Aleksandar Vukic, in four sets. In February, Harris competed at the Rotterdam Open. He was eliminated in the first round by Ilya Ivashka. However, he reached his first ATP doubles final with German Tim Pütz. They lost in the final to Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop. Seeded eighth at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he was beaten in the first round by Márton Fucsovics. Last year finalist at the Dubai Championships, he lost in the first round to lucky loser Alex Molčan. 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. Seeded 30th at the Indian Wells Masters, he was eliminated in the third round by sixth seed Matteo Berrettini. In Miami, Harris upset 12th seed, Denis Shapovalov, in the second round. He ended up losing in the fourth round to eighth seed and defending champion, Hubert Hurkacz. 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. At the Barcelona Open, he retired during his third-round match against 10th seed, Alex de Minaur, due to back spasms. At the Estoril Open, he was ousted from the tournament in the first round by lucky loser Carlos Taberner. In Madrid, he fell in the first round to Monte-Carlo finalist Alejandro Davidovich Fokina. 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. Ranked 39 at the French Open, he lost in the first round to Richard Gasquet. On June 17, 2022, Harris announced that he will be out for the rest of the season due to a right wrist injury that required surgery. In 2023, using a protected ranking, Harris upset 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Australian Open in five sets. Once again using a protected ranking, Harris entered the 2023 French Open and lost to 22nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets. He won his first ATP title at the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Yuki Bhambri. With protected ranking, he reached the second round at the US Open defeating Guido Pella. |
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