# 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 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. 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.

## 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.

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

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 second 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

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 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.

### 2023-2024: Comeback, maiden ATP doubles title, back to top 100 in singles

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.
Also with protected ranking, he reached the second round at the 2023 US Open defeating Guido Pella.
Ranked No. 91, he qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.

## 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.

## 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.

## Performance timeline

Key :
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon.
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Grand Slam tournaments |||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 0 / 4 | 2–4 | 33% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 6–5 | 55% |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 2–3 | 8–4 | 0–2 | 2–4 | 1–2 | 0 / 20 | 14–20 | 41% |
| National representation |||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | A | NH | NH | NH | NH | A | NH | NH | | 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 | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 2R | 4R | A | A | 0 / 3 | 3–2 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | NH | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | A | A | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | 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 | NH | NH | Q1 | | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – |
| Paris Masters | A | 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 | 0–0 | 0 / 12 | 7–12 | 37% |
| Career statistics |||||||||||||
| | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % |
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 69 | 69 | 69 |
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 10–13 | 12–12 | 30–22 | 7–14 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0 / 76 | 71–76 | 48% |
| Win % | 50% | 75% | 33% | 43% | 50% | 58% | 33% | 17% | 33% | 48.3% | 48.3% | 48.3% |
| Year-end ranking | 284 | 291 | 112 | 99 | 87 | 31 | 237 | 140 | | $3,742,168 | $3,742,168 | $3,742,168 |

## ATP Tour career finals
### Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

* 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)

* 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
### Singles: 26 (19 titles, 7 runner-ups)

* Legend (singles)
* ATP Challenger Tour (6–2)
* Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (13–5)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (18–6)
* Clay (0–1)
* Grass (1–0)
* 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 |
| Win | 18–7 | Apr 2024 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 19-7 | Jun 2024 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Leandro Riedi | 7–6$^{(10–8)}$, 7–5 |

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

* 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

* He has a 3–12 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