# Christian Harrison

Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 43 achieved on 3 March 2025 and a singles ranking of No. 198 achieved on 2 July 2018. He has won two ATP Tour doubles titles with Evan King.

## Early life

Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison.

## Professional career
### 2012: Grand Slam doubles debut and quarterfinal

In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event. Christian was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 US Open to play doubles alongside Ryan Harrison, where they reached the quarterfinals.

### 2013

Earlier in the year he reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, the final, and won, respectively, the four Futures events in which he participated. He failed to qualify in Indian Wells, losing in the first round of qualifying to Ernests Gulbis, who made a deep run to the fourth round after qualifying. However, he did take a set off Gulbis. Harrison won his first ATP World Tour match against Alejandro Falla at the BB&T Atlanta Open. He then lost in the next round to John Isner in three tight sets.

### 2014–15

Harrison spent 2014 and 2015 recovering from several surgeries.

### 2016–2018: Grand Slam singles and Masters 1000 debut

Harrison reached the final round of qualifying at the 2016 US Open after beating Luke Saville and second seed Konstantin Kravchuk in two three-set matches. He made it into main draw after beating Steven Diez also in three-set match. He was one set down at all three matches in qualifying. He lost in the first round to Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets.
He made his Masters 1000 debut at the 2017 Miami Open. He received a wildcard to the 2017 US Open where he won his first round match in doubles with partner Christopher Eubanks.

### 2021: Maiden ATP doubles final

Harrison qualified for the 2021 Delray Beach Open, starting the week ranked No. 789 in the world. He beat number 1 seed Cristian Garín and advanced all the way to the semifinals, where he was defeated by fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz, who would later win the title. As a result, he climbed 444 positions in the rankings to a World No. 345 ranking on 18 January 2021 and he got five ATP Tour match victories thus far, with three of them in Delray Beach, where he also won two matches in qualifying. He also reached his maiden ATP final in doubles with his brother Ryan Harrison where they lost to Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar. As a result, he returned to the top 250 in the doubles rankings at World No. 229.

### 2022: First Wimbledon qualification since 2018 and win

He qualified for only the second time at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and his third Major main draw and won his first match at any Major, defeating wildcard Jay Clarke.

### 2024: Top 100 debut

Harrison won his 11th Challenger title in Winnipeg with Cannon Kingsley and fourth of the season, and reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 15 July 2024.

### 2025: First ATP doubles title, top 50, Masters semifinal

Partnering with Rajeev Ram, Harrison reached the doubles final at the Auckland Classic, but withdrew before the match against Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus due to Ram suffering an arm injury.
Alongside Evan King, he won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the Dallas Open, defeating Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway in the final. Within three weeks they lifted their second title, also an ATP 500 in Acapulco, having qualified for the main draw. They defeated fourth seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6-4, 6-0 in a 56-minute final. At the 2025 BNP Paribas Open the pair reached their first Masters semifinal as wildcards with wins over Matthew Ebden and John Peers and seventh-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. As a result Harrison reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 36 on 17 March 2025.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

* Legend
* Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
* ATP Tour 500 Series (2–0)
* ATP Tour 250 Series (0–3)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (2–3)
* Clay (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (1–3)
* Indoor (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2021 | Delray Beach Open, United States | ATP 250 | Hard | Ryan Harrison | Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [4–10] |
| Loss | 0–2 | Jan 2025 | Auckland Open, New Zealand | ATP 250 | Hard | Rajeev Ram | Nikola Mektić Michael Venus | Walkover |
| Win | 1–2 | Feb 2025 | Dallas Open, United States | ATP 500 | Hard (i) | Evan King | Ariel Behar Robert Galloway | 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$ |
| Loss | 1–3 | Feb 2025 | Delray Beach Open, United States | ATP 250 | Hard | Evan King | Miomir Kecmanovic Brandon Nakashima | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 6–1, [3–10] |
| Win | 2–3 | Feb 2025 | Mexican Open, Mexico | ATP 500 | Hard | Evan King | Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul | 6–4, 6–0 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour Finals
### Singles: 10 (5–5)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (0–2)
* ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–3)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (4–1)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2013 | Great Britain F2, Preston | Futures | Hard (i) | Edward Corrie | 6–2, 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 1–1 | Feb 2013 | Great Britain F3, Sheffield | Futures | Hard (i) | Edward Corrie | 6–4, 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–5)}$ |
| Loss | 1–2 | May 2013 | USA F13, Tampa | Futures | Clay | Austin Krajicek | w/o |
| Win | 2–2 | Aug 2016 | USA F27, Champaign | Futures | Hard | Rhyne Williams | 6–7$^{(2–7)}$, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2017 | USA F21, Tulsa | Futures | Hard | Tommy Paul | 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jul 2017 | USA F23, Wichita | Futures | Hard | Michael Mmoh | 1–6, 6–2, 7–5 |
| Loss | 4–3 | May 2018 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | Hugo Dellien | 1–6, 6–1, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | Feb 2021 | M25 Naples, United States | World Tour | Clay | Clément Tabur | 1–6, 6–1, 3–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb 2021 | M25 Naples, United States | World Tour | Clay | Corentin Denolly | 6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Apr 2022 | Savannah, United States | Challenger | Clay | Jack Sock | 4–6, 1–6 |

### Doubles: 20 (13–7)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (13–6)
* ITF World Tennis Tour (0–1)
* Finals by surface
* Hard (11–3)
* Clay (2–3)
* Grass (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Jun 2013 | Fürth, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Michael Venus | Colin Ebelthite Rameez Junaid | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Apr 2018 | Sarasota, USA | Challenger | Clay | Peter Polansky | Evan King Hunter Reese | 1–6, 2–6 |
| Loss | 0–3 | Oct 2020 | M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic | World Tour | Clay | Toby Kodat | Martín Cuevas Agustín Velotti | 6–3, 3–6, [6–10] |
| Loss | 0–4 | Apr 2021 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Jack Sock Mitchell Krueger | 6–4, 5–7, [11–13] |
| Win | 1–4 | Jun 2021 | Orlando, USA | Challenger | Hard | Peter Polansky | JC Aragone Nicolás Barrientos | 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 2–4 | Jul 2021 | Cary, USA | Challenger | Hard | Dennis Novikov | Petros Chrysochos Michail Pervolarakis | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–4 | Apr 2022 | Tallahassee, USA | Challenger | Clay | Gijs Brouwer | Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez | 4–6, 7–5, [10–6] |
| Win | 4–4 | May 2022 | Little Rock, USA | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Harris | Robert Galloway Max Schnur | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–4 | Feb 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Shintaro Mochizuki | Francesco Passaro Matteo Gigante | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 6–4 | Feb 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Andrew Harris | Luke Johnson Sem Verbeek | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [10–8] |
| Win | 7–4 | Jul 2023 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Miķelis Lībietis | Tristan Schoolkate Adam Walton | 6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–4 | Feb 2024 | Pau, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Brandon Nakashima | Romain Arneodo Sam Weissborn | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–4 | Feb 2024 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marcus Willis | Titouan Droguet Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard | 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, 6–3 |
| Win | 10–4 | Apr 2024 | Savannah, USA | Challenger | Clay | Marcus Willis | Simon Freund Johannes Ingildsen | 6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 10–5 | June 2024 | Ilkley, UK | Challenger | Grass | Fabrice Martin | Evan King Reese Stalder | 3–6, 6–3, [6–10] |
| Win | 11–5 | Jul 2024 | Winnipeg, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Cannon Kingsley | Yuta Shimizu Kaichi Uchida | 6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 11–6 | Sep 2024 | Columbus, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Ethan Quinn | Hans Hach Verdugo James Trotter | 4–6, 7–6$^{(8–6)}$, [9–11] |
| Win | 12–6 | Sep 2024 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Marcelo Demoliner | August Holmgren Johannes Ingildsen | 6–3, 7–5 |
| Loss | 12–7 | Nov 2024 | São Paulo, Brazil | Challenger | Hard | Evan King | Federico Agustin Gomez Luis David Martínez | 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, 5-7 |
| Win | 13–7 | Nov 2024 | Temuco, Chile | Challenger | Hard | Evan King | Benjamin Lock Renzo Olivo | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7-5 |

## World TeamTennis

Christian has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making his debut in 2015 with the Boston Lobsters as a substitute. He has since served as a substitute for the Orange County Breakers in 2018 and the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season played at The Greenbrier.