Billy Harris (tennis)


Contributors to Wikimedia projects

Article Images

Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101 achieved on 9 September 2024. He is the current British No. 3.[2] He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024.[3]

Billy Harris
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceIsle of Man
Born25 January 1995 (age 29)
Nottingham, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGeoff Harris, Leon Smith[1]
Prize money$560,154
Singles
Career record8–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 101 (9 September 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 418 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (2024)
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

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

2023: ATP debut and first win

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.[4]

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.[5][6]

2024: Consecutive quarterfinals & grass semifinal, Wimbledon and Davis Cup debuts

edit

Ranked No. 162, he received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 Queen's Club Championships and reached his first ATP career quarterfinal. En route, he defeated Tomás Martín Etcheverry and qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in the second round, for his second and third wins at the ATP tour level. As a result he reached the top 150 in the rankings on 24 June 2024.[1][7] His good form continued at the next grass court tournament, the 2024 Eastbourne International where ranked No. 139, he defeated compatriot and fellow wildcard Jacob Fearnley in the first round[8] and another compatriot, lucky loser Charles Broom in the second to reach back-to-back quarterfinals.[9][10][11] He reached his first ATP career semifinal with a win over Flavio Cobolli in three sets.[12][13] He then lost to Max Purcell in a tight three-set match.[14][15] As a result, he reached the Top 125 in the rankings.

For his Grand Slam debut, he received a wildcard for the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[16][1][17] Harris lost in the first round to Spain's Jaume Munar.[18] Harris qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, going on to defeat Gabriel Diallo in the first round.[19] He lost his next match to Mackenzie McDonald.[20]

Harris made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup team against Finland in Manchester, England, on 11 September 2024, defeating Otto Virtanen in straight sets.[21][22]

Singles performance timeline

edit

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH

(W) winner; (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); (W–L) win–loss record.

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 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A RR 0 / 0 0–0
ATP Masters 1000
Canadian Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 5 6
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–1 6–5 7–6
Year-end ranking 355 199

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

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
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]
  1. ^ a b c "Van Man: Five things to know about Billy Harris". 20 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  2. ^ "ATP Rankings | Pepperstone ATP Rankings (Singles)".
  3. ^ "Billy Harris | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  4. ^ "Heart-stopping Finals Aplenty In Week 12 Of ATP Challenger Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  5. ^ "Roberto Bautista Agut Wins Epic In Sofia | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  6. ^ "Sofia Open: Britain's Billy Harris wins first ATP match aged 28". BBC Sport. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Journeyman tennis player Billy Harris goes from van life to mapping his Wimbledon debut". Associated Press News. 21 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Shang claws past Etcheverry, Giron ousts defending champ in Eastbourne". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 24 June 2024.
  9. ^ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Billy Harris's grass court season moves from strength to strength". 24 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  10. ^ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024 results". LTA. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  11. ^ "Fritz, Shang set Eastbourne QF showdown". 26 June 2024. Retrieved 26 June 2024.
  12. ^ "GB's Jubb & Harris reach first ATP Tour semi-finals". BBC Sport. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Rothesay International Eastbourne 2024: Billy Harris breaks new ground as he reaches first ATP semi-final in Eastbourne". LTA. 27 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  14. ^ "Fernandez ends Keys' defence in Eastbourne & GB's Harris loses". BBC Sport. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Billy Harris loses Eastbourne semifinal to Alex Purcell". ESPN. 28 June 2024. Retrieved 28 June 2024.
  16. ^ "Broady, Willis headline initial Wimbledon wild cards". 19 June 2024. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
  17. ^ "From living in a van to Wimbledon debut: the unlikely rise of Billy Harris". 29 June 2024. Retrieved 29 June 2024.
  18. ^ "Tennis: Billy Harris suffers Wimbledon first round defeat". Manx Radio. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
  19. ^ "Hall of Fame Open: Harris books spot in second round". Tennis Majors. 16 July 2024. Retrieved 16 July 2024.
  20. ^ "Hall of Fame Open: McDonald eases past Billy Harris to reach last eight". Tennis Majors. 17 July 2024. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  21. ^ "Tennis: Billy Harris wins on Davis Cup debut". Manx Radio. Retrieved 11 September 2024.
  22. ^ "Billy Harris wins on Davis Cup debut". Isle of Man Today. Retrieved 11 September 2024.