Billy Harris (tennis)

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Billy Harris
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Harris at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports)Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Residence Isle of Man
Born (1995-01-25) 25 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 record8–7
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 125 (16 December 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open Q2 (2024)
French Open Q3 (2024)
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
US Open Q3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 418 (26 August 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon 1R (2024)
Medal record
Representing Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man
Island Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Bermuda Men's singles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2013 Bermuda Mixed doubles
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2015 Jersey Men's singles
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2015 Jersey Men's team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Isle of Wight Men's team
Last updated on: 9 September 2024.

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. 4. [2] He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024. [3]

Contents

Career

2022

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

2023: ATP debut and first win

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

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]

2025: United Cup

After Jack Draper withdrew with an injury from the 2025 United Cup Harris who before was the 2nd in line to represent Great Britain in the United Cup was promoted to the number 1 and Jan Choinski was selected for the number 2 spot. Harris is set to compete against Alex de Minaur and Tomás Martín Etcheverry in the United Cup

Singles performance timeline

Key
W F SFQF#RRRQ#DNQANH
(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.

Singles

Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0
French Open AA Q3 0 / 00–0
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 1R 0 / 10–1
US Open AA Q3 0 / 00–0
Win–loss0–00–00–10 / 10–1
National representation
Davis Cup AA RR 0 / 00–0
ATP Masters 1000
Canadian Open AA Q2 0 / 00–0
Shanghai Masters AA 1R 0 / 10–1
Career statistics
Tournaments0167
Overall win–loss0–01–16–67–7
Year-end ranking355199

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 12 (5–7)

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Dec 2020M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Georgii Kravchenko2–6, 3–6
Win1–1Oct 2021M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Germany.svg Kai Wehnelt6–4, 6–1
Loss1–2Oct 2021M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Russia.svg Yan Bondarevskiy2–6, 3–6
Win2–2Oct 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Felix Gill 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss2–3Nov 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Poland.svg Daniel Michalski 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win3–3Dec 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of France.svg Arthur Fils 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win4–3Dec 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ecuador.svg Cayetano March 6–1, 6–4
Loss4–4Dec 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Sweden.svg Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 5–7, 1–6
Loss4–5Mar 2022M25 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Oleksii Krutykh 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win5–5May 2022M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Israel.svg Edan Leshem 6–4, 6–3
Loss5–6 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, SpainChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Hugo Grenier 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss5–7Jul 2023M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWorld Tennis TourGrass Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Toby Samuel 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (7–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0Aug 2015Belgium F9, Eupen FuturesClay Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Sander Gillé
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Joran Vliegen 		7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win2–0Nov 2015Great Britain F10, Tipton FuturesHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Evan Hoyt Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lloyd Glasspool
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Joshua Ward-Hibbert 		4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss2–1Sep 2016Belgium F12, Middelkerke FuturesClay Flag of Germany.svg Jakob Sude Flag of Australia (converted).svg Adam Taylor
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Taylor 		0–6, 2–6
Loss2–2Oct 2016Great Britain F4, Loughborough FuturesHard Flag of Poland.svg Mateusz Terczyński Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Scott Clayton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Jonny O'Mara 		3–6, 2–6
Win3–2Sep 2017Belgium F12, MiddelkerkeFuturesClay Flag of Finland.svg Patrik Niklas-Salminen Flag of the Netherlands.svg Michiel de Krom
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Stephan Fransen 		6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
Loss3–3Mar 2018Italy F2, Santa Margherita di Pula FuturesClay Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Rajski Flag of Italy.svg Gianluca Di Nicola
Flag of Italy.svg Walter Trusendi 		5–7, 3–6
Loss3–4Oct 2019M25 Tây Ninh, VietnamWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United States.svg Samuel Beren Flag of Japan.svg Rio Noguchi
Flag of Russia.svg Alexey Zakharov 		7–6(7–5), 4–6, [4–10]
Win4–4Mar 2020M15 Vale Do Lobo, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Ireland.svg Peter Bothwell Flag of Spain.svg Albert Roglan
Flag of Spain.svg Benjamín Winter López		6–3, 6–4
Win5–4Jan 2021M15 Antalya, TurkeyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Russia.svg Yan Sabanin Flag of Bulgaria.svg Plamen Milushev
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Simeon Terziev		7–6(7–5), 6–0
Loss5–5May 2021M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of the United Kingdom.svg George Houghton Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder 		7–6(8–6), 0–6, [8–10]
Loss5–6Jul 2021M15 L'Aquila, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Galarza
Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Lipovšek Puches 		3–6, 1–6
Win6–6Jul 2021M15 Perugia, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Flag of Italy.svg Luciano Darderi Flag of Argentina.svg Juan Ignacio Galarza
Flag of Argentina.svg Tomás Lipovšek Puches		Walkover
Win7–6Oct 2021M15 Sozopol, BulgariaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Bulgaria.svg Alexander Donski Flag of Russia.svg Yan Bondarevskiy
Flag of Germany.svg Kai Wehnelt		6–1, 6–4
Win8–6 Jul 2022 Winnipeg, CanadaChallengerHard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Kelsey Stevenson Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur
Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith 		2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–8]

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