Chris Haggard

Chris Haggard
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Austin, Texas, United States
Born	28 April 1971 (age 53); Pretoria, South Africa
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	1993
Plays	Left-handed
College	Auburn University-Montgomery
Prize money	$1,196,035
Singles
Career record	1–2
Career titles	0 ; 0 Challenger, 0 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 223 (17 June 1996)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (1994)
French Open	Q1 (1996, 1997)
Wimbledon	Q3 (1996)
US Open	Q2 (1996, 1997)
Doubles
Career record	239–304
Career titles	6 ; 7 Challenger, 2 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 19 (8 September 2003)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	SF (2003)
French Open	2R (2000, 2003, 2007)
Wimbledon	QF (2001)
US Open	3R (1999, 2003, 2006)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	RR (2001)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	3–2
	Last updated on: 21 May 2023.

Last updated November 05, 2024

Chris Haggard (born 28 April 1971) is a former professional tennis player from South Africa.

After finishing runner-up in the NAIA national men's tennis championship singles draw in 1991 while playing for Auburn University-Montgomery, Haggard turned pro in 1993. He won six ATP Tour doubles titles and finished runner-up a further 12 times. He reached his career-high doubles ranking of world No. 19 in September 2003.

Haggard played Team Tennis for the Delaware Smash until January 2009.

Performance Timelines

Key
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	P#	DNQ	A	Z#	PO	G	S	B	NMS	NTI	P	NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

Doubles

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	2R	QF	3R	1R	SF	2R	2R	2R	2R	2R	1R	0 / 12	16–12	57%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	2R	1R	A	0 / 11	3–11	21%
Wimbledon	Q1	Q2	3R	3R	2R	1R	QF	2R	1R	1R	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	0 / 12	10–12	45%
US Open	A	Q1	Q2	2R	3R	2R	1R	1R	3R	1R	A	3R	2R	1R	A	0 / 10	9–10	47%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	2–1	4–4	4–4	5–4	5–4	1–4	7–4	1–4	2–3	3–4	3–4	1–4	0–1	0 / 45	38–45	46%
Year-End Championships
ATP Finals	Did Not Qualify						RR	Did Not Qualify								0 / 1	0–3	0%
ATP Masters 1000 Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	A	1R	2R	A	A	0 / 7	2–7	22%
Miami	A	A	A	2R	2R	1R	3R	QF	1R	1R	A	QF	1R	A	A	0 / 9	9–9	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	2R	1R	A	2R	A	A	A	0 / 5	3–5	38%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	A	1R	2R	A	2R	A	A	NMS	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Rome	A	A	A	A	2R	A	1R	1R	2R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Canada	A	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	1R	1R	QF	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	1R	A	2R	1R	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 6	2–6	25%
Stuttgart	A	A	A	1R	Q1	A	A	Not Masters Series								0 / 1	0–1	0%
Madrid	Not Masters Series							A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Paris	A	A	A	Q2	1R	2R	A	1R	QF	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 4	2–4	33%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–2	4–7	2–7	2–6	3–5	4–8	3–6	0–0	4–6	1–2	0–0	0–0	0 / 49	24–49	33%

Doubles: 18 (6 titles, 12 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (3–2)
ATP World Series (3–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (4–9)
Clay (2–2)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (5–10)
Indoors (1–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1998	Boston, United States	World Series	Hard	Jack Waite	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	3–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Nov 1998	Stockholm, Sweden	International Series	Hard	Peter Nyborg	Nicklas Kulti Mikael Tillström	5–7, 6–3, 5–7
Win	1–2	Aug 1999	Kitzbühel, Austria	Championship Series	Clay	Peter Nyborg	Álex Calatrava Dušan Vemić	6–3, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(7–4)
Win	2–2	Jul 2002	Amersfoort, Netherlands	International Series	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	André Sá Alexandre Simoni	7–6^(7–1), 6–3
Win	3–2	Oct 2002	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Jan-Michael Gambill Graydon Oliver	7–6^(7–4), 6–4
Win	4–2	Jan 2003	Adelaide, Australia	International Series	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Max Mirnyi Jeff Morrison	2–6, 6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
Loss	4–3	Apr 2003	Barcelona, Spain	Championship Series	Clay	Robbie Koenig	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	4–6, 3–6
Loss	4–4	Jul 2003	Amersfoort, Netherlands	International Series	Clay	André Sá	Devin Bowen Ashley Fisher	0–6, 4–6
Loss	4–5	Aug 2003	Washington, United States	International Series	Hard	Paul Hanley	Yevgeny Kafelnikov Sargis Sargsian	5–7, 6–4, 2–6
Loss	4–6	Feb 2004	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	3–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Mar 2004	Scottsdale, United States	International Series	Hard	Jeff Coetzee	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	3–6, 1–6
Win	5–7	Aug 2004	Washington, United States	International Series	Hard	Robbie Koenig	Travis Parrott Dmitry Tursunov	7–6^(7–3), 6–1
Loss	5–8	Feb 2006	Delray Beach, United States	International Series	Hard	Wesley Moodie	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	2–6, 3–6
Win	6–8	Feb 2006	Memphis, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Ivo Karlović	James Blake Mardy Fish	0–6, 7–5, [10–5]
Loss	6–9	Jun 2006	Rosmalen, Netherlands	International Series	Grass	Arnaud Clément	Martin Damm Leander Paes	1–6, 6–7^(3–7)
Loss	6–10	Jan 2007	Auckland, New Zealand	International Series	Hard	Simon Aspelin	Jeff Coetzee Rogier Wassen	7–6^(13–11), 3–6, [2–10]
Loss	6–11	Feb 2007	San Jose, United States	International Series	Hard	Rainer Schüttler	Eric Butorac Jamie Murray	5–7, 6–7^(6–8)
Loss	6–12	Sep 2007	Beijing, China	International Series	Hard	Lu Yen-hsun	Rik de Voest Ashley Fisher	7–6^(7–3), 0–6, [6–10]

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 2 (0–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–1)
ITF Futures (0–1)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	May 1996	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Grant Stafford	4–6, 3–6
Loss	0–2	Feb 1998	Great Britain F3, Eastbourne	Futures	Carpet	Kalle Flygt	3–6, 2–6

Doubles: 19 (9–10)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–8)
ITF Futures (2–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (6–6)
Clay (2–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 1996	Bronx, United States	Challenger	Hard	Chris Wilkinson	David DiLucia Scott Humphries	4–6, 1–6
Win	1–1	Aug 1997	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Mark Petchey	João Cunha-Silva Jean-Philippe Fleurian	walkover
Loss	1–2	Sep 1997	Edinburgh, United Kingdom	Challenger	Clay	James Holmes	Wayne Arthurs Grant Doyle	6–4, 2–6, 2–6
Win	2–2	Nov 1997	Aachen, Germany	Challenger	Hard	John-Laffnie de Jager	Dave Randall Jack Waite	3–6, 6–1, 7–6
Win	3–2	Nov 1997	Neumünster, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	John-Laffnie de Jager	Lars Burgsmüller Markus Hantschk	6–3, 6–1
Win	4–2	Nov 1997	Ixtapa, Mexico	Challenger	Hard	Maurice Ruah	Bernardo Martínez Rogier Wassen	6–4, 7–6
Win	5–2	May 1998	Budspest, Hungary	Challenger	Clay	Paul Rosner	Diego del Río Grant Silcock	6–4, 6–2
Loss	5–3	Aug 2005	San Marino, San Marino	Challenger	Clay	Jeff Coetzee	Lukáš Dlouhý David Škoch	6–3, 4–6, 3–6
Win	6–3	Nov 2005	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Jean-Claude Scherrer	Dominik Hrbatý Michal Mertiňák	6–3, 2–6, 7–6^(8–6)
Loss	6–4	Nov 2007	Bratislava, Slovakia	Challenger	Hard	Mischa Zverev	Tomáš Cibulec Jaroslav Levinský	4–6, 6–2, [8–10]
Loss	6–5	Nov 2007	Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine	Challenger	Hard	Rohan Bopanna	Christopher Kas Lovro Zovko	6–7^(5–7), 2–6
Loss	6–6	Apr 2008	Paget, Bernuda	Challenger	Clay	Peter Luczak	Harel Levy Jim Thomas	7–6^(7–4), 4–6, [9–11]
Loss	6–7	Jun 2008	Prostějov, Czech Repubkic	Challenger	Clay	Nicolas Tourte	Rik de Voest Łukasz Kubot	2–6, 2–6
Win	7–7	Nov 2008	Kolding, Denmark	Challenger	Hard	Brendan Evans	James Auckland Todd Perry	6–3, 7–5
Loss	7–8	Mar 2009	Bergamo, Italy	Challenger	Hard	Pavel Vízner	Karol Beck Jaroslav Levinský	6–7^(6–8), 4–6
Win	8–8	Oct 2010	USA F26, Austin	Futures	Hard	Conor Pollock	Jean Andersen Joshua Zavala	6–3, 6–2
Win	9–8	May 2011	USA F12, Tampa	Futures	Clay	Ashley Fisher	Clayton Almeida Joshua Zavala	7–6^(7–1), 6–4
Loss	9–9	Nov 2015	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Tyler Hochwalt	Pascal Brunner Lucas Miedler	3–6, 2–6
Loss	9–10	Nov 2016	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Alessandro Bega Luca Margaroli	5–7, 2–6

External links

Chris Haggard at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Chris Haggard at the International Tennis Federation
Chris Haggard at the Davis Cup

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