Andrew Harris (tennis)

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Andrew Harris
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Full nameAndrew Harris
Country (sports)Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Residence Melbourne, Australia
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994 (age 29)
Box Hill, New South Wales, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro2011
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
College Oklahoma
Prize money US $415,212
Singles
Career record1–2
Highest rankingNo. 159 (11 November 2019)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open 1R (2020)
French Open Q1 (2020)
Wimbledon Q3 (2019)
US Open Q1 (2019)
Doubles
Career record5–14
Highest rankingNo. 84 (30 October 2023)
Current rankingNo. 99 (15 January 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open 1R (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024)
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Australian Open SF (2024)
Last updated on: 19 January 2024.

Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player who is a doubles specialist. He has career high rankings of No. 84 in doubles achieved on 30 October 2023 and No. 159 in singles achieved on 11 November 2019. He was the winner of the junior doubles titles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and at Roland Garros.

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Professional career

2011-2012: Professional debut

Harris's first appearance in a professional tournament was at the Australia F7 in September 2011, where he made the quarterfinal before losing to Alex Bolt.

Harris lost in round 1 of the 2012 Australian Open qualification to Denys Molchanov, before competing in three Future tournaments in Australia. His best result being a quarterfinal in Australia F4 in March where he retired whilst playing Maverick Banes. Harris played only one more tournament in 2012, the Great Britain F10 in July, where he lost in the second round.

2013

He signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Sooners to participate in 2013. [1]

Harris successfully returned to competition in May 2013, where he made the final of the Thailand F2, losing to Saketh Myneni of India. The following week, he made the semifinal of the Thailand F3, losing to fellow Australian Adam Feeney in straight sets. Throughout June and July, Harris competed in Futures throughout Europe, his best performance being a quarterfinal in Belgium F4, before winning his first title in October in Texas at the USA F27 against Dennis Nevolo.

2014

Harris retired from round 1 of the qualification for the 2014 Brisbane International before competing in the Men's qualifying of the 2014 Australian Open, where he made round 2. Harris didn't play again until June, where he played in 5 futures in the USA. The best result was at the F17 in Oklahoma City, where he was runner-up to Jared Donaldson.

2015

Harris commenced the 2015 season at the Onkaparinga Challenger, where he qualified and registered his first Challenger main draw win, defeating Hiroki Moriya 7–5, 6–1. He made it to the semi-final, before losing to Marcos Baghdatis. This increased Harris's ATP ranking 157 places to a career high of No. 497. Harris made the second round of Australian Open qualifying. This was the last match Harris played for almost 2 years.

2017-2018: Return to the Tour

In January 2017, Harris returned to tennis gaining a wildcard into the 2017 Canberra Challenger. He defeated Thomas Fancutt in round 1, before losing to Jan-Lennard Struff in a close 3-set match. Harris did not play again until June 2017 on the ITF Futures circuit in USA. In July, he lost in qualifying rounds of two Canadian Challenger events. In September, Harris returned to Australia and won his second ITF title at Toowoomba in October.

Harris spend the 2018 year on the ITF Futures and ATP Challenger Circuits across Australia and United States of America. His best performances were semifinal results at Launceston in February, Australia F4 in March, USA F19 in July and USA F23 in August.

2019: First Challenger finals, top 200

In February, Harris reached his first ATP Challenger Tour final at Chennai Open Challenger. The result led to a career-high ranking. [2] In May, Harris reached the final of Busan Challenger, further improving his ranking. [3] In August, Harris lost in the first round of 2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying.

2020: Grand Slam debut

Harris was awarded a wildcard into the 2020 Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to 8th seed Matteo Berrettini. Harris ended 2020 with a singles rank of 229.

2021: First ATP singles win

Harris commenced 2021 at the 2021 Murray River Open, where he recorded his first ATP main draw win against Taro Daniel. Harris lost in the second round of the 2021 Australian Open – Men's singles qualifying. This was the final tournament Harris played for the year.

2022: Three Challenger doubles titles

Harris lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open. [4]

2023: Maiden ATP doubles final

At the 2023 Los Cabos Open he reached his maiden ATP final with Dominik Koepfer. [5]

Junior Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win 2012 French Open Clay Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Václav Šafránek
6–4, 2–6, [10–7]
Win 2012 Wimbledon Grass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Kyrgios Flag of Italy.svg Matteo Donati
Flag of Italy.svg Pietro Licciardi
6–2, 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Aug 2023 Los Cabos Open,
Mexico
250 SeriesHard Flag of Germany.svg Dominik Koepfer Flag of Mexico.svg Santiago González
Flag of France.svg Édouard Roger-Vasselin
4–6, 5–7

Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 9 (2–7)

Legend (singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (2–4)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–7)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Jun 2013Thailand F2, Bangkok FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Saketh Myneni 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win1–1Oct 2013USA F27, Mansfield FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Dennis Nevolo6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss1–2Jun 2014USA F17, Oklahoma City FuturesHard Flag of the United States.svg Jared Donaldson 3–6, 2–6
Win2–2Oct 2017Australia F6, Toowoomba FuturesHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Kubler 6–4, 6–0
Loss2–3Nov 2017Vietnam F3, Thủ Dầu Một City FuturesHard Flag of India.svg Arjun Kadhe 5–7, 3–6
Loss2–4 Feb 2019 Chennai, IndiaChallengerHard Flag of France.svg Corentin Moutet 3–6, 3–6
Loss2–5 May 2019 Busan, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Lithuania.svg Ričardas Berankis 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss2–6 Oct 2019 Traralgon, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans 5–7, 3–6
Loss2-7Mar 2022M25 Bendigo, AustraliaWorld Tennis TourHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Li Tu 3–6, 1–6

Doubles: 15 (8–7)

Legend (doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (7–6)
ITF Futures Tour (1–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (7–6)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1Jul 2012Great Britain F10, Ilkley FuturesGrass Flag of Australia (converted).svg Andrew Whittington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Burton
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Edward Corrie
1–6, 1–6
Win1–1 Oct 2019 Ningbo, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Marc Polmans Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Matt Reid
6–0, 6–1
Win2–1May 2022M25 Prague World Tennis TourClay Flag of Israel.svg Daniel Cukierman Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Filip Duda
Flag of Germany.svg Peter Heller
6–0, 6–3
Win3–1 May 2022 Little Rock, USAChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harrison Flag of the United States.svg Robert Galloway
Flag of the United States.svg Max Schnur
6–3, 6–4
Win4–1 Jul 2022 Rome, USAChallengerHard (i) Flag of France.svg Enzo Couacaud Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder
6–4, 6–2
Win5–1 Nov 2022 Matsuyama, JapanChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of Japan.svg Toshihide Matsui
Flag of Japan.svg Kaito Uesugi
6–3, 4–6, [10–8]
Loss5–2 Nov 2022 Kobe, JapanChallengerHard (i) Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of Japan.svg Shinji Hazawa
Flag of Japan.svg Yuta Shimizu
4–6, 4–6
Loss5–3 Jan 2023 Canberra, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of Sweden.svg André Göransson
Flag of Japan.svg Ben McLachlan
3–6, 7–5, [5–10]
Win6–3 Feb 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Christian Harrison Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Luke Johnson
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sem Verbeek
7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–8]
Loss6–4 May 2023 Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of the United States.svg Evan King
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder
4–6, 2–6
Win7–4 Jun 2023 Tyler, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Alex Bolt Flag of the United States.svg Evan King
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder
6–1, 6–4
Loss7–5 Jul 2023 Chicago, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Chung Yun-seong Flag of Latvia.svg Mikelis Libietis
Flag of Tunisia.svg Skander Mansouri
6–7(5–7), 3–6
Win8–5 Sep 2023 Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rinky Hijikata Flag of the United States.svg William Blumberg
Flag of Venezuela.svg Luis David Martinez
6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Loss8–6 Oct 2023 Málaga, SpainChallengerHard Flag of Australia (converted).svg John-Patrick Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Julian Cash
Flag of the United States.svg Robert Galloway
5–7, 2–6
Loss8–7 Nov 2023 Kobe, JapanChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Nam Ji-sung Flag of the United States.svg Evan King
Flag of the United States.svg Reese Stalder
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [7–10]

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.

Singles

Tournament 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open Q1 A Q2 Q2 AAAA 1R Q2 Q1 0 / 10–10%
French Open AAAAAAAA Q1 AA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon AAAAAAA Q3 NHA Q1 0 / 00–0  
US Open AAAAAAA Q1 AAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–10–00–00 / 10–10%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking1151598654687442343161229382681$377,176

Doubles

Tournament 2020 2021 2022 2023 SRW–LWin %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open 1R 1R 1R A0 / 30–30%
French Open AAAA0 / 00–0  
Wimbledon NHAAA0 / 00–0  
US Open AAAA0 / 00–0  
Win–loss0–10–10–10–00 / 30–30%
Career statistics
Year-end ranking26069813596

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