Lloyd Harris (tennis)

Lloyd Harris
	Harris at the 2019 French Open
Full name	Lloyd George Muirhead Harris
Country (sports)	South Africa
Residence	Cape Town, South Africa
Born	24 February 1997; Cape Town, South Africa
Height	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Turned pro	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$939,610
Singles
Career record	26–27 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0; 3 Challenger, 13 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 72 (20 January 2020)
Current ranking	No. 87 (16 November 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	2R (2021)
French Open	2R (2019, 2020)
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
US Open	2R (2020)
Doubles
Career record	0–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0; 2 Challenger, 4 Futures
Highest ranking	No. 203 (18 March 2019)
Current ranking	No. 1116 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Wimbledon	1R (2019)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	11–4 (73%)
	Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African tennis player.

Harris has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 72 achieved on 22 July 2019.

Harris has won three ATP Challenger singles titles and two Challenger doubles titles. Harris has also won 13 ITF singles titles and 4 ITF doubles titles.

Harris is currently South Africa's top-ranked tennis player, ahead of Kevin Anderson.

Harris has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a win-loss record of 11–4.

In August 2018, Harris qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at a senior men's singles level. He qualified for the US Open through the qualifying rounds.

Lloyd was coached by Norman McCarthy as a junior and won the South African national junior championship and African championship. At age 16 he joined the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy and received a scholarship from the tennis foundation established by Anthula Markowitz.

Juniors

Overview

In November 2012, Harris won his first ITF junior singles title at the G5 in Windhoek, Namibia. In August 2014, Harris represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games, where he was knocked out in the second round.

As a junior, Harris reached a Career-High Combined ranking of 38 in the International Tennis Federation's world junior ranking.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win/loss record of 73–44.

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: A
French Open: Q1 (2014)
Wimbledon: Q2 (2014)
US Open: 3R (2015)

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: 2R (2015)
French Open: A
Wimbledon: 1R (2014)
US Open: SF (2015)

Junior singles titles (3)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Grade A (0)
Grade B (0)
Grade 1–5 (3)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	3 November 2012	Windhoek, Namibia	Hard	Sam Rice	6–0, 6–0
Winner	2.	1 December 2012	Mombassa, Kenya	Hard	Ben Stride	6–0, 6–2
Winner	3.	14 September 2013	Windhoek, Namibia	Hard	Kris Van Wyk	6–3, 6–3

Professional career

2015–2017: Career Beginnings

Harris turned pro in 2015 and ended the year with a single ranking of 358. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Harris mainly played in the ITF Futures tour. In June 2015, Harris won his first ITF Futures singles title in Mozambique F2. Harris also won his first ITF Futures Doubles title in June 2015.

In 2015 Harris reached 5 ITF Futures tour single finals, winning 4. In 2016 Harris reached 8 ITF Futures tour finals, winning 6.

In 2017 Harris competed for more on the ATP Challenger tour, reaching his first Challenger tour semi-finals in Kyoto, Japan. He also reached the Challenger semi-finals in Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei, and quarter-finals in Vancouver, Canada.

In June 2017 Harris qualified for his first ATP World Tour event in Antalya, Turkey. He lost to world number 61 Janko Tipsarevic in the first round.

In August 2017 Harris also got his first experience of an ATP Masters 1000 event, losing in the first qualifying round of the Rogers Cup in Montreal, Canada.

2018: 1st ATP Challenger Title, 1st Grand Slam Entry

Harris started the year reaching 4 ITF Futures tour finals, winning 3. Harris then went on to reach the ATP Challenger quarter-finals at the Kunming Open in China, Seoul Open Challenger in South Korea, Karshi Challenger in Uzbekistan, and the Samarkand Challenger in Uzbekistan.

Harris had a successful American hard-court summer season, he won his maiden ATP Challenger title in Lexington on 5 August 2018 by defeating Stefano Napolitano 6–4, 6–3 at the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships, USA. The week after Harris won his maiden ATP Challenger title he also reached the Nordic Naturals Challenger final in Aptos, CA, U.S.A. Harris also reached the ATP Challenger quarter-finals of Binghamton and Vancouver.

In August, Harris qualified for his first Grand Slam main-draw at a senior men's singles level, after beating JC Aragone 6–4, 6–2, in the third qualifying round for the US Open. Harris defeated Roberto Quiroz of Ecuador 7–6, 6–3 in the first round of the qualifying draw, and defeated Sebastian Ofner from Austria 6–2, 6–1 in the second round. Harris lost in the main draw first round against world number 40 Gilles Simon in straight sets.

In September, Harris won his first main draw match on the ATP World Tour, when he defeated world number 38 Gael Monfils 3–6, 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the Chengdu Open (ATP 250 event) in China. This was also his first win over a top 40 player.

On 7 October 2018, Harris won his second ATP Challenger title of the year by defeating Marc Polmans 6–2, 6–2 at the Stockton Challenger, CA, USA.

Harris was also named as an alternate for the Next Gen ATP Finals in Milan, Italy.

2019:Top 100, First ATP Tour Semi-Final

Harris started the year by reaching the quarter-finals of the City of Playford Tennis International on the ATP Challenger Tour.

In January, Harris qualified for his second Grand Slam main-draw at a senior men's singles level, after beating Dustin Brown 6–1, 7–6, in the third qualifying round for the Australian Open. Harris defeated Zdeněk Kolář of the Czech Republic 6–2, 6–1 in the first round of the qualifying draw, and defeated Dominik Koepfer from Germany 7–5, 6–3 in the second round.

In February, due to his victory at the Launceston Tennis International, Harris reached the 100th spot in the ATP Rankings, cracking the Top 100 for the first time in his career.

In July at Wimbledon, Harris won the first set against Roger Federer, before losing in 4 sets in the opening round.

In September, Harris progress to his first-ever ATP 250 semi-final, reaching the Semi-Final of the Chengdu Open in China.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner–up)

Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)
ATP Finals (0–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (0–0)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (0–1)

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

Finals by setting
Outdoor (0–1)
Indoor (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 2020	Adelaide International, Australia	250 Series	Hard	Andrey Rublev	3–6, 0–6

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 22 (16–6)

Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ITF Futures Tour (13–5)

Titles by Surface
Hard (15–5)
Clay (0–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Mozambique F2, Maputo	Futures	Hard	Jeremy Beale	6–2, 6–1
Win	2–0	Jun 2015	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Tucker Vorster	6–1, 6–7^(7–9), 6–3
Win	3–0	Aug 2015	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Daniel Cox	6–2, 6–2
Loss	3–1	Nov 2015	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	6–7^(4–7), 1–6
Win	4–1	Nov 2015	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	6–2, 6–1
Loss	4–2	Jun 2016	Mozambique F1, Maputo	Futures	Hard	Marc Polmans	6–4, 2–6, 5–7
Loss	4–3	Jul 2016	Zimbabwe F2, Harare	Futures	Hard	Marc Polmans	2–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Andrea Vavassori	6–4, 6–2
Win	6–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F28, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	6–3, 6–2
Win	7–3	Oct 2016	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Pablo Vivero González	7–6^(11–9), 4–6, 6–4
Win	8–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F1, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Alessandro Bega	6–4, 6–4
Win	9–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F2, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Jordi Samper Montaña	6–0, 6–1
Win	10–3	Nov 2016	South Africa F3, Stellenbosch	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	7–5, 6–4
Loss	10–4	Apr 2017	Italy F10, Santa Margherita di Pula	Futures	Clay	Christian Lindell	4–6, 1–6
Loss	10–5	Feb 2018	Egypt F6, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Lucas Miedler	3–6, 6–0, 2–6
Win	11–5	Mar 2018	Egypt F7, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Aldin Šetkić	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
Win	12–5	Mar 2018	Portugal F5, Vilamoura	Futures	Hard	Roberto Ortega Olmedo	4–6, 6–1, 6–0
Win	13–5	Mar 2018	Portugal F6, Lisbon	Futures	Hard	Frederico Ferreira Silva	7–6^(7–2), 7–6^(7–3)
Win	14–5	Aug 2018	Lexington, USA	Challenger	Hard	Stefano Napolitano	6–4, 6–3
Loss	14–6	Aug 2018	Aptos, USA	Challenger	Hard	Thanasi Kokkinakis	2–6, 3–6
Win	15–6	Oct 2018	Stockton, USA	Challenger	Hard	Marc Polmans	6–2, 6–2
Win	16–6	Feb 2019	Launceston, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Lorenzo Giustino	6–2, 6–2

Doubles: 9 (6–3)

Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)
ITF Futures Tour (4–3)

Titles by Surface
Hard (5–3)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jun 2015	Zimbabwe F1, Harare	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Evan King Anderson Reed	7–5, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2015	Egypt F27, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Cameron Silverman	Milos Sekulic Libor Salaba	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Loss	2–1	Dec 2015	Nigeria F3, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	David Pel Antal van der Duim	3–6, 2–6
Win	3–1	Dec 2015	Nigeria F4, Lagos	Futures	Hard	Karim-Mohamed Maamoun	David Pel Antal van der Duim	7–5, 7–6^(8–6)
Win	4–1	Oct 2016	Egypt F29, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Issam Haitham Taweel	Conor Berg Mitchell Thomas McDaniels	6–1, 6–3
Loss	4–2	Mar 2017	Egypt F9, Sharm El Sheikh	Futures	Hard	Nicolaas Scholtz	Denys Molchanov Artem Smirnov	w/o
Loss	4–3	Mar 2018	Portugal F5, Vilamoura	Futures	Hard	Fred Gil	Francisco Cabral Tiago Cação	3–6, 2–6
Win	5–3	Apr 2018	Anning, China	Challenger	Clay	Aliaksandr Bury	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	6–3, 6–4
Win	6–3	Jan 2019	Burnie, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Dudi Sela	Mirza Bašić Tomislav Brkić	6–3, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]

Singles performance timeline

**Key**
W	F	SF	QF	#R	RR	Q#	A	NH

(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)

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 2021 Murray River Open.

Tournament	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	1R	1R		0 / 2	0–2	0%
French Open	A	A	Q1	2R	2R		0 / 2	2–2	50%
Wimbledon	A	A	Q1	1R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	1R	1R	2R		0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	1–4	2–3	0–0	0 / 8	3–8	27%
National representation
Summer Olympics	A	Not held					0 / 0	0–0	–
Davis Cup	Z2	Z2	Z1	Z2	Z1		0 / 0	12–5	71%
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters	A	A	A	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami Open	A	A	A	2R	NH		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Monte-Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Italian Open	A	A	A	A	Q1		0 / 0	0–0	–
Canadian Open	A	Q1	A	Q1	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	Q1	1R		0 / 1	0–1	0%
Shanghái Masters	A	A	A	A	NH		0 / 0	0–0	–
Paris Masters	A	A	A	A			0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Career statistics
	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	SR	W–L	Win %
Tournaments	0	2	2	13	9	1	27
Titles	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Finals	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
Hard Win–Loss	2–0	6–1	2–3	9–9	11–11	0–1	0 / 21	30–25	55%
Clay Win–Loss	0–2	0–0	0–1	1–3	1–1	0–0	0 / 4	2–7	22%
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Overall Win–Loss	2–2	6–2	2–4	10–13	12–12	0–1	32–34
Win %	50%	75%	33%	43%	50%	0%	48%
Year-end ranking	284	291	112	99	87

Record against top 10 players

Harris's match record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who have been No. 1 in bold. Only ATP Tour (incl. Grand Slam) main draw and Davis Cup matches).

* As of 19 October 2020

References

External links

Lloyd Harris at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Lloyd Harris at the International Tennis Federation
Lloyd Harris at the Davis Cup

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ATP Rankings: Top ten African male singles tennis players
as of 11 January 2021
1. Kevin Anderson (82 ) 2. Lloyd Harris (90 ) 3. Mohamed Safwat (153 ) 4. Elliot Benchetrit (221 ) 5. Malek Jaziri (249 )
6. Skander Mansouri (363 2) 7. Aziz Dougaz (377 ) 8. Karim-Mohamed Maamoun (390 ) 9. Benjamin Lock (439 ) 10. Adam Moundir (497 )

Association of Tennis Professionals: Top South African male singles tennis players as of 4 November 2019
1. Kevin Anderson (91 46) 2. Lloyd Harris (99 4) 3. Ruan Roelofse (659 9) 4. Lance-Pierre du Toit (970 1) 5. Charl Morgan (1,273 4)
6. Nicolaas Scholtz (1,342 7) 7. Vaughn Hunter (1,447 1) 8. Joshua Howard-Tripp (1,502 23) 9. Richard Thongoana (1,614 2) 9. Khololwam Montsi (1,614 2) 9. Chrisjan Van Wyk (1,614 2)