Andrew Harris (tennis)

Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian professional tennis player from Melbourne. He was the winner of the junior doubles titles at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships and the Roland Garros Junior French Championship. He signed a National Letter of Intent with Oklahoma Sooners to participate in 2013.[1]

Andrew Harris
Full nameAndrew Harris
Country (sports) Australia
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994
Melbourne, Australia
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
PlaysRight-handed
CoachJohn Roddick
Prize moneyUS$ $235,903
Singles
Highest rankingNo. 159 (11 November 2019)
Current rankingNo. 204 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
WimbledonQ3 (2019)
US OpenQ1 (2019)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 245 (28 October 2019)
Current rankingNo. 259 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open1R (2020)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

In October 2013, Harris won his first Futures title.

Professional career

2011

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

2012

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 quarter final 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

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 semi-final 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 quarter-final in Belgium F4, before winning his first title 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' 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

In January 2017, Harris returned to tennis gaining a wild card 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 didn't 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.

2018

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

2019: First Challenger finals, ATP 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.

Challenger and Futures finals

Singles: 8 (2–6)
Legend (Singles)
ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)
ITF Futures Tour (2–3)
Titles by Surface
Hard (2–6)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Jun 2013 Thailand F2, Bangkok Futures Hard Saketh Myneni 6–7(4–7), 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2013 USA F27, Mansfield Futures Hard Dennis Nevolo 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Loss 1–2 Jun 2014 USA F17, Oklahoma City Futures Hard Jared Donaldson 3–6, 2–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2017 Australia F6, Toowoomba Futures Hard Jason Kubler 6–4, 6–0
Loss 2–3 Nov 2017 Vietnam F3, Thu Dau Mot City Futures Hard Arjun Kadhe 5–7, 3–6
Loss 2–4 Feb 2019 Chennai, India Challenger Hard Corentin Moutet 3–6, 3–6
Loss 2–5 May 2019 Busan, South Korea Challenger Hard Ricardas Berankis 6–7(5–7), 2–6
Loss 2–6 Oct 2019 Traralgon, Australia Challenger Hard Marc Polmans 5-7, 3-6

Doubles: 2 (1–1)
Legend (Doubles)
ATP Challenger Tour (1–0)
ITF Futures Tour (0–1)
Titles by Surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–1)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Jul 2012 Great Britain F10, Ilkley Futures Grass Andrew Whittington Lewis Burton
Edward Corrie		 1–6, 1–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2019 Ningbo Challenger, China Challenger Hard Marc Polmans Alex Bolt
Matt Reid		 6–0, 6–1

References
  1. "Roddick Signs Junior Standout Andrew Harris". Oklahoma Sooners. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
  2. "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS MAKES LEAP AFTER CHALLENGER SUCCESS". Tennis Australia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
  3. "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS APPROACHING TOP 200". Tennis Australia. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
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