Lloyd Harris (tennis)
South African tennis player (born 1997)
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Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 31 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 13 September 2021 and has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 108, achieved on 6 June 2022.[2] Harris has won one doubles ATP tournament, seven ATP Challenger singles titles, two Challenger doubles title, 13 ITF singles titles, and four ITF doubles titles.
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South AfricaHarris at the 2023 Cary Challenger | |
| Full name | Lloyd George Muirhead Harris |
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| Country (sports) | South Africa |
| Residence | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Born | 24 February 1997 Cape Town, South Africa |
| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) |
| Turned pro | 2015 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | US $4,692,549[1] |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 79–86 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 31 (13 September 2021) |
| Current ranking | No. 144 (18 May 2026) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2021) |
| French Open | 2R (2019, 2020, 2021) |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2021, 2024, 2025) |
| US Open | QF (2021) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 22–22 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 108 (6 June 2022) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2023) |
| French Open | 2R (2021) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2023) |
| US Open | 2R (2021, 2023) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 15–7 |
| Last updated on: 18 May 2026. | |
Juniors
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.
As a junior, Harris reached a ranking of No. 38 by the International Tennis Federation, and he compiled a singles win–loss record of 73-44.
Professional career
2015 to 2017
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 five ITF Futures tour single finals, winning four. In 2016, Harris reached eight ITF Futures tour finals, winning six.
In 2017, he reached Challenger tour semifinals in Kyoto, Japan and Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei and he qualified for his first ATP World Tour event in Antalya, Turkey.
2018: Grand Slam debut, First ATP match win
Harris started the year reaching four ITF Futures tour finals, winning three. He had a successful American hard-court summer season, winning his first ATP Challenger title at the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships.
In August, he qualified for his first main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2018 US Open through the qualifying rounds.
In September, Harris won his first main draw match on the ATP World Tour when he defeated Gaël Monfils in the first round of the Chengdu Open (ATP 250 event) in China.
On 7 October 2018, Harris won his second ATP Challenger title of the year by defeating Marc Polmans at the Stockton Challenger.
2019: Top 100 debut
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In January, Harris qualified for his second main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open.
On 4 February 2019, due to his victory at the Launceston Tennis International, Harris reached World No. 100 in the ATP rankings.
In May he reached the second round of the 2019 French Open for the first time with a win over Lukáš Rosol.
Harris also entered the main draw of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships for the first time and the 2019 US Open for the second time.
In September, he made his first ATP 250 semifinal at the Chengdu Open in China.
2021: first top 10 win, ATP 500 final, Major quarterfinal
Harris started his 2021 season in February at the Murray River Open. He lost in the first round to Egor Gerasimov.[3] Ranked 91 at the Australian Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time; he lost to Mackenzie McDonald.[4]
Seeded seventh at the Singapore Open, Harris was defeated in the first round by wildcard Adrian Andreev.[5] Getting past qualifying at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he upset Stan Wawrinka in the first round.[6] He lost in the second round to Márton Fucsovics.
Harris then qualified for the Dubai Tennis Championships. After beating Christopher O'Connell, he won his first match against a top 10 player by defeating world no. 3 Dominic Thiem in the first round. Harris then beat Filip Krajinović, Kei Nishikori and third seed Denis Shapovalov to reach his first ATP 500 final. He lost in the final to Aslan Karatsev.
In Washington, Harris, seeded 14th, defeated Tennys Sandgren and Rafael Nadal to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Nishikori.
At the US Open, Harris defeated Karen Khachanov and Ernesto Escobedo to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career. He then defeated Denis Shapovalov for the third top 10 win of his career. In the fourth round, he defeated Reilly Opelka to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated by world no. 4 Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals. As a result, he made his debut in the top 40.
2022: Masters 1000 fourth round, surgery, and early end of season
Harris started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 2, losing in the first round to Kwon Soon-woo.[7] Seeded 30th at the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Aleksandar Vukic, in four sets.[8]
Harris reached his first ATP doubles final with German Tim Pütz. They lost in the final to Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop.[9] Representing South Africa during the Davis Cup tie against Israel, Harris got his first singles win of the season by beating Daniel Cukierman in his first match. In the end, Israel won the tie over South Africa 3-1.[10] In Miami, Harris upset Denis Shapovalov in the second round.[11] He lost in the fourth round to Hubert Hurkacz.[12] Nevertheless, this was his best result at a Masters 1000 event.
On 17 June 2022, Harris announced that he will be out for the rest of the season due to a right wrist injury that required surgery.[13]
2023–2025: Comeback, first ATP doubles title, return to top 100
Using a protected ranking, Harris upset 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Australian Open in five sets.[14][15] Again using a protected ranking, Harris entered the 2023 French Open and lost to 22nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.[16] He won his first ATP title at the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Yuki Bhambri.[17]
Also with protected ranking, Harris reached the second round at the 2023 US Open defeating Guido Pella.[18]
Ranked No. 91, Harris qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.[19] After beating Alex Michelsen in a first round match, Harris lost to 14th seed Ben Shelton in a fifth set tie-breaker.
Ranked No. 224, Harris qualified for the main draw at the 2025 French Open[20] defeating Marin Čilić in the last round of qualifying.[21][22] He lost to Andrey Rublev in the first round. Using a protected ranking, Harris received entry into the main draw of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Zizou Bergs in the first round, but lost to Rublev in the second round.[23]
Personal life
Lloyd Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa and began playing tennis at age 3. He speaks English and Afrikaans.
During the last tournament that his parents could afford, he qualified for two futures and made quarterfinals of one, and semi finals of the other. From this success he received enough support to play five more weeks of futures around Africa. In early 2018, he was playing in Portugal when he received the news of his father dying the day before his match. He decided that he was going to stay and play for him and ended up winning back to back weeks.[24]
Coaching
Harris was coached by Norman McCarthy as a child, and in 2012, he joined the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy. He has been coached by Anthony Harris ever since. Xavier Malisse occasionally acts as his coach while on the tour.[citation needed]
National representation
Harris has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a win–loss record of 11-4.
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
| Tournament | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | 1R | 1R | 3R | 1R | 2R | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| French Open | A | A | Q1 | 2R | 2R | 2R | 1R | 1R | Q2 | 1R | Q2 | 0 / 6 | 3–6 | 33% |
| Wimbledon | A | A | Q1 | 1R | NH | 2R | A | 1R | 2R | 2R | A | 0 / 5 | 3–5 | 38% |
| US Open | A | A | 1R | 1R | 2R | QF | A | 2R | A | 2R | 0 / 6 | 7–6 | 54% | |
| Win–loss | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0-1 | 1-4 | 2-3 | 8-4 | 0-2 | 2-4 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0 / 23 | 16-23 | 41% |
| National representation | ||||||||||||||
| Summer Olympics | A | NH | A | NH | A | NH | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||
| Davis Cup | Z2 | Z2 | Z1 | Z2 | Z1 | WG2 | WG1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 14–6 | 70% | |
| ATP Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | NH | 3R | 3R | Q1 | A | Q1 | A | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | 50% |
| Miami Open | A | A | A | 2R | NH | 2R | 4R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 4–2 | 50% |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | A | A | NH | A | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Madrid Open | A | A | A | A | NH | 2R | 1R | A | A | Q1 | Q1 | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | 33% |
| Italian Open | A | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 1R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 3 | 0–3 | 0% |
| Canadian Open | A | Q1 | A | Q1 | NH | 3R | A | A | A | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | |
| Cincinnati Masters | A | A | A | Q1 | 1R | 2R | A | 1R | A | Q1 | 0 / 3 | 1–3 | 25% | |
| Shanghai Masters | A | A | A | A | NH | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||
| Paris Masters | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 6–5 | 4–5 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 / 12 | 10–13 | 43% |
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | SR | W–L | Win % | |
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 23 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 79 | |||
| Titles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Finals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Overall win–loss | 2–2 | 6–2 | 2–4 | 10–13 | 12–12 | 30–22 | 7–14 | 7–12 | 1–2 | 2–3 | 0 / 79 | 79–86 | 48% | |
| Win % | 50% | 75% | 33% | 43% | 50% | 58% | 33% | 37% | 33% | 40% | – | 47.88% | ||
| Year-end ranking | 284 | 291 | 112 | 99 | 87 | 31 | 237 | 140 | 132 | 222 | $4,602,746 | |||
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Jan 2020 | Adelaide International, Australia | 250 Series | Hard |  Andrey Rublev |
3–6, 0–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Mar 2021 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates | 500 Series | Hard | Aslan Karatsev |
3–6, 2–6 |
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2022 | Rotterdam Open, Netherlands | 500 Series | Hard (i) |  Tim Pütz |
 Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop |
6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Jun 2023 | Mallorca Championships, Spain | 250 Series | Grass |  Yuki Bhambri |
Robin Haase  Philipp Oswald |
6–3, 6–4 |
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 28 (21 titles, 7 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| 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, Pula, Sardinia | 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, U.S. | Challenger | Hard | Stefano Napolitano |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14–6 | Aug 2018 | Aptos, U.S. | Challenger | Hard | Thanasi Kokkinakis |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 15–6 | Oct 2018 | Stockton, U.S. | Challenger | Hard | Marc Polmans |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Win | 16–6 | Feb 2019 | Launceston, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Lorenzo Giustino |
6–2, 6–2 |
| Loss | 16–7 | Jan 2023 | Nonthaburi, Thailand | Challenger | Hard |  Arthur Cazaux |
6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Win | 17–7 | Apr 2024 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard |  Bu Yunchaokete |
6–2, 3–6, 6–4 |
| Win | 18–7 | Apr 2024 | Shenzhen, China | Challenger | Hard | James Duckworth |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 19–7 | Jun 2024 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass |  Leandro Riedi |
7–6(10–8), 7–5 |
| Win | 20–7 | Jan 2026 | Soma Bay, Egypt | Challenger | Hard | Jack Pinnington Jones |
6–1, 5–2 ret. |
| Win | 21–7 | Feb 2026 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Alejandro Moro Cañas |
7–5, 7–5 |
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| 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] |
Wins over top 10 players
- He has a 3–12 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | Total |
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| Wins | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | LHR |
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| 2021 | |||||||
| 1. | Dominic Thiem |
4 | Dubai Championships, UAE | Hard | 2R | 6–3, 6–4 | 81 |
| 2. | Rafael Nadal |
3 | Washington Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 1–6, 6–4 | 50 |
| 3. |  Denis Shapovalov |
10 | US Open, United States | Hard | 3R | 6–4, 6–4, 6–4 | 46 |
- * As of 13 January 2024[update]
