GB RANKING3
WORLD RANKING104
CAREER HIGH
12/08/2024 104
Last updated: 21/08/2024
GB RANKING14
WORLD RANKING359
CAREER HIGH
12/02/2024 265
Last updated: 21/08/2024
FAVOURITE
SURFACE: Grass
SHOT: Serve
COACH
Geoff Harris & Colin Beecher
AGE29
HEIGHT193 cm
PLAYSRight-handed
BACKHANDTwo-handed
LTA SUPPORT NTC Pro Access
TURNED PRO2015
FAVOURITE
SURFACE:Grass
SHOT:Serve
COACH
Geoff Harris & Colin Beecher
Get to know
About
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Place of birth: Nottingham
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Lives: Isle of Man
- Trains: National Tennis Centre (NTC), Roehampton
- Tennis idols: Roger Federer, David Nalbandian and Andy Murray
- Favourite tournament: Wimbledon
- Best opponent played: Carlos Alcaraz - Harris and Alcaraz played each other when the Spaniard was just 16-years-old and despite the Brit having match points, Alcaraz eventually won the match
- Family: Has two brothers and one sister, dad Geoff got all of the children into sports from a young age
- Hobbies and interests: Loves playing golf (best effort is a par 9) and has played since he was a young boy and also enjoys watching his local team Nottingham Forrest play
- Career highlights: Reaching the final round of qualifying at Roland Garros and Wimbledon
Tennis Career
Highlights
- Received a main draw wild card to Wimbledon for the first time in his career but lost out to Jaume Munar 6-4, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3
- Enjoyed a run to the semi-final of the Rothesay International Eastbourne - marking his first tour-level semi-final
- Reached his first ever ATP 500 quarter-final at the cinch Championships, losing out to eventual runner up Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 7-5
- Continued his fine form by reaching the semi-finals of the Rothesay Open Nottingham, falling short to compatriot Charles Broom
- Reached the semi-final of the Lexus Surbiton Trophy, losing out to eventual champion Lloyd Harris 6-4, 6-4
- Won his first qualifying match on his debut at the Australian Open
Results
| Tournament | Round |
| August | |
| Cary Challenger | Second round |
| July | |
| Atlanta Open | First round |
| Newport | Second round |
| Wimbledon | First round |
| June | |
| Rothesay International Eastbourne | Semi-final |
| cinch Championships | Quarter-final |
| Rothesay Open Nottingham | Semi-final |
| Lexus Surbiton Trophy | Semi-final |
| May | |
| Roland Garros | Qualifying R3 |
| KIA Tunis Open | First round |
| Francavilla Challenger | First round |
| April | |
| Rome Challenger | Quarter-final |
| Split Open | First round |
| Barcelona Challenger | Quarter-final |
| March | |
|
Eurofirms Girona - Costa Brava Challenger |
First round |
| Challenger Hamburg | First round |
| Citta di Lugano Challenger | Round of 16 |
| February | |
| Manama Challenger | Quarter-final |
| Lexus Nottingham Challenger | Second round |
| January | |
|
Koblenz Challenger |
First round |
|
Open Quimper Bretagne Occidentale |
Second round |
| Australian Open | Qualifying - Second round |
Highlights
- Made the Lexus Nottingham Challenger semi-final with Ryan Peniston
- Made the ATP Challenger semi-final with Australia's Akira Satillan in Thailand to start the season
Results
| Tournament | Round |
| July | |
| Wimbledon (with Liam Broady) | First round |
| June | |
| Rothesay International Eastbourne (with Liam Broady) | First round |
| Lexus Surbiton Trophy (with Luke Johnson) | First round |
| May | |
| Francavilla Challenger (with Shintaro Mochizuki) | First round |
| April | |
| Split Open (with Adam Taylor) | First round |
| February | |
| Manama Challenger (with Rudolf Molleker) | First round |
| Lexus Nottingham Challenger (with Ryan Peniston) | Semi-final |
| January | |
|
Koblenz Challenger (with Ryan Peniston) |
Quarter-final |
|
Nonthaburi Challenger (with Akira Santillan) |
Semi-final |
October
Harris was selected as one of 10 British players to feature in our new tennis documentary series, Beyond the Baseline, presented by Lexus.
October marked a month to remember for Harris who made it back-to-back Challenger quarter-finals in Alicante and Malaga. From there, he went on to reach the semi-finals in Hamburg and Ortisei to see the Brit reach a career-high ranking of world No.234.
August
Becoming a regular feature on the ATP Challenger Tour, Harris made the quarter-finals at the Augsburg Challenger men's doubles with Henrique Rocha but lost to Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine and Volodoymyr Uzhylovskyi.
July
July saw Harris overcome Switzerland's Alexander Ritschard and France's Hugo Gaston in the opening rounds of Wimbledon qualifying before he lost out to Hamad Medjedovic in the third and final round, 6-4, 6-7(6), 6-4
Harris then headed to the M25 Nottingham ITF event where he reached the final before falling short to fellow Brit Toby Samuel in a 6-4, 6-4 defeat.
June
Harris kicked off his grass court season by coming through two rounds of qualifying to reach the main draw at the Lexus Surbiton Trophy where he lost out in the first round to Rinky Hijikata 6-3, 7-5.
He then ventured to the cinch Championships at the Queen's Club to take part in the qualifying rounds, but lost out to Tommy Paul in the second round.
March
Billy Harris enjoyed one of the highlights of his career to date after reaching a first ATP Challenger final at the Les Franqueses del Valles. Despite a valiant effort, Harris just missed out on the title to France's Hugo Grenier, 3-6, 6-1, 7-6(3).
