Andrew Harris (tennis)
Harris at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships | |
| Full name | Andrew Harris |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) | Australia |
| Residence | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
| Born | 7 March 1994 Box Hill, New South Wales, Australia |
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in) |
| Turned pro | 2011 |
| Retired | 2024 (last match played) |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| College | OU (2014-2017)[1] |
| Prize money | US $415,212 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–2 |
| Highest ranking | No. 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 record | 5–14 |
| Highest ranking | No. 84 (30 October 2023) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2020, 2021, 2022, 2024) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Australian Open | SF (2024) |
| Last updated on: 8 April 2024. | |
Andrew Harris (born 7 March 1994) is an Australian tennis coach and a professional former player who was a doubles specialist in his late career. He reached career high rankings of No. 84 in doubles 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. He attended the University of Oklahoma.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4] In May, Harris reached the final of Busan Challenger, further improving his ranking.[5] In August, Harris lost in the first round of 2019 US Open – Men's singles qualifying.
2020-2021: Grand Slam debut, First ATP win
Harris was awarded a wildcard into the 2020 Australian Open, where he lost in straight sets to eight seed Matteo Berrettini. Harris ended 2020 with a singles rank of world No. 229.
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 singles tournament Harris played for the year.
2022: Three Challenger doubles titles
Harris lost in the first round of qualifying at the 2022 Australian Open.[6] He also lost at Wimbledon in qualifying. This was the final singles tournament Harris played in his career.
2023-2024: Maiden ATP doubles final, Australian Open mixed semifinal
At the 2023 Los Cabos Open he reached his maiden ATP final with Dominik Koepfer.[7]
At the 2024 Australian Open – Mixed doubles he reached the quarterfinals with partner Jaimee Fourlis upsetting top seeds Matthew Ebden and Storm Hunter en route.[8][9] The Australian duo went one step further and reached the semifinals defeating fifth seeds Laura Siegemund and Sander Gillé.[10]
He was the traveling coach for James Duckworth in 2024.[11][12]
Personal life
As of 2020, Harris is in a relationship with American professional tennis player Desirae Krawczyk.[13][14]
Junior Grand Slam finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2012 | French Open | Clay | Nick Kyrgios | Adam Pavlásek Václav Šafránek |
6–4, 2–6, [10–7] |
| Win | 2012 | Wimbledon | Grass | Nick Kyrgios | Matteo Donati Pietro Licciardi |
6–2, 6–4 |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2023 | Los Cabos Open, Mexico |
250 Series | Hard | Dominik Koepfer | Santiago González Édouard Roger-Vasselin |
4–6, 5–7 |
Challenger and Futures/World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 9 (2–7)
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| 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, Thủ Dầu Một 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 | Ričardas Berankis | 6–7(5–7), 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–6 | Oct 2019 | Traralgon, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Marc Polmans | 5–7, 3–6 |
| Loss | 2-7 | Mar 2022 | M25 Bendigo, Australia | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Li Tu | 3–6, 1–6 |
Doubles: 15 (8–7)
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| 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, China | Challenger | Hard | Marc Polmans | Alex Bolt Matt Reid |
6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2022 | M25 Prague | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniel Cukierman | Filip Duda Peter Heller |
6–0, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | May 2022 | Little Rock, USA | Challenger | Hard | Christian Harrison | Robert Galloway Max Schnur |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 4–1 | Jul 2022 | Rome, USA | Challenger | Hard (i) | Enzo Couacaud | Ruben Gonzales Reese Stalder |
6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–1 | Nov 2022 | Matsuyama, Japan | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Toshihide Matsui Kaito Uesugi |
6–3, 4–6, [10–8] |
| Loss | 5–2 | Nov 2022 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard (i) | John-Patrick Smith | Shinji Hazawa Yuta Shimizu |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Jan 2023 | Canberra, Australia | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | André Göransson Ben McLachlan |
3–6, 7–5, [5–10] |
| Win | 6–3 | Feb 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Christian Harrison | Luke Johnson Sem Verbeek |
7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–8] |
| Loss | 6–4 | May 2023 | Gwangju, South Korea | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Evan King Reese Stalder |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 7–4 | Jun 2023 | Tyler, United States | Challenger | Hard | Alex Bolt | Evan King Reese Stalder |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 7–5 | Jul 2023 | Chicago, United States | Challenger | Hard | Chung Yun-seong | Mikelis Libietis Skander Mansouri |
6–7(5–7), 3–6 |
| Win | 8–5 | Sep 2023 | Cary, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rinky Hijikata | William Blumberg Luis David Martinez |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Loss | 8–6 | Oct 2023 | Málaga, Spain | Challenger | Hard | John-Patrick Smith | Julian Cash Robert Galloway |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 8–7 | Nov 2023 | Kobe, Japan | Challenger | Hard | Nam Ji-sung | Evan King Reese Stalder |
6–7(3–7), 6–2, [7–10] |
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||
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| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q1 | A | Q2 | Q2 | A | A | A | A | 1R | Q2 | Q1 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Wimbledon | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q3 | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | A | A | A | Q1 | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | 0% | ||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 1151 | 598 | 654 | 687 | – | 442 | 343 | 161 | 229 | 382 | 681 | $377,176 | ||||||||
Doubles
| Tournament | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | Win % | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||||||||
| Australian Open | 1R | 1R | 1R | A | 1R | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | ||||||||
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
| Wimbledon | NH | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
| US Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||||
| Win–loss | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0 / 4 | 0–4 | 0% | ||||||||
| Career statistics | ||||||||||||||||
| Year-end ranking | 260 | 698 | 135 | 96 | 418 | |||||||||||
References
- ^ "Oklahoma men's tennis: Senior star aims for professional career". 18 May 2017.
- ^ "On Serve: Andrew Harris; GET TO KNOW OKLAHOMA SENIOR ANDREW HARRIS". 26 April 2017.
- ^ "Roddick Signs Junior Standout Andrew Harris". Oklahoma Sooners. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 14 July 2013. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS MAKES LEAP AFTER CHALLENGER SUCCESS". Tennis Australia. 12 February 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
- ^ "BIGGEST MOVERS: HARRIS APPROACHING TOP 200". Tennis Australia. 14 May 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2019.
- ^ "Fourteen Aussie Men to Contest Australian Open 2022 Qualifying". Tennis Australia. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ "Mexican Santiago Gonzalez lifts doubles title at los Cabos – los Cabos Tennis Open". 5 August 2023.
- ^ "AUSSIE WILDCARDS FOURLIS AND HARRIS UPSET TOP SEEDS AT AUSTRALIAN OPEN 2024". 22 January 2024.
- ^ @OU_MTennis (22 January 2024). "OU tennis alum Andrew Harris in is the quarterfinals of the Australian Open playing mixed doubles! We're sending our support from Norman!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Two Aussie mixed pairs through to Australian Open semifinals". 23 January 2024.
- ^ "'Very dangerous': Demon wary of all-Aussie Wimbledon clash with Duckworth". 30 June 2024.
- ^ "DUCKWORTH CREDITS INFLUENCE OF NEW COACH FOR STUNNING FORM REVIVAL". 25 June 2024.
- ^ "Partners in opposition in AO 2023 mixed doubles". 23 January 2023.
- ^ "Australian Open 2024 results: Neal Skupski and Desirae Krawczyk reach mixed doubles final". BBC Sport. 24 January 2024. Retrieved 22 September 2024.