Billy Harris (tennis)

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Billy Harris
Country (sports) United Kingdom
Born (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29)
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachJoserra Blasco
Prize money$273,863
Singles
Career record1–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 181 (4 March 2024)
Current rankingNo. 207 (22 April 2024)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ2 (2024)
WimbledonQ3 (2023)
Doubles
Career record0–0
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 322 (15 April 2024)
Medal record
Representing  Isle of Man
Island Games
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bermuda Men's singles
Gold medal – first place 2013 Bermuda Mixed doubles
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jersey Men's singles
Silver medal – second place 2015 Jersey Men's team
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Isle of Wight Men's team
Last updated on: 22 April 2024.

Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player.

Harris has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 181 achieved on 4 March 2024. He also has a career high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024.[1]

Harris has won one ATP Challenger doubles title at the 2022 Winnipeg National Bank Challenger with Kelsey Stevenson.

Career[edit]

He reached his first singles Challenger final at the inaugural edition of the 2023 Challenger Club Els Gorchs in Las Franquesas del Valles, Spain as a qualifier where he lost to second seed Hugo Grenier.[2]

He made his ATP debut at the 2023 Sofia Open where as a qualifier he reached the main draw and defeated defending champion Marc-Andrea Huesler in the first round.[3][4]

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals[edit]

Singles: 12 (5–7)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–1)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (3–4)
Grass (0–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Loss 0–1 Dec 2020 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Georgii Kravchenko 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Kai Wehnelt 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Russia Yan Bondarevskiy 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay United Kingdom Felix Gill 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Nov 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Poland Daniel Michalski 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay France Arthur Fils 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win 4–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Ecuador Cayetano March 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Sweden Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 5–7, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Oleksii Krutykh 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 5–5 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard Israel Edan Leshem 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Challenger Hard France Hugo Grenier 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–7 Jul 2023 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Grass United Kingdom Toby Samuel 3–6, 3–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)[edit]

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–0)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (7–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (4–3)
Clay (4–3)
Grass (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2015 Belgium F9, Eupen Futures Clay United Kingdom Evan Hoyt Belgium Sander Gillé
Belgium Joran Vliegen
7–6(7–5), 6–3
Win 2–0 Nov 2015 Great Britain F10, Tipton Futures Hard United Kingdom Evan Hoyt United Kingdom Lloyd Glasspool
United Kingdom Joshua Ward-Hibbert
4–6, 6–3, [11–9]
Loss 2–1 Sep 2016 Belgium F12, Middelkerke Futures Clay Germany Jakob Sude Australia Adam Taylor
Australia Jason Taylor
0–6, 2–6
Loss 2–2 Oct 2016 Great Britain F4, Loughborough Futures Hard Poland Mateusz Terczyński United Kingdom Scott Clayton
United Kingdom Jonny O'Mara
3–6, 2–6
Win 3–2 Sep 2017 Belgium F12, Middelkerke Futures Clay Finland Patrik Niklas-Salminen Netherlands Michiel de Krom
Netherlands Stephan Fransen
6–7(7–9), 7–5, [10–3]
Loss 3–3 Mar 2018 Italy F2, Santa Margherita di Pula Futures Clay Poland Maciej Rajski Italy Gianluca Di Nicola
Italy Walter Trusendi
5–7, 3–6
Loss 3–4 Oct 2019 M25 Tây Ninh, Vietnam World Tennis Tour Hard United States Samuel Beren Japan Rio Noguchi
Russia Alexey Zakharov
7–6(7–5), 4–6, [4–10]
Win 4–4 Mar 2020 M15 Vale Do Lobo, Portugal World Tennis Tour Hard Republic of Ireland Peter Bothwell Spain Albert Roglan
Spain Benjamín Winter López
6–3, 6–4
Win 5–4 Jan 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Russia Yan Sabanin Bulgaria Plamen Milushev
Bulgaria Simeon Terziev
7–6(7–5), 6–0
Loss 5–5 May 2021 M15 Heraklion, Greece World Tennis Tour Hard United Kingdom George Houghton United Kingdom Julian Cash
United States Reese Stalder
7–6(8–6), 0–6, [8–10]
Loss 5–6 Jul 2021 M15 L'Aquila, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Luciano Darderi Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza
Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches
3–6, 1–6
Win 6–6 Jul 2021 M15 Perugia, Italy World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Luciano Darderi Argentina Juan Ignacio Galarza
Argentina Tomás Lipovšek Puches
Walkover
Win 7–6 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard Bulgaria Alexander Donski Russia Yan Bondarevskiy
Germany Kai Wehnelt
6–1, 6–4
Win 8–6 Jul 2022 Winnipeg, Canada Challenger Hard Canada Kelsey Stevenson United States Max Schnur
Australia John-Patrick Smith
2–6, 7–6(11–9), [10–8]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Billy Harris | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. ^ "Heart-stopping Finals Aplenty In Week 12 Of ATP Challenger Tour | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Roberto Bautista Agut Wins Epic In Sofia | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Sofia Open: Britain's Billy Harris wins first ATP match aged 28". BBC Sport. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

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