Billy Harris (tennis)

Billy Harris (born 25 January 1995) is a British tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 101 achieved on 9 September 2024. He is the current British No. 4. He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024.

Career

2022: Maiden Challenger doubles title

Harris won his first ATP Challenger doubles title at the Winnipeg National Bank Challenger playing with Kelsey Stevenson, defeating Max Schnur and John-Patrick Smith in the final.

2023: ATP debut and first win

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

He made his ATP Tour debut at the Sofia Open, where as a qualifier, he defeated defending champion Marc-Andrea Huesler in the first round, before losing his next match to third seed Jan-Lennard Struff.

2024: Wimbledon, Davis Cup, Masters debuts

Given a wildcard entry into the Surbiton Trophy, Harris made it through to the semifinals with wins over eighth seed Juncheng shang, qualifier Tristan Schoolkate and Mikhail Kukushkin. His run was ended in the last four by eventual champion Lloyd Harris.

Entering as an alternate at the Nottingham Open Challenger, he overcame Coleman Wong, João Fonseca, and Mikhail Kukushkin to reach the semifinals, where he lost to qualifier Charles Broom.

Ranked No. 162, Harris received a wildcard for the main draw at Queen's Club and reached his first ATP Tour quarterfinal. En route, he defeated Tomás Martín Etcheverry and qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard. Despite losing in the last eight to Lorenzo Musetti, he broke into the top 150 in the rankings on 24 June 2024. His good form continued at the next grass court tournament, the Eastbourne International, recording wins over fellow wildcard Jacob Fearnley, lucky loser Charles Broom and Flavio Cobolli to make it through to his first ATP Tour semifinal, where he lost to Max Purcell in three sets. As a result, he reached the top 125 in the rankings.

For his Grand Slam tournament debut, he received a wildcard for Wimbledon. Harris lost in the first round to Spain's Jaume Munar. He qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, going on to defeat Gabriel Diallo in the first round. He lost his next match to Mackenzie McDonald.

Harris made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup Team against Finland in Manchester in September, defeating Otto Virtanen in straight sets.

2025: United Cup and Miami debuts

Harris started his 2025 season representing Great Britain at the United Cup in Australia, where he lost all three of his matches to Tomás Martín Etcheverry, Alex de Minaur and Hubert Hurkacz. Wins over Yuta Shimizu and Carlos Taberner saw him reach the final round of qualifying at the Australian Open for the first time, but a defeat to Kamil Majchrzak meant he missed out on a place in the main-draw. He represented Great Britain in their Davis Cup qualifier against Japan, but was beaten in both his matches against Yoshihito Nishioka and Kei Nishikori as the team lost the tie 3-2.

In February, Harris made it through to the semifinals at the Chennai Open Challenger, where his run was ended by Elias Ymer. The following week he defeated Eric Vanshelboim, James McCabe, Elias Ymer and Tristan Schoolkate to reach his second Challenger final at the Delhi Open, where he lost to Kyrian Jacquet. Completing a successful three weeks in India, Harris got to the semifinals at the Bengaluru Open Challenger, before losing to Brandon Holt.

The following month, Harris qualified in Miami making his debut at the tournament. He lost to wildcard entrant and also Masters debutant Eliot Spizzirri in the first round.

Singles performance timeline

Singles

''Current through the 2024 US Open.''

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 13 (5–8)

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

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1995 births
Living people
English male tennis players
British male tennis players
Tennis players from Nottingham
21st-century English sportsmen