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.[2] He also has a career-high doubles ranking of No. 265 achieved on 12 February 2024.[3]

Billy Harris
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceIsle of Man
Born (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 30)
Nottingham, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGeoff Harris, Leon Smith[1]
Prize money$701,849
Singles
Career record8–12
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 101 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 110 (17 February 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2025)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
Wimbledon1R (2024)
US OpenQ3 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–2
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 863 (17 February 2025)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon1R (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: 17 February 2025.

Career

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2022: Maiden Challenger doubles title

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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.[4]

2023: ATP debut and first win

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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.[5]

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,[6][7] before losing his next match to third seed Jan-Lennard Struff.[8]

2024: Eastbourne semifinal, Wimbledon and Davis Cup debuts

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Given a wildcard entry into the Surbiton Trophy, Harris made it through to the semifinals with wins over eighth seed Juncheng shang,[9] qualifier Tristan Schoolkate[10] and Mikhail Kukushkin.[11] His run was ended in the last four by eventual champion Lloyd Harris.[12]

Entering as an alternate at the Nottingham Open Challenger, he overcame Coleman Wong,[13] João Fonseca,[14] and Mikhail Kukushkin[15] to reach the semifinals, where he lost to qualifier Charles Broom.[16]

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[17] and qualifier Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard.[18] Despite losing in the last eight to Lorenzo Musetti,[19] he broke into the top 150 in the rankings on 24 June 2024.[1][20] His good form continued at the next grass court tournament, the Eastbourne International, recording wins over fellow wildcard Jacob Fearnley,[21] lucky loser Charles Broom[22][23][24] and Flavio Cobolli to make it through to his first ATP Tour semifinal,[25][26] where he lost to Max Purcell in three sets.[27][28] As a result, he reached the top 125 in the rankings.[citation needed]

For his Grand Slam tournament debut, he received a wildcard for Wimbledon.[1][29][30] Harris lost in the first round to Spain's Jaume Munar.[31] 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.[32] He lost his next match to Mackenzie McDonald.[33]

Harris made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup Team against Finland in Manchester in September, defeating Otto Virtanen in straight sets.[34][35]

2025: United Cup debut and Delhi Open final

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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,[36] Alex de Minaur[37] and Hubert Hurkacz.[38] Wins over Yuta Shimizu[39] and Carlos Taberner[40] 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.[41][42] 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.[43]

In February, Harris made it through to the semifinals at the Chennai Open Challenger, where his run was ended by Elias Ymer.[44] 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.[45]

Singles performance timeline

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Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# DNQ A NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles

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Current through the 2024 US Open.

Tournament 2022 2023 2024 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1
US Open A A Q3 0 / 0 0–0
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
National representation
Davis Cup A A RR 0 / 0 0–0
ATP Masters 1000
Canadian Open A A Q2 0 / 0 0–0
Shanghai Masters A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 6 7
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–1 6–6 7–7
Year-end ranking 355 199

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

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Singles: 13 (5–8)

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Legend
ATP Challengers (0–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–3)
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   Georgii Kravchenko 2–6, 3–6
Win 1–1 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard   Kai Wehnelt 6–4, 6–1
Loss 1–2 Oct 2021 M15 Sozopol, Bulgaria World Tennis Tour Hard   Yan Bondarevskiy 2–6, 3–6
Win 2–2 Oct 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Felix Gill 6–3, 1–6, 7–5
Loss 2–3 Nov 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Daniel Michalski 6–2, 1–6, 3–6
Win 3–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Arthur Fils 6–2, 1–6, 6–4
Win 4–3 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Cayetano March 6–1, 6–4
Loss 4–4 Dec 2021 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Dragoș Nicolae Mădăraș 5–7, 1–6
Loss 4–5 Mar 2022 M25 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay   Oleksii Krutykh 4–6, 6–4, 2–6
Win 5–5 May 2022 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Hard   Edan Leshem 6–4, 6–3
Loss 5–6 Mar 2023 Les Franqueses del Vallès, Spain Challenger Hard   Hugo Grenier 6–3, 1–6, 6–7(3–7)
Loss 5–7 Jul 2023 M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom World Tennis Tour Grass   Toby Samuel 3–6, 3–6
Loss 5–8 Feb 2025 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard   Kyrian Jacquet 4–6, 2–6

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

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

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