Billy Harris (tennis)

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Billy Harris
Harris at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships
Country (sports) United Kingdom
ResidenceIsle of Man
Born (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995
Nottingham, England
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachGeoff Harris, Leon Smith[1]
Prize money$ 1,508,220
Singles
Career record11–20
Career titles1 ATP Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 101 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 142 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2025)
French OpenQ3 (2024)
Wimbledon2R (2025)
US Open1R (2025)
Doubles
Career record1–3
Career titles1 ATP Challenger
Highest rankingNo. 265 (12 February 2024)
Current rankingNo. 497 (15 June 2026)
Grand Slam doubles results
Wimbledon2R (2025)
Last updated on: 21 June 2026.

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

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.[3]

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.[4]

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,[5][6] before losing his next match to third seed Jan-Lennard Struff.[7]

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 Shang Juncheng,[8] qualifier Tristan Schoolkate[9] and Mikhail Kukushkin.[10] His run was ended in the last four by eventual champion Lloyd Harris.[11]

Entering as an alternate at the Nottingham Open Challenger, he overcame Coleman Wong,[12] João Fonseca,[13] and Mikhail Kukushkin[14] to reach the semifinals, where he lost to qualifier Charles Broom.[15]

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

For his Grand Slam tournament debut, he received a wildcard for Wimbledon.[1][28][29] Harris lost in the first round to Spain's Jaume Munar.[30] He qualified for the main draw at the Hall of Fame Open in Newport, Rhode Island, going on to defeat Gabriel Diallo in the first round.[31] He lost his next match to Mackenzie McDonald.[32]

Harris made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup Team against Finland in Manchester in September, defeating Otto Virtanen in straight sets.[33][34]

2025-2026: Major win, Challenger title

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

In February, Harris made it through to the semifinals at the Chennai Open Challenger, where his run was ended by Elias Ymer.[43] 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.[44] Completing a successful three weeks in India, Harris got to the semifinals at the Bengaluru Open Challenger, before losing to Brandon Holt.[45] The following month, Harris qualified in Miami making his debut at the tournament.[46] He lost to wildcard entrant Eliot Spizzirri in the first round.[47][48]

In June, he gained entry into the main-draw at the 2025 Eastbourne Open as a lucky loser and defeated fellow Briton Cameron Norrie[49] and qualifier Mattia Bellucci to reach back-to-back quarterfinals at the tournament.[50][51] Harris lost his last eight match to fourth seed Ugo Humbert.[52] The following week at Wimbledon he won his first match at a major, defeating Dušan Lajović in straight sets to reach the second round,[53][54] where he lost to Nuno Borges.[55]

Harris qualified for the 2025 Washington Open,[56] but lost to Cameron Norrie in the first round.[57] Despite being defeated by Coleman Wong in the final round of qualifying at the 2025 US Open, he made his main-draw debut at the event after being awarded a lucky loser place.[58] Harris was unable to make the most of his reprieve, losing in the first round to 25th seed Félix Auger-Aliassime in straight sets.[59] In September, Harris won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2025 Cassis Open Provence, defeating Daniil Glinka in the final.[60][61]

In June 2026, Harris qualified for the main-draw at Wimbledon,[62] but lost to 19th seed Karen Khachanov in the first round.[63]

Performance timeline

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RRQ# 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

Tournament202220232024 2025 2026 SR W–L Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A Q2 Q3 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
French Open A A Q3 Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Wimbledon Q1 Q3 1R 2R 0 / 2 1–2 33%
US Open A A Q3 1R 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 0–0 0 / 3 1–3 25%
National representation
Davis Cup A A RR WG1 0 / 1 1–2  – 
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Miami Open A A A 1R Q1 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Madrid Open A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0-0  – 
Italian Open A A A Q1 Q1 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Canadian Open A A Q2 A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Cincinnati Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Shanghai Masters A A 1R Q2 0 / 1 0–1 0%
Paris Masters A A A A 0 / 0 0–0  – 
Win–loss 0–0 0–0 0–1 0–1 0–0 0 / 2 0–2 0%
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 1 6 8 0 15
Overall win–loss 0–0 1–1 7–6 3–13 1–1 12–21
Year-end ranking 355 199 125 128

Challenger and World Tennis Tour Finals

Singles: 14 (6 titles, 8 runner-ups)

Legend
ATP Challengers (1–2)
ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)
Titles by surface
Hard (3–3)
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 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 4–6, 4–6
Loss 5–8 Feb 2025 New Delhi, India Challenger Hard France Kyrian Jacquet 4–6, 2–6
Win 6–8 Sep 2025 Cassis Open, France Challenger Hard Estonia Daniil Glinka 3–6, 7–5, 6–3

Doubles: 14 (8–6)

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]

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