Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) is an American professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 4 achieved on September 14, 2026 and a singles ranking of No. 198, reached on July 2, 2018.
Harrison has won five ATP Tour doubles titles, the most significant being a major trophy at the 2026 Australian Open and 2026 US Open, playing alongside Neal Skupski. He also reached a semifinal at the 2025 French Open, with compatriot Evan King. In mixed doubles, he reached two semifinals in the 2018 and 2025 editions of the US Open, with Christina McHale and Danielle Collins, respectively.
Harrison represents the United States at the Davis Cup.
Early life Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison.
Professional career
2012: Grand Slam doubles debut and quarterfinal In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event.IMG Academy news Christian was awarded a wildcard into the 2012 US Open to play doubles alongside Ryan Harrison, where they reached the quarterfinals.
2013: First ATP Tour win Earlier in the year he reached the quarterfinals, semifinals, the final, and won, respectively, the four Futures events in which he participated. He failed to qualify in Indian Wells, losing in the first round of qualifying to Ernests Gulbis, who made a deep run to the fourth round after qualifying. However, he did take a set off Gulbis.
Harrison won his first ATP World Tour match against Alejandro Falla at the BB&T Atlanta Open. He then lost in the next round to John Isner in three tight sets.
2014–15: Hiatus Harrison spent 2014 and 2015 recovering from several surgeries.
2016–2018: Grand Slam and Masters 1000 debuts
Harrison reached the final round of qualifying at the 2016 US Open after beating Luke Saville and second seed Konstantin Kravchuk in two three-set matches. He made it into main draw after beating Steven Diez also in three-set match. He was one set down at all three matches in qualifying. He lost in the first round to Paul-Henri Mathieu in straight sets.
He made his Masters 1000 singles debut at the 2017 Miami Open as a qualifier but lost to Dudi Sela in the first round. He received a wildcard to the 2017 US Open where he won his first round match in doubles with partner Christopher Eubanks.
2021: Maiden ATP doubles final Harrison qualified for the 2021 Delray Beach Open, starting the week ranked No. 789 in the world. He beat number 1 seed Cristian Garín and advanced all the way to the semifinals, where he was defeated by fourth seed Hubert Hurkacz, who would later win the title. As a result, he climbed 444 positions in the rankings to a World No. 345 ranking on 18 January 2021 and he got five ATP Tour match victories thus far, with three of them in Delray Beach, where he also won two matches in qualifying. He also reached his maiden ATP final in doubles with his brother Ryan Harrison where they lost to Ariel Behar and Gonzalo Escobar. As a result, he returned to the top 250 in the doubles rankings at World No. 229.
2022: First Wimbledon qualification since 2018 and win He qualified for only the second time at the 2022 Wimbledon Championships and his third Major main draw and won his first match at any Major, defeating wildcard Jay Clarke.
2024–25: Doubles success: New partnership, first title, Masters semifinals, top 20 Harrison won his 11th Challenger title in Winnipeg with Cannon Kingsley and fourth of the season, and reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 15 July 2024.
Partnering with Rajeev Ram, Harrison reached the doubles final at the 2025 Auckland Classic, but withdrew before the match against Nikola Mektić and Michael Venus due to Ram suffering an arm injury.
Alongside Evan King, he won his first ATP Tour doubles title at the 2025 Dallas Open, defeating Ariel Behar and Robert Galloway in the final. Within three weeks they lifted their second title, also an ATP 500 in Acapulco, having qualified for the main draw. They defeated fourth seeds Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 6–4, 6–0 in a 56-minute final. At the 2025 BNP Paribas Open the pair reached their first Masters semifinal as wildcards with wins over Matthew Ebden and John Peers and seventh-seeded Argentines Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni. As a result Harrison reached a new career-high ranking of world No. 36 on 17 March 2025. At the next Masters in Miami, the pair reached back-to-back quarterfinals upsetting third seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori and as a result he reached the top 30 in the rankings. The pair reached another semifinal at the 2025 Mutua Madrid Open but again lost, this time to the world No. 1 pair Marcelo Arevalo and Mate Pavic. As a result they both reached new career-high rankings in the top 20 in the rankings on 5 May 2025.
In October, Harrison and King defeated Hugo Nys and Édouard Roger-Vasselin in the final to win the European Open in Brussels.
2026: Australian and US Open doubles titles Seeded sixth, and playing just their second tournament together, Harrison and new partner Neal Skupski won the Australian Open, defeating wildcard entrants Jason Kubler and Marc Polmans in the final. In September, they defeated Kevin Krawietz and Tim Pütz in the final to win the US Open.
Performance timeline
Doubles Current through the 2026 US Open.
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Grand Slam tournaments finals
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2026 Australian OpenHard Neal Skupski Jason Kubler Marc Polmans7–6(7–4), 6–4Win2026US OpenHard Neal Skupski Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz6–4, 7–6(8–6)
ATP Tour finals
Doubles: 8 (5 titles, 3 runner-ups) LegendGrand Slam (2–0)ATP Finals (–)ATP 1000 (–)ATP 500 (2–0)ATP 250 (1–3)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (–)Grass (–)Finals by settingOutdoor (3–3)Indoor (2–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Delray Beach Open, USATP 250Hard Ryan Harrison Ariel Behar Gonzalo Escobar7–6(7–5), 6–7(4–7), [4–10]Loss0–2Jan 2025Auckland Open, New ZealandATP 250Hard Rajeev Ram Nikola Mektić Michael VenuswalkoverWin1–2Dallas Open, USATP 500Hard (i) Evan King Ariel Behar Robert Galloway7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4)Loss1–3Delray Beach Open, USATP 250Hard Evan King Miomir Kecmanović Brandon Nakashima6–7(3–7), 6–1, [3–10]Win2–3Mexican Open, MexicoATP 500Hard Evan King Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul6–4, 6–0Win3–3European Open, BelgiumATP 250Hard (i) Evan King Hugo Nys7–6(12–10), 7–6(7–5)Win4–3Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard Neal Skupski Jason Kubler Marc Polmans7–6(7–4), 6–4Win5–3US Open, United StatesGrand SlamHard Neal Skupski Kevin Krawietz Tim Pütz6–4, 7–6(8–6)
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour Finals
Singles: 10 (5 titles, 5 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (0–2)ITF Futures/WTT (5–3)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (1–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Savannah Challenger, USChallengerClay Hugo Dellien1–6, 6–1, 4–6Loss0–2Savannah Challenger, USChallengerClay Jack Sock4–6, 1–6
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Great Britain F2, PrestonFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie6–2, 3–6, 5–7Win1–1Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard (i) Edward Corrie6–4, 2–6, 7–6(7–5)Loss1–2US F13, TampaFuturesClay Austin KrajicekwalkoverWin2–2US F27, ChampaignFuturesHard Rhyne Williams6–7(2–7), 6–3, 6–4Win3–2US F21, TulsaFuturesHard Tommy Paul3–6, 6–2, 6–1Win4–2US F23, WichitaFuturesHard Michael Mmoh1–6, 6–2, 7–5Loss4–3M25 Naples, USWTTClay Clément Tabur1–6, 6–1, 3–6Win5–3M25 Naples, USWTTClay Corentin Denolly6–4, 6–2
Doubles: 20 (13 titles, 7 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger (13–6)ITF WTT (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (11–3)Clay (2–3)Grass (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Franken Challenger, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Venus Colin Ebelthite Rameez Junaid4–6, 5–7Loss0–2Sarasota Open, USChallengerClay Peter Polansky Evan King Hunter Reese1–6, 2–6Loss0–3Orlando Open, USChallengerHard Dennis Novikov Jack Sock Mitchell Krueger6–4, 5–7, [11–13]Win1–3Orlando Open, USChallengerHard Peter Polansky JC Aragone Nicolás Barrientos6–2, 6–3Win2–3Cary Challenger, USChallengerHard Dennis Novikov Petros Chrysochos Michail Pervolarakis6–3, 6–3Win3–3Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, USChallengerClay Gijs Brouwer Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez4–6, 7–5, [10–6]Win4–3Little Rock Challenger, USChallengerHard Andrew Harris Robert Galloway Max Schnur6–3, 6–4Win5–3Tenerife Challenger, SpainChallengerHard Shintaro Mochizuki Francesco Passaro Matteo Gigante6–4, 6–3Win6–3Tenerife Challenger III, SpainChallengerHard Andrew Harris Luke Johnson Sem Verbeek7–6(8–6), 6–7(4–7), [10–8]Win7–3Championnats de Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Miķelis Lībietis Tristan Schoolkate Adam Walton6–4, 6–3Win8–3Teréga Open Pau–Pyrénées, FranceChallengerHard (i) Brandon Nakashima Romain Arneodo Sam Weissborn7–6(7–5), 6–4Win9–3Play In Challenger, FranceChallengerHard (i) Marcus Willis Titouan Droguet Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard7–6(8–6), 6–3Win10–3Savannah Challenger, USChallengerClay Marcus Willis Simon Freund Johannes Ingildsen6–3, 6–3Loss10–4Ilkley Trophy, UKChallengerGrass Fabrice Martin Evan King Reese Stalder3–6, 6–3, [6–10]Win11–4Winnipeg Challenger, CanadaChallengerHard Cannon Kingsley Yuta Shimizu Kaichi Uchida6–1, 6–4Loss11–5Columbus Challenger, USChallengerHard (i) Ethan Quinn Hans Hach Verdugo James Trotter4–6, 7–6(8–6), [9–11]Win12–5Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée, FranceChallengerHard (i) Marcelo Demoliner August Holmgren Johannes Ingildsen6–3, 7–5Loss12–6Torneio Internacional Masculino de Tênis, BrazilChallengerHard Evan King Federico Agustín Gómez Luis David Martínez6–7(4–7), 5–7Win13–6Challenger Temuco, ChileChallengerHard Evan King Benjamin Lock Renzo Olivo7–6(7–5), 7–5
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M25 Pardubice, Czech Republic WTTClay Toby Kodat Martín Cuevas Agustín Velotti6–3, 3–6, [6–10]
World TeamTennis
Christian has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making his debut in 2015 with the Boston Lobsters as a substitute. He has since served as a substitute for the Orange County Breakers in 2018 and the San Diego Aviators during the 2020 WTT season played at The Greenbrier.
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