Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player. He has been ranked as high as world No. 31 in singles by the ATP, achieved on 13 September 2021 and has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 108, achieved on 6 June 2022. Harris has won one doubles ATP tournament, seven ATP Challenger singles titles, two Challenger doubles title, 13 ITF singles titles, and four ITF doubles titles.
Juniors In November 2012, Harris won his first ITF junior singles title at the G5 in Windhoek, Namibia. In August 2014, Harris represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games.
As a junior, Harris reached a ranking of No. 38 by the International Tennis Federation, and he compiled a singles win–loss record of 73-44.
Professional career 2015 to 2017 Harris turned pro in 2015 and ended the year with a single ranking of 358. During the 2015 and 2016 seasons, Harris mainly played in the ITF Futures tour. In June 2015, Harris won his first ITF Futures singles title in Mozambique F2. Harris also won his first ITF Futures Doubles title in June 2015.
In 2015 Harris reached five ITF Futures tour single finals, winning four. In 2016, Harris reached eight ITF Futures tour finals, winning six.
In 2017, he reached Challenger tour semifinals in Kyoto, Japan and Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei and he qualified for his first ATP World Tour event in Antalya, Turkey.
2018: Grand Slam debut, First ATP match win Harris started the year reaching four ITF Futures tour finals, winning three. He had a successful American hard-court summer season, winning his first ATP Challenger title at the Kentucky Bank Tennis Championships.
In August, he qualified for his first main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2018 US Open through the qualifying rounds.
In September, Harris won his first main draw match on the ATP World Tour when he defeated Gaël Monfils in the first round of the Chengdu Open (ATP 250 event) in China.
On 7 October 2018, Harris won his second ATP Challenger title of the year by defeating Marc Polmans at the Stockton Challenger.
2019: Top 100 debut
In January, Harris qualified for his second main draw at a Grand Slam at the 2019 Australian Open.
On 4 February 2019, due to his victory at the Launceston Tennis International, Harris reached World No. 100 in the ATP rankings.
In May he reached the second round of the 2019 French Open for the first time with a win over Lukáš Rosol.
Harris also entered the main draw of the 2019 Wimbledon Championships for the first time and the 2019 US Open for the second time.
In September, he made his first ATP 250 semifinal at the Chengdu Open in China.
2021: first top 10 win, ATP 500 final, Major quarterfinal Harris started his 2021 season in February at the Murray River Open. He lost in the first round to Egor Gerasimov. Ranked 91 at the Australian Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time; he lost to Mackenzie McDonald.
Seeded seventh at the Singapore Open, Harris was defeated in the first round by wildcard Adrian Andreev. Getting past qualifying at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he upset Stan Wawrinka in the first round. He lost in the second round to Márton Fucsovics.
Harris then qualified for the Dubai Tennis Championships. After beating Christopher O'Connell, he won his first match against a top 10 player by defeating world no. 3 Dominic Thiem in the first round. Harris then beat Filip Krajinović, Kei Nishikori and third seed Denis Shapovalov to reach his first ATP 500 final. He lost in the final to Aslan Karatsev.
In Washington, Harris, seeded 14th, defeated Tennys Sandgren and Rafael Nadal to reach the quarterfinals, where he lost to Nishikori.
At the US Open, Harris defeated Karen Khachanov and Ernesto Escobedo to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career. He then defeated Denis Shapovalov for the third top 10 win of his career. In the fourth round, he defeated Reilly Opelka to reach his first Grand Slam quarterfinal. He was defeated by world no. 4 Alexander Zverev in the quarterfinals. As a result, he made his debut in the top 40.
2022: Masters 1000 fourth round, surgery, and early end of season Harris started his 2022 season at the Adelaide International 2, losing in the first round to Kwon Soon-woo. Seeded 30th at the Australian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Australian wildcard, Aleksandar Vukic, in four sets.
Harris reached his first ATP doubles final with German Tim Pütz. They lost in the final to Robin Haase and Matwé Middelkoop. Representing South Africa during the Davis Cup tie against Israel, Harris got his first singles win of the season by beating Daniel Cukierman in his first match. In the end, Israel won the tie over South Africa 3-1. In Miami, Harris upset Denis Shapovalov in the second round. He lost in the fourth round to Hubert Hurkacz. Nevertheless, this was his best result at a Masters 1000 event.
On 17 June 2022, Harris announced that he will be out for the rest of the season due to a right wrist injury that required surgery.
2023–2025: Comeback, first ATP doubles title, return to top 100 Using a protected ranking, Harris upset 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Australian Open in five sets. Again using a protected ranking, Harris entered the 2023 French Open and lost to 22nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets. He won his first ATP title at the 2023 Mallorca Championships with Yuki Bhambri.
Also with protected ranking, Harris reached the second round at the 2023 US Open defeating Guido Pella.
Ranked No. 91, Harris qualified for the main draw at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships. After beating Alex Michelsen in a first round match, Harris lost to 14th seed Ben Shelton in a fifth set tie-breaker.
Ranked No. 224, Harris qualified for the main draw at the 2025 French Open defeating Marin Čilić in the last round of qualifying. He lost to Andrey Rublev in the first round. Using a protected ranking, Harris received entry into the main draw of the 2025 Wimbledon Championships. He defeated Zizou Bergs in the first round, but lost to Rublev in the second round.
Personal life Lloyd Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa and began playing tennis at age 3. He speaks English and Afrikaans.
During the last tournament that his parents could afford, he qualified for two futures and made quarterfinals of one, and semi finals of the other. From this success he received enough support to play five more weeks of futures around Africa. In early 2018, he was playing in Portugal when he received the news of his father dying the day before his match. He decided that he was going to stay and play for him and ended up winning back to back weeks.
Coaching Harris was coached by Norman McCarthy as a child, and in 2012, he joined the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy. He has been coached by Anthony Harris ever since. Xavier Malisse occasionally acts as his coach while on the tour.
National representation Harris has represented South Africa at the Davis Cup where he has a win–loss record of 11-4.
Performance timeline
Tournament20162017201820192020202120222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Grand Slam tournamentsAustralian OpenAAA1R1R3R1R2R1RAQ10 / 63–6French OpenAAQ12R2R2R1R1RQ21RQ20 / 63–6WimbledonAAQ11RNH2RA1R2R2RA0 / 53–5US OpenAA1R1R2RQFA2RA2R2R0 / 78–7Win–loss0–00–00–11–42–38–40–22–41–22–31–10 / 2417-24National representationSummer OlympicsANHANHANH0 / 00–0Davis CupZ2Z2Z1Z2Z1WG2WG1AAA0 / 014–6ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAAAQ1NH3R3RQ1AQ1A0 / 22–2Miami OpenAAA2RNH2R4RAAAA0 / 34–2Monte-Carlo MastersAAAANHA1RAAAA0 / 10–1Madrid OpenAAAANH2R1RAAQ1Q10 / 21–2Italian OpenAAAAQ11R1RAAAA0 / 30–3Canadian OpenAQ1AQ1NH3RAAAA0 / 12–1Cincinnati MastersAAAQ11R2RA1RA Q10 / 31–3Shanghai MastersAAAANHQ1AA0 / 00–0Paris MastersAAAAAAAAAA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–00–00–00–10–16–54–51–10–00-00-00 / 1210–13Career statistics 201620172018201920202021 20222023202420252026SRW–LWin %Tournaments0221392313122379Titles00000000000Finals00001100002Overall win–loss2–26–22–410–1312–1230–227–147–121–22–30 / 7979–86Win % Year-end ranking284291112998731237140132222
ATP Tour career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups) Legend (singles)Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–1)ATP Tour 250 Series (0–1)Finals by surfaceHard (0–2)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (0–2)Indoor (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1Jan 2020Adelaide International, Australia250 SeriesHard Andrey Rublev3–6, 0–6Loss0–2Mar 2021Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates500 SeriesHard Aslan Karatsev3–6, 2–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Legend (doubles)Grand Slam tournaments (0–0)ATP Finals (0–0)ATP Tour Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP Tour 500 Series (0–1)ATP Tour 250 Series (1–0)Finals by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (1–0)Finals by settingOutdoor (1–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentScoreLoss0–1Feb 2022Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard (i) Tim Pütz Robin Haase Matwé Middelkoop6–4, 6–7(5–7), [5–10]Win1–1Jun 2023Mallorca Championships, Spain250 SeriesGrass Yuki Bhambri Robin Haase Philipp Oswald6–3, 6–4
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 30 (23 titles, 7 runner-ups) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (10–2)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (13–5)Finals by surfaceHard (22–6)Clay (0–1)Grass (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Mozambique F2, MaputoFuturesHard Jeremy Beale6–2, 6–1Win2–0Zimbabwe F2, HarareFuturesHard Tucker Vorster6–1, 6–7(7–9), 6–3Win3–0Egypt F27, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Daniel Cox6–2, 6–2Loss3–1South Africa F2, StellenboschFuturesHard Lucas Miedler6–7(4–7), 1–6Win4–1South Africa F3, StellenboschFuturesHard Lucas Miedler6–2, 6–1Loss4–2Mozambique F1, MaputoFuturesHard Marc Polmans6–4, 2–6, 5–7Loss4–3Zimbabwe F2, HarareFuturesHard Marc Polmans2–6, 2–6Win5–3Egypt F27, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Andrea Vavassori6–4, 6–2Win6–3Egypt F28, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Pablo Vivero González6–3, 6–2Win7–3Egypt F29, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Pablo Vivero González7–6(11–9), 4–6, 6–4Win8–3South Africa F1, StellenboschFuturesHard Alessandro Bega6–4, 6–4Win9–3South Africa F2, StellenboschFuturesHard Jordi Samper Montaña6–0, 6–1Win10–3South Africa F3, StellenboschFuturesHard Nicolaas Scholtz7–5, 6–4Loss10–4Italy F10, Pula, SardiniaFuturesClay Christian Lindell4–6, 1–6Loss10–5Egypt F6, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Lucas Miedler3–6, 6–0, 2–6Win11–5Egypt F7, Sharm El SheikhFuturesHard Aldin Šetkić6–4, 4–6, 6–4Win12–5Portugal F5, VilamouraFuturesHard Roberto Ortega Olmedo4–6, 6–1, 6–0Win13–5Portugal F6, LisbonFuturesHard Frederico Ferreira Silva7–6(7–2), 7–6(7–3)Win14–5Lexington, U.S.ChallengerHard Stefano Napolitano6–4, 6–3Loss14–6Aptos, U.S.ChallengerHard Thanasi Kokkinakis2–6, 3–6Win15–6Stockton, U.S.ChallengerHard Marc Polmans6–2, 6–2Win16–6Launceston, AustraliaChallengerHard Lorenzo Giustino6–2, 6–2Loss16–7Nonthaburi, ThailandChallengerHard Arthur Cazaux6–7(5–7), 2–6Win17–7Gwangju, South KoreaChallengerHard Bu Yunchaokete6–2, 3–6, 6–4Win18–7Shenzhen, ChinaChallengerHard James Duckworth6–3, 6–3Win19–7 Surbiton, United KingdomChallengerGrass Leandro Riedi7–6(10–8), 7–5Win20–7 Soma Bay, EgyptChallengerHard Jack Pinnington Jones6–1, 5–2 ret.Win21–7 Tenerife, SpainChallengerHard Alejandro Moro Cañas7–5, 7–5Win22–7 Brownsburg, U.S.ChallengerHard Andre Ilagan6-2, 7–6(8–6)Win23–7 Jingshan, ChinaChallengerHard Mattia Bellucci1-6, 6-3, 7–6(7–4)
Doubles: 9 (6 titles, 3 runner-ups) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (2–0)Futures/ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)Finals by surfaceHard (5–3)Clay (1–0)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)