Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992) is an American professional

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. Harrison has won one career ATP title in singles at the 2017 Memphis Open to go along with four in doubles, including the

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. Before turning 16, Harrison was regarded a prodigy after cracking the top 10 in the junior rankings and becoming one of the youngest players ever to win an ATP match. Although he broke through onto the ATP level by the age of 20, Harrison then fell out of the top 100 for several years. He since returned to the top 100 in 2016 after a strong second half of the season that included multiple wins over opponents ranked in the top 20 and his first career appearance in the round of 32 at a Grand Slam. Harrison built on that momentum in 2017 to reach a top-40 career-high ranking in singles after winning his first career ATP title.

Personal life

Harrison began playing tennis at age 2 and was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, who had a brief career as a professional, playing predominantly Challenger and

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events. Harrison is an alumnus of

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and is currently coached by USTA. He is currently signed with

. Harrison has a younger brother Christian, who currently plays tennis on the ATP Challenger Tour. Christian joined Ryan to play doubles at the 2012 US Open, where they reached the quarterfinals. He also has a younger sister named Madison who played at Mississippi State University. On March 5, 2016, Ryan Harrison announced his engagement to Lauren McHale, the sister of fellow tennis player

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. Harrison married Lauren McHale in April of the following year in

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. The couple has since divorced.

Junior career

As a junior, Harrison compiled a 60–24 win–loss record in singles, reaching as high as No. 7 in the world (achieved in April 2008). Junior Slam results: Australian Open: SF (

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) Before he went on the junior circuit, Ryan trained at the John Newcombe Tennis Ranch in New Braunfels, Texas. His first junior Grand Slam was the 2007 US Open, where as a wildcard, at the age of 15, he lost in the first round to a qualifier. Going into the next Grand Slam, the

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, he was seeded fourth, and lost to

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in the semifinals. Harrison failed to produce in the next three Grand Slams, losing in the third round of the

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, the second round in 2008 Wimbledon, and the third round in the 2008 US Open, a competition in which his younger brother Christian also competed. Although at this point Harrison was only 16, and as such was eligible to play juniors for another two years, it would be his final junior Grand slam.

Tennis career

2007-2008: Early years

Harrison is notable for being the third-youngest player since 1990, after

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and

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, to have won an ATP level match, defeating world no. 130

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in the 2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. Entering the tournament as a qualifier ranked no. 1000, he was only the tenth player in the history of the

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to have won a match before turning 16. This puts Harrison among an elite group and makes him the youngest American to accomplish this feat since

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. Harrison played mainly futures tournaments in order to increase his ranking. Harrison competed in the qualifying tournament for the

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, and the 2008 US Open, but lost in the first round in both. Harrison would finish 2008 ranked no. 742 in singles.

2009

Harrison did not compete in any tournaments until late April in 2009. As a wildcard, he made it to the quarterfinals of a Challenger tournament in Sarasota. In June, Harrison would win his first futures title, defeating another rising star

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in the final. Having not defended the points from the Clay Court Championships, these points took Harrison's ranking to 706. Harrison would again try his luck in both the Cincinnati and US Open qualifying, and once again lost in the first round in both. After this, Harrison went to two consecutive Futures finals, losing the first to

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, and winning the second against

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. Harrison finished the year ranked no. 364.

2010

Harrison played in a playoff against other Americans to decide who would receive America's wildcard into the 2010 Australian Open. Harrison defeated

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and Donald Young in two sets before defeating

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in three straight sets. Once in the draw, Harrison lost in the first round to

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in straight sets. At this point, Harrison began competing in some bigger tournaments. First he received a wildcard into the 2010 SAP Open, where he lost to eventual semifinalist

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in the first round. Next, Harrison went through qualifying to face

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in the first round of the 2010 Regions Morgan Keegan Championships. Harrison lost in straight sets to the eventual finalist. Afterwards, Harrison went through qualifying in the 2010 Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, before losing to eventual champion

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in the first round. Harrison received a wildcard for the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, where he defeated

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in the first round, before losing to the eventual winner

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. Having lost early, Harrison competed in the BMW Tennis Championship, where he lost in the first round. After receiving another wildcard into the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open, he lost in the first round to

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. Harrison played in a few Challengers afterwards without any major results. In May, now ranked no. 263 in the world, Harrison entered the qualifying tournament for the

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, after having lost in the final of the US Wildcard Playoff to

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. Harrison lost in the final round of qualifying to Stefano Galvani. Harrison competed in the prestigious Queen's Championship, but lost in the first round to

. Next, Harrison competed in Wimbledon qualifying, but lost in the first round to up-and-coming Lithuanian

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. Having not gained any points on his favorite surface, Harrison decided to compete in the 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He defeated sixth seed

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, before defeating seventeen-year-old

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. He then lost to

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in the first round for his first win in a Grand Slam tournament. In the second round, Harrison fell to Sergey Stakhovsky in a grueling 5-setter, after failing to convert three match points when up 6–3 in the fifth set tiebreak. He opted to stay in the U.S. instead of heading to Asia and trying to qualify into main tour events. He had a relatively successful fall on the Challenger tour, making the final in Tiburon, the quarterfinals in Calabasas, the second round in Charlottesville, and the second round in Bratislava where he defeated ATP no. 93 Dustin Brown.

2011: Top 100 debut

Harrison lost to

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in straight sets in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open. Harrison won the 2011 Honolulu Challenger, beating

in the final. He won the doubles title as well. He ousted 22nd-seeded

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in the second round of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at

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, as a wild card. In the third round, he defeated

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up-and-comer

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in a tight three-setter to set up a fourth-round confrontation with world no. 3

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, which Harrison lost. At the

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(seeded fifth) beat Harrison, but the young American was able to take a set off the two-time French Open finalist. His next tournament was Queen's in London, where he was given a wild card. However, he lost in the first round to

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in three close sets, 6–7, 6–2, 5–7. He then competed in the qualifying competition for Wimbledon, in which he reached the final round but lost in five sets to

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. He, however, received a spot in the main Wimbledon draw as a

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. He beat

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in the first round. He faced seventh seed

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in the second round, losing in a five-set match that lasted two days. With partner

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, he won the doubles tournament at the 2011 Campbell's Hall of Fame Tennis Championships in July. Harrison made his first ATP semifinal in

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, where he lost to eventual champion

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. This performance shot him into the top 100 for the first time, at no. 94. He followed this by another semifinal appearance in

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just the week after where Fish once again stopped him in three sets. As a result, his ranking jumped to world no. 82. His next tournament was

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, where he lost to

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in the second round. He was also granted a wildcard to participate in the Cincinnati Masters. He lost to

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(no. 1 in the world) in the second round. By year's end, he had scored wins over

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and Troicki, and he had risen to no. 79 in the world rankings.

2012

During the Australian summer, Harrison lost in the first and second rounds of

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and

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, respectively. At the Australian Open, he lost in the first round to world no. 4 Andy Murray, after taking the first set. In February, Harrison made his third appearance in the semifinals in San Jose, where he lost to eventual winner

. In April, Harrison lost his inaugural Davis Cup matches to France's Jo Wilfried Tsonga and

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. Despite Harrison's two losses, the U.S. still advanced to the semifinals, where the team faced

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in September 2012 and lost. Harrison played for the

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in the summer as their 2012 wild-card player. It was his first season playing for WTT. Harrison played with the Freedoms in their home matches on July 11 and 14 at The Pavilion at

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, and traveled with the team to face the

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on July 13. Harrison lost to

in straight sets in the second round of the 2012

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. Harrison participated in singles at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He lost in the first round to

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of Colombia. An article in ''

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'' made more note of his behavior than his tennis, reporting: "Though the match was considered winnable for Harrison, the loss itself will be less remembered than Harrison’s petulant behavior as the match slipped away."

2013

Harrison started off the year strong with a victory over

at the Apia International Sydney. At the Australian Open he beat

before only winning six games against

. Harrison won his first match at the French Open against Andrey Kuznetsov. Harrison reached the semifinals of the BB&T Atlanta Open, where he lost at the hands of Kevin Anderson.

2014

Harrison had a frustrating year in 2014. After qualifying in Brisbane and Sydney, he exited in the first round of both tournaments at the hands of

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and

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, respectively. He entered the main draw directly at the Australian Open, but again went down in the first round, this time to

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. He then played a couple of Challenger events, but failed to advance beyond the second round even there. In Memphis and Delray Beach, he made it to the second round with victories over

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and

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, but then lost to Alex Bogomolov Jr. and

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. Harrison made the second round in Indian Wells and Miami with victories over

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and Federico Delbonis and reached the quarterfinals of a Challenger event in March, as well. However, he failed to qualify in Madrid and the French Open. He did not qualify at the Queen's Club, but he did qualify at Wimbledon, only to make another first-round exit at the hands of

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. He then went down in the first round in Newport, Rhode Island and Atlanta at the hands of eventual champion

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in Newport and fellow American

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in Atlanta. Consequently, Harrison's ranking plummeted to no. 190.

2015

Harrison won the Happy Valley Challenger after defeating

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in the final. At the

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, he received a spot in qualifying as an alternative. He defeated Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras in straight sets, before qualifying to beat countryman Michael Russell in straight sets. In the first round, Harrison defeated another countryman Donald Young, after Young retired in the third set. In the second round, Harrison scored a huge upset as he took down his first top-ten opponent

. Harrison continued his run as he defeated Croatian

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in the quarterfinals. Harrison eventually lost to Spaniard

in three sets in the semifinals. Harrison scored 200 ATP points in Acapulco, which rocketed his ranking up from 169 to 109. At the 2015 Cincinnati Masters, he lost to

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in the qualifying round.

2016: Resurgence

Harrison began his resurgence in the summer by reaching the round of 16 in both the Citi Open, an ATP 500 event, and the

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, an ATP 1000 Masters event. At the US Open, he achieved the biggest win of his career by knocking off 5th-seeded

to reach the 3rd round of a grand slam for the first time ever. With this run, he returned to the Top 100 for the first time in several years. Playing for the

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, Harrison was named 2016 World TeamTennis Male Most Valuable Player. He led the league in winning percentage in men's singles and was also second in men's doubles behind teammate

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. The 2016 Aviators won the King Trophy as WTT champions.

2017: Maiden ATP title, French Open doubles title, top 40 debut

Ryan Harrison congratulated after Wimbledon win

Harrison won his first match at the Australian Open over Frenchman

6–3, 6–4, 6–2, marking the first time he made the second round at the tournament since 2013. He then fell in straight sets to

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. Harrison reached the final of the

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and defeated

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in straight sets, winning his fourth Challenger title. In his next tournament, Harrison followed up on that success by reaching both the singles and doubles finals at the Memphis Open. This was his first singles final, having lost in the semifinals on seven previous occasions. Although he would lose the doubles final with Steve Johnson, Harrison defeated

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in the singles final to win his first career title. Between his back-to-back titles at the

and the Memphis Open, he did not drop a set at either tournament. At the French Open, Harrison teamed with Michael Venus to win the men's doubles title. Harrison reached a career-high ranking of No. 40 on 17 July 2017. Two weeks later he made his second final of 2017 at the 2017 Atlanta Open, losing to

2018: Two ATP singles and one doubles finals

Harrison started 2018 by making the final of the 2018 Brisbane International before losing to Nick Kyrgios 6–4, 6–2. He also made the final in 2018 BB&T Atlanta Open losing to

. At the same tournament he reached the doubles final partnering Rajeev Ram. During competition in the 2018 New York Open, Harrison was charged by competitor Donald Young with making racist comments during their match. After an investigation, the ATP found no evidence that racist comments had been made.

2020-2021: Return to tour, first ATP win since 2019 & doubles final

He made his return to the tour at the

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as a wildcard, after being out due to surgery, and won his first match since April 2019 in Houston, defeating Damir Dzumhur. In 2021, he reached the doubles final, also as a wildcard, in Delray Beach, partnering his brother

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World TeamTennis

Harrison has played three seasons with

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, making his debut in 2016 with the

. He was named the 2016 WTT Male MVP, after recording the highest Men's Singles winning percentage (.608), and the second highest winning percentage in Men's Doubles (.586). He has since played another two seasons for the Aviators (2017-2018). It was announced he will be joining the

during the 2020 WTT season set to begin July 12.

Playing style

Harrison relies on an explosive serve and a counterpunching game from the baseline. He is also known for a strong forehand and for having a strong second serve, both in pace and kick.

Significant finals

Grand Slam finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

ATP career finals

Singles: 4 (1 title, 3 runners-up)

Doubles: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Performance timelines

Singles

''Current through the 2021 Delray Beach Open.''

Doubles

Wins over top-10 players

References

External links

* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harrison, Ryan 1992 births Living people Sportspeople from Shreveport, Louisiana American male tennis players People from Austin, Texas Tennis people from Louisiana Tennis people from Texas Tennis players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic tennis players of the United States French Open champions Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles