Ryan Harrison

Ryan Harrison

Country (sports)	United States
Residence	New Braunfels, Texas, U.S.
Born	(1992-05-07) May 7, 1992 Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	2007
Plays	Right-handed; two-handed backhand
Prize money	US $335,674
Singles
Career record	8–18
Highest ranking	No. 119 (May 23, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 122 (June 20, 2011)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	1R (2010, 2011)
French Open	1R (2011)
Wimbledon	2R (2011)
US Open	2R (2010)
Doubles
Career record	6–11
Highest ranking	No. 134 (February 21, 2011)
Current ranking	No. 163 (June 13, 2011)
Last updated on: June 18, 2011.

Ryan Harrison (born May 7, 1992, in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American professional tennis player.

Tennis career

Juniors

On the junior circuit, Harrison's highest ranking position has been world number 7, which he achieved in April 2008. 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 2008 Australian Open, he was seeded fourth, and would lose to Yang Tsung-hua in the semi-finals. Harrison failed to produce in the next three Grand Slams, losing in the third round of the 2008 French Open, 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.

Early career

Harrison is notable for being the third youngest player since 1990, after Richard Gasquet and Rafael Nadal, to have won an ATP level match, defeating world #130 Pablo Cuevas in the 2008 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships. Entering the tournament as a qualifier ranked #1000, he was only the tenth player in the history of the ATP Tour to have won a match before turning 16. This puts Harrison among an elite group, which also includes Frenchman Richard Gasquet, and current world No. 1, Rafael Nadal. Harrison played mainly futures tournaments in order to increase his ranking. Harrison competed in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Cincinnati Masters, and the 2008 US Open, but lost in the first round in both. Harrison would finish 2008 ranked 742 in singles.

2009

Harrison didn't compete in any tournaments until late April in 2009. As a Wildcard, he made it to the quarter-finals of a Challenger tournament in Sarasota. In June, Harrison would win his first futures title, defeating another rising star Filip Krajinović 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 Michael McClune, and winning the second against Richard Bloomfield. This would put Harrison's ranking at 371 in the world. Directly after that final, Harrison made it to the semi-finals of a Challenger tournament in Sacremento, losing to Jesse Levine. Harrison would finish the year ranked 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 Alex Kuznetsov and Donald Young in two sets, before defeating Jesse Levine in three straight sets. Once in the draw, Harrison lost in the first round to Janko Tipsarević 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 Denis Istomin in the first round. Next Harrison went through qualifying to face John Isner 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 Ernests Gulbis in the first round. Harrison received a wildcard for the 2010 BNP Paribas Open, where he defeated Taylor Dent in the first round, before losing to the eventual winner Ivan Ljubičić. Having lost early, Harrison competed in the 2010 Sunrise Challenger where he lost first round, and then after receiving another wildcard into the 2010 Sony Ericsson Open lost in the first round to Michaël Llodra. Harrison played in a few challengers afterwards without any major results. On May 19, now ranked 263 in the world, Harrison entered the qualifying tournament for the 2010 French Open, after having lost in the final of the US Wildcard Playoff to Ryan Sweeting. Harrison lost in the final round of qualifying to Stefano Galvani. Harrison competed in the prestigious Queen's Championship with the likes of Murray, Djokovic, and Nadal, but would lose in the first round to Jesse Levine. Next Harrison would compete in Wimbledon Qualifying, but would lose in the first round to up and coming Lithuanian star Ričardas Berankis. Having not gained any points on his favourite surface, Harrison decided to compete in the 2010 Hall of Fame Tennis Championships. He defeated sixth seed Karol Beck 6–1, 6–2, before defeating seventeen year old Denis Kudla 7–5, 7–6(5). He then lost to Richard Bloomfield of Great Britain by a score of 5–7, 7–6(3), 7–5. Immediately after the tournament (as of July 12, 2010), he rose in the South African Airways ATP Rankings to a (young) career-high of #220.

Harrison qualified for the US Open and defeated the 15th seed Ivan Ljubičić 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 3–6, 7–5, 6–3, 3–6, 6–7(6), after failing to convert 3 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 #93 Dustin Brown 4–6, 7–6(9), 6–3.

2011

Harrison lost to Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open.

Harrison won the 2011 Honolulu Challenger beating Alex Kuznetsov in the finals. He won the doubles title as well. He ousted 22nd-seeded Guillermo García-López in the second round of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California, as a wild card. In the third round, he defeated Canadian up-and-comer Milos Raonic in a tight three-setter to set up a fourth-round confrontation with World No.2 Roger Federer, which Harrison lost with the final score of 6–7(4), 3–6.

At the 2011 French Open, Robin Söderling (seeded fifth) beat Harrison, but the young American was able to take a set off the two-time French Open finalist with the a final score of 6–1, 6–7 (5–7), 6–3, 7–5. His next tournament was Queen's in London where he was given a wild card. However, he lost in the first round to Michael Berrer in three close sets, 6–7(9), 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 Cedrik-Marcel Stebe 3–6, 5–7, 6–1, 6–4, 5–7. He, however, received a spot in the main Wimbledon draw as a Lucky Loser. He beat Ivan Dodig 7–6(5), 6–0, 7–5 in the first round to set a second round clash against seventh seed David Ferrer.

Personal life

Harrison began playing tennis aged 2, and is coached by his father, Pat Harrison, who had a brief career as a professional, playing predominantly Challenger and Futures events. Harrison is an alumnus of Nick Bollettieri Tennis Academy and is currently coached by Martin Damm.

Harrison has a younger brother, Christian, who currently plays tennis on the ITF juniors circuit.

Harrison is currently signed with IMG Academies.

Singles performance table

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (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.

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. Qualifying matches and Walkovers are neither official match wins nor losses. This table is current as far as the 2011 AEGON Championships.

Tournament	2008	2009	2010	2011	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open			1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0.00
French Open			Q3	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0.00
Wimbledon			Q1		0 / 1	0–0	–
US Open	Q1	Q1	2R		0 / 1	1–1	50.00
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	0–2	0 / 5	1–4	20.00
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters			2R	4R	0 / 2	4–2	66.67
Miami Masters	Q1		1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0.00
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	0 / 4	4–4	50.00
ATP World Tour 500
Memphis			1R	Q1	0 / 1	0–1	0.00
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	0 / 1	0–1	0.00
ATP World Tour 250
Brisbane				1R	0 / 1	0–1	0.00
San Jose			1R		0 / 1	0–1	0.00
Delray Beach			1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0.00
Houston	2R		Q1	1R	0 / 2	1–2	33.33
London			1R	1R	0 / 2	0–2	0.00
Newport			QF		0 / 1	2–1	33.33
Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	2–4	0–4	0 / 9	3–9	25.00
Career Statistics
Tournaments Played	1	0	9	9	19
Titles–Finals	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0 / 19	0–0	0.00
Hardcourt Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–7	3–5	0 / 12	5–12	29.41
Grass Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	2–2	0–1	0 / 4	2–3	40.00
Clay Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 3	1–3	25.00
Overall Win–Loss	1–1	0–0	4–9	3–7	0 / 19	8–18	32.00
Win %	50%	–	31%	30%	31.00%
Year End Ranking	748	360	173	119	$309,784

External links

• Ryan Harrison at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Harrison Recent Match Results
• Harrison World Ranking History
• Latest ATP Tour Results at YouPlayoff