Lloyd George Muirhead Harris (born 24 February 1997) is a South African professional tennis player.
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.
[3] Ranked 91 at the Australian Open, he reached the third round of a Grand Slam for the first time; he lost to Mackenzie McDonald.
[4] Seeded seventh at the Singapore Open, Harris was defeated in the first round by wildcard Adrian Andreev.
[5] Getting past qualifying at the Qatar ExxonMobil Open, he upset seventh seed, 2008 finalist, and three-time Grand Slam champion, Stan Wawrinka, in the first round.
Harris then beat Filip Krajinović, Kei Nishikori and third seed Denis Shapovalov to reach his first ATP 500 final.
At the US Open, Harris defeated 25th seed Karen Khachanov and Ernesto Escobedo to reach the third round of a Grand Slam for the second time in his career.
[11] Last year finalist at the Dubai Championships, he lost in the first round to lucky loser Alex Molčan.
[12] 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.
Partnering in doubles with compatriot Raven Klaasen, they lost to Daniel Cukierman and Jonathan Erlich.
[15] He ended up losing in the fourth round to eighth seed and defending champion, Hubert Hurkacz.
[17] At the Barcelona Open, he retired during his third-round match against 10th seed, Alex de Minaur, due to back spasms.
[20] At the Italian Open, he was defeated in the first round by Aslan Karatsev, despite having a match point in the third set tie-break.
[22] 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.
[23] Using a protected ranking, Harris upset 17th seed Lorenzo Musetti in the first round of the Australian Open in five sets.
[24][25] Once again using a protected ranking, Harris entered the 2023 French Open and lost to 22nd seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets.
[29] Lloyd Harris was born in Cape Town, South Africa and began playing tennis at age 3 before committing professionally to the sport at 15.