Christian Harrison


Christian Harrison is an American professional tennis player. He is the younger brother of Ryan Harrison.
He was awarded a wild card into the 2012 US Open, where he played doubles alongside his brother and they made it into the quarterfinals.
He played his first grandslam in singles at 2016 US Open as qualifier.

Early life

Christian was coached by his father, Pat Harrison, and attended the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida.

Professional career

2012

In July, Christian made it to the quarterfinals of the Lexington, Kentucky Challenger event. Christian joined Ryan to play doubles at the 2012 US Open, where they reached the quarterfinals.

2013

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

Harrison spent 2014 and 2015 recovering from several surgeries.

2016

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.

ITF circuit and ATP Challenger finals

Singles: 6 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Loss0–1Great Britain F2, PrestonFuturesHard Edward Corrie6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Win1–1Great Britain F3, SheffieldFuturesHard Edward Corrie6–4, 2–6, 7–6
Loss1–2USA F13, TampaFuturesClay Austin KrajicekWalkover
Win2–2USA F27, ChampaignFuturesHard Rhyne Williams6–7, 6–3, 6–4
Win3–2USA F21, TulsaFuturesHard Tommy Paul3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Win4–2USA F23, WichitaFuturesHard Michael Mmoh1–6, 6–2, 7–5
Loss4–3Savannah Challenger, SavannahChallengerClay Hugo Dellien1–6, 6–1, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–12013 Franken Challenge – Doubles|Fürth, GermanyChallengerClay Michael Venus Colin Ebelthite
Rameez Junaid
4–6, 5–7

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.