Christian Harrison

Christian Harrison
	Harrison at the 2016 US Open
Country (sports)	United States
Residence	Bradenton, Florida, USA
Born	May 29, 1994 (age 30); Shreveport, Louisiana, USA
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Turned pro	2012
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$70,124
Singles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	351 (July 15, 2013)
Current ranking	688 (August 22, 2016)
Grand Slam singles results
US Open	1R (2016)
Doubles
Career record	3-4
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	162 (August 26, 2013)
Current ranking	unranked
Grand Slam doubles results
US Open	QF (2012)
	Last updated on: May 29, 2015.

Christian Harrison (born May 29, 1994) 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.^[1] 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: 4 (2–2)

Outcome	No.	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	26 January 2013	Futures	Great Britain F2, Preston, Great Britain	Hard	Edward Corrie	6–2, 3–6, 5–7
Winner	2.	2 February 2013	Futures	Great Britain F3, Sheffield, Great Britain	Hard	Edward Corrie	6–4, 2–6, 7–6^(7–5)
Runner-up	3.	19 May 2013	Futures	USA F13, Tampa, United States	Clay	Austin Krajicek	walkover
Winner	4.	13 August 2016	Futures	USA F27, Champaign, United States	Hard	Rhyne Williams	6–7^(2–7), 6–3, 6–4