The eighth time was the charm for Ryan Harrison on Saturday at the Memphis Open. After going winless in his seven previous ATP World Tour singles semi-finals, he converted on his fifth match point to reach his first final with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over fellow American Donald Young. “It’s surreal right now. I’ve hit some obstacles in my career where I wasn’t sure if I’d be able to do this,” said Harrison in his on-court interview. “Donald played unbelievable on all of those match points and I didn’t do anything wrong, so I told myself not to panic, smile it off and keep doing what I can. I’m just glad I could get the win.” Harrison has yet to...
Ryan Harrison has returned to the Top 70 of the Emirates ATP Rankings for the first time since 18 February 2013 (No. 69) after he captured the fourth ATP Challenger Tour title of his career. The 24-year-old American did not drop a set all week at the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas and clinched the crown with a 6-3, 6-3 win over #NextGenATP Taylor Fritz. Read Report Harrison jumped 16 places to No. 62 – 19 positions off his career-high of No. 43 on 16 July 2012. The 19-year-old Fritz rose 15 spots to No. 83 in the Emirates ATP Rankings and is also currently No. 12 in the Emirates ATP Race To Milan, with the Top 7 singles players...
A LOOK BACK RBC Tennis Championships Of Dallas (Dallas, Texas): Top seed Ryan Harrison came out on top in an all-American battle against second seed and #NextGenATP star Taylor Fritz, firing a backhand winner on match point to prevail 6-3, 6-3. Harrison didn't drop a set throughout the week and becomes the first No. 1 seed to win the Dallas title in their 20 years on the ATP Challenger Tour. He now has four ATP Challenger Tour titles, but this is his first since January 2015 in Happy Valley, Australia. He’s projected to move up to No. 62 on Monday in the Emirates ATP Rankings and has jumped nearly 100 spots since July. Fritz was looking for his first title...
American Ryan Harrison reflects on taking the title at the ATP Challenger Tour event in Dallas, USA. Interview courtesy of RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas.
He may be set to play Tomas Berdych in the Australian Open second round on Wednesday, but seven months ago, Ryan Harrison almost decided to call it a day on the ATP World Tour. The American hit a self-proclaimed rock bottom after losing in the first round of Wimbledon qualifying to countryman Bjorn Fratangelo and gave himself an ultimatum: Commit to turning it around. Or stop playing. Five years ago, a teenage Harrison had broken into the Top 50 and was being talked about as the United States’ next Grand Slam champion. But it didn’t quite happen for the Texas native. Not helped by injuries, his ranking fell back outside the Top 100 and the occasional good moments were weighed...