1. Ryan Harrison was born on May 7,1992 and is an American former professional tennis player.
58 Facts About Ryan Harrison
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Ryan Harrison built on that momentum in 2017 to reach a top-40 career-high ranking in singles after winning his first career ATP title.
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Ryan Harrison began playing tennis at age 2 and was coached by his father, Pat Ryan Harrison, who had a brief career as a professional, playing predominantly Challenger and Futures events.
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Ryan Harrison is an alumnus of IMG Academy and was coached by the USTA.
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Ryan Harrison has a younger brother Christian, who currently plays tennis on the ATP Challenger Tour.
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Ryan Harrison has a younger sister named Madison who played at Mississippi State University.
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On March 5,2016, Ryan Harrison announced his engagement to Lauren McHale, the sister of fellow tennis player Christina McHale.
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Ryan 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 competed.
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Ryan Harrison played mainly futures tournaments in order to increase his ranking.
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Ryan Harrison competed in the qualifying tournament for the 2008 Cincinnati Masters, and the 2008 US Open, but lost in the first round in both.
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Ryan Harrison did not compete in any tournaments until late April in 2009.
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Directly after that final, Ryan Harrison made it to the semifinals of a Challenger tournament in Sacramento, losing to Jesse Levine.
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Ryan Harrison played in a playoff against other Americans to decide who would receive America's wildcard into the 2010 Australian Open.
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Ryan Harrison defeated Alex Kuznetsov and Donald Young in two sets before defeating Jesse Levine in three straight sets.
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Once in the draw, Ryan Harrison lost in the first round to Janko Tipsarevic in straight sets.
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At this point, Ryan Harrison began competing in some bigger tournaments.
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Ryan 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 Ljubicic.
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Ryan Harrison played in a few Challengers afterwards without any major results.
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Ryan Harrison lost in the final round of qualifying to Stefano Galvani.
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Ryan Harrison competed in the prestigious Queen's Championship, but lost in the first round to Jesse Levine.
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Ryan Harrison defeated sixth seed Karol Beck, before defeating seventeen-year-old Denis Kudla.
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Ryan Harrison then lost to Richard Bloomfield of Great Britain.
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Ryan Harrison opted to stay in the US instead of heading to Asia and trying to qualify into main tour events.
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Ryan Harrison lost to Adrian Mannarino in straight sets in the first round of the 2011 Australian Open.
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Ryan Harrison won the 2011 Honolulu Challenger, beating Alex Kuznetsov in the final.
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Ryan Harrison ousted 22nd-seeded Guillermo Garcia Lopez in the second round of the 2011 BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, California, as a wild card.
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Ryan Harrison then competed in the qualifying competition for Wimbledon, in which he reached the final round but lost in five sets to Cedrik-Marcel Stebe.
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Ryan Harrison received a spot in the main Wimbledon draw as a lucky loser.
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Ryan Harrison faced seventh seed David Ferrer in the second round, losing in a five-set match that lasted two days.
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Ryan Harrison made his first ATP semifinal in Atlanta, where he lost to eventual champion Mardy Fish.
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Ryan Harrison followed this by another semifinal appearance in Los Angeles just the week after where Fish stopped him in three sets.
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Ryan Harrison was granted a wildcard to participate in the Cincinnati Masters.
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Ryan Harrison played for the Philadelphia Freedoms of World Team Tennis in the summer as their 2012 wild-card player.
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Ryan Harrison lost to Novak Djokovic in straight sets in the second round of the 2012 Wimbledon Championships.
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Ryan Harrison lost in the first round to Santiago Giraldo of Colombia.
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Ryan Harrison started off the year strong with a victory over John Isner at the Apia International Sydney.
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Ryan Harrison won his first match at the French Open against Andrey Kuznetsov.
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Ryan Harrison entered the main draw directly at the Australian Open, but again went down in the first round, this time to Gael Monfils.
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Ryan Harrison then played a couple of Challenger events, but failed to advance beyond the second round even there.
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Ryan Harrison did not qualify at the Queen's Club, but he did qualify at Wimbledon, only to make another first-round exit at the hands of Grigor Dimitrov.
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Ryan Harrison then went down in the first round in Newport, Rhode Island and Atlanta at the hands of eventual champion Lleyton Hewitt in Newport and fellow American Tim Smyczek in Atlanta.
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Ryan Harrison won the Happy Valley Challenger after defeating Marcos Baghdatis in the final.
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Ryan Harrison defeated Adrian Menendez Maceiras in straight sets, before qualifying to beat countryman Michael Russell in straight sets.
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Ryan Harrison continued his run as he defeated Croatian Ivo Karlovic in the quarterfinals.
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Ryan Harrison eventually lost to Spaniard David Ferrer in three sets in the semifinals.
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Ryan Harrison scored 200 ATP points in Acapulco, which rocketed his ranking up from 169 to 109.
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Ryan Harrison began his resurgence in the summer by reaching the round of 16 in both the Citi Open, an ATP 500 event, and the Rogers Cup in Toronto, an ATP 1000 Masters event.
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Ryan Harrison led the league in winning percentage in men's singles and was second in men's doubles behind teammate Raven Klaasen.
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Ryan Harrison then fell in straight sets to Tomas Berdych.
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Ryan Harrison reached the final of the RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas and defeated Taylor Fritz in straight sets, winning his fourth Challenger title.
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At the French Open, Ryan Harrison teamed with Michael Venus to win the men's doubles title.
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Ryan Harrison reached a career-high ranking of No 40 on 17 July 2017.
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Ryan Harrison made his return to the tour at the 2020 Delray Beach Open as a wildcard, after being out due to surgery, and won his first match since April 2019 in Houston, defeating Damir Dzumhur.
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In January 2024, Ryan Harrison announced that he would retire from professional tennis due to health issues.
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Ryan Harrison has played three seasons with World TeamTennis, making his debut in 2016 with the San Diego Aviators.
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Ryan Harrison has since played another two seasons for the Aviators.
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Ryan Harrison relies on an explosive serve and a counterpunching game from the baseline.
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Ryan Harrison is known for a strong forehand and for having a strong second serve, both in pace and kick.