20 years’ experience overseas on the ITF/WTA/ATP tennis tours
2017-to-date
Accompanied Lloyd Harris, as his coach, to
40 ATP Challenger Tournaments
18 ATP 250 Tournaments
5 ATP 500 Tournaments
5 ATP 1000 Tournaments
the 2020 ATP Cup
10 Grand Slams
2013
Founded the Anthony Harris Tennis Academy
- The Academy has achieved 120 International titles to date:
3 ATP Challenger Tour singles titles
4 ATP Challenger Tour doubles titles
16 ITF Pro Circuit singles titles
5 ITF Pro Circuit doubles titles
40 ITF Junior singles titles
56 ITF Junior doubles titles
- Academy players who have achieved rankings within the Top 100 ITF Junior/WTA/ATP:
Lloyd Harris - ATP #31 (25/11/2021) / ITF Junior #36 (5/1/2015)
Pierre Malan - ITF Junior #87 (21/12/2018)
Kholo Montsi - ITF Junior #12 (6/1/2020)
2011
Relocated to South Africa to start his dream and create his own Academy
1995-1996
Toured with WTA player Anna Smashnova, one on one, during which period she reached top 30 in the WTA rankings
- Was employed by the Israel Tennis Centre to develop and train Israel’s six best juniors. Continued to coach one of the players, Dudi Sela, who reached an ATP career high in singles of #27
- Created a doubles team with players Andy Ram and Jonathan Erlich, reaching Semi Finals of Wimbledon and won the Australian Open. These results qualified the pair for the Olympics and for this achievement, Anthony received an award from the Israel Olympic Committee. Erlich reached a ranking of #5 in ATP Doubles
- Coached Amir Hadad, who together with Qureshi from Pakistan, won a Humanitarian award at the U.S. Open. Amir being Israeli and Qureshi, Pakistani, played doubles together in the Tournament despite heavy criticism. Amir Hadad reached Top 200 ATP ranking
- Helped establish the Mufakose Tennis Agency, in the high-density township of Mufakose, outside Harare, in Zimbabwe, sponsored by The Minister of Foreign Affairs. The programme created several number one ranked players in the country
1990
Relocated to Europe and was employed by Hans Felius, the future Head of Tennis Holland, coaching a group of WTA players
1985
Began coaching career
1982
Selected to represent his country
Played ATP satellite events
Received College tennis scholarship to the USA in 1982
1981
National Junior Champion of Zimbabwe
African Champion Winners
National Men’s Champion of Zimbabwe
March 2020
Consultant to the RSA Davis Cup Team against Bosnia and Herzegovina
Wrote and created an Athletic Development/Motor Skills Program for children aged 4-6, which was implemented in Israel. 3000 children took part in the programme in year of implementation, 2002, and the programme is still running today.
Signed a 5-year contract as Program Director for the ITC (Israel Tennis Centre), an American company which has 14 tennis centres in Israel, consisting of 220 tennis courts and about 200 tennis coaches and fitness coaches, for which he was directly responsible. Additionally, he built and created a 21 bed Academy for the ITC.
Anthony Harris
Email: ahtacademy@gmail.com
Phone no.: 0715959521
Website: www.anthonyharristennisacademy.com
Facebook/Instagram: @anthonyharristennisacademy
