Harry Fritz

Biography

Harry Fritz (born February 19, 1951 in Yuma, Arizona, United States) is a Canadian former professional tennis player. He was born in the United States, but represented Canada and resided in Toronto, Ontario. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 124. He competed in the main draw of the 1980 US Open in singles, losing in the first round. In doubles, he reached the second round of the 1991 US Open. He also lost in the first round in doubles of the 1973 Wimbledon, 1978 Australian Open and 1977, 1979, 1980 US Open. In March 1980 at the Grand Prix event in Lagos, Nigeria, he became the first Canadian to reach and ATP final in singles or doubles. At the 1982 Davis Cup American Zone semifinal between Canada and Venezuela, he played in the longest singles rubber by number of games. He defeated Jorge Andrew by the score of 16–14, 11–9, 9–11, 4–6, 11–9, a total of 100 games. Fritz retired in 1984.

Fritz is currently living in Rancho Mirage, California, United States, where he is coaching for the Tour Level Player Development Program LLC along his brother Guy and other coaches. He is the uncle of American tennis player Taylor Fritz and the brother-in-law of American former tennis player Kathy May, who was ranked as high as No. 10 in the world in July 1977. Fritz has coached his nephew Taylor and top-10 player CoCo Vandeweghe.

ATP career finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (0–0) Masters Grand Prix (0–0) Grand Prix (0–1)

Titles by surface Hard (0–0) Clay (0–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Mar 1980	Lagos Open, Nigeria	Grand Prix	Clay	Peter Feigl (AUT)	2–6, 3–6, 2–6

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 1981	Ogun, Nigeria	Challenger	Clay	Guy Fritz (USA)	Ian Harris (USA) Craig Wittus (USA)	6–7, 6–7

Singles performance timeline

Tournament	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	Q2	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	Q1	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
US Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–Loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0 / 1	0–1	0%

Doubles performance timeline

Tournament	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam Tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
French Open	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
US Open	A	A	A	A	1R	A	1R	1R	2R	0 / 4	1–4	20%
Win–Loss	0–1	0–0	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0 / 6	1–6	14%