From Louisiana to the ATP Finals: A Tennis Family’s Journey with Christian Harrison

About this episode

Christian Harrison shares his unique tennis journey, overcoming multiple surgeries and setbacks to achieve success in doubles.

Christian Harrison’s story isn’t your typical tennis journey. Formerly a top 200 singles player, his career has been repeatedly derailed by surgeries, setbacks, and a foot injury at Wimbledon 2022 that convinced him to walk away from singles altogether. 8 surgeries before age 25 would finish most players. Cristian just adjusted. Now at 31, he’s producing the best tennis of his life on the doubles court. In 2025 Harrison has rocketed to world number 15 alongside partner Evan King. The pair started the year playing Challengers and ended it at the ATP Finals in Turin, after winning titles in Dallas and Acapulco, and having deep runs at Indian Wells, Madrid, and Roland Garros. In today´s episode, Christian talks us through his journey including growing up in a tennis family - his Father Pat is a coach, and his brother Ryan Harrison won the French Open Mens Doubles in 2017. He also discusses the 2026 season which he´ll be playing with new partner and regular CTC guest Neal Skupski . In this episode:  Christian reflects on his junior days which saw his family move from Louisiana to Texas to Florida for his tennis. How he kept going after 9 surgeries. Why his older brother Ryan…

People in this episode

Host: Dan Kiernan

Guest: Christian Harrison

Topics covered

• tennis journey
• injuries and recovery
• family influence
• doubles tennis
• career development
• 2025 season
• 2026 season plans

Keywords

• Christian Harrison
• tennis
• doubles
• injuries
• ATP Finals
• family
• Ryan Harrison
• Evan King
• Neal Skupski
• 2025 season

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Turin

More episodes of Control the Controllables

• French Open 2026 Review · June 8, 2026 · 1h 37m
• French Open Week 1 Chaos Round Up! · June 1, 2026 · 46 min
• French Open Live · May 29, 2026 · 45 min
• French Open Live Breakdown! Talking about the 1st few days of action in Paris. W/ Calvin Betton. · May 27, 2026 · 46 min
• French Open 2026 Preview · May 23, 2026 · 1h 28m
• CTC Short: Remembering Dr. Jim Loehr — The Sports Psychologist Who Changed Tennis Forever · May 19, 2026 · 22 min