Five Challenger players to watch at Wimbledon
pATPTour.com looks at five ATP Challenger Tour players to keep your eyes on during a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a./p
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stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/billy-harris/hd68/overview'Billy Harris/a/strongbr /
Set to enter a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a at a career-high No. 116 in the PIF ATP Rankings, Harris arrives at the All England Club following a semi-final run in Eastbourne, his career-best tour-level result. The week prior, the 29-year-old was a quarter-finalist at Queenrsquo;s. Harris holds an 11-4 grass record across all levels this season, including semi-final appearances at the Surbiton and Nottingham Challengers./p
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The British wild card will make his major main-draw debut against Spaniard a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jaume-munar/mu94/overview'Jaume Munar/a./p
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stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/zizou-bergs/bu13/overview'Zizou Bergs/a/strongbr /
The 25-year-old, who reached the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/roland-garros/520/overview'Roland Garros/a third round, advanced through qualifying for the second straight Slam. Bergs first cracked the Top 100 after his run on the Parisian clay, where he took a set off 10th seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/grigor-dimitrov/d875/overview'Grigor Dimitrov/a. The Belgian also pushed seventh seed a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/stefanos-tsitsipas/te51/overview'Stefanos Tsitsipas/a to four sets at the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a./p
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An eight-time ATP Challenger Tour champion, Bergs has enjoyed grass-court success at that level, having won in Ilkley in 2022, then ranked World No. 207 in the PIF ATP Rankings. Bergs seeks his first a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a main-draw victory against Frenchman a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/arthur-cazaux/c0h0/overview'Arthur Cazaux/a./p
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stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/lloyd-harris/hg86/overview'Lloyd Harris/a/strongbr /
The former World No. 31 has quietly been resurging after two years plagued with injuries. Harris, who underwent major right wrist surgery in June 2022, returned to the Top 100 for the first time in 21 months after triumphing at this monthrsquo;s Surbiton Challenger, the first grass tournament of the season./p
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In April, the 27-year-old earned back-to-back titles by winning the Gwangju and Shenzhen Challengers. He is one of four players to win a trio of ATP Challenger Tour titles this season. A quarter-finalist at the 2021 a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/us-open/560/overview'US Open/a, Harris faces #NextGenATP American a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alex-michelsen/m0qi/overview'Alex Michelsen/a in the first round./p
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stronga href="https://www.atptour.com/en/players/juncheng-shang/s0re/overview"Shang Juncheng/a/strongbr /
The #NextGenATP teen is aiming to build upon his Eastbourne quarter-final run with a first a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/wimbledon/540/overview'Wimbledon/a main-draw victory. Shang also reached the last eight at the grass-court Nottingham Challenger two weeks ago. The 19-year-old looks to improve upon his third position in the PIF ATP Live Race To Jeddah. He is seeking his maiden trip to the 20-and-under a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/next-gen-atp-finals/7696/overview'Next Gen ATP Finals presented by PIF/a, which runs from 18-22 December in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia./p
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The Chinese lefty, who made the a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/tournaments/australian-open/580/overview'Australian Open/a third round, meets Chilean qualifier and 2022 quarter-finalist a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/cristian-garin/gd64/overview'Cristian Garin/a in the opening round./p
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stronga href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/jacob-fearnley/f0by/overview'Jacob Fearnley/a/strongbr /
The Briton went on a surprise run at the Nottingham Challenger to claim his maiden title at that level. Despite entering the week without a Challenger-level match win, Fearnley went all the way to lift the trophy as a qualifier. He became the third consecutive British champion in Nottingham, joining a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/daniel-evans/e687/overview'Daniel Evans/a (2022) and a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/andy-murray/mc10/overview'Andy Murray/a (2023)./p
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Fearnley, 22, is at a career-high World No. 271. A four-time ITA All-American while playing for Texas Christian University, the wild card seeks his first tour-level win when he faces Spanish qualifier a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/alejandro-moro-canas/m0ht/overview'Alejandro Moro Canas/a. A potential second-round match against seven-time champion a href='https://www.atptour.com/en/players/novak-djokovic/d643/overview'Novak Djokovic/a looms in the second round./p
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