Cleeve Harper (born 24 December 2000) is a Canadian tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career-high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 83 achieved on 8 September 2025.
Career Harper made his ATP main draw debut at the 2022 National Bank Open after receiving a wildcard into the doubles main draw with Liam Draxl, but lost in straight sets to Simone Bolelli and Fabio Fognini.
In 2024, he won three Challenger titles with Draxl, starting in September at the 2024 Dobrich Challenger II, his last tournament being in Manzanillo, and reached a then career-high ranking of No. 159 on 2 December 2024.
In 2025, partnering David Stevenson, he won the doubles title at the 2025 Lugano Challenger, defeating Jakub Paul and David Pel in the final. Harper reached the top 100 in the doubles rankings on 21 April 2025, following his sixth Challenger title at the 2025 Tallahassee Tennis Challenger, partnering with Liam Draxl. In September, Harper made his Davis Cup debut winning both his doubles and singles match vs Israel.
Harper was named the 2025 Canadian Men's Doubles Player of the Year.
College Harper played collegiate tennis at the University of Texas at Austin. He was a 3-time All American and won the 2022 NCAA Division I Men's Doubles Championship with teammate Richard Ciamarra. and repeated as a finalist in 2023 with teammate Eliot Spizzirri. Following his graduation from university, Harper started full time on the professional tour in June 2024.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals Doubles: 25 (14–11) LegendATP Challenger Tour (9–5)ITF Futures/World Tennis Tour (5–6)Finals by surfaceHard (9–7)Clay (5–4) ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore Win 1–0 M15 Cancun, MexicoITF Hard Liam Draxl Luís Britto Marcelo Zormann 7–5, 7–6(7–4) Loss 1–1 M15 Cancun, MexicoITF Hard Liam Draxl Tim Handel Yannik Steinegger 6–7(5–7), 3–6 Win 2–1 M15 Pittsburgh, PAITF Clay Tyler Zink Nico Mostardi Luke Phillips 6–7(3–7), 7–6(7–5), [10–6] Loss 2–2 M25 Wichita, KSITF Hard Eliot Spizzirri Pranav Kumar Joshua Sheehy 7–6(7–4), 3–6, [8–10] Loss 2–3 M25 Tulsa, OKITF Hard Govind Nanda Aidan Kim Cannon Kingsley 3–6, 7–5, [7–10] Loss 2–4 M25 Laval, CanadaITF Hard Liam Draxl Alexander Bernard JJ Tracy 6-3, 4-6, [5–10]Win 3–4 M25 Champagne, ILITF Hard Tyler Zink Cannon Kingsley Preston Stearns 6-4, 6-4Win 4–4 M25 Santander, SpainITF Clay Iñaki Montes de la Torre Raul Brancaccio Sergi Perez Contri 6-3, 6-4Win5–4Dobrich II, BulgariaChallengerClay Liam Draxl Francesco Maestrelli Filippo Romano6–1, 3–6, [12–10]Loss5–5Sibiu, RomaniaChallengerClay Liam Draxl Alexander Merino Christoph Negritu2–6, 6–7(2–7) Loss 5–6 M25 Sabadell, SpainITF Clay Iñaki Montes de la Torre Ryan Nijboer Johan Nikles 4-6, 2-6Win6–6M25 Edmonton, CanadaWorld Tennis TourHard Liam Draxl Benjamin Thomas George Alvin Nicholas Tudorica6–4, 6–4Win7–6Oct 2024Sioux Falls, USAChallengerHard (i) Liam Draxl Ryan Seggerman Patrik Trhac7–5, 6–3Loss7–7Nov 2024Drummondville, CanadaChallengerHard (i) Liam Draxl Robert Cash JJ Tracy2-6, 4–6Loss7–8M25 Austin, USAWorld Tennis TourHard Patrick Harper Pierre Yves Bailly Stefan Dostanic5-7, 3–6 Win8–8Manzanillo, MexicoChallengerHard Liam Draxl Finn Reynolds Benjamin Sigouin6–7(4–7), 7–5, [12–10] Win9–8Oeiras III, PortugalChallengerHard Liam Draxl Matwé Middelkoop Denys Molchanov1–6, 7–5, [10–6] Win10–8Lugano, SwitzerlandChallengerHard David Stevenson Jakub Paul David Pel4–6, 6–3, [10–8]Win11–8Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay (green) Liam Draxl James Cerretani George Goldhoff 6–2, 6–3Loss11-9July 2025Iași, RomaniaChallengerClay Ryan Seggerman Szymon Kielan Filip Pieczonka5–7, 3–6Win12–9Oeiras, PortugalChallengerHard (i) David Stevenson Francisco Rocha Tiago Torres 6–3, 3–6, [12–10]Win13–9Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) David Stevenson Karol Drzewiecki Szymon Walków4–6, 6–3, [10–8]Loss13-10Apr 2026Tallahassee, USAChallengerClay David Stevenson Stefan Dostanic Alex Rybakov4–6, 2–6Win14–10Savannah, USAChallengerClay David Stevenson Luis David Martínez Cristian Rodríguez7–6(7–4), 6–2Loss 14–11 Lincoln, USAChallenger Hard George Goldhoff Nathaniel Lammons Jackson Withrow3–6, 3–6
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