{{short description|American tennis player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}} {{Infobox tennis biography | name = Levar Harper-Griffith | image = | caption = | country = {{flagu|United States}} | residence = Sarasota, Florida | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|9|4}} | birth_place = New York | death_date = | death_place = | height = | turnedpro = | plays = Right-handed | careerprizemoney = $96,179 | singlesrecord = 0–2 | singlestitles = 0 | highestsinglesranking = No. 224 (17 September 2001) | USOpenresult = 1R (2001) | doublesrecord = 3–4 | doublestitles = 0 | highestdoublesranking = No. 184 (27 January 2003) | USOpenDoublesresult = 2R (1999, 2002) }} '''Levar Harper-Griffith''' (born September 4, 1981) is a former professional tennis player from the United States.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/procircuit/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30016757 ITF Pro Circuit Profile]</ref>
==Career== ===Juniors=== Harper-Griffith was a boys' singles quarter-finalist at the 1999 Australian Open and a boys' doubles semi-finalist (with Andy Roddick) at the 1999 US Open.<ref>[http://www.itftennis.com/juniors/players/player/profile.aspx?playerid=30016757 ITF Junior Profile]</ref>
===Pro tour=== On top of their semifinal run in the juniors, Harper-Griffith also competed with Roddick in the men's doubles draw at the 1999 US Open, making the second round.<ref name=ATP>[http://www.atpworldtour.com/Tennis/Players/Ha/L/Levar-Harper-Griffith.aspx ATP World Tour Profile]</ref> At the 2001 US Open, Harper-Griffith lost to Spaniard Albert Costa in the opening round of the men's singles.<ref name=ATP/> It would be his only appearance in the men's singles draw of a Grand Slam but he did make another US Open doubles appearance, in 2002, with Eric Taino.<ref name=ATP/> The pair defeated Dominik Hrbatý and André Sá in the first round, before being eliminated in the second round by Jiří Novák and Radek Štěpánek.<ref name=ATP/>
==Challenger titles==
===Singles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=145|Year !width=200|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Opponent in the final !width=200|Score in the final |- |1. |2001 |{{flagicon|USA}} Tarzana, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Michael Joyce |7–6<sup>(6)</sup>, 6–3 |}
===Doubles: (1)=== {|class="sortable wikitable" style=font-size:97% !width=50|No. !width=50|Year !width=200|Tournament !width=75|Surface !width=200|Partner !width=200|Opponents in the final !width=100|Score in the final |- |1. |2002 |{{flagicon|USA}} Tallahassee, United States |Hard |{{flagicon|USA}} Jeff Williams |{{flagicon|USA}} Huntley Montgomery<br />{{flagicon|USA}} Brian Vahaly |6–3, 4–6, 6–4 |}
==References== {{reflist|1}}
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