Henri Kontinen
Country (sports) | Finland |
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Residence | Helsinki, Finland |
Born | Helsinki, Finland |
19 June 1990
Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
Coach(es) | Chris Eaton |
Prize money | $796,307 |
Singles | |
Career record | 7–6 |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 220 (18 October 2010) |
Grand Slam Singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2010) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 95–58 (62.09% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 11 |
Highest ranking | No. 25 (12 September 2016) |
Current ranking | No. 26 (10 October 2016) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2016) |
French Open | 2R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | 2R (2016) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career record | 10–6 (62.5%) |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
French Open | SF (2015) |
Wimbledon | W (2016) |
US Open | QF (2015) |
Last updated on: 10 October 2016. |
Henri Kontinen (born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish tennis player.
Kontinen has won 11 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. On 18 October 2010, Kontinen reached his best singles rankings of world number 220. On 12 September 2016, he peaked at world number 25 in the doubles rankings. His brother Micke is also a tennis player.
His greatest success has come in doubles, having reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles 2016 Wimbledon Championships with John Peers and winning the mixed doubles at the same tournament with Heather Watson.
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Junior career[edit]
Kontinen won the 2008 French Open boys' doubles title with Christopher Rungkat.[1] He reached the final of the 2008 Wimbledon boys' singles which he lost to Grigor Dimitrov having beaten Bernard Tomic in the semi final. He also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' doubles with Christopher Rungkat. Subsequently Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and he decided to concentrate on doubles.
Senior Career[edit]
In 2014 Kontinen won his first ATP title at the Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel with Jarkko Nieminen, he also played two more finals partnering Marin Draganja.
2015 was a breakthrough year for him as he won five titles[2][3] including title at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, his first ATP World Tour 500 series title. Together with Zheng Jie he reached semifinals of mixed doubles at the 2015 French Open.
His good results continued in 2016 as he won the title at the Brisbane International[4] with John Peers. At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships he reached quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament together with Peers and the final of the mixed doubles with Heather Watson, which they won in straight sets.[5]
Grand Slam tournament finals[edit]
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)[edit]
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
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Winner | 2016 | Wimbledon | Grass | Heather Watson | Robert Farah Anna-Lena Grönefeld |
7–6(7–5), 6–4 |
ATP career finals[edit]
Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runners-up)[edit]
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Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score in the final |
Winner | 1. | 2 August 2014 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Jarkko Nieminen | Daniele Bracciali Andrey Golubev |
6–1, 6–4 |
Runner-up | 1. | 21 September 2014 | Moselle Open, France | Hard (i) | Marin Draganja | Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski |
7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10] |
Runner-up | 2. | 26 October 2014 | Swiss Indoors, Switzerland | Hard (i) | Marin Draganja | Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić |
6–7(13–15), 6–1, [5–10] |
Winner | 2. | 8 February 2015 | Zagreb Indoors, Croatia | Hard (i) | Marin Draganja | Fabrice Martin Purav Raja |
6–4, 6–4 |
Winner | 3. | 22 February 2015 | Open 13, France | Hard (i) | Marin Draganja | Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray |
6–4, 3–6, [10–8] |
Winner | 4. | 26 April 2015 | Barcelona Open, Spain | Clay | Marin Draganja | Jamie Murray John Peers |
6–3, 6–7(6–8), [11–9] |
Runner-up | 3. | 8 August 2015 | Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria | Clay | Robin Haase | Nicolás Almagro Carlos Berlocq |
7–5, 3–6, [9–11] |
Winner | 5. | 27 September 2015 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | Hard (i) | Treat Huey | Julian Knowle Alexander Peya |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 6. | 4 October 2015 | Malaysian Open, Malaysia | Hard (i) | Treat Huey | Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
Winner | 7. | 10 January 2016 | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | John Peers | James Duckworth Chris Guccione |
7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
Winner | 8. | 1 May 2016 | Bavarian International, Germany | Clay | John Peers | Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah |
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
Winner | 9. | 17 July 2016 | German Open, Germany | Clay | John Peers | Daniel Nestor Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–5, 6–3 |
Winner | 10. | 27 August 2016 | Winston-Salem Open, United States | Hard | Guillermo García-López | Andre Begemann Leander Paes |
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8] |
Winner | 11. | 25 September 2016 | St. Petersburg Open, Russia | Hard (i) | Dominic Inglot | Andre Begemann Leander Paes |
4–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
Singles titles[edit]
Legend (Singles) |
Challengers (0) |
Futures (5) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent in the final | Score |
1. | 2009 | Vilnius | Clay | Timo Nieminen | 6–1, 6–3 |
2. | 2009 | Cardiff | Hard (i) | Yannick Mertens | 7–6(4), 7–5 |
3. | 2010 | Sarajevo | Carpet | Alexander Peya | 6–3, 7–6(4) |
4. | 2010 | Danderyd | Hard (i) | Timo Nieminen | 6–3, 6–4 |
5. | 2010 | Falun | Hard (i) | Timo Nieminen | 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5) |
Challengers men's doubles titles (6)[edit]
Legend |
Challengers (6) |
No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents in the final | Score |
1. | 28 July 2013 | Tampere | Clay | Goran Tošić | Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher |
6–4, 6–4 |
2. | 9 November 2013 | Bratislava | Hard (i) | Andreas Siljeström | Gero Kretschmer Jan-Lennard Struff |
7–6 (8–6), 6–2 |
3. | 16 November 2013 | Helsinki | Hard (i) | Jarkko Nieminen | Dustin Brown Philipp Marx |
7–5, 5–7, [10–5] |
4. | 26 January 2014 | Heilbronn | Hard (i) | Tomasz Bednarek | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski |
3–6, 7–6 (7–3), [12–10] |
5. | 24 February 2014 | Cherbourg | Hard (i) | Konstantin Kravchuk | Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti |
6–4, 6–7 (3–7), [10–7] |
6. | 14 April 2014 | Sarasota | Clay, Green | Marin Draganja | Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Franko Škugor |
7–5, 5–7, [10–6] |
Doubles career summary[edit]
Men's doubles[edit]
W | F | SF | QF | R# | RR | Q# | A | P | Z# | PO | G | F-S | SF-B | NMS | NH |
Tournament | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Career | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Grand Slams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Australian Open | A | 1R | 2R | 1–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
French Open | 2R | 2R | 2R | 3–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Wimbledon | 1R | 1R | QF | 3–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
US Open | 1R | 1R | 2R | 1–3 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Win-Loss | 1–3 | 1–4 | 6–4 | 8–11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Finals | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Miami Masters | A | QF | 1R | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | 1R | QF | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Madrid Masters | A | 1R | QF | 2–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Rome Masters | A | 1R | 1R | 0–2 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Canada Masters | A | A | QF | 1–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Cincinnati Masters | A | A | 1R | 0–1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Shanghai Masters | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Paris Masters | A | A | 0–0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Win-Loss | 0–0 | 2–5 | 5–7 | 7–12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Final Appearances | 3 | 6 | 5 | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||
ATP Titles | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Year End Ranking | 46 | 31 |
References[edit]
- ^ (11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010
- ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/huey-kontinen-win-st-petersburg-doubles-crown
- ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/huey-kontinen-doubles-final-2015-kuala-lumpur
- ^ http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/scouting-report-auckland-sydney-2016
- ^ "Wimbledon 2016: Heather Watson left delirious as 'joke' with partner Henri Kontinen leaves her a champion". Independent. 11 July 2016.