Henri Kontinen

Henri Kontinen

Country (sports)	Finland
Residence	Helsinki, Finland
Born	(1990-06-19) 19 June 1990 Helsinki, Finland
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.

Junior career

Kontinen won the 2008 French Open boys' doubles title with Christopher Rungkat. 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

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 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 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.

Grand Slam tournament finals

Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponent	Score
Winner	2016	Wimbledon	Grass	Heather Watson	Robert Farah Anna-Lena Grönefeld	7–6(7–5), 6–4

ATP career finals

Doubles: 14 (11 titles, 3 runners-up)

Legend (pre/post 2009) Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) ATP World Tour Finals (0–0) ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–2)

Finals by Surface Hard (7–2) Clay (4–1) Grass (0–0) Carpet (0–0)

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

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)

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

Men's doubles

Key

W

F

SF

QF

R#

RR

Q#

A

P

Z#

PO

G

F-S

SF-B

NMS

NH

(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent from tournament; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.

Tournament	2014	2015	2016	Career
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

External links

• Henri Kontinen's official website
• Henri Kontinen at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Henri Kontinen at the Davis Cup
• Henri Kontinen at the International Tennis Federation