Henri Kontinen

Henri Kontinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhenri ˈkontinen]; born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish tennis player.

Henri Kontinen
Country (sports) Finland
ResidenceTallinn, Estonia
Born (1990-06-19) 19 June 1990
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Turned pro2008
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
CoachChris Eaton
Prize money$3,462,527
Official websitehenrikontinen.com
Singles
Career record7–6
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 220 (18 October 2010)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record218–121 (64.3%)
Career titles23
Highest rankingNo. 1 (3 April 2017)
Current rankingNo. 30 (16 March 2020)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2017)
French OpenQF (2018)
WimbledonSF (2017)
US OpenSF (2017)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour FinalsW (2016, 2017)
Mixed doubles
Career record23–15 (60.5%)
Career titles1
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2020)
French OpenSF (2015)
WimbledonW (2016)
US OpenQF (2015, 2019)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Kontinen has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. He was formerly ranked as world No. 1 in doubles after winning the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship. He reached his best singles rankings of world No. 220 in October 2010. His brother Micke is a retired tennis player.

After ending his singles career due to injuries he started focusing on doubles. He reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles 2016 Wimbledon Championships with John Peers and won the mixed doubles at the same tournament with Heather Watson. His win in the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles with Peers was his first Grand Slam title in men's doubles.

Junior career

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 Rungkat. Subsequently, Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and in 2013 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[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 in January with John Peers.[4] On April–May they won the BMW Open together.[5] 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.[6] On July Kontinen and Peers won the German Open Tennis Championships.[7] On August Kontinen won the Winstom-Salem Open playing with Guillermo García-López. It was Kontinen's 10th doubles title in his career.[8] He took the victory of St. Petersburg Open with Dominic Inglot.[9] Kontinen and Peers had a successful end for the year as they won their first Masters title at Paris Masters[10] and the season ending ATP World Tour Finals title.[11] Kontinen reached the top 10 in rankings as a first Finnish tennis player ever.[12]

Kontinen and Peers won the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship in January 2017, and on 3 April 2017 Kontinen became world no. 1 doubles player—the first Finnish player, male or female, to do so. At Wimbledon in 2017, Kontinen and Peers lost in the semi-final to Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, the eventual champions; Kontinen also lost his no. 1 ranking to Melo.[13] In the mixed doubles, Kontinen and Watson reached the final for the second successive year, but lost to Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis.

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2017 Australian Open Hard John Peers Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 7–5, 7–5
Loss 2019 Australian Open Hard John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 4–6, 6–7(1–7)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 Wimbledon Grass Heather Watson Anna-Lena Grönefeld
Robert Farah		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Loss 2017 Wimbledon Grass Heather Watson Martina Hingis
Jamie Murray		 4–6, 4–6

Year-End Championships

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 2016 ATP World Tour Finals, London Hard (i) John Peers Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram		 2–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 2017 ATP Finals, London (2) Hard (i) John Peers Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 6–4, 6–2

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Outcome Year Championship Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 2016 Shanghai Masters Hard John Peers John Isner
Jack Sock		 4–6, 4–6
Win 2016 Paris Masters Hard (i) John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 2017 Shanghai Masters Hard John Peers Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 6–4, 6–2
Win 2018 Canadian Open Hard John Peers Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6]

ATP career finals

Doubles: 29 (23 titles, 6 runner-up)
Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (1–1)
ATP World Tour Finals (2–0)
ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (3–1)
ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–2)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (11–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (18–5)
Clay (4–1)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Finals by setting
Outdoor (13–3)
Indoor (10–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2014 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Jarkko Nieminen Daniele Bracciali
Andrey Golubev		 6–1, 6–4
Loss 1–1 Sep 2014 Moselle Open, France 250 Series Hard (i) Marin Draganja Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Marcin Matkowski		 7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]
Loss 1–2 Nov 2014 Swiss Indoors, Switzerland 500 Series Hard (i) Marin Draganja Vasek Pospisil
Nenad Zimonjić		 6–7(13–15), 6–1, [5–10]
Win 2–2 Feb 2015 Zagreb Indoors, Croatia 250 Series Hard (i) Marin Draganja Fabrice Martin
Purav Raja		 6–4, 6–4
Win 3–2 Feb 2015 Open 13, France 250 Series Hard (i) Marin Draganja Colin Fleming
Jonathan Marray		 6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Win 4–2 Apr 2015 Barcelona Open, Spain 500 Series Clay Marin Draganja Jamie Murray
John Peers		 6–3, 6–7(6–8), [11–9]
Loss 4–3 Aug 2015 Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria 250 Series Clay Robin Haase Nicolás Almagro
Carlos Berlocq		 7–5, 3–6, [9–11]
Win 5–3 Sep 2015 St. Petersburg Open, Russia 250 Series Hard (i) Treat Huey Julian Knowle
Alexander Peya		 7–5, 6–3
Win 6–3 Oct 2015 Malaysia Open, Malaysia 250 Series Hard (i) Treat Huey Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram		 7–6(7–4), 6–2
Win 7–3 Jan 2016 Brisbane International, Australia 250 Series Hard John Peers James Duckworth
Chris Guccione		 7–6(7–4), 6–1
Win 8–3 May 2016 Bavarian International, Germany 250 Series Clay John Peers Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah		 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 9–3 Jul 2016 German Open, Germany 500 Series Clay John Peers Daniel Nestor
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–5, 6–3
Win 10–3 Aug 2016 Winston-Salem Open, United States 250 Series Hard Guillermo García López Andre Begemann
Leander Paes		 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]
Win 11–3 Sep 2016 St. Petersburg Open, Russia (2) 250 Series Hard (i) Dominic Inglot Andre Begemann
Leander Paes		 4–6, 6–3, [12–10]
Loss 11–4 Oct 2016 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard John Peers Jack Sock
John Isner		 4–6, 4–6
Win 12–4 Nov 2016 Paris Masters, France Masters 1000 Hard (i) John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 6–4, 3–6, [10–6]
Win 13–4 Nov 2016 ATP Finals, United Kingdom Tour Finals Hard (i) John Peers Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram		 2–6, 6–1, [10–8]
Win 14–4 Jan 2017 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard John Peers Bob Bryan
Mike Bryan		 7–5, 7–5
Win 15–4 Aug 2017 Washington Open, United States 500 Series Hard John Peers Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 7–6(7–5), 6–4
Win 16–4 Oct 2017 China Open, China 500 Series Hard John Peers John Isner
Jack Sock		 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]
Win 17–4 Oct 2017 Shanghai Masters, China Masters 1000 Hard John Peers Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 6–4, 6–2
Win 18–4 Nov 2017 ATP Finals, United Kingdom (2) Tour Finals Hard (i) John Peers Łukasz Kubot
Marcelo Melo		 6–4, 6–2
Win 19–4 Jan 2018 Brisbane International, Australia (2) 250 Series Hard John Peers Leonardo Mayer
Horacio Zeballos		 3–6, 6–3, [10–2]
Win 20–4 Jun 2018 Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom 500 Series Grass John Peers Jamie Murray
Bruno Soares		 6–4, 6–3
Win 21–4 Aug 2018 Canadian Open, Canada Masters 1000 Hard John Peers Raven Klaasen
Michael Venus		 6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6]
Loss 21–5 Jan 2019 Australian Open, Australia Grand Slam Hard John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Win 22–5 Feb 2019 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Jérémy Chardy Jean-Julien Rojer
Horia Tecău		 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win 23–5 Oct 2019 Stockholm Open, Sweden 250 Series Hard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Mate Pavić
Bruno Soares		 6–4, 6–2
Loss 23–6 Feb 2020 Rotterdam Open, Netherlands 500 Series Hard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut		 6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)
Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0)
Futures (5–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Aug 2009 Lithuania F1, Vilnius Futures Clay Timo Nieminen 6–1, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2009 Germany F19, Leimen Futures Hard (i) Michał Przysiężny 6–3, 2–6, 5–7
Win 2–1 Oct 2009 Great Britain F16, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) Yannick Mertens 7–6(7–4), 7–5
Win 3–1 Feb 2010 Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, Sarajevo Futures Carpet (i) Alexander Peya 6–3, 7–6(7–4)
Win 4–1 Sep 2010 Sweden F1, Danderyd Futures Hard (i) Timo Nieminen 6–3, 6–4
Win 5–1 Sep 2010 Sweden F2, Falun Futures Hard (i) Timo Nieminen 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)

Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups)
Legend (Doubles)
Challengers (8–8)
Futures (10–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2007 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Harri Heliövaara Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev		 6–4, 5–7, [11–13]
Win 1–1 Apr 2008 Great Britain F6, Exmouth Futures Carpet (i) Harri Heliövaara Ralph Grambow
Ken Skupski		 6–2, 6–2
Loss 1–2 Aug 2008 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Harri Heliövaara Ervin Eleskovic
Michael Ryderstedt		 3–6, 4–6
Win 2–2 Sep 2008 Sweden F2, Falun Futures Hard (i) Timo Nieminen Carl Bergman
Tim Goransson		 6–4, 6–2
Win 3–2 Mar 2009 Great Britain F3, Tipton Futures Hard (i) Dan Evans Scott Oudsema
Phillip Simmonds		 6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4]
Win 4–2 May 2009 Kuwait F1, Mishref Futures Hard Sebastian Rieschick Vivek Shokeen
Navdeep Singh		 6–4, 6–2
Win 5–2 May 2009 Kuwait F2, Mishref Futures Hard Sebastian Rieschick Jiří Krkoška
Pierrick Ysern		 6–4, 6–4
Win 6–2 Jun 2009 Norway F1, Svingvoll Futures Hard Timo Nieminen Fabrice Martin
Michael McClune		 6–3, 6–3
Win 7–2 Jul 2009 Estonia F2, Kuressaare Futures Clay (i) Harri Heliövaara Mait Künnap
Juho Paukku		 6–3, 6–3
Loss 7–3 Nov 2009 Jersey, Channel Islands Challenger Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Frederik Nielsen
Joseph Sirianni		 5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
Loss 7–4 Nov 2009 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 2–6, 6–7(7–9)
Loss 7–5 Oct 2010 Great Britain F17, Cardiff Futures Hard (i) Timo Nieminen Josh Goodall
Dominic Inglot		 1–6, 2–6
Win 8–5 Nov 2010 Loughborough, United Kingdom Challenger Hard (i) Frederik Nielsen Jordan Kerr
Ken Skupski		 6–2, 6–4
Loss 8–6 Nov 2010 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Dustin Brown
Martin Emmrich		 6–7(17–19), 6–0, [7–10]
Win 9–6 Jun 2013 Netherlands F1, Amstelveen Futures Clay Christopher Rungkat Niels Lootsma
Jelle Sels		 6–1, 7–5
Win 10–6 Jun 2013 Netherlands F2, Alkmaar Futures Clay Christopher Rungkat David Škoch
Jan Zednik		 7–5, 7–6(9–7)
Win 11–6 Jun 2013 Netherlands F3, Breda Futures Clay Christopher Rungkat Bjorn Fratangelo
Mitchell Krueger		 6–4, 7–5
Loss 11–7 Jul 2013 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Mateusz Kowalczyk Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko		 3–6, 3–6
Win 12–7 Jul 2013 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Goran Tošić Ruben Gonzales
Chris Letcher		 6–4, 6–4
Loss 12–8 Sep 2013 Sweden F6, Falun Futures Hard (i) Jesper Brunström Milos Sekulic
Fred Simonsson		 6–3, 3–6, [5–10]
Loss 12–9 Oct 2013 Mouilleron-le-Captif, France Challenger Hard (i) Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras Fabrice Martin
Hugo Nys		 6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Win 13–9 Nov 2013 Bratislava, Slovakia Challenger Hard (i) Andreas Siljeström Gero Kretschmer
Jan-Lennard Struff		 7–6(8–6), 6–2
Win 14–9 Nov 2013 Helsinki, Finland Challenger Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Dustin Brown
Philipp Marx		 7–5, 5–7, [10–5]
Win 15–9 Jan 2014 Talheim, Germany Challenger Hard (i) Tomasz Bednarek Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski		 3–6, 7–6 (7–3), [12–10]
Win 16–9 Mar 2014 Cherbourg, France Challenger Hard (i) Konstantin Kravchuk Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Albano Olivetti		 6–4, 6–7 (3–7), [10–7]
Win 17–9 Apr 2014 Sarasota, United States Challenger Clay Marin Draganja Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Franko Škugor		 7–5, 5–7, [10–6]
Loss 17–10 Jul 2014 Poznań, Poland Challenger Clay Tomasz Bednarek Radu Albot
Adam Pavlásek		 7–5, 2–6, [10–8]
Win 18–10 Nov 2014 Helsinki, Finland (2) Challenger Hard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Jonathan Marray
Philipp Petzschner		 7–6(7–2), 6–4

Doubles performance timeline
Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# A P Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; (P) postponed; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Current till 2020 Australian Open.

Tournament2008200920102011201220132014201520162017201820192020SRW–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A A A A 1R 2R W 2R F QF 1 / 6 16–5
French Open A A A A A A 2R 2R 2R 1R QF 3R 0 / 6 8–6
Wimbledon A A A A A A 1R 1R QF SF 1R QF 0 / 6 10–6
US Open A A A A A A 1R 1R 2R SF 2R 2R 0 / 6 7–6
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–4 6–4 14–3 5–4 11–4 3–1 1 / 24 41–23
Year-end championship
ATP Finals Did Not Qualify W W RR DNQ 2 / 3 9–2
ATP World Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A A A A A A 1R 1R QF 1R 2R 0 / 5 3–5
Miami Open A A A A A A A QF 1R 2R 2R 1R 0 / 5 4–5
Monte-Carlo Masters A A A A A A A 1R QF QF 2R 2R 0 / 5 4–5
Madrid Open A A A A A A A 1R QF QF 2R 2R 0 / 5 4–5
Italian Open A A A A A A A 1R 1R SF QF QF 0 / 5 4–5
Canadian Open A A A A A A A A QF QF W 2R 1 / 4 7–3
Cincinnati Masters A A A A A A A A 1R QF QF QF 0 / 4 3–4
Shanghai Masters NH A A A A A A A F W 2R 2R 1 / 4 8–3
Paris Masters A A A A A A A A W QF 2R 1R 1 / 4 6–3
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 2–5 14–8 12–8 7–8 8–9 0–0 3 / 41 43–38
National representation
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z1 Z1 A Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z2 Z1 0 / 0 14–6
Career statistics
Titles 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 7 5 3 2 0 23
Finals 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 8 5 3 3 0 28
Overall Win–Loss 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–1 19–13 31–21 52–20 43–17 22–18 32–21 6–3 212–119
Year-end ranking 585 248 280 769 1358 128 46 31 7 3 26 17 64%

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