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 | $1,228,758 |
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 | 109–60 (64.5% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 14 |
Highest ranking | No. 5 (30 January 2017) |
Current ranking | No. 5 (30 January 2017) |
Grand Slam Doubles results | |
Australian Open | W (2017) |
French Open | 2R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
Wimbledon | QF (2016) |
US Open | 2R (2016) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | W (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: 21 November 2016. |
Henri Kontinen (born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish tennis player.
Kontinen has won 14 doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. On 18 October 2010, Kontinen reached his best singles rankings of world number 220. On 21 November 2016, after winning the ATP World Tour Finals doubles championship, he peaked at world number 7 in the doubles rankings. 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. He also won the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles title with John Peers, reaching his first Grand Slam title in doubles.
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.
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.