Henri Kontinen

Henri Kontinen

Country (sports)	Finland
Residence	Helsinki, Finland
Born	19 June 1990 Helsinki, Finland
Height	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money	$523,298
Singles
Career record	7–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 220 (18 October 2010)
Current ranking	–
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record	64–43 (59.81% in Grand Slam and ATP World Tour main draw matches, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	8
Highest ranking	No. 29 (27 April 2015)
Current ranking	No. 31 (15 February 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2016)
French Open	2R (2014, 2015)
Wimbledon	1R (2014, 2015)
US Open	1R (2014, 2015)
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
French Open	SF (2015)
Wimbledon	2R (2015)
US Open	QF (2015)
Last updated on: 15 February 2016.

Henri Kontinen (born 19 June 1990 in Helsinki) is a Finnish tennis player.

Kontinen has won seven doubles titles on the ATP Tour in his career. On 18 October 2010, Kontinen reached his best singles rankings of world number 220. On 27 April 2015, he peaked at world number 29 in the doubles rankings. His brother Micke is also a tennis player.

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. He also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' doubles with Christopher Rungkat.

Professional 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^[4] with John Peers. Together with Peers he reached the second round of the 2016 Australian Open for the first time in his career.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 11 (8 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 (1–1) ATP World Tour 250 Series (7–2)

Finals by Surface Hard (5–2) Clay (3–1) 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	Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	Daniele Bracciali Andrey Golubev	6–1, 6–4
Runner-up	1.	21 September 2014	Moselle Open, Metz, 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, Basel, Switzerland	Hard (i)	Marin Draganja	Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić	6–7^(13–15), 6–1, [5–10]
Winner	2.	8 February 2015	PBZ Zagreb Indoors, Zagreb, Croatia	Hard (i)	Marin Draganja	Fabrice Martin Purav Raja	6–4, 6–4
Winner	3.	22 February 2015	Open 13, Marseille, France	Hard (i)	Marin Draganja	Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray	6–4, 3–6, [10–8]
Winner	4.	26 April 2015	Barcelona Open BancSabadell, Barcelona, 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, Kitzbühel, Austria	Clay	Robin Haase	Nicolás Almagro Carlos Berlocq	7–5, 3–6, [9–11]
Winner	5.	27 September 2015	St. Petersburg Open, St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard	Treat Huey	Julian Knowle Alexander Peya	7–5, 6–3
Winner	6.	4 October 2015	Malaysian Open, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	Hard (i)	Treat Huey	Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
Winner	7.	10 January 2016	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	John Peers	James Duckworth Chris Guccione	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
Winner	8.	1 May 2016	BMW Open, Munich, Germany	Clay	John Peers	Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah	6–3, 3–6, [10–7]

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]

References

1. (11 June 2008) French Open glory for Indonesian junior player, Jakarta Globe, Retrieved November 6, 2010
2. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/huey-kontinen-win-st-petersburg-doubles-crown
3. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/huey-kontinen-doubles-final-2015-kuala-lumpur
4. http://www.atpworldtour.com/en/news/scouting-report-auckland-sydney-2016

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