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Henri Kontinen
Country (sports) Finland
ResidenceHelsinki, Finland
Born (1990-06-19) 19 June 1990 (age 34)
Helsinki, Finland
Height1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysRight-handed (one-handed backhand)
Prize money$222,871
Singles
Career record7–6 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 220 (18 October 2010)
Current rankingNo. – (21 July 2014)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ1 (2010)
Doubles
Career record26–19 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles1
Highest rankingNo. 42 (3 November 2014)
Current rankingNo. 46 (17 November 2014)
Grand Slam doubles results
French Open2R (2014)
Wimbledon1R (2014)
US Open1R (2014)
Last updated on: 21 November 2014.

Henri Kontinen (born 19 June 1990 in Helsinki) is a Finnish tennis player. His highest ranking is World No. 220 which he attained in October 2010. 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.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 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 (0–1)
ATP World Tour 250 Series (1–1)
Finals by Surface
Hard (0–2)
Clay (1–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score in the final
Winner 1. August 2, 2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel, Kitzbühel, Austria Clay Finland Jarkko Nieminen Italy Daniele Bracciali
Kazakhstan Andrey Golubev
6-1, 6-4
Runner-up 1. September 21, 2014 Moselle Open, Metz, France Hard (i) Croatia Marin Draganja Poland Mariusz Fyrstenberg
Poland Marcin Matkowski
7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]
Runner-up 2. 26 October 2014 Swiss Indoors, Basel, Switzerland Hard (i) Croatia Marin Draganja Canada Vasek Pospisil
Serbia Nenad Zimonjić
6-7(13-15), 6-1, [5-10]

Singles Titles

Legend (Singles)
Challengers (0)
Futures (5)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 2009 Lithuania Vilnius Clay Finland Timo Nieminen 6–1, 6–3
2. 2009 United Kingdom Cardiff Hard (i) Belgium Yannick Mertens 7–6(4), 7–5
3. 2010 Bosnia and Herzegovina Sarajevo Carpet Austria Alexander Peya 6–3, 7–6(4)
4. 2010 Sweden Danderyd Hard (i) Finland Timo Nieminen 6–3, 6–4
5. 2010 Sweden Falun Hard (i) Finland Timo Nieminen 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(5)

Challengers Men's Doubles Wins (6)

Legend
Challengers (6)
No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. 28 July 2013 Finland Tampere Clay Serbia Goran Tošić Philippines Ruben Gonzales
Australia Chris Letcher
6–4, 6–4
2. 9 November 2013 Slovakia Bratislava Hard (i) Sweden Andreas Siljeström Germany Gero Kretschmer
Germany Jan-Lennard Struff
7–6 (8–6), 6–2
3. 16 November 2013 Finland Helsinki Hard (i) Finland Jarkko Nieminen Germany Dustin Brown
Germany Philipp Marx
7–5, 5–7, [10-5]
4. 26 January 2014 Germany Heilbronn Hard (i) Poland Tomasz Bednarek United Kingdom Ken Skupski
United Kingdom Neal Skupski
3–6, 7–6 (7–3), [12-10]
5. 24 February 2014 France Cherbourg Hard (i) Russia Konstantin Kravchuk France Pierre-Hugues Herbert
France Albano Olivetti
6–4, 6–7 (3–7), [10-7]
6. 14 April 2014 United States Sarasota Clay, Green Croatia Marin Draganja Spain Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Croatia 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

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