Holger Rune
_(52036646654).jpg) Rune at the 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters | |
| Full name | Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  Denmark |
| Residence | Charlottenlund, Denmark |
| Born | 29 April 2003 Gentofte, Denmark |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2020 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Coach | Lars Christensen |
| Prize money | US$584,580 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 20–23 |
| Career titles | 1 |
| Highest ranking | No. 45 (2 May 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 45 (2 May 2022)[1] |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2022) |
| US Open | 1R (2021) |
| French Open Junior | W (2019) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 3R (2019) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 1–1 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 470 (21 February 2022) |
| Current ranking | No. 475 (7 March 2022) |
| Team competitions | |
| Last updated on: 18 April 2022. | |
Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (Danish: [ˈhʌlˀkɐ ˈviːtsʰus ˈnøðˌskʌwˀ ˈʁuːnə]; born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 45 achieved on 2 May 2022. Rune is the current Danish No. 1 player in men's singles.[2]
Early life
Rune was born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark, to Aneke Rune and Anders Nødskov. He has a sister named Alma. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 because his sister played and started to take the sport seriously. Throughout his childhood, he was coached by Lars Christensen who still remains his head coach and, along with his mother, is credited as his biggest inspiration. His idols growing up were fellow tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.[3]
Junior career
In 2014, he became Danish U12 champion in mixed doubles with Clara Tauson.[4]
He started training at the Mouratoglou Academy in 2016.[5]
In 2017, he won the European U14 singles championship.[6]
At age 15, he became the youngest Danish male singles champion by winning the 2019 indoor tournament.[7]
On 8 June 2019 Rune defeated Toby Alex Kodat to win the 2019 French Open boys' singles title.
Holger received a wildcard and won a match at the 2019 Blois ATP Challenger in June.[8][9] At the time, he was 16 years, 1 month and 18 days old. Holger also competed in the 2019 Amersfoort Challenger in July where he captured his second ATP Challenger match win.[10]
On 28 October 2019 he achieved a ITF juniors ranking of World No. 1 after he defeated Harold Mayot to win the ITF Junior Finals.[11]
Rune served as a practice partner at the 2019 ATP Finals.
Professional career
2020: First ITF title, Top 500 debut
Rune officially turned pro in 2020 at the age of 16.
At the 2020 Auckland Open, Rune received a wildcard into the qualifying draw but lost to Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.
In July 2020, Holger became the youngest player to compete at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS), where he was defeated by French player Corentin Moutet. [12]
In September 2020, Rune won his first ITF title at an M25 event in Switzerland. He would make three more ITF finals by the end of 2020, winning two of the three.
2021: ATP debut and first win
Rune made three more ITF finals at the start of 2021, winning one.
In March 2021, Rune made his ATP debut as a wildcard in the Argentina Open. He lost in the first round to 5th seeded Albert Ramos Viñolas in 3 sets. At the Chile Open the very next week, Rune was accepted into the qualifying draw as a wildcard. He went on to win the qualifying round and record his first ATP match win against Sebastián Báez in straight sets.[13] He would then follow this up with his first top 30 victory over Benoît Paire in straight sets to reach his first ATP quarterfinal where he would lose to Federico Delbonis in straight sets. At the age of 17, he became the youngest ATP Tour quarter-finalist since 2014.
In June 2021, Rune won his first ATP Challenger title in Biella. His victory was overshadowed by homophobic slurs he made during his semifinal match.[14] His actions were investigated by the ATP, and he was fined for his homophobic outburst.[15]
In July 2021, Rune received another wave of wildcards into several clay court events during the summer clay court swing. These events include the Swedish Open, Croatia Open, and Austrian Open Kitzbühel. He posted a few more match wins in these tournaments which boosted his ranking to a career-high of No. 145 on 23 August 2021 after winning the San Marino Open and the Verona Challenger, making him the second youngest male player in the top 150.
Rune entered the 2021 US Open Qualifying as the 24th seed. There, he won all three of his qualifying matches to qualify for the 2021 US Open for his grand slam debut. He played world No. 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round where he lost the first set and won the second set in a tiebreak but started to cramp late in the third set and eventually lost the match.
Rune made his second ATP quarterfinal at the Moselle Open after qualifying for the main draw. He double-bageled lucky loser Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the first round and then upset 5th seed Lorenzo Sonego in the second round in three sets to make the quarterfinals. He lost in the quarterfinals to 2nd seed Pablo Carreño Busta in three sets.
On 4 November 2021, Rune qualified for the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.[16][17]
2022: First Top 10 win, Maiden ATP title & top 50 debut
Rune made his top 100 singles debut on 17 January 2022 at World No. 99 making him the second youngest male player after Carlos Alcaraz in the top 100. At the 2022 Open 13 in Marseilles, he reached his first ATP semifinal of his career, partnering Hugo Gaston, defeating the top seeds and home favorites Mahut/Herbert and Polish pair Walków/Zieliński en route, before losing to Rublev/Molchanov.[18]
Rune beat a top-10 player for the first time, the biggest win of his career, in Munich, where he upset World No. 3 and top seed Alexander Zverev in straight sets to advance to his third quarterfinal of his career.[19] He defeated Emil Ruusuvuori on his 19th birthday and reached his first ATP Tour-level semifinal.[20] Next, he beat also first time semifinalist Oscar Otte to reach his first ATP final. [21] After his opponent, Botic van de Zandschulp was forced to retire with chest pain, the 70th-ranked Rune became the third youngest champion in the Open Era after Guillermo Perez-Roldan won the title in Munich at age 17 in 1987 and defended it successfully a year later. [22][23] As a result he moved to the top 50 at World No. 45 on 2 May 2022.
Singles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2022 Serbia Open.
| Tournament | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | SR | W–L |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 |
| French Open | A | A | A | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| Wimbledon | A | A | NH | A | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | |
| US Open | A | A | A | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0 / 2 | 0–2 |
| ATP Masters 1000 | |||||||
| Indian Wells Masters | A | A | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Miami Open | A | A | NH | A | Q1 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 |
| Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | NH | 1R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 |
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 0 / 4 | 2–4 |
| National representation | |||||||
| Davis Cup | Z2 | Z2 | Z2 | A | 0 / 0 | 4–1 | |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 20 | |
| Overall win–loss | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 7–13 | 4–9 | 15–23 | |
| Year-end ranking | – | 1019 | 473 | 103 | 39% | ||
ATP career finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Apr 2022 | Bavarian International Tennis Championships, Germany | 250 Series | Clay |  Botic van de Zandschulp
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3–4 ret. |
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 13 (9–4)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2020 | M25 Klosters, Switzerland | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jesper de Jong
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Sep 2020 | M15 Melilla, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Timofei Skatov
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6–3, 0–6, 1–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Nov 2020 | M15 Valldoreix, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Javier Barranco Cosano
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7–6(7–0), 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Nov 2020 | M15 Antalya, Turkey | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Filip Misolic
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6–0, 4–0 RET. |
| Loss | 3–2 | Jan 2021 | M15 Manacor, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Evan Furness
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2–6, 7–5, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Jan 2021 | M15 Bressuire, France | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Matteo Martineau
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7–5, 4–6, 6–3 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Feb 2021 | M25 Villena, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Gastão Elias
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6–3, 2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 4–4 | May 2021 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | Gastão Elias
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7–5, 4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 5–4 | Jun 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Marco Trungelliti
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6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5) |
| Win | 6–4 | Aug 2021 | San Marino, San Marino | Challenger | Clay |  Orlando Luz
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1–6, 6–2, 6–3 |
| Win | 7–4 | Aug 2021 | Verona, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Nino Serdarušić
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6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 8–4 | Nov 2021 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) |  Cem İlkel
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7–5, 7–6(8–6) |
| Win | 9–4 | Apr 2022 | Sanremo, Italy | Challenger | Clay |  Francesco Passaro
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6–1, 2–6, 6–4 |
Doubles: 2 (1–1)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partmer | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Sep 2020 | M15 Melilla, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Valentin Royer
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Max Houkes Jose Vidal Azorin
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7–5, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Nov 2020 | M15 Valldoreix, Spain | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Eric Vanshelboim
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 Abedallah Shelbayh Pedro Vives Marcos
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5–7, 3–6 |
Junior Grand Slam Finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 2019 | French Open | Clay |  Toby Alex Kodat
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6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0 |
Record against other players
Rune's record against players who have been ranked in the top 10, with those who are active in boldface. Only ATP Tour main draw matches are considered:
| Player | Record | Win % | Hard | Clay | Grass | Last Match |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number 1 ranked players | ||||||
 Novak Djokovic
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost 1–6, 7–6(7–5), 2–6, 1–6 at 2021 US Open |
| Number 3 ranked players | ||||||
 Alexander Zverev
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1–0 | 100% | – | 1–0 | – | Won 6–3, 6–2 at 2022 Munich |
| Number 6 ranked players | ||||||
| Matteo Berrettini
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost 3–6, 6–4, 4–6 at 2022 Indian Wells Masters |
| Number 7 ranked players | ||||||
 Casper Ruud
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0–3 | 0% | – | 0–3 | – | Lost 6–7(5–7), 5–7 at 2022 Monte-Carlo Masters |
| Number 9 ranked players | ||||||
| Carlos Alcaraz
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost 3–4, 2–4, 0–4 at 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals |
| Number 10 ranked players | ||||||
| Pablo Carreno Busta
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0–1 | 0% | 0–1 | – | – | Lost 4–6, 6–3, 4–6 at 2021 Metz |
| Total | 1–7 | 12.5% | 0–4 (0%) |
1–3 (25%) |
0–0 ( – ) |
* Statistics correct as of 27 April 2022[update]. |
Wins over top 10 Players
- He has a 1–3 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
| Season | 2022 | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Wins | 1 | 1 |
| # | Player | Rank | Event | Surface | Rd | Score | HRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | |||||||
| 1. | Alexander Zverev
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3 | Bavarian International Tennis Championships, Germany | Clay | 2R | 6–3, 6–2 | 70 |
See also
References
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- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/rankings/singles?rankRange=1-5000&countryCode=DEN
- ^ "Holger Rune personal bio". ATP Tour. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Østergaard, Mikael (14 July 2014). "Gentoftes tennistalenter med i 10 finaler". lokalavisen.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
- ^ "Roland-Garros : Victoire chez les juniors du Danois Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune".
- ^ Dalsgaard Jensen, Ole (9 April 2018). "C WorldWide Talentprisen: Holger og Clara modtager hver 50.000 kr. til rejser". Tennis Avisen. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ Dalsgaard Jensen, Ole (1 April 2019). "DM Inde: Holger yngste vinder nogensinde. Hannah vinder sin 3. DM-titel". Tennis Avisen. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
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- ^ "ITF Junior No. 1 Ranking".
- ^ "UTS: Corentin Moutet scrapes past Holger Rune test in sudden death". UTS live. 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
- ^ "17-Year-Old Rune Records First ATP Win In Santiago". ATP Tour. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ Lewis, Jessi (11 June 2021). "Tennis player Holger Rune yells gay slurs during match". Star Observer. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
- ^ "Holger Rune investigated for homophobic comments". Tennis World. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
- ^ "Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune to Compete in Milan | ATP Tour | Tennis".
- ^ "Rune-milan-2021-qualification-ng | Intesa Sanpaolo Next Gen ATP Finals | Tennis".
- ^ https://www.tennisactu.net/news-atp-marseille-d-andrey-rublev-a-realise-le-double-a-marseille-95243.html
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/zverev-rune-munich-2022-wednesday
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/van-de-zandschulp-ruud-munich-2022-friday
- ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-otte-kecmanovic-van-de-zandschulp-munich-2022-saturday
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