Henri Kontinen (born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish tennis player.
Kontinen has won 11 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 also a tennis player.
His greatest success has come in doubles, having reached the quarterfinals of the men's doubles 2016 Wimbledon Championships with John Peers and winning the mixed doubles at the same tournament with Heather Watson.
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 Christopher Rungkat. Subsequently Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and 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 succesful 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]
Significant finals
Grand Slam finals
Mixed doubles: 1 (1 title)
Year-End Championships
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
Masters 1000 finals
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 17 (13 titles, 4 runners-up)
| Legend |
| Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0) |
| ATP World Tour Finals (1–0) |
| ATP World Tour Masters 1000 (1–1) |
| ATP World Tour 500 Series (2–1) |
| ATP World Tour 250 Series (9–2) |
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| Finals by Surface |
| Hard (9–3) |
| Clay (4–1) |
| Grass (0–0) |
| Carpet (0–0) |
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| Outcome |
Num |
Date |
Tournament |
Surface |
Partner |
Opponents |
Score |
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| Winner |
1. |
2 August 2014 |
Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria |
Clay |
 Jarkko Nieminen |
 Daniele Bracciali
 Andrey Golubev |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
1. |
21 September 2014 |
Moselle Open, 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, Switzerland |
Hard (i) |
Marin Draganja |
 Vasek Pospisil
 Nenad Zimonjić |
6–7(13–15), 6–1, [5–10] |
| Winner |
2. |
8 February 2015 |
Zagreb Indoors, Croatia |
Hard (i) |
Marin Draganja |
 Fabrice Martin
 Purav Raja |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Winner |
3. |
22 February 2015 |
Open 13, France |
Hard (i) |
Marin Draganja |
 Colin Fleming
Jonathan Marray |
6–4, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Winner |
4. |
26 April 2015 |
Barcelona Open, 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, Austria |
Clay |
 Robin Haase |
 Nicolás Almagro
 Carlos Berlocq |
7–5, 3–6, [9–11] |
| Winner |
5. |
27 September 2015 |
St. Petersburg Open, Russia |
Hard (i) |
 Treat Huey |
 Julian Knowle
Alexander Peya |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner |
6. |
4 October 2015 |
Malaysian Open, Malaysia |
Hard (i) |
Treat Huey |
 Raven Klaasen
 Rajeev Ram |
7–6(7–4), 6–2 |
| Winner |
7. |
10 January 2016 |
Brisbane International, Australia |
Hard |
John Peers |
James Duckworth
Chris Guccione |
7–6(7–4), 6–1 |
| Winner |
8. |
1 May 2016 |
Bavarian International, Germany |
Clay |
John Peers |
 Juan Sebastián Cabal
Robert Farah |
6–3, 3–6, [10–7] |
| Winner |
9. |
17 July 2016 |
German Open, Germany |
Clay |
John Peers |
Daniel Nestor
 Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
7–5, 6–3 |
| Winner |
10. |
27 August 2016 |
Winston-Salem Open, United States |
Hard |
Guillermo García-López |
 Andre Begemann
Leander Paes |
4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8] |
| Winner |
11. |
25 September 2016 |
St. Petersburg Open, Russia |
Hard (i) |
Dominic Inglot |
Andre Begemann
Leander Paes |
4–6, 6–3, [12–10] |
| Runner-up |
4. |
16 October 2016 |
Shanghai Masters, China |
Hard |
John Peers |
Jack Sock
John Isner |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Winner |
12. |
6 November 2016 |
Paris Masters, France |
Hard (i) |
John Peers |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Nicolas Mahut |
6–4, 3–6, [10–6] |
| Winner |
13. |
20 November 2016 |
ATP World Tour Finals, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
John Peers |
Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram |
2–6, 6–1, [10–8] |
Singles titles
| Legend (Singles) |
| Challengers (0) |
| Futures (5) |
ATP Challenger finals
Doubles: 16 (8 titles, 8 runners-up)
| Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Runner-up |
1. |
18 November 2007 |
Helsinki Challenger, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Harri Heliövaara |
 Mikhail Elgin
Alexander Kudryavtsev |
6–4, 5–7, [11–13] |
| Runner-up |
2. |
3 August 2008 |
Tampere Challenger, Estonia |
Clay |
Harri Heliövaara |
 Ervin Eleskovic
Michael Ryderstedt |
3–6, 4–6 |
| Runner-up |
3. |
15 November 2009 |
Jersey Challenger, Channel Islands |
Hard (i) |
Jarkko Nieminen |
 Frederik Nielsen
Joseph Sirianni |
5–7, 6–3, [2–10] |
| Runner-up |
4. |
29 November 2009 |
Helsinki Challenger, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Jarkko Nieminen |
Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
2–6, 6–7(7–9) |
| Winner |
1. |
14 November 2010 |
Loughborough Challenger, United Kingdom |
Hard (i) |
Frederik Nielsen |
Jordan Kerr
Ken Skupski |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
5. |
28 November 2009 |
Helsinki Challenger, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Jarkko Nieminen |
Dustin Brown
Martin Emmrich |
6–7(17–19), 6–0, [7–10] |
| Runner-up |
6. |
21 July 2013 |
Poznań Challenger, Poland |
Clay |
Mateusz Kowalczyk |
Gero Kretschmer
Alexander Satschko |
3–6, 3–6 |
| Winner |
2. |
28 July 2013 |
Tampere Challenger, Estonia |
Clay |
Goran Tošić |
Ruben Gonzales
Chris Letcher |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Runner-up |
7. |
20 October 2013 |
Mouilleron-le-Captif Challenger, France |
Hard (i) |
Adrián Menéndez-Maceiras |
Fabrice Martin
Hugo Nys |
6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Winner |
3. |
9 November 2013 |
Bratislava Challenger, Slovakia |
Hard (i) |
Andreas Siljeström |
Gero Kretschmer
Jan-Lennard Struff |
7–6(8–6), 6–2 |
| Winner |
4. |
16 November 2013 |
Helsinki Challenger, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Jarkko Nieminen |
Dustin Brown
Philipp Marx |
7–5, 5–7, [10–5] |
| Winner |
5. |
26 January 2014 |
Talheim Challenger, Germany |
Hard (i) |
Tomasz Bednarek |
Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski |
3–6, 7–6 (7–3), [12–10] |
| Winner |
6. |
2 March 2014 |
Cherbourg Challenger, France |
Hard (i) |
Konstantin Kravchuk |
Pierre-Hugues Herbert
Albano Olivetti |
6–4, 6–7 (3–7), [10–7] |
| Winner |
7. |
20 April 2014 |
Sarasota Challenger, United States |
Clay |
Marin Draganja |
Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo
Franko Škugor |
7–5, 5–7, [10–6] |
| Runner-up |
8. |
20 July 2014 |
Poznań Challenger, Poland |
Clay |
Tomasz Bednarek |
 Radu Albot
 Adam Pavlásek |
7–5, 2–6, [10–8] |
| Winner |
8. |
16 November 2014 |
Helsinki Challenger, Finland |
Hard (i) |
Jarkko Nieminen |
Jonathan Marray
Philipp Petzschner |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Key
| W |
F |
SF |
QF |
R# |
RR |
Q# |
A |
P |
Z# |
PO |
G |
F-S |
SF-B |
NMS |
NH |
(W) Won tournament; reached (F) final, (SF) semifinal, (QF) quarterfinal; (R#) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; competed at a (RR) round-robin stage; reached a (Q#) qualification round; (A) absent; played in a (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; won a (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; or (NH) tournament not held.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated either at the conclusion of a tournament, or when the player's participation in the tournament has ended.
References
External links
World rankings – Top ten tennis players as of week of 12 December 2016
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