British tennis player (born 1996)
Henry Patten![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Henry_Patten_%282023_Cary%29_02_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Henry_Patten_%282023_Cary%29_02_%28cropped%29.jpg) Patten at the 2023 Cary Challenger |
Country (sports) | United Kingdom |
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Born | (1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 28) Colchester, United Kingdom |
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Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
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Turned pro | 2020 |
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Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
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College | UNC Asheville |
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Prize money | $765,994 |
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Singles |
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Career record | 0–0 |
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Career titles | 0 Challenger, 1 ITF |
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Highest ranking | No. 462 (19 September 2022) |
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Doubles |
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Career record | 35–28 |
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Career titles | 3 |
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Highest ranking | No. 12 (19 August 2024) |
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Current ranking | No. 12 (19 August 2024) |
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Grand Slam doubles results |
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Australian Open | 2R (2023, 2024) |
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French Open | 3R (2024) |
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Wimbledon | W (2024) |
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US Open | 3R (2023) |
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Grand Slam mixed doubles results |
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Wimbledon | 2R (2024) |
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Last updated on: 20 August 2024. |
Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 12 in doubles, which he first achieved on 19 August 2024. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 462 in September 2022. Patten has won three career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including one major title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside partner Harri Heliövaara.
He has also won 13 ATP Challenger doubles titles, 11 with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for the most Challenger doubles titles accrued in a single season.[1][2]
Personal life
Patten was born on 6 May 1996 in Manningtree, Essex, England. He attended Ipswich School and Culford School, before he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where he played collegiate tennis.[3] He continued his postgraduate studies at Durham University (2019–2020).[4][5] During two of his university summer breaks, he worked for IBM as a courtside statistician at Wimbledon.[6][7]
Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour.[8]
College
While at UNC Asheville, Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles.[8] In 2018 he was the first player in the history of his program to be selected for the singles draw of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships.[9] At Durham he finished runner-up with Josip Krstanovic to fellow Durham students Julius Tverijonas and Or Ram-Harel in the 2019 BUCS Men's Doubles Championship.[10]
Career
2022: Record Challenger titles in a season
Patten won ten titles in 2022, breaking the record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season with Julian Cash.[1]
2023: First ATP final, top 50, US Open third round
Patten partnering with Julian Cash reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra.
At the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships the pair Patten/Cash reached an ATP semifinal for a second time in the season and as a pair. Next they reached their first career final defeating Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Robert Galloway. They lost to Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell.[11] He reached the top 50 on 22 May 2023.
2024: Maiden ATP title, Wimbledon champion, top 15 debut
In April, Patten won his maiden ATP title at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II partnering with new partner Harri Heliövaara, defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.[12][13] In May, Patten and Heliövaara defeated top seeds Andreas Mies and Neal Skupski in the final of the Turin Challenger.[14] Patten won his second title at the Lyon Open partnering also with Heliövaara. The duo defeated Albano Olivetti and Yuki Bhambri in the final.[15]
Patten and Heliövaara reached the final at Wimbledon, defeating Italian duo Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli, Spanish duo Pedro Martínez and Jaume Munar, and then Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the quarterfinals,[16][17] Neal Skupski and Michael Venus in the semifinals.[18][19] They defeated Australian duo Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell in the final, in a three-setter with three tiebreaks, saving three match points, to win their first Grand Slam title together.[20][21][22][23] As a result he moved 25 positions up to a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 on 15 July 2024 and to the top 15 three weeks later on 5 August 2024.
Key W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
Current through the 2024 Winston-Salem Open.
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
ATP career finals
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
Legend | Grand Slam (1–0) | ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) | ATP 500 Series (0–0) | ATP 250 Series (2–2) | | Finals by surface | Hard (0–0) | Clay (2–2) | Grass (1–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2023 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States | 250 Series | Clay | Julian Cash | Max Purcell
Jordan Thompson | 6–4, 4–6, [5–10] |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2024 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Alexander Erler
Lucas Miedler | 3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2024 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul | 3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 2–2 | May 2024 | ATP Lyon Open, France | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Yuki Bhambri
Albano Olivetti | 3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8] |
Win | 3–2 | Jul 2024 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Harri Heliövaara | Max Purcell
Jordan Thompson | 6–7(7–9), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(11–9) |
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
Legend | ATP Challenger (0–0) | ITF World Tennis Tour (1–3) | | Finals by surface | Hard (1–2) | Clay (0–0) | Grass (0–1) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Charles Broom | 7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Alfredo Perez | 7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Brandon Holt | 6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2022 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Toby Samuel | 4-6, 7-6(10-8), 4-6 |
Doubles: 29 (21 titles, 8 runner-ups)
Legend | ATP Challenger (13–5) | ITF World Tennis Tour (8–3) | | Finals by surface | Hard (14–7) | Clay (4–0) | Grass (3–1) | Carpet (0–0) | |
Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2021 | M15 Indore, India | World Tour | Hard | Jonathan Binding | Luca Castelnuovo Eric Vanshelboim | 6–2, 5–7, [9–11] |
Win | 1–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom | Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith | 7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom | George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek | 4–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2–2 | Dec 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom | Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt | 5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tour | Hard | Rinky Hijikata | Hsu Yu-hsiou
Wu Tung-lin | 2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3] |
Win | 4–2 | Mar 2022 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | World Tour | Hard | Mark Whitehouse | Colin Markes
Keegan Smith | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2022 | M25 Calabasas, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom | Nam Ji-sung
Song Min-kyu | 3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 5–3 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash | Anirudh Chandrasekar
Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 6–3 | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash | Charles Broom
Jan Choinski | 7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
Win | 7–3 | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash | Omar Jasika Edan Leshem | 6–3, 5–7, [10–2] |
Win | 8–3 | Jun 2022 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash | Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | 4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
Loss | 8–4 | Jun 2022 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash | Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski | 6–3, 2–6, [14–16] |
Win | 9–4 | Jun 2022 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash | Ramkumar Ramanathan John-Patrick Smith | 7–5, 6–4 |
Win | 10–4 | Jul 2022 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tour | Grass | Julian Cash | Luca Castelnuovo Skander Mansouri | walkover |
Win | 11–4 | Aug 2022 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash | Jonathan Eysseric
Artem Sitak | 6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 12–4 | Sep 2022 | Columbus, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Charles Broom
Constantin Frantzen | 6–2, 7–5 |
Win | 13–4 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash | Anirudh Chandrasekar Vijay Sundar Prashanth | 6–3, 6–1 |
Win | 14–4 | Oct 2022 | Las Vegas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash | Constantin Frantzen
Reese Stalder | 6–4, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 15–4 | Oct 2022 | Charlottesville, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Alex Lawson
Artem Sitak | 6–2, 6–4 |
Win | 16–4 | Nov 2022 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Arthur Fery
Giles Hussey | 6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 17–4 | Nov 2022 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash | Francesco Forti
Marcello Serafini | 6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–4] |
Win | 18–4 | Dec 2022 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay (i) | Julian Cash | Nuno Borges
Francisco Cabral | 6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
Win | 19–4 | Apr 2023 | Sarasota, United States | Challenger | Clay | Julian Cash | Guido Andreozzi
Guillermo Durán | 7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
Loss | 19–5 | Aug 2023 | Stanford, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash | Diego Hidalgo
Cristian Rodríguez | 7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8-10] |
Loss | 19–6 | Oct 2023 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | John-Patrick Smith | Constantin Frantzen
Hendrik Jebens | 6–7(5–7), 6–7(12–14) |
Loss | 19–7 | Nov 2023 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Francisco Cabral | Evan King
Brandon Nakashima | 4–6, 6–7(1–7) |
Loss | 19–8 | Mar 2024 | Phoenix, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rinky Hijikata | Sadio Doumbia
Fabien Reboul | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 20–8 | Apr 2024 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Guido Andreozzi
Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela | 7–5, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 21–8 | May 2024 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Andreas Mies
Neal Skupski | 6–3, 6–3 |
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