Harri Heliövaara
Finnish tennis player (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Finnish tennis player (born 1989) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Harri Heliövaara (born 4 June 1989) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 7 in doubles, which he first achieved on 12 June 2023. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 194 in December 2011. Heliövaara has won seven career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and is a two-time major champion in both men's doubles (at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with Henry Patten) and mixed doubles (at the 2023 US Open with Anna Danilina).
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Residence | Helsinki, Finland |
Born | Helsinki, Finland | 4 June 1989
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $1,858,303 |
Singles | |
Career record | 9–14 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 194 (19 December 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | Q1 (2012) |
French Open | Q1 (2012) |
Wimbledon | Q2 (2012) |
US Open | Q1 (2012) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 134–78 |
Career titles | 7 |
Highest ranking | No. 7 (12 June 2023) |
Current ranking | No. 11 (19 August 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | 2R (2022, 2023, 2024) |
French Open | QF (2022) |
Wimbledon | W (2024) |
US Open | QF (2022) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | SF (2022) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 1 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2024) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2024) |
US Open | W (2023) |
Last updated on: 20 August 2024. |
He has also won 20 ITF Futures in doubles and eight ITF Futures tournaments in singles. He won the 2007 Australian Open boys' doubles title with Graeme Dyce. Heliövaara announced his professional retirement from tennis in 2013 but made a comeback in 2017.
Heliövaara is a member of the ATP Player Advisory Council.[1]
Heliövaara worked outside tennis during his absence from the tour between 2014 and 2017. He interned in McKinsey & Company and also had an office job at Helsinki Airport. He met his wife, Sini, at the airport, where she worked full-time. The couple have two children together, a daughter and a son.[2]
Partnering Lloyd Glasspool, Heliövaara won his first ATP Tour title at the 2021 Open 13 against Sander Arends and David Pel of the Netherlands in March, and his second at the 2021 Kremlin Cup with Dutch Matwé Middelkoop in October.
Heliövaara reached two more ATP 250 finals with Glasspool at the 2022 Open Sud de France in Lyon and the 2022 Dallas Open and entered the top 50 in doubles on 28 February 2022. In May 2022, on their debut at the 2022 Italian Open (tennis), the pair reached their first quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 as alternates, defeating top seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram en route in the first round,[3] marking their first win and a debut for Heliövaara at this level.[4]
At the 2022 French Open he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career with Glasspool. As a result, he moved into the top 40 at World No. 39 on 6 June 2022. The pair continued with their successful season reaching their first final on grass at the 2022 Queen's Club Championships. Next they advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive year.[5]
They won the biggest title at the ATP 500 2022 Hamburg European Open defeating Matwé Middelkoop and Rohan Bopanna.[6] As a result, Heliövaara reached the top 25 on 25 July 2022. At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag, they reached the semifinals defeating wildcard pair Mili Poljičak and Nino Serdarušić.[7] Next they defeated second seeds Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández to reach their fifth final this season.[8]
At the 2022 National Bank Open the pair reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 for the second time in the season where they lost to third seeds Koolhof/Skupski.[9]
Seeded 11th at the US Open they reached their second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam and first at this Major defeating 8th seeded pair of Kyrgios/Kokkinakis in three sets.[10] The pair reached their sixth final of the season at the 2022 Moselle Open.[11] As a result, Heliövaara reached the top 15 in the doubles rankings at World No. 14 on 26 September 2022.
On 4 November the pair qualified for their first 2022 ATP Finals after reaching their first Masters 1000 semifinal at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters and Heliövaara moved to No. 12 in the rankings.[12] They qualified for the ATP finals semifinals defeating Arévalo/Rojer and Granollers/Zeballos both matches in straight sets.[13]
He won his fourth title with his partner Glasspool in Adelaide and reached the top 10 at No. 9 on 9 January 2023.[14] He also reached his eleventh final in Dubai with Glasspool.[15]
At the sign-in line of the US Open, Heliövarra met Anna Danilina, asked if she wanted a partner for the mixed doubles tournament, and she accepted.[16] The recently formed pair wound up winning the entire event at Flushing Meadows.[17]
In April, Heliövaara won his fifth title with his new partner Henry Patten at the Grand Prix Hassan II defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.[18] Heliövaara and Patten also won the Madrid Challenger, defeating Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in the final.[19]
In May, Heliövaara and Patten defeated top seeds Andreas Mies and Neal Skupski in the final of the Turin Challenger.[20] Heliövaara reached the final at the Lyon Open partnering also with Patten.[21] The duo won their second ATP Tour title as a team, and sixth for Heliövaara defeating Albano Olivetti and Yuki Bhambri in the final.[22]
Heliövaara and Patten 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,[23][24] Neal Skupski and Michael Venus in the semifinals.[25][26] 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.[27][28][29][30] As a result, he moved 25 positions up back to the top 15 on 15 July 2024.
W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | P# | DNQ | A | Z# | PO | G | S | B | NMS | NTI | P | NH |
Current through the 2024 French Open.
Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L |
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Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||
Australian Open | A | 2R | 2R | 2R | 0 / 3 | 3–3 |
French Open | A | QF | 3R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 5–2 |
Wimbledon | 3R | 3R | A | W | 1 / 3 | 11–2 |
US Open | 1R | QF | 2R | 0 / 3 | 4–3 | |
Win–loss | 2–1 | 9–4 | 4–3 | 1–1 | 0 / 10 | 16–9 |
Year-end championship | ||||||
ATP Finals | DNQ | SF | DNQ | 0 / 1 | 2–2 | |
National representation | ||||||
Davis Cup | WG1 | QR | QR | 0 / 0 | 10–5 | |
ATP Tour Masters 1000 | ||||||
Indian Wells Masters | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
Miami Open | A | A | QF | 1R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
Monte-Carlo Masters | A | A | QF | A | 0 / 1 | 2–1 |
Madrid Open | A | A | 2R | A | 0 / 1 | 1–1 |
Italian Open | A | QF | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 3–2 |
Canadian Open | A | QF | 1R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
Cincinnati Masters | A | 2R | 1R | 0 / 2 | 1–2 | |
Shanghai Masters | NH | 1R | 0 / 1 | 0–1 | ||
Paris Masters | A | SF | SF | 0 / 2 | 5–2 | |
Win–loss | 0–0 | 7–4 | 11–9 | 0–1 | 0 / 14 | 18–14 |
Career statistics | ||||||
Tournaments | 13 | 27 | 23 | 8 | 72 | |
Titles | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
Finals | 2 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 11 | |
Win–loss | 15–10 | 49–27 | 36–23 | 6–8 | 112–74 | |
Year-end ranking | 64 | 11 | 29 | 62% |
Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(7–9), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(11–9) |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 2023 | US Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Win | 1–0 | Mar 2021 | Open 13, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 2–0 | Oct 2021 | Kremlin Cup, Russia |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–5, 4–6, [11–9] |
Loss | 2–1 | Feb 2022 | Open Sud de France, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(3–7), [10–12] |
Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2022 | Dallas Open, United States |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 2–3 | Jun 2022 | Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom |
500 Series | Grass | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–7(3–7), [6–10] |
Win | 3–3 | Jul 2022 | Hamburg European Open, Germany |
500 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–4 |
Loss | 3–4 | Jul 2022 | Croatia Open, Croatia |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–7(6–8), [7–10] |
Loss | 3–5 | Sep 2022 | Moselle Open, France |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Loss | 3–6 | Oct 2022 | Stockholm Open, Sweden |
250 Series | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 3–6 |
Win | 4–6 | Jan 2023 | Adelaide International 1, Australia |
250 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 4–7 | Feb 2023 | Dubai Tennis Championships, United Arab Emirates |
500 Series | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 4–6 |
Win | 5–7 | Apr 2024 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
Loss | 5–8 | Apr 2024 | Romanian Open, Romania |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 5–7 |
Win | 6–8 | May 2024 | ATP Lyon Open, France |
250 Series | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8] |
Win | 7–8 | Jul 2024 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom |
Grand Slam | Grass | ![]() |
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6–7(7–9), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(11–9) |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2009 | Netherlands F5, Almere | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
2–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Loss | 0–2 | Oct 2009 | Thailand F5, Nakhon Ratchasima | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–2, 6–7(5–7), 4–6 |
Win | 1–2 | Apr 2010 | Korea F1, Seogwipo | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 2–2 | Jun 2010 | China F5, Wuhan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 2–3 | Sep 2010 | China F7, Hangzhou | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
2–6, 6–4, 3–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Jan 2011 | Great Britain F2, Sheffield | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 5–7, 6–4 |
Win | 4–3 | May 2011 | Uzbekistan F1, Andijan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 5–3 | Oct 2011 | Indonesia F4, Jakarta | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 1–0 ret. |
Win | 6–3 | Oct 2017 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 6–4 | Jan 2018 | Hong Kong F6 | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–3, 2–6, 6–7(5–7) |
Win | 7–4 | Feb 2018 | Great Britain F2, Loughborough | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
7–6(7–2), 6–4 |
Win | 8–4 | Mar 2018 | Israel F2, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
6–1, 6–3 |
Loss | 8–5 | May 2018 | China F5, Wuhan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
5–7, 4–6 |
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Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2007 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 5–7, [11–13] |
Win | 1–1 | Apr 2008 | Great Britain F6, Exmouth | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Loss | 1–2 | Jun 2008 | Italy F18, Trieste | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [1–10] |
Win | 2–2 | Jul 2008 | Estonia F1, Kuressaare | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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walkover |
Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2008 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 3–3 | Jul 2009 | Estonia F2, Kuressaare | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Win | 4–3 | Oct 2009 | Thailand F5, Nakhon Ratchasima | Futures | Gard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 5–3 | Apr 2010 | Korea F2, Daegu | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–2 |
Win | 6–3 | Jun 2010 | Norway F1, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 6–4, [10–5] |
Win | 7–3 | Jul 2010 | Norway F2, Gausdal | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 1–6, [10–7] |
Loss | 7–4 | Jul 2010 | Estonia F1, Kuressaare | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 6–7(6–8) |
Win | 8–4 | Jul 2010 | Estonia F2, Tallinn | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Win | 9–4 | Aug 2010 | Finland F1, Vierumäki | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Loss | 9–5 | Oct 2010 | China F8, Shanghai | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(3–7), 6–7(6–8) |
Loss | 9–6 | Oct 2010 | Japan F9, Kashiwa | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 1–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 9–7 | Oct 2010 | Japan F10, Tama | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 9–8 | Jan 2011 | Great Britain F1, Glasgow | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–3), 1–6, [2–10] |
Loss | 9–9 | Mar 2011 | Pingguo, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 10–9 | May 2011 | Uzbekistan F1, Andijan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 7–5 |
Win | 11–9 | Jun 2011 | Spain F20, Martos | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 12–9 | Jun 2011 | Spain F21, Melilla | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 7–6(7–2) |
Loss | 12–10 | Aug 2011 | Beijing, China | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–4), 3–6, [3–10] |
Loss | 12–11 | Aug 2011 | Astana, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(2–7), 6–2, [8–10] |
Win | 13–11 | Sep 2011 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–3) |
Loss | 13–12 | Oct 2011 | Indonesia F5, Palembang | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 13–13 | Jun 2012 | Romania F3, Bacău | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 13–14 | Jul 2012 | Braunschweig, Germany | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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5–7, 7–6(7–1), [8–10] |
Loss | 13–15 | Jul 2015 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–7(4–7) |
Win | 14–15 | Sep 2017 | Tunisia F27, Hammamet | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–4 |
Win | 15–15 | Oct 2017 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet | ![]() |
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6–1, 7–6(7–3) |
Win | 16–15 | Nov 2017 | Estonia F3, Tallinn | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 17–15 | Feb 2018 | Great Britain F2, Loughborough | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 17–16 | Feb 2018 | Great Britain F3, Shrewsbury | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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2–6, 5–7 |
Win | 18–16 | Mar 2018 | Israel F2, Ramat HaSharon | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–2 |
Loss | 18–17 | Mar 2018 | Israel F3, Tel Aviv | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 19–17 | May 2018 | China F5, Wuhan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–1, 6–7(5–7), [10–4] |
Win | 20–17 | May 2018 | China F6, Luan | Futures | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–3 |
Win | 21–17 | Jul 2018 | Båstad, Sweden | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Win | 22–17 | Sep 2018 | Switzerland F5, Schlieren | Futures | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–1 |
Loss | 22–18 | Oct 2018 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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0–6, 6–7(9–11) |
Win | 23–18 | Nov 2018 | Charlottesville, United States | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 24–18 | Jul 2019 | Amersfoort, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 25–18 | Oct 2019 | Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–4 |
Win | 26–18 | Nov 2019 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7] |
Win | 27–18 | Feb 2020 | Burnie, Australia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) |
Win | 28–18 | Oct 2020 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–3 |
Loss | 28–19 | Oct 2020 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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1–6, 6–4, [8–10] |
Loss | 28–20 | Oct 2020 | Lisbon, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–7(5–7), 6–4, [4–10] |
Win | 29–20 | Nov 2020 | Bratislava, Slovakia | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 29–21 | Dec 2020 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 29–22 | Jan 2021 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–4, 3–6, [8–10] |
Loss | 29–23 | Feb 2021 | Biella, Italy | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–7(4–7), 3–6 |
Win | 30–23 | Feb 2021 | Gran Canaria, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 6–1 |
Win | 31–23 | Oct 2021 | Barcelona, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–3 |
Loss | 31–24 | Nov 2021 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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4–6, 4–6 |
Win | 32–24 | Nov 2021 | Roanne, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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7–6(7–5), 6–7(5–7), [12–10] |
Loss | 32–25 | Nov 2021 | Helsinki, Finland | Challenger | Hard (i) | ![]() |
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3–6, 6–7(2–7) |
Win | 33–25 | Nov 2021 | Bari, Italy | Challenger | Hard | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–0 |
Win | 34–25 | May 2023 | Bordeaux, France | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–4, 6–2 |
Win | 35–25 | Apr 2024 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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7–5, 7–6(7–1) |
Win | 36–25 | May 2024 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | ![]() |
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6–3, 6–3 |
Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Winner | 2007 | Australian Open | Hard | ![]() |
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6–2, 6–7(4–7), 6–3 |