However, the pair lost their first match against the Argentine couple del Potro/Gonzlez. "It definitely was one of my great shots on match points. They progressed to their first Grand Slam final, where they won in straight sets against the Bryan brothers. Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. 1. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No. a[href*="540/draws?matchType=qualifier"]{ Kontinen and Peers have also won three titles at Masters 1000 level. Second-seeded Peers and Kontinen edged out unseeded . 40 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings 12 months ago. .is-mobile .scores-daily-schedule-content td.day-table-seed, .scores-results-content td.day-table-seed { As 10th seeds the couple finally defeated Bopanna/Mergea by winning 86 the 5th set of the third round match. In teaming up with John, he has helped me a lot with his greater doubles experience. float: left; .summary-tbody td[data-type*='Rating'] { 1 for the first time on 9 June 2003. [4] They lost in the opening round of the Mutua Madrid Open, but managed to bounce back and reach the semi-finals of the Dsseldorf Open. They were defeated by Cabal/Farah, despite a promising victory over the top seeds Rojer/Tecu in the second round. In Rome they had to leave the tournament after another first round defeat. While representing the Blue Raiders John earned all-conference honours from the Sun Belt in 2009 and 2010 in singles and doubles. The pair's good form continued in Rotterdam, where after losing in the qualifying rounds they were handed a first-round match as lucky losers following a withdrawal. 1 for the first time on 3 April 2017, spending 26 weeks at the top of the rankings. At the Indian Wells Open, he won his fourth Masters 1000 and 25th title overall partnering with new partner Slovak Filip Polek, with whom he also reached the final of the San Diego Open earlier in the year. position: relative; In Cincinnati Peers tried to conquer the tournament with Kontinen, but they lost in the first round to Pouille/Tsonga. They lost only one point on first serve throughout the 70-minute contest. It wasnt until June 2013 that the likeable Finn felt ready to compete. Henri Kontinen (32) is a tennis player from Finland who has a career-high doubles ranking of No. Today, it has helped him become the youngest player to reach No. They made the quarterfinals before withdrawing from the tournament. The American twins Bob and Mike Bryan, 38, lost the men's doubles final Saturday evening to Henri Kontinen, 26, and John Peers, 28, with the Finnish-Australian team prevailing, 7-5, 7-5. Kontinen won the 2008 French Open boys' doubles title with Christopher Rungkat. Just as hard-graft helped Jarkko Nieminen become world-class for a place in Finlands sporting history, alongside the likes of Janne Ahonen, Mika Hkkinen, Sami Hyypi and Teemu Selnne, Kontinens determination to succeed has also helped his talent blossom. float: left; Henri Kontinen is the newest doubles No. a[href*="540/draws?matchType=qualifier"]{ At the Australian Open they were the 15th seeds (the first time they were a seeded pair in a Grand Slam tournament). .atp-nav-list>.atp-nav-item>a { He has represented Australia in the Davis Cup since 2016, and also competed at the Olympic Games in 2016 and 2020, winning the bronze medal in mixed doubles at the latter alongside Ashleigh Barty. [7] On August Kontinen won the Winstom-Salem Open playing with Guillermo Garca-Lpez. When it became official, the 26-year-old Kontinen was fast asleep in Tampere, a city in southern Finland, in preparation to joining his friend at an ice hockey match on Friday. Kontinen, 29, and 32-year-old Skugor are set to debut as a team in Doha. Peers and Kontinen then faced Colombian pair Cabal and Farah and won in three gruelling tiebreakers to progress to the quarterfinals. Kontinen is now expected to play with Struff at the Australian Open. } Their luck did not change by the time of US Open. In doubles, Peers partnered Max Purcell and lost in the first round. I am hoping this is just the start of what we can accomplish.. (W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (WL) winloss record. See here for a complete list of exchanges and delays. 5 in the National doubles ITA rankings 1 in doubles after capturing Wimbledon title", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henri_Kontinen&oldid=1119221384, Grand Slam (tennis) champions in men's doubles, Grand Slam (tennis) champions in mixed doubles, Grand Slam (tennis) champions in boys' doubles, ATP number 1 ranked doubles tennis players, ITF template using Wikidata property P8618, Articles containing potentially dated statements from March 2023, All articles containing potentially dated statements, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 31 October 2022, at 09:52. In August the pairing reached the final of the Winston-Salem Open as the third seeds but lost to the pairing of Cabal/Farah. 1 ranking to Melo. [1] He reached the final of the 2008 Wimbledon boys' singles which he lost to Grigor Dimitrov having beaten Bernard Tomic in the semifinal. This prepared the players for the grass courts of Wimbledon, where they were to achieve their best Grand Slam tournament result so far. [13] In the mixed doubles, Kontinen and Watson reached the final for the second successive year, but lost to Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis. Kontinen and Roger-Vasselin, who partnered Ivan Dodig to the 2019 Montpellier doubles title, now challenge Roman Jebavy and Jiri Vesely. The number 2 seeded pair reached the final beating the number 4 couple Inglot/Lindstedt, and went on to win the title by defeating Peers' compatriots Duckworth/Guccione. 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. It was Kontinen's 10th doubles title in his career. Rankings dont lie and hes now one of the youngest No. Despite a close first set, the pair lost to established doubles pairing of Rohan Bopanna and douard Roger-Vasselin in straight sets. Copyright 1994 - 2020 ATP Tour, Inc. All Rights Reserved. ", "Kontiselta hurja harppaus maailmanlistalla nyt jo 10 parhaan joukossa! .tourney-details.action-buttons a[href*="watch-live"] { Peers ended the year at No. After squandering three match points in losing in the first round of the singles and being fined $12,000 for damaging the court with her racket Watson has looked a player transformed. [2] Peers has won 26 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including the 2016 and 2017 ATP Finals as well as four at Masters 1000 level. There they faced the Australian duo of Sam Groth and Chris Guccione and won. They easily won their first- and second-round matches against Gonzlez/Marrero and Baghdatis/Mller. Peers and Murray defeated multiple Grand Slam champion and former world No. .atp-nav-list>.atp-nav-item { The pair went on to reach the final, before losing in a rematch against Rojer/Tecu. A couple of months later, Peers and Murray won their first title together, defeating 13-time Grand Slam champions and world No. Im not really thinking about that, she said. Watsons run may yet have a double dividend as she prepares for next months Olympics in Rio. After winning the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship, Kontinen was ranked as world number one in doubles. 1 Emirates ATP Doubles Team Ranking, butHenri KontinenandJohn Peersarent leaving. Injuries are a part of the deal when you play sport. A couple of weeks ago, Kontinen and his long-time partner John Peers announced the end. Roger Federer is back on the court: in New York he plays with some students! Current through the 2023 Monte Carlo Masters. 2016: First World Tour Finals & Masters titles, 2017: Australian Open title, world No. At Wimbledon they were seeded 14th and made the third round before losing in five sets to Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. In mixed doubles, Peers partnered Ashleigh Barty, and they won bronze. The pair played their first Grand Slam tournament together at the French Open, however despite taking out the 15th seeded team of Knowle and Polek in the first round, they ultimately fell in their next match against the Colombian duo of Juan Sebastin Cabal and Robert Farah Maksoud. Men's Doubles - Partner: Edouard . ", "Kontiselle uran 10:s ATP-voitto: "Pari lytyi tunti ennen deadlinea", "Kontiselle jlleen turnausvoitto - suomalainen nelinpelilegendan painajaisena", "Tennishistoriaa! } width: 32px; This however allowed them to compete at the Aegon Trophy, a Challenger event which they ultimately won. In September, Murray/Peers also reached the final of the Malaysian Open as the second seeds but lost to fourth seeds Matkowski/Paes. Tennis Channel Plus is THE best destination for all WTA action from Charleston. Search instead in Creative? Australian doubles specialist John Peers admits that winning it all at the Rogers Cup in Toronto means a lot to him and partner Henri Kontinen. 9 on the Doubles Rankings, boosted by his success later in the year. They next played at the Sony Open Tennis but lost in straight sets to sixth seeds Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonji. 220, Kontinen became a successful doubles player. [9] Kontinen and Peers had a successful end for the year as they won their first Masters title at Paris Masters[10] and the season ending ATP World Tour Finals title. Featuring news, bio, rankings, playing activity, coach, stats, win-loss, points breakdown, videos, and more. margin-left: 15px; Henri Kontinen, AKA H. Kontinen, is the 21 double tiles winner on the ATP Tour in his life. .is-mobile .scores-daily-schedule-content td.day-table-seed, .scores-results-content td.day-table-seed { .is-desktop .atp-logo{ Finland's Henri Kontinen and German Jan-Lennard Struff will team up next year to play "in selected big tournaments," per Lukas Zahrer. Peers and Murray then went on to have a fairly successful grass court season, reaching the quarterfinals of the Aegon Championships, and the semifinals of the Aegon Championships. Peers began the new year with his regular doubles partner Kontinen at Brisbane as the second seeds, however lost in the first round to Nishikori/Thiem in three sets. It proved to be a high point for the big fish of the junior world. The pair made it to the quarterfinals before losing to Julien Benneteau and douard Roger-Vasselin. 1 pair Bob and Mike Bryan in the final of the U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships after coming back from a set down.[3]. Peers represented Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in two events. Kontinen, 29, recently split with his long-time partner John . It was reported that Kontinen's new partner for the 2020 season would be German Jan-Lennard Struff. width: auto; Henri Kontinen (Finnish pronunciation:[henri kontinen]; born 19 June 1990) is an inactive Finnish professional tennis player who is a former world No. On Friday they broke early in both sets and closed out in style. display:none; font-size:15px; Kontinen and Peers lost their opening round-robin match but went on to become the first pair to win back-to-back titles at the season-ender since Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan in 2003-2004. He's a very nice, easy-going guy that everyone gets along with and very respectful. Showing Editorial results for henri_kontinen. Congrats to him, and a tip of the cap!! 1 in bold, as of week of 6March2023, (year first held/year last held number of weeks (w)), 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship, "French Open glory for Indonesian junior player", "Huey/Kontinen Triumph In St. Petersburg", "Huey/Kontinen On A Roll in Kuala Lumpur", "Kontinen Peers Doubles Munich 2016 Final", "Wimbledon 2016: Heather Watson left delirious as 'joke' with partner Henri Kontinen leaves her a champion", "Kontista ei pysyt mikn - komea turnausvoitto Hampurissa! [6] On July Kontinen and Peers won the German Open Tennis Championships. Their bronze was Australia's first ever medal in an Olympic mixed doubles competition.[6]. 456 in June 2012. 1 doubles playerthe first Finnish player, male or female, to do so. He's a complete player, owns all the weapons in the game and managed to dominate at the end of 2016 and the start of 2017 together with his partner, and the guy who deserves to get recognition for the No. } Current through the 2021 Australian Open. Paired with Roberto Maytn they finished the season ranked No. In Halle Kontinen/Peers lost at the semifinals to Kubot/Peya. Together with Zheng Jie he reached semifinals of mixed doubles at the 2015 French Open. LONDON (Reuters) - Finlands Henri Kontinen and Australian partner John Peers won the doubles title at the ATP Finals for the second year running when they beat world number one duo Lukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo 6-4 6-2 on Sunday. 1 in the Emirates ATP Doubles Rankings, ending the 38-week stint of France's Nicolas Mahut at the summit of the professional game. *US OPEN - New York, USA August 24, 2021 to September 12, 2021 . He also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' doubles with Rungkat. They followed up the defeat by making the final of the Aegon Championships defeating the Bryan brothers in the second round but were beaten by second seeds Alexander Peya and Bruno Soares. At Wimbledon in 2017, Kontinen and Peers lost in the semi-final to ukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, the eventual champions; Kontinen also lost his no. In doubles, you win and lose as a team so you set shared goals, Kontinen told ATPWorldTour.com. .atp-nav-list>.atp-nav-item { "I think its going to be a good positive thing because we already know each other so well and weve already spent a lot of time practising with each other, it actually becomes a lot easier when youve already done all that work before you have done the work as a team," Peers said of his partnership with Venus. His good results continued in 2016 as he won the title at the Brisbane International in January with John Peers. "Rafael Nadal could retire at Roland Garros," said former ATP ace. They easily won their first- and second-round matches against Gonzlez / Marrero and Baghdatis / Mller. Peers also received the Sun Belt Conference MVP in 2009. Peers next played at the 2014 Open 13 with Jesse Huta Galung, but the pair lost in the first round. However, the pair's destiny was to get defeated in the next round by the top seeds Herbert/Mahut. In May, the pair reached back-to-back quarterfinals at ATP 1000 Masters in Madrid and Rome. Watson and Kontinen meet Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Groenefeld in. (modern). It has been a strange fortnight for Heather Watson. Robert Lindstedt: He is one of the really nice guys on Tour and I am really happy for him. [4] On AprilMay they won the BMW Open together. } He is also a Grand Slam champion in mixed doubles, winning the 2022 US Open alongside fellow Australian Storm Sanders. After an initial victory over Delbonis/Pella, they were beaten in the second round by unseeded Lindstedt/Qureshi. In 2014 Kontinen won his first ATP title at the Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbhel with Jarkko Nieminen, he also played two more finals partnering Marin Draganja. But its pretty cool to know Ive got to No. Kontinen and Peers looked dangerous from the start and once they managed the first break at 2-2 they took control. This time they came out victorious in three sets to win their fourth title together and their first Masters title overall. Peers also earned ITA Texas Region Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award. The pair stuck together even though they had a series of first round defeats, until reaching quarterfinals at the Monte-Carlo Masters. The 24-year-old was bitterly disappointed four years ago when Andy Murray chose Laura Robson over her as his mixed partner, the pair going on to win the silver medal. The pair finished the year at the Swiss Indoors Open where they lost in the first round again to Matkowsi and Paes. Top seeds dropped one set en route to the trophy Henri Kontinen and Edouard Roger-Vasselin lifted their second tour-level title as a team on Sunday, following a 6-2, 7-5 victory against Jonathan Erlich and Andrei Vasilevski in. background: none; This time the outcome was reversed allowing Peers to celebrate his second ATP tournament title of the year with his Finnish companion. In order to play you must be a registered user. Peers participated the Rio Olympics teaming with Chris Guccione. Peers played varsity tennis for the Middle Tennessee State University Blue Raiders before transferring school to play for Baylor University Bears. background: none; 1s in ATP history. [1] } One week later at the BNP Paribas Masters event in Paris the duo made it all the way to the final without dropping a set where they again met Herbert and Mahut. In the quarterfinals the two had a new chance to beat Bopanna/Mergea, this time together, but they lost the match tie-break. It was the fifth title of the year for Kontinen and Peers, including their first grand slam triumph together at the Australian Open. }. "I had a great few years with Henri, Peers told Emageo Group. At the US Open, the pair had their most successful run at a Grand Slam tournament, making it all the way to the quarterfinals, defeating ninth seeds David Marrero and Fernando Verdasco on the way. Just as hard-graft helped Jarkko Nieminen become world-class for a place in Finland's sporting history . To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended. .breakpoint-768 .sub-header-links{display:none;} Henri Kontinen nelinpelititteliin Pariisissa", "Mestaruus Lontoossa - Kontisen ja Peersin uskomaton loppukausi kesti loppuun asti! Subsequently, Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and in 2013 he decided to concentrate on doubles. 1 since the Bryans (aged 25) on 8 September 2003. Heather Watson and partner Henri Kontinen win Wimbledon mixed doubles Watson and her Finnish partner defeated Colombia's Robert Farah and Anna-Lena Groenefeld of Germany 7-6 (5), 6-4 to win a . 1. Mirra Andreeva, the new women's tennis prodigy, Naomi Osaka credits Giannis Antetokounmpo for giving her 'life-changing' perspective, Dayana Yastremaska changed her hairstyle! 1. Their early loss did not dishearten them however, and the pair went on to win their second title of the year a few weeks later, at the Crdit Agricole Suisse Open Gstaad. Peers began the new year with his regular doubles partner Kontinen at Brisbane as the second seeds, however lost in the first round to Nishikori / Thiem in three sets. I think thats why Im playing so well. 1 and the first Finnish player to do so as well, Peers told ATPWorldTour.com. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. ATPWorldTour.com pays tribute to the new doubles No. Though Watson is the British No2 behind Johanna Konta, her efforts here may influence Murrays thinking, although Jamie Murray, the mens doubles world No1, may also have a say.
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