Henrik Holm (born 22 August 1968) is a former professional
tennis player from
Sweden
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, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the
1992 Stockholm Masters and achieved a career-high
ATP
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singles ranking of world No. 17 in July 1993.
Career
Holm started playing tennis at the age of five. His father,
Christer, played
Davis Cup
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for Sweden and was ranked No. 2 in his country during the mid 1960s. His mother, Gun, is a tennis coach.
In July 1992 Holm reached his first career Tour singles final in
Washington, losing to
Petr Korda. Later that year he reached the final at the
Tokyo Indoor
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History
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, losing to
Ivan Lendl. In the third round of that tournament he handed Boris Becker his worst career indoor loss (6–1, 6–2).
ATP career finals
Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 9 (6–3)
Doubles: 11 (7–4)
Performance timelines
Singles
Doubles
References
External links
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1968 births
Living people
Swedish male tennis players
People from Täby Municipality
Sportspeople from Stockholm County
20th-century Swedish people
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