Henrique Rocha (born April 6, 2004) is a professional tennis player from Portugal. He has a career high
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singles ranking of world No. 167 achieved on 29 July 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 180 achieved on 6 May 2024.
Early career
From
Maia
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Family
Maia is the daugh ...
, by 2018 he was training at the Centro de Alto Rendimento do Jamor, in
Cruz Quebrada
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. He won Portuguese under-14, and under-16 age-group titles. In July 2020, he became the first tennis player born in 2004 to beat a player ranked in the world top 600 when he defeated
Tiago Cação
Tiago Cação (born 28 February 1998) is a Portuguese tennis player.
Cação has a career high ATP singles ranking of 394 achieved on 17 December 2018. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 469 achieved on 1 October 2018.
Cação ma ...
, number 547 in the world, in
Figueira da Foz
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.
Career
In 2023 he made his ATP main draw debut by winning through qualifying at the
2023 Estoril Open. He defeated higher ranked players
Ryan Peniston
Ryan Peniston (born 10 November 1995) is a British tennis player from Essex. He has a career-high singles ranking of world no. 123, achieved in July 2022, and a doubles ranking of world no. 384 achieved in June 2022.
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Ryan Harold Pe ...
, and
Máté Valkusz
Máté Valkusz (born 13 August 1998) is a Hungarian tennis player.
Valkusz has a career-high ATP singles ranking of No. 204, achieved on 12 June 2023.
Juniors
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to reach the main draw. It was his first ATP tour qualifying event, having never previously even qualified for a Challenger tournament in 12 tries.
He won his maiden Challenger title at the
2024 Murcia Open defeating
Nikoloz Basilashvili. He became the fifth player born in 2004 to accomplish the milestone after Luca Van Assche, Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen and Gonzalo Bueno.
As a result he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings reaching the top 200 at world No. 197 on 1 April 2024. He also received a wildcard for the main draw at the
2024 Estoril Open
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.
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ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 4 (1 title, 3 runner-ups)
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)
Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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2004 births
Living people
Portuguese male tennis players
21st-century Portuguese sportspeople
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