Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is an inactive Finnish professional

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who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 220, Kontinen became a successful doubles player. He is a two-time

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champion, having won the

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with

John Peers John William Peers (born 25 July 1988) is an Australian professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He won his first Grand Slam title at the 2017 Australian Open, where he and Henri Kontinen won the men's doubles event. Peers also ...

in men's doubles, and the

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in mixed doubles alongside

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. Kontinen and Peers also won the

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and

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ATP Finals, and reached the final at the

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. He has won 21 doubles titles on the

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, and became world No. 1 for the first time on 3 April 2017, spending 26 weeks at the top of the rankings. Kontinen and Peers have also won three titles at

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level. He has represented Finland in the Davis Cup since 2008, often alongside his younger brother, Micke, who is himself a former tennis player.

Junior career

Kontinen won the 2008 French Open boys' doubles title with

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. He reached the final of the 2008 Wimbledon boys' singles which he lost to

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having beaten

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in the semifinal. He also reached the final of the 2008 US Open boys' doubles with Rungkat. Subsequently, Kontinen's singles development was hampered by knee injuries, and in 2013 he decided to concentrate on doubles.

Senior career

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Kontinen won his first ATP title at the Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel with

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, he also played two more finals partnering

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was a breakthrough year for him as he won five titles including title at the

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, his first

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title. Together with

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he reached semifinals of mixed doubles at the

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. His good results continued in

as he won the title at the

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in January with

. On April–May they won the

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together. At the

he reached quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament together with Peers and the final of the

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with

, which they won in straight sets. On July Kontinen and Peers won the

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. On August Kontinen won the Winstom-Salem Open playing with

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. It was Kontinen's 10th doubles title in his career. He took the victory of

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with

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. Kontinen and Peers had a successful end for the year as they won their first Masters title at

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and the season ending

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title. Kontinen reached the top 10 in rankings as the first Finnish tennis player ever to do so. Kontinen and Peers won the 2017 Australian Open men's doubles championship in January 2017, and on 3 April 2017 Kontinen became world no. 1 doubles player—the first Finnish player, male or female, to do so. At Wimbledon in 2017, Kontinen and Peers lost in the semi-final to

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and

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, the eventual champions; Kontinen also lost his no. 1 ranking to Melo. In the

, Kontinen and Watson reached the final for the second successive year, but lost to

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and

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Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Year-end championships

Doubles: 2 (2 titles)

Masters 1000 finals

Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)

ATP career finals

Doubles: 30 (24 titles, 6 runner-up)

Challengers and Futures finals

Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up)

Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups)

Junior Grand Slam finals

Singles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

Performance timelines

Doubles

''Current after the

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.''

Mixed doubles

''Current through the

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.''

References

External links

Official website
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kontinen, Henri Finnish male tennis players French Open junior champions Sportspeople from Espoo Sportspeople from Helsinki 1990 births Living people Australian Open (tennis) champions Wimbledon champions 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