Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British professional tennis player who specialises in doubles. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 12 in doubles, achieved on 19 August 2024. Patten has won four career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including one Grand Slam tournament title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside partner Harri Heliövaara. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 462 in September 2022.
He has also won 13 ATP Challenger doubles titles, 11 with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for the most Challenger doubles titles accrued in a single season.[2][3]
Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour.[9][10]
College
While at UNC Asheville, Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles.[9] In 2018 he was the first player in the history of his program to be selected for the singles draw of the NCAA Men's Tennis Championships.[11] At Durham he finished runner-up with Josip Krstanovic to fellow Durham students Julius Tverijonas and Or Ram-Harel in the 2019 BUCS Men's Doubles Championship.[12]
Career
2022: Record Challenger titles in a season
Patten won ten titles in 2022, breaking the record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season with Julian Cash.[2]
Patten made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup team against Canada in Manchester, England, on 15 September, teaming with Neal Skupski to defeat Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau in a dead rubber after the tie was already lost following wins for the Canadians in both singles matches.[28][29]
Patten and Heliovaara were runners-up at the China Open in October, losing in the final to top seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori.[30] The next week they won the Stockholm Open, defeating Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl in the final.[31][32] They followed this by reaching the semifinals at the Vienna Open, losing in a deciding tiebreak to wildcards and eventual champions Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler after squandering two match points.[33]
Patten reached a career-high ranking of world No.15 on 28 October, becoming the British men's doubles No.1 for the first time.[34] His place alongside Heliovaara at the ATP Finals was also confirmed with the duo having secured a top eight spot in the ATP Doubles Race to qualify.[35][36]
At the ATP Finals, Patten and Heliövaara defeated world No.1 team Marcel
Granollers and Horacio Zeballos in straight sets in their first group match.[37][38] In their second group match, they defeated US Open champions Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell in straight sets.[39][40][41] Patten and Heliövaara then secured first place in their group by winning their third match against Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektic in a deciding champions tiebreak.[42][43] They lost in the semifinals to top seeds Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in two sets, both of which went to tiebreaks.[44][45]
Doubles performance timeline
Key
W
F
SF
QF
#R
RR
Q#
DNQ
A
NH
(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.
To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.
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