Henri Kontinen (; born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional tennis player 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 Grand Slam champion, having won the 2017 Australian Open with John Peers in men's doubles, and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles alongside Heather Watson. Kontinen and Peers also won the 2016 and 2017 ATP Finals, and reached the final at the 2019 Australian Open.
He has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, 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 Masters 1000 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 Christopher Rungkat. He reached the final of the 2008 Wimbledon boys' singles which he lost to Grigor Dimitrov having beaten Bernard Tomic 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 In 2014 Kontinen won his first ATP title at the Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel with Jarkko Nieminen, he also played two more finals partnering Marin Draganja.
2015 was a breakthrough year for him as he won five titles including title at the Barcelona Open BancSabadell, his first ATP World Tour 500 series title. Together with Zheng Jie he reached semifinals of mixed doubles at the 2015 French Open.
His good results continued in 2016 as he won the title at the Brisbane International in January with John Peers. On April–May they won the BMW Open together. At the 2016 Wimbledon Championships he reached quarterfinals of the men's doubles tournament together with Peers and the final of the mixed doubles with Heather Watson, which they won in straight sets. On July Kontinen and Peers won the German Open Tennis Championships. On August Kontinen won the Winston-Salem Open playing with Guillermo García-López. It was Kontinen's 10th doubles title in his career. He took the victory of St. Petersburg Open with Dominic Inglot. Kontinen and Peers had a successful end for the year as they won their first Masters title at Paris Masters and the season ending ATP World Tour Finals 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 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 semifinal to Łukasz Kubot and Marcelo Melo, the eventual champions; Kontinen also lost his No. 1 ranking to Melo. In the mixed doubles, Kontinen and Watson reached the final for the second successive year, but lost to Jamie Murray and Martina Hingis.
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournaments
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Result YearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2017Australian Open Hard John Peers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–5, 7–5Loss 2019Australian Open Hard John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut 4–6, 6–7(1–7)
Mixed doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) Result YearChampionship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2016Wimbledon Grass Heather Watson Anna-Lena Grönefeld Robert Farah 7–6(7–5), 6–4Loss 2017Wimbledon Grass Heather Watson Martina Hingis Jamie Murray 4–6, 4–6
Year-end championships
Doubles: 2 (2 titles) Result Year Championship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2016ATP World Tour Finals, LondonHard (i) John Peers Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram2–6, 6–1, [10–8]Win2017ATP Finals, London (2)Hard (i) John Peers Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo6–4, 6–2
Masters 1000
Doubles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up)
Result Year Championship SurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss2016Shanghai MastersHard John Peers John Isner Jack Sock4–6, 4–6Win2016Paris MastersHard (i) John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut6–4, 3–6, [10–6]Win2017Shanghai MastersHard John Peers Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo6–4, 6–2Win2018Canadian OpenHard John Peers Raven Klaasen Michael Venus6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6]
ATP career finals
Doubles: 30 (24 titles, 6 runner-ups) Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–1) ATP World Tour Finals (2–0) ATP World Tour 500 Series (6–2) ATP World Tour 250 Series (12–2)Finals by surface Hard (19–5) Clay (4–1) Grass (1–0) Carpet (0–0)Finals by setting Outdoor (13–3) Indoor (11–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Jarkko Nieminen Daniele Bracciali Andrey Golubev6–1, 6–4Loss1–1Moselle Open, France250 SeriesHard (i) Marin Draganja Mariusz Fyrstenberg Marcin Matkowski7–6(7–3), 3–6, [8–10]Loss1–2Swiss Indoors, Switzerland500 SeriesHard (i) Marin Draganja Vasek Pospisil Nenad Zimonjić6–7(13–15), 6–1, [5–10]Win2–2Zagreb Indoors, Croatia250 SeriesHard (i) Marin Draganja Fabrice Martin Purav Raja6–4, 6–4Win3–2Open 13, France250 SeriesHard (i) Marin Draganja Colin Fleming Jonathan Marray6–4, 3–6, [10–8]Win4–2Barcelona Open, Spain500 SeriesClay Marin Draganja Jamie Murray John Peers6–3, 6–7(6–8), [11–9]Loss4–3Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria250 SeriesClay Robin Haase Nicolás Almagro Carlos Berlocq7–5, 3–6, [9–11]Win5–3St. Petersburg Open, Russia250 SeriesHard (i) Treat Huey Julian Knowle Alexander Peya7–5, 6–3Win6–3Malaysia Open, Malaysia250 SeriesHard (i) Treat Huey Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram 7–6(7–4), 6–2Win7–3Brisbane International, Australia250 SeriesHard John Peers James Duckworth Chris Guccione7–6(7–4), 6–1Win8–3Bavarian International, Germany250 SeriesClay John Peers Juan Sebastián Cabal Robert Farah 6–3, 3–6, [10–7]Win9–3German Open, Germany500 SeriesClay John Peers Daniel Nestor Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi7–5, 6–3Win10–3Winston-Salem Open, United States250 SeriesHard Guillermo García López Andre Begemann Leander Paes 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [10–8]Win11–3St. Petersburg Open, Russia (2)250 SeriesHard (i) Dominic Inglot Andre Begemann Leander Paes4–6, 6–3, [12–10]Loss11–4Shanghai Masters, ChinaMasters 1000Hard John Peers Jack Sock John Isner4–6, 4–6Win12–4Paris Masters, FranceMasters 1000Hard (i) John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut6–4, 3–6, [10–6]Win13–4ATP Finals, United KingdomTour FinalsHard (i) John Peers Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram2–6, 6–1, [10–8]Win14–4Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard John Peers Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 7–5, 7–5Win15–4Washington Open, United States500 SeriesHard John Peers Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo7–6(7–5), 6–4Win16–4China Open, China500 SeriesHard John Peers John Isner Jack Sock6–3, 3–6, [10–7]Win17–4Shanghai Masters, ChinaMasters 1000Hard John Peers Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo6–4, 6–2Win18–4ATP Finals, United Kingdom (2)Tour FinalsHard (i) John Peers Łukasz Kubot Marcelo Melo6–4, 6–2Win19–4Brisbane International, Australia (2)250 SeriesHard John Peers Leonardo Mayer Horacio Zeballos3–6, 6–3, [10–2]Win20–4Queen's Club Championships, United Kingdom500 SeriesGrass John Peers Jamie Murray Bruno Soares6–4, 6–3Win21–4Canadian Open, CanadaMasters 1000Hard John Peers Raven Klaasen Michael Venus6–2, 6–7(7–9), [10–6]Loss21–5Australian Open, AustraliaGrand SlamHard John Peers Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut4–6, 6–7(1–7)Win22–5Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard (i) Jérémy Chardy Jean-Julien Rojer Horia Tecău7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)Win23–5Stockholm Open, Sweden250 SeriesHard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Mate Pavić Bruno Soares6–4, 6–2Loss23–6Rotterdam Open, Netherlands500 SeriesHard (i) Jan-Lennard Struff Pierre-Hugues Herbert Nicolas Mahut6–7(5–7), 6–4, [7–10]Win24–6Open Sud de France, France250 SeriesHard (i) Édouard Roger-Vasselin Jonathan Erlich Andrei Vasilevski6–2, 7–5
Challengers and Futures finals
Singles: 6 (5 titles, 1 runner-up) Legend Challengers Futures (5–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Lithuania F1, VilniusFuturesClay Timo Nieminen6–1, 6–3Loss1–1Germany F19, LeimenFuturesHard (i) Michał Przysiężny6–3, 2–6, 5–7Win2–1Great Britain F16, CardiffFuturesHard (i) Yannick Mertens7–6(7–4), 7–5Win3–1Bosnia & Herzegovina F2, SarajevoFuturesCarpet (i) Alexander Peya6–3, 7–6(7–4)Win4–1Sweden F1, DanderydFuturesHard (i) Timo Nieminen6–3, 6–4Win5–1Sweden F2, FalunFuturesHard (i) Timo Nieminen6–3, 3–6, 7–6(7–5)
Doubles: 28 (18 titles, 10 runner-ups) Legend (doubles) Challengers (8–8) Futures (10–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Harri Heliövaara Mikhail Elgin Alexander Kudryavtsev6–4, 5–7, [11–13]Win1–1Great Britain F6, ExmouthFuturesCarpet (i) Harri Heliövaara Ralph Grambow Ken Skupski6–2, 6–2Loss1–2Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Harri Heliövaara Ervin Eleskovic Michael Ryderstedt3–6, 4–6Win2–2Sweden F2, FalunFuturesHard (i) Timo Nieminen Carl Bergman Tim Göransson6–4, 6–2Win3–2Great Britain F3, TiptonFuturesHard (i) Dan Evans Scott Oudsema Phillip Simmonds6–7(5–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–4]Win4–2Kuwait F1, MishrefFuturesHard Sebastian Rieschick Vivek Shokeen Navdeep Singh6–4, 6–2Win5–2Kuwait F2, MishrefFuturesHard Sebastian Rieschick Jiří Krkoška Pierrick Ysern6–4, 6–4Win6–2Norway F1, SvingvollFuturesHard Timo Nieminen Fabrice Martin Michael McClune6–3, 6–3Win7–2Estonia F2, KuressaareFuturesClay (i) Harri Heliövaara Mait Künnap Juho Paukku6–3, 6–3Loss7–3Jersey, Channel IslandsChallengerHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Frederik Nielsen Joseph Sirianni5–7, 6–3, [2–10]Loss7–4Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi2–6, 6–7(7–9)Loss7–5Great Britain F17, CardiffFuturesHard (i) Timo Nieminen Josh Goodall Dominic Inglot1–6, 2–6Win8–5Loughborough, United KingdomChallengerHard (i) Frederik Nielsen Jordan Kerr Ken Skupski6–2, 6–4Loss8–6Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Dustin Brown Martin Emmrich6–7(17–19), 6–0, [7–10]Win9–6Netherlands F1, AmstelveenFuturesClay Christopher Rungkat Niels Lootsma Jelle Sels6–1, 7–5Win10–6Netherlands F2, AlkmaarFuturesClay Christopher Rungkat David Škoch Jan Zednik7–5, 7–6(9–7)Win11–6Netherlands F3, BredaFuturesClay Christopher Rungkat Bjorn Fratangelo Mitchell Krueger6–4, 7–5Loss11–7Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Mateusz Kowalczyk Gero Kretschmer Alexander Satschko3–6, 3–6Win12–7Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Goran Tošić Ruben Gonzales Chris Letcher6–4, 6–4Loss12–8Sweden F6, FalunFuturesHard (i) Jesper Brunström Milos Sekulic Fred Simonsson6–3, 3–6, [5–10]Loss12–9Mouilleron-le-Captif, FranceChallengerHard (i) Fabrice Martin Hugo Nys6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Win13–9Bratislava, SlovakiaChallengerHard (i) Andreas Siljeström Gero Kretschmer Jan-Lennard Struff7–6(8–6), 6–2Win14–9Helsinki, FinlandChallengerHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Dustin Brown Philipp Marx7–5, 5–7, [10–5]Win15–9Talheim, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Tomasz Bednarek Ken Skupski Neal Skupski3–6, 7–6 (7–3), [12–10]Win16–9Cherbourg, FranceChallengerHard (i) Konstantin Kravchuk Pierre-Hugues Herbert Albano Olivetti6–4, 6–7 (3–7), [10–7]Win17–9Sarasota, United StatesChallengerClay Marin Draganja Rubén Ramírez Hidalgo Franko Škugor7–5, 5–7, [10–6]Loss17–10Poznań, PolandChallengerClay Tomasz Bednarek Radu Albot Adam Pavlásek7–5, 2–6, [10–8]Win18–10Helsinki, Finland (2)ChallengerHard (i) Jarkko Nieminen Jonathan Marray Philipp Petzschner7–6(7–2), 6–4
Junior Grand Slam finals Singles: 1 (1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss2008WimbledonGrass Grigor Dimitrov5–7, 3–6
Doubles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up) ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin2008French OpenClay Christopher RungkatJaan-Frederik Brunken Matt Reid6–0, 6–3Loss2008US OpenHard Christopher Rungkat Nikolaus Moser Cedrik-Marcel Stebe6–7(5–7), 6–3, [8–10]
Performance timelines
Doubles Current after the 2021 Sofia Open.