Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 17 April 2023 and a singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. Niklas-Salminen has won nine doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles.
Career On the junior tour, Niklas-Salminen had a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 20 achieved in September 2015. Niklas-Salminen reached the semifinals of the 2015 Wimbledon boys' singles event, losing to Mikael Ymer in the semifinal.
Niklas-Salminen has represented Finland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 2–3.
ATP career finals Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up) LegendGrand Slam (0–0)ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)ATP 500 Series (0–0)ATP 250 Series (0–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–0)Grass (0–0)Titles by settingOutdoor (0–0)Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Feb 2024Open 13, France250 seriesHard (i) Emil Ruusuvuori Tomáš Macháč Zhang Zhizhen3–6, 4–6
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals Doubles: 40 (25 titles, 15 runners-up) LegendATP Challenger (10–15)ITF Futures (15–0)
ATP Challenger Finals (10–16) Finals by surfaceHard (8–10)Clay (1–6)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Playford, AustraliaChallengerHard Harri Heliövaara Ruben Gonzales Evan King6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]Win2–0Lille, FranceChallengerHard Viktor Durasovic Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys7–5, 7–6(7–1)Loss2–1 Jul 2022 Tampere, Finland Challenger Clay Karol Drzewiecki Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler 6–7(3–7), 1–6Loss2–2 Jul 2022 Zug, Switzerland Challenger Clay Karol Drzewiecki Zdeněk Kolář Adam Pavlásek 3–6, 5–7Win3–2 Ismaning, Germany Challenger Carpet Michael Geerts Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens 7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)Loss3–3 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Hard (i) Bart Stevens Sander Arends David Pel 3–6, 6–7 (3–7)Loss3–4 Tenerife, Spain Challenger Hard Bart Stevens Victor Vlad Cornea Sergio Martos Gornés 3–6, 4–6Win4–4 Manama, Bahrain Challenger Hard Bart Stevens Ruben Gonzales Fernando Romboli 6–3, 6–4Loss4–5 Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallenger Hard (i) Bart Stevens Dan Added Albano Olivetti 6–4, 6–7 (7–9) [6–10]Loss4–6Madrid, SpainChallengerClay Bart Stevens Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov4–6, 4–6Loss4–7Manama, BahrainChallenger Hard Vasil Kirkov Petros Tsitsipas Sergio Martos Gornes6–3, 3–6, [8–10]Loss4–8Hamburg, GermanyChallenger Hard Karol Drzewiecki Rémy Bertola Mattia Bellucci 4–6, 5–7Loss4–9May 2024Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate2–6, 7–6(7–4), [4–10]Win5–9May 2024Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Vladyslav Manafov Andre Begemann Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6–3, 6–4Loss5–10Modena, ItalyChallengerClay Andre Begemann Jonathan Eysseric George Goldhoff3–6, 6–3, [8–10]Loss5–11Sofia, BulgariaChallengerClay Miloš Karol Stefan Latinović Marat Sharipov3–6, 6–2, [11–13]Loss5–12Hersonissos, GreeceChallengerHard Victor Vlad Cornea Mats Rosenkranz Harry Wendelken6–4, 4–6, [7–10]Win6–12Sep 2025Rennes, FranceChallengerHard (i) Matěj Vocel Hendrik Jebens Albano Olivetti 6–3, 6–3Loss6–13Saint-Tropez, FranceChallengerHard Matěj Vocel Trey Hilderbrand Mac Kiger6–7 (5–7), 5–7Loss6–14Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard (i) Miloš Karol Michael Geerts Tim Rühl6–7 (6–8), 5–7Win7–14Feb 2026Pune, IndiaChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Pruchya Isaro Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha 6–4, 6–7 (1–7), [10–7]Win8–14Mar 2026Miyazaki, JapanChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Yuta Shimizu James Trotter 7–5, 6–3Win9–14Jiujiang, ChinaChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Hsu Yu-hsiou Seita Watanabe6–4, 6–4Loss9–15Wuxi, ChinaChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Jean-Julien Rojer Theodore Winegar3–6, 6–7(6–8)Win10–15Cary, United StatesChallengerHard Nam Ji-sung Finn Reynolds James Watt5–7, 7–5, [10–8]Loss10–16Genoa, ItalyChallengerClay Michael Vrbenský Íñigo Cervantes Denys Molchanov2–6, 7–6(8–6), [7–10]
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