Henry Patten facts for kids
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Patten at the 2023 Cary Challenger
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| Country (sports) |  United Kingdom |
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| Born | 6 May 1996 Colchester, United Kingdom |
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) |
| Turned pro | 2020 |
| Plays | Left-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | UNC Asheville |
| Prize money | $311,867 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 0–0 |
| Career titles | 0 Challenger, 1 ITF |
| Highest ranking | No. 462 (19 September 2022) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 24–25 |
| Career titles | 3 |
| Highest ranking | No. 42 (10 June 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 42 (1 July 2024) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 2R (2023, 2024) |
| French Open | 3R (2024) |
| Wimbledon | W (2024) |
| US Open | 3R (2023) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (2024) |
Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British tennis player. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 42 achieved on 10 June 2024. Patten won the 2024 Wimbledon doubles title and two more ATP Tour titles alongside Harri Heliövaara.
He has also won 12 ATP Challenger doubles titles, 11 with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season.
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Personal
From Manningtree, Patten was educated at Ipswich School and Culford School. He played college tennis at UNC Asheville (2015–2019) and as a postgraduate at Durham University (2019–2020). During two of his university summer breaks he worked for IBM as a courtside statistician at Wimbledon.
Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour.
College
While at UNC Asheville Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles. 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. 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.
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.
2023: First ATP final, top 50, US Open third round
Patten partnering with Julian Cash reached his first ATP semifinal at the 2023 Tata Open Maharashtra.
At the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships the pair Patten/Cash reached an ATP semifinal for a second time in the season and as a pair. Next they reached their first career final defeating Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela and Robert Galloway. They lost to Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell. He reached the top 50 on 22 May 2023.
2024: Maiden ATP title, Wimbledon champion, top 20 debut
In April, Patten won his maiden ATP title at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II partnering with new partner Harri Heliövaara, defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler. In May, Patten and Heliövaara defeated top seeds Andreas Mies and Neal Skupski in the final of the Turin Challenger. Patten won his second title at the Lyon Open partnering also with Heliövaara. The duo defeated Albano Olivetti and Yuki Bhambri in the final.
Patten and Heliövaara reached the final at Wimbledon, defeating Italian duo Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli, Spanish duo Pedro Martínez and Jaume Munar, and then Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the quarterfinals, Neal Skupski and Michael Venus in the semifinals. They defeated Australian duo Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell in the final, in a three-setter with three tiebreaks, saving three match points, to win their first Grand Slam title together. As a result he moved 25 positions up to a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 on 15 July 2024.
Doubles performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | A | NH |
Current through the 2024 Wimbledon Championships.
| Tournament | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | SR | W–L | |
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| Grand Slam tournaments | |||||||
| Australian Open | A | A | 2R | 2R | 0 / 2 | 2–2 | |
| French Open | A | A | 1R | 3R | 0 / 2 | 2–1 | |
| Wimbledon | A | 1R | A | W | 1 / 2 | 6–1 | |
| US Open | A | A | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | ||
| Win–loss | 0–0 | 0–1 | 3–3 | 9–2 | 0 / 6 | 6–5 | |
| Career statistics | |||||||
| Tournaments | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | |||
| Overall win–loss | 0–0 | 0–2 | 9–10 | 9–12 | |||
| Year-end ranking | 774 | 69 | 69 | ||||
Significant finals
Grand Slam tournament finals
Doubles: 1 (1 title)
| Outcome | Year | Championship | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2024 | Wimbledon | Grass |  Harri Heliövaara |
 Max Purcell Jordan Thompson |
6–7(7–9), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(11–9) |
ATP career finals
Doubles: 5 (3 titles, 2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Apr 2023 | U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, United States | 250 Series | Clay |  Julian Cash |
Max Purcell Jordan Thompson |
6–4, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Win | 1–1 | Apr 2024 | Grand Prix Hassan II, Morocco | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara |
 Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler |
3–6, 6–4, [10–4] |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2024 | Romanian Open, Romania | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara |
 Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–2 | May 2024 | ATP Lyon Open, France | 250 Series | Clay | Harri Heliövaara |
 Yuki Bhambri Albano Olivetti |
3–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–8] |
| Win | 3–2 | Jul 2024 | Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom | Grand Slam | Grass | Harri Heliövaara |
Max Purcell Jordan Thompson |
6–7(7–9), 7–6(10–8), 7–6(11–9) |
ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 4 (1–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Charles Broom |
7–6(7–5), 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Alfredo Perez |
7–6(7–2), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Brandon Holt |
6–7(2–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jul 2022 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tennis Tour | Grass | Toby Samuel |
4-6, 7-6(10-8), 4-6 |
Doubles: 29 (21 titles, 8 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Loss | 0–1 | Mar 2021 | M15 Indore, India | World Tour | Hard | Jonathan Binding |
 Luca Castelnuovo Eric Vanshelboim |
6–2, 5–7, [9–11] |
| Win | 1–1 | Oct 2021 | M15 Ithaca, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom |
Eduardo Nava Nathan Ponwith |
7–6(8–6), 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2021 | M15 Fayetteville, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom |
George Goldhoff Tadeas Paroulek |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–2 | Dec 2021 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom |
 Sidane Pontjodikromo Kai Wehnelt |
5–7, 6–2, [10–8] |
| Win | 3–2 | Feb 2022 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
World Tour | Hard | Rinky Hijikata |
 Hsu Yu-hsiou Wu Tung-lin |
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [10–3] |
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 2022 | M25 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
World Tour | Hard | Mark Whitehouse |
Colin Markes Keegan Smith |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–3 | Mar 2022 | M25 Calabasas, United States | World Tour | Hard | Charles Broom |
 Nam Ji-sung Song Min-kyu |
3–6, 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 5–3 | Apr 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash |
Anirudh Chandrasekar Vijay Sundar Prashanth |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–3 | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash |
Charles Broom Jan Choinski |
7–6(7–5), 6–2 |
| Win | 7–3 | May 2022 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | World Tour | Hard | Julian Cash |
Omar Jasika Edan Leshem |
6–3, 5–7, [10–2] |
| Win | 8–3 | Jun 2022 | Surbiton, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash |
 Aleksandr Nedovyesov Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi |
4–6, 6–3, [11–9] |
| Loss | 8–4 | Jun 2022 | Nottingham, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash |
Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski |
6–3, 2–6, [14–16] |
| Win | 9–4 | Jun 2022 | Ilkley, United Kingdom | Challenger | Grass | Julian Cash |
Ramkumar Ramanathan John-Patrick Smith |
7–5, 6–4 |
| Win | 10–4 | Jul 2022 | M25 Roehampton, United Kingdom | World Tour | Grass | Julian Cash |
Luca Castelnuovo Skander Mansouri |
walkover |
| Win | 11–4 | Aug 2022 | Granby, Canada | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash |
Jonathan Eysseric Artem Sitak |
6–3, 6–2 |
| Win | 12–4 | Sep 2022 | Columbus, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash |
Charles Broom Constantin Frantzen |
6–2, 7–5 |
| Win | 13–4 | Oct 2022 | Fairfield, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash |
Anirudh Chandrasekar Vijay Sundar Prashanth |
6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 14–4 | Oct 2022 | Las Vegas, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash |
Constantin Frantzen Reese Stalder |
6–4, 7–6(7–1) |
| Win | 15–4 | Oct 2022 | Charlottesville, United States | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash |
Alex Lawson Artem Sitak |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 16–4 | Nov 2022 | Drummondville, Canada | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash |
Arthur Fery Giles Hussey |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Win | 17–4 | Nov 2022 | Andria, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Julian Cash |
 Francesco Forti Marcello Serafini |
6–7(3–7), 6–4, [10–4] |
| Win | 18–4 | Dec 2022 | Maia, Portugal | Challenger | Clay (i) | Julian Cash |
 Nuno Borges Francisco Cabral |
6–3, 3–6, [10–8] |
| Win | 19–4 | Apr 2023 | Sarasota, United States | Challenger | Clay | Julian Cash |
 Guido Andreozzi Guillermo Durán |
7–6(7–4), 6–4 |
| Loss | 19–5 | Aug 2023 | Stanford, United States | Challenger | Hard | Julian Cash |
 Diego Hidalgo Cristian Rodríguez |
7–6(7–1), 4–6, [8-10] |
| Loss | 19–6 | Oct 2023 | Orléans, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | John-Patrick Smith |
Constantin Frantzen Hendrik Jebens |
6–7(5–7), 6–7(12–14) |
| Loss | 19–7 | Nov 2023 | Bergamo, Italy | Challenger | Hard (i) | Francisco Cabral |
Evan King Brandon Nakashima |
4–6, 6–7(1–7) |
| Loss | 19–8 | Mar 2024 | Phoenix, United States | Challenger | Hard | Rinky Hijikata |
Sadio Doumbia Fabien Reboul |
3–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 20–8 | Apr 2024 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara |
Guido Andreozzi Miguel Ángel Reyes-Varela |
7–5, 7–6(7–1) |
| Win | 21–8 | May 2024 | Turin, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara |
Andreas Mies Neal Skupski |
6–3, 6–3 |
See also
In Spanish: Henry Patten para niños
