August Holmgren (tennis)

August Holmgren

Country (sports)	Denmark
Residence	Espergærde, Denmark
Born	(1998-04-22) 22 April 1998 (age 27) Helsingør
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro	2022
Plays	Right-handed (one-handed backhand)
College	University of San Diego (2017–2022)
Prize money	US $439,854
Singles
Career record	9–5
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 144 (28 July 2025)
Current ranking	No. 144 (28 July 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q2 (2025)
French Open	Q2 (2025)
Wimbledon	3R (2025)
US Open	Q1 (2025)
Doubles
Career record	2–0
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 284 (9 June 2025)
Current ranking	No. 305 (21 July 2025)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	7–3
Last updated on: 21 July 2025.

August Holmgren (born 22 April 1998) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 144, achieved on 28 July 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 284, achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 3 player from Denmark. ^[1]

Holmgren has represented Denmark at the Davis Cup making his debut in 2017, and has a win-loss record of 7–3.

College career

Holmgren played five years of college tennis for the San Diego Toreros from 2017 to 2022, receiving numerous West Coast Conference (WCC) honors. He was the nation's top-ranked player after winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Fall Championships in late 2021, and he finished his college career as the 2022 NCAA Singles Championship runner-up to Ben Shelton. ^[2]

Professional career

Juniors

Throughout his junior career, Holmgren was training and playing for Helsingør Tennis Klub.^{[ citation needed ]}

2021: ATP debut

Holmgren made his ATP debut at the 2021 San Diego Open after receiving a lucky loser spot into the main draw after third seed Félix Auger-Aliassime withdrew. There, he lost to former world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 175

In July 2024, Holmgren won his maiden Challenger title in Pozablanco, Spain, defeating top seed Antoine Escoffier in the final. Holmgren was the first Danish Challenger titlist since Holger Rune in 2022. ^[6] Two weeks later, on 5 August 2024, he reached the top 175 in the singles rankings at world No. 167 following another Challenger title at the 2024 Porto Open. ^{[7] [8]}

2025: Major debut and third round at Wimbledon, top 150

In July, Holmgren made his major debut at Wimbledon, reaching the main draw as a qualifier, ^{[9] [10] [11]} In the main draw, Holmgren recorded his first major win by defeating Quentin Halys in the first round. ^{[12] [13]} With his second round win over 21st seed Tomáš Macháč, in five sets with a deciding fifth-set tiebreak, after nearly five hours of play, Holmgren was only the second Danish man in the Open Era to reach the third round on his major main draw debut. ^{[14] [15]} As a result he moved into the top 150 in the ATP rankings. ^{[16] [17] [18]} Holmgren earned a new nickname: “the King of Wimbledon Comebacks”. ^{[19] [20]} He lost in the third round to Alex de Minaur.

In July, Holmgren won his third Challenger title in Granby by defeating top seed Eliot Spizzirri in the semifinal and third seed Liam Draxl in the final. ^{[21] [22]}

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.

Singles

Tournament	2025	SR	W–L	Win%
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
French Open	Q2	0 / 0	0–0	–
Wimbledon	3R	0 / 1	2–1	67%
US Open	Q1	0 / 0	0–0	–
Win–loss	2–1	0 / 1	2–1	67%

ATP Challenger Tour finals

Singles: 3 (3 titles)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (3–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2024	Open Ciudad de Pozoblanco, Spain	Challenger	Hard	Antoine Escoffier	3–6, 6–3, 6–4
Win	2–0	Aug 2024	Porto Open, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Alejandro Moro Cañas	7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)
Win	3–0	Jul 2025	Championnats de Granby, Canada	Challenger	Hard	Liam Draxl	6–3, 6–3

Doubles: 3 (3 runner-ups)

Legend ATP Challenger Tour (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Sep 2024	Istanbul Challenger, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Johannes Ingildsen	Aleksandre Bakshi Yankı Erel	6–7(4–7), 5–7
Loss	0–2	Sep 2024	Open de Vendée, France	Challenger	Hard (i)	Johannes Ingildsen	Marcelo Demoliner Christian Harrison	3–6, 5–7
Loss	0–3	May 2025	Internazionali Città di Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Johannes Ingildsen	Federico Bondioli Stefano Travaglia	2–6, 1–6

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (4–4)

Finals by surface Hard (4–1) Clay (0–3)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Aug 2019	M15 Ystad, Sweden	WTT	Clay	Gustav Hansson	6–7(5–7), 1–6
Loss	0–2	Aug 2021	M15 Vejle, Denmark	WTT	Clay	Ergi Kırkın	6–7(4–7), 4–6
Win	1–2	Jun 2022	M15 Rancho Santa Fe, US	WTT	Hard	Gage Brymer	6–4, 6–4
Loss	1–3	Jun 2022	M15 San Diego, US	WTT	Hard	Ethan Quinn	6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)
Win	2–3	Apr 2023	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Lucas Poullain	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
Win	3–3	Nov 2023	M25 Harlingen, US	WTT	Hard	Raphael Perot	6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1
Loss	3–4	Jun 2024	M25 Aarhus, Denmark	WTT	Clay	Elmer Møller	3–6, 0–6
Win	4–4	Jul 2024	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Jack Pinnington Jones	4–6 6–2 6–2

Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Legend ITF WTT (8–6)

Finals by surface Hard (5–5) Clay (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Jul 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Jacob Brumm	Kody Pearson Rinky Hijikata	7–5, 7–6(7–5)
Loss	1–1	Aug 2021	M15 Monastir, Tunisia	WTT	Hard	Johannes Ingildsen	Jeremy Beale Li Tu	4–6, 2–6
Win	2–1	May 2022	M15 Rancho Santa Fe, US	WTT	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Abraham Asaba Mitchell Harper	6–4, 6–7(3–7), [21–19]
Win	3–1	Aug 2022	M25 Lesa, Italy	WTT	Clay	Johannes Ingildsen	Federico Bondioli Filippo Romano	6–1, 6–4
Loss	3–2	Feb 2023	M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal	WTT	Hard	Christian Sigsgaard	Matěj Vocel Michael Vrbenský	4–6, 2–6
Win	4–2	Mar 2023	M25 Toulouse-Balma, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Christian Sigsgaard	Adan Freire da Silva Loann Massard	6–1, 6–2
Win	5–2	Mar 2023	M25 Saint-Dizier, France	WTT	Hard (i)	Christian Sigsgaard	David Jordà Sanchis Te Rigele	6–2, 6–3
Loss	5–3	Apr 2023	M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	WTT	Hard	Alexander Cozbinov	Sergey Fomin Alibek Kachmazov	2–6, 3–6
Loss	5–4	Apr 2023	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Johannes Ingildsen	Neil Oberleitner Marcus Willis	6–7(1–7), 3–6
Loss	5–5	Apr 2023	M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom	WTT	Hard	Alfredo Perez	Daniel Little Mark Whitehouse	4–6, 6–3, [10–12]
Win	6–5	May 2023	M25 Rome, Italy	WTT	Clay	David Pichler	Edan Leshem Julian Ocleppo	6–4, 7–5
Win	7–5	Jun 2023	M25 Risskov/Aarhus, Denmark	WTT	Clay	Christian Sigsgaard	Gonzalo Bueno Jack Karlsson Wistrand	6–4, 6–3
Win	8–5	Mar 2024	M25 Bakersfield, US	WTT	Hard	Nathan Ponwith	Patrick Harper Emile Hudd	6–1, 7-6(7–4)
Loss	8–6	Jun 2024	M25 Aarhus, Denmark	WTT	Clay	Christian Sigsgaard	Carl Emil Overbeck Oskar Brostrøm Poulsen	6–1, 7-6(7–4)

References

1. "Denmark ATP Rankings (Singles)". ATP Tour . Retrieved 9 September 2024.
2. "August Holmgren – Men's Tennis". University of San Diego Athletics. Archived from the original on 2023-11-07. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
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9. "Holmgren vinder finale og skriver dansk tennishistorie" (in Danish). 26 June 2025.
10. "These are all the players qualified for Wimbledon 2025 from the qualifying stage". 26 June 2025.
11. "Toreros Tarvet and Holmgren Qualify for Wimbledon Main Draw". 26 June 2025.
12. "Dansk debutant server sig til stor Wimbledon overraskelse" (in Danish). 1 July 2025.
13. "'Hell yeah, I'm here!': Holmgren's journey from theatre student to Wimbledon winner". 2 July 2025.
14. "Wimbledon : Goosebumps 🫶 Qualifier August Holmgren saves three match points to defeat Tomas Machac after 4hrs & 39m to reach his first third round at a Grand Slam". 3 July 2025.
15. "SCENES! World No.192 August Holmgren makes history for Denmark 🇩🇰 #wimbledon #shorts". 3 July 2025.
16. "Holmgrens Wimbledon eventyr fortsaetter efter vild sejr" (in Danish). 3 July 2025.
17. @edgeAIapp (July 3, 2025). "🇩🇰 August Holmgren's wins from a losing position at #Wimbledon so far: Q - 3 wins, MD - 1 win. The 27 year old reaches the 3d round of a GS on his debut. Best career win and first top 30 win. Was 0-1 on Grass before Wimbledon and 1-7 in the last 8 matches" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
18. @Wimbledon (July 3, 2025). "Simply INCREDIBLE. World No.192 August Holmgren beats No.21 seed Tomas Machac after nearly five hours of play on his first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw. Just look at what it means to the Dane 🇩🇰 #Wimbledon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
19. "World No. 192 Holmgren saves MPs AGAIN to extended Cinderella run at Wimbledon". 3 July 2025.
20. "Getting to know: August Holmgren". 4 July 2025.
21. "Liam Draxl décroche sa place en finale". La Voix de l'Est. 19 July 2025. Retrieved 19 July 2025.
22. "Wimbledon fairy tale Holmgren continues momentum, claims Granby Challenger". 21 July 2025.

External links

• August Holmgren at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• August Holmgren at the International Tennis Federation
• August Holmgren at the Davis Cup
• August Holmgren at University of San Diego