Henrik Holm

Henrik Holm
Country (sports)	Sweden
Residence	Monte Carlo, Monaco
Born	22 August 1968 (age 56); Täby, Sweden
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro	1988
Retired	1999
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$1,693,931
Singles
Career record	96–110
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 17 (5 July 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
French Open	2R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon	4R (1992)
US Open	3R (1993)
Doubles
Career record	95–91
Career titles	5
Highest ranking	No. 10 (16 May 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	3R (1994)
French Open	2R (1994)
Wimbledon	2R (1991, 1992, 1995, 1997)
US Open	2R (1992)

Last updated October 30, 2024

Henrik Holm (born 22 August 1968) is a former professional tennis player from Sweden, who turned professional in 1988. The right-hander won five doubles titles, reached the quarterfinals of the 1992 Stockholm Masters and achieved a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 17 in July 1993.

Career

Holm started playing tennis at the age of five. His father, Christer, played Davis Cup for Sweden and was ranked No. 2 in his country during the mid 1960s. His mother, Gun, is a tennis coach. In July 1992 Holm reached his first career Tour singles final in Washington, losing to Petr Korda. Later that year he reached the final at the Tokyo Indoor, losing to Ivan Lendl. In the third round of that tournament he handed Boris Becker his worst career indoor loss (6–1, 6–2).^[1]

ATP career finals

Singles: 2 (2 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–0)
ATP Championship Series (0–2)
ATP World Series (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–1)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (0–1)
Indoors (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jul 1992	Washington, United States	Championship Series	Hard	Petr Korda	4–6, 4–6
Loss	0–2	Oct 1992	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Carpet	Ivan Lendl	6–7^(7–9), 4–6

Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)

Legend
Grand Slam Tournaments (0–0)
ATP World Tour Finals (0–0)
ATP Masters Series (0–2)
ATP Championship Series (1–0)
ATP World Series (4–2)

Finals by surface
Hard (1–3)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (3–0)

Finals by setting
Outdoors (2–3)
Indoors (3–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Jan 1993	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	World Series	Hard	Bent-Ove Pedersen	Jacco Eltingh Paul Haarhuis	5–7, 3–6
Win	1–1	Feb 1993	Rotterdam, Netherlands	World Series	Carpet	Anders Järryd	David Adams Andrei Olhovskiy	6–4, 7–6
Win	2–1	May 1993	Munich, Germany	World Series	Clay	Martin Damm	Carl-Uwe Steeb Karel Nováček	6–0, 3–6, 7–5
Win	3–1	Jul 1993	Båstad, Sweden	World Series	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Brian Devening Tomas Nydahl	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
Loss	3–2	Aug 1993	Cincinnati, United States	Masters Series	Hard	Stefan Edberg	Andre Agassi Petr Korda	6–7, 4–6
Win	4–2	Mar 1994	Zaragoza, Spain	World Series	Carpet	Anders Järryd	Martin Damm Karel Nováček	7–5, 6–2
Win	5–2	Apr 1994	Tokyo, Japan	Championship Series	Hard	Anders Järryd	Sébastien Lareau Patrick McEnroe	7–6, 6–1
Loss	5–3	May 1994	Hamburg, Germany	Masters Series	Clay	Anders Järryd	Scott Melville Piet Norval	3–6, 4–6
Loss	5–4	Sep 1995	Bordeaux, France	World Series	Hard	Danny Sapsford	Saša Hirszon Goran Ivanišević	3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Singles: 9 (6–3)

Legend
ATP Challenger (6–3)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (1–0)
Carpet (2–2)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1-0	Jul 1989	Dublin, Ireland	Challenger	Carpet	Cristiano Caratti	6–0, 4–6, 6–3
Win	2-0	Jul 1990	Aptos, United States	Challenger	Hard	Brian Garrow	1–6, 6–3, 7–6
Loss	2-1	Sep 1990	Gevrey-Chambertin, France	Challenger	Carpet	Guillaume Raoux	6–2, 4–6, 4–6
Loss	2-2	Sep 1990	Thessaloniki, Greece	Challenger	Carpet	Christian Geyer	6–7, 3–6
Loss	2-3	Sep 1991	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Marcos Ondruska	3–6, 6–2, 6–7
Win	3-3	Aug 1992	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Stephane Simian	7–6, 6–2
Win	4-3	Sep 1992	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Kenneth Carlsen	6–4, 6–3
Win	5-3	Jun 1995	Annenheim, Austria	Challenger	Grass	Martin Damm	6–2, 6–3
Win	6-3	Jan 1997	Heilbronn, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Hendrik Dreekmann	6–3, 2–6, 6–0

Doubles: 11 (7–4)

Legend
ATP Challenger (7–4)
ITF Futures (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–2)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Mar 1990	Jerusalem, Israel	Challenger	Hard	Peter Nyborg	Cristian Brandi Cristiano Caratti	6–1, 2–6, 6–3
Win	2–0	Aug 1990	Geneva, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Nils Holm	Branislav Stankovič Richard Vogel	3–6, 7–5, 7–6
Loss	2–1	Sep 1990	Venice, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Nils Holm	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	1–6, 4–6
Loss	2–2	Dec 1990	Bossonnens, Switzerland	Challenger	Hard	Nils Holm	Michiel Schapers Roger Smith	2–6, 6–7
Win	3–2	Feb 1991	São Paulo, Brazil	Challenger	Clay	Nils Holm	John Letts Tom Mercer	5–7, 6–4, 6–4
Win	4–2	Sep 1991	Istanbul, Turkey	Challenger	Hard	Nils Holm	Gianluca Pozzi Olli Rahnasto	5–7, 7–5, 6–4
Loss	4–3	Sep 1991	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Peter Nyborg	Byron Black T.J. Middleton	3–6, 6–4, 6–7
Win	5–3	Sep 1992	Azores, Portugal	Challenger	Hard	Nicklas Utgren	Donny Isaak Peter Nyborg	7–6, 7–6
Win	6–3	Apr 1994	Monte Carlo, Monaco	Challenger	Clay	Magnus Larsson	Cristian Brandi Federico Mordegan	7–6, 6–2
Win	7–3	Feb 1997	Lippstadt, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Nils Holm	Fredrik Bergh Rikard Bergh	7–6, 7–6
Loss	7–4	Feb 1997	Wolfsburg, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Nils Holm	Nicola Bruno Laurence Tieleman	6–7, 4–6

Performance timelines

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	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	2R	3R	1R	1R	A	0 / 4	3–4	43%
French Open	A	A	A	1R	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	2–3	40%
Wimbledon	2R	1R	2R	4R	3R	A	Q2	A	1R	0 / 6	7–6	54%
US Open	A	A	1R	2R	3R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Win–loss	1–1	0–1	1–2	4–3	6–4	4–3	0–1	0–1	0–1	0 / 17	16–17	48%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	Q3	A	A	0 / 0	0–0	–
Miami	A	A	A	A	2R	A	2R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	1R	1R	Q1	A	A	0 / 2	0–2	0%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Canada	A	A	1R	3R	3R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 4	4–4	50%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Paris	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	2–1	3–5	1–4	1–1	0–0	0–0	0 / 12	7–12	37%

Doubles

Tournament	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	SR	W–L	Win %
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	1R	3R	2R	A	A	0 / 3	3–3	50%
French Open	A	A	A	A	1R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Wimbledon	Q1	1R	2R	2R	1R	1R	2R	A	2R	0 / 7	4–7	36%
US Open	A	A	A	2R	1R	1R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	0 / 15	9–15	38%
ATP Masters Series
Indian Wells	A	A	A	A	A	A	1R	A	A	0 / 1	0–1	0%
Miami	A	A	A	A	1R	A	3R	A	A	0 / 2	2–2	50%
Monte Carlo	A	A	A	A	A	2R	1R	A	A	0 / 2	1–2	33%
Hamburg	A	A	A	A	A	F	1R	A	A	0 / 2	4–2	67%
Canada	A	A	1R	A	2R	2R	A	A	A	0 / 3	1–3	25%
Cincinnati	A	A	A	A	F	2R	A	A	A	0 / 2	5–2	71%
Paris	A	A	A	A	SF	A	A	A	A	0 / 1	3–1	75%
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–1	0–0	8–4	6–4	2–4	0–0	0–0	0 / 13	16–13	55%

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References

↑ "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

External links

Henrik Holm at the Association of Tennis Professionals
Henrik Holm at the International Tennis Federation
Henrik Holm at the Davis Cup

Awards
Preceded by Jim Courier	ATP Most Improved Player 1992	Succeeded by Todd Martin

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[1] "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2012.

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