Henry Patten

Not to be confused with Henry Patton.

Henry Patten

Patten at the 2023 Cary Challenger
Country (sports)	United Kingdom
Born	(1996-05-06) 6 May 1996 (age 28) Colchester, United Kingdom
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Turned pro	2020
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
College	UNC Asheville
Coach	Calvin Betton [1]
Prize money	$889,998
Singles
Career record	0–0
Career titles	0 Challenger, 1 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 462 (19 September 2022)
Doubles
Career record	49–34
Career titles	4
Highest ranking	No. 12 (19 August 2024)
Current ranking	No. 15 (28 October 2024)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	2R (2023, 2024)
French Open	3R (2024)
Wimbledon	W (2024)
US Open	3R (2023, 2024)
Mixed doubles
Career record	1–1
Career titles	0
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon	2R (2024)
Last updated on: 28 October 2024.

Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has been ranked by the ATP as high as world No. 12 in doubles, achieved on 19 August 2024. Patten has won four career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, including one Grand Slam tournament title at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships, all alongside partner Harri Heliövaara. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 462 in September 2022.

He has also won 13 ATP Challenger doubles titles, 11 with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for the most Challenger doubles titles accrued in a single season. ^{[2] [3]}

Personal life

Patten was born on 6 May 1996 in Manningtree, Essex, England. He attended Ipswich School and Culford School, before he enrolled at the University of North Carolina at Asheville, where he played collegiate tennis. ^[4] He continued his postgraduate studies at Durham University (2019–2020). ^{[5] [6]} During two of his university summer breaks, he worked for IBM as a courtside statistician at Wimbledon. ^{[7] [8]}

Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour. ^{[9] [10]}

College

While at UNC Asheville, Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles. ^[9] 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. ^[11] 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. ^[12]

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. ^[2]

2023: First ATP final, top 50

Patten partnering with Julian Cash reached his first ATP final at the 2023 U.S. Men's Clay Court Championships, losing to Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell in a deciding champions tiebreak. ^[13] He reached the top 50 on 22 May 2023.

2024: Maiden ATP title, Wimbledon champion, top 15 debut, Davis Cup bow

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. ^{[14] [15]} In May, Patten and Heliövaara defeated top seeds Andreas Mies and Neal Skupski in the final of the Turin Challenger. ^[16] Patten won his second title at the Lyon Open partnering also with Heliövaara. The duo defeated Albano Olivetti and Yuki Bhambri in the final. ^[17]

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, ^{[18] [19]} Neal Skupski and Michael Venus in the semifinals. ^{[20] [21]} 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. ^{[22] [23] [24] [25]} As a result he moved 25 positions up to a new career-high doubles ranking of world No. 17 on 15 July 2024 and to the top 15 three weeks later on 5 August 2024.^{[ citation needed ]}

Seeded sixth at the US Open, Patten and Heliovaara reached the third round with a win over Flavio Cobolli and Dominic Stricker, ^[26] before losing to 11th seeds Wesley Koolhof and Nikola Mektić. ^[27]

Patten made his debut for the Great Britain Davis Cup team against Canada in Manchester, England, on 15 September, teaming with Neal Skupski to defeat Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau in a dead rubber after the tie was already lost following wins for the Canadians in both singles matches. ^{[28] [29]}

Patten and Heliovaara were runners-up at the China Open in October, losing in the final to top seeds Simone Bolelli and Andrea Vavassori. ^[30] The next week they won the Stockholm Open, defeating Petr Nouza and Patrik Rikl in the final. ^{[31] [32]} They followed this by reaching the semifinals at the Vienna Open, losing in a deciding tiebreak to wildcards and eventual champions Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler after squandering two match points. ^[33]

Patten reached a career-high ranking of world No.15 on 28 October, becoming the British men's doubles No.1 for the first time. ^[34] His place alongside Heliovaara at the 2024 ATP Finals was also confirmed with the duo having secured a top eight spot in the ATP Doubles Race to qualify. ^{[35] [36]}

Doubles 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.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Men's doubles

Current through the 2024 Paris Masters.

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
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	3R	0 / 2	4–2
Win–loss	0–0	0–1	3–3	11–3	1 / 8	14–6
Year-end championship
ATP Finals	did not qualify				0 / 0	0–0
ATP Tour Masters 1000
Indian Wells Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Miami Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Monte Carlo Masters	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Madrid Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Italian Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Canadian Open	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Cincinnati Masters	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1	2–1
Shanghai Masters	A	A	A	1R	0 / 1	0–1
Paris Masters	A	A	A	QF	0 / 1	1–1
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	3–5	0 / 5	3–5
Career statistics
Tournaments	0	2	13	26	41
Titles	0	0	0	4	4
Finals	0	0	1	6	7
Overall win–loss	0–0	0–2	10–13	40–20	50–35
Win %	0%	0%	43%	67%	59%
Year-end ranking	774	69	69

Mixed doubles

Tournament	2021	2022	2023	2024	SR	W–L
Australian Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
French Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Wimbledon	A	A	A	2R	0 / 1	1–1
US Open	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0–0
Win–loss	0–0	0–0	0–0	1–1	0 / 1	1–1

Significant finals

Grand Slam tournament finals

Doubles: 1 (1 title)

Outcome	Year	Championship	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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: 7 (4 titles, 3 runner-ups)

Legend Grand Slam (1–0) ATP Masters 1000 (0–0) ATP 500 Series (0–1) ATP 250 Series (3–2)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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)
Loss	3–3	Oct 2024	China Open, China	500 Series	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Simone Bolelli Andrea Vavassori	6–4, 3–6, [5–10]
Win	4–3	Oct 2024	Stockholm Open, Sweden	250 Series	Hard (i)	Harri Heliövaara	Petr Nouza Patrik Rikl	7–5, 6–3

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

Legend ATP Challenger (0–0) ITF World Tennis Tour (1–3)

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

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
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)

Legend ATP Challenger (13–5) ITF World Tennis Tour (8–3)

Finals by surface Hard (14–7) Clay (4–0) Grass (3–1) Carpet (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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

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External links

• Henry Patten at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Henry Patten at the International Tennis Federation