Patrik Niklas-Salminen

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Patrik Niklas-Salminen
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Country (sports)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Residence Tampere, Finland
Born (1997-03-05) 5 March 1997 (age 27)
Tampere, Finland
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
PlaysLeft-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money$157,967
Singles
Career record2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 418 (2 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles5 Challengers
Highest rankingNo. 95 (17 April 2023)
Current rankingNo. 106 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup 2–3
Last updated on: 12 November 2024.

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 five doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles.

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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)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1 Feb 2024 Open 13, France250 seriesHard (i) Flag of Finland.svg Emil Ruusuvuori Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Tomáš Macháč
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Zhang Zhizhen
3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 30 (20 titles, 10 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–10)
ITF Futures (15–0)

ATP Challenger Finals (5–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–L   Date   TournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Win1–0 Nov 2019 Playford, AustraliaChallengerHard Flag of Finland.svg Harri Heliövaara Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of the United States.svg Evan King
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [10–7]
Win2–0 Mar 2022 Lille, FranceChallengerHard Flag of Norway.svg Viktor Durasovic Flag of France.svg Jonathan Eysseric
Flag of France.svg Quentin Halys
7–5, 7–6(7–1)
Loss2–1 Jul 2022 Tampere, FinlandChallengerClay Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki Flag of Austria.svg Alexander Erler
Flag of Austria.svg Lucas Miedler
6–7(3–7), 1–6
Loss2–2 Jul 2022 Zug, SwitzerlandChallengerClay Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Kolář
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Adam Pavlásek
3–6, 5–7
Win3–2 Oct 2022 Ismaning, GermanyChallengerCarpet Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Michael Geerts Flag of Germany.svg Fabian Fallert
Flag of Germany.svg Hendrik Jebens
7–6(7–5), 7–6(10–8)
Loss3–3 Jan 2023 Oeiras, PortugalChallenger 75Hard - indoor Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of the Netherlands.svg Sander Arends
Flag of the Netherlands.svg David Pel
3–6, 6–7 (3–7)
Loss3–4 Jan 2023 Tenerife, SpainChallenger 100Hard - outdoor Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of Romania.svg Victor Vlad Cornea
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornés
3–6, 4–6
Win4–4 Feb 2023 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, BahrainChallenger 125Hard - outdoor Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of the Philippines.svg Ruben Gonzales
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Romboli
6–3, 6–4
Loss4–5 Mar 2023 Saint-Brieuc, FranceChallenger 75Hard - indoor Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart Stevens Flag of France.svg Dan Added
Flag of France.svg Albano Olivetti
6–4, 6–7 (7–9) [6–10]
Loss4–6 Apr 2023 Madrid, SpainChallenger 75Clay Flag of the Netherlands.svg Bart StevensFlag placeholder.svg Ivan Liutarevich
Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov
4–6, 4–6
Loss4–7 Feb 2024 Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, BahrainChallengerHard Flag of the United States.svg Vasil Kirkov Flag of Greece.svg Petros Tsitsipas
Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Martos Gornes
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss4–8 Mar 2024 Hamburg, GermanyChallengerHard Flag of Poland.svg Karol Drzewiecki Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Rémy Bertola
Flag of Italy.svg Mattia Bellucci
4–6, 5–7
Loss4–9 May 2024 Guangzhou, ChinaChallengerHard Flag of South Korea.svg Nam Ji-sung Flag of Australia (converted).svg Blake Ellis
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tristan Schoolkate
2–6, 7–6(7–4), [4–10]
Win5–9 May 2024 Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Flag of Ukraine.svg Vladyslav Manafov Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann
Flag of India.svg Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha
6–3, 6–4
Loss5–10 Jul 2024 Modena,
Italy
ChallengerClay Flag of Germany.svg Andre Begemann Flag of France.svg Jonathan Eysseric
Flag of the United States.svg George Goldhoff
3–6, 6–3, [8–10]


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