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Henry Patten

Henry Patten

British tennis player (born 1996)


Henry Patten (born 6 May 1996) is a British tennis player. Patten has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 50 achieved on 22 May 2023. He also has a career high singles ranking of world No. 462 achieved on 19 September 2022.[1] Patten has won twelve ATP Challenger doubles title, eleven with Julian Cash. Ten of the titles came in 2022, a record for most Challenger doubles titles in a single season.[2][3]

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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).[4][5]

Patten is also a chess enthusiast, often playing the game while on tour.[6]

College

While at UNC Asheville Patten became the No. 1 ranked NCAA doubles player and placed as high as No. 32 in singles.[6] 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.[7] 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.[8]

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

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 Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson.[9] He reached the top 50 on 22 May 2023.

2024: Maiden ATP title

Patten won his maiden ATP title at the 2024 Grand Prix Hassan II partnering with Harri Heliövaara defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler.[10][11]

Doubles performance timeline

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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.

Current through the 2023 US Open.

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ATP career finals

Doubles: 3 (1 title, 2 runner ups)

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ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 4 (1–3)

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Doubles: 28 (20 titles, 8 runner-ups)

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References

  1. "Henry Patten | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.
  2. "Henry Patten - Men's Tennis". UNC Asheville Athletics.
  3. Styles, Matt (20 February 2020). "DU Tennis Club win Northern Premier and National League". Palatinate. Retrieved 5 June 2022.
  4. British Uni Tennis (LTA) (10 November 2019). "BUCS Doubles Championships Finals". Twitter. Retrieved 19 September 2020.



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