Henrik Holm

Henrik Holm
Country (sports) Sweden
ResidenceMonte Carlo, Monaco
Born (1968-08-22) 22 August 1968 (age 56)
Täby, Sweden
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Turned pro1988
Retired1999
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$1,693,931
Singles
Career record96–110
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 17 (5 July 1993)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open3R (1994)
French Open2R (1993, 1994)
Wimbledon4R (1992)
US Open3R (1993)
Doubles
Career record95–91
Career titles5
Highest rankingNo. 10 (16 May 1994)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open3R (1994)
French Open2R (1994)
Wimbledon2R (1991, 1992, 1995, 1997)
US Open2R (1992)

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).

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%

References

  1. ^ "ATP Player Profile". ATP. Retrieved 31 March 2012.


Awards
Preceded by ATP Most Improved Player
1992
Succeeded by