Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen is a Swiss professional tennis player.
24 Facts About Henri Laaksonen
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Henri Laaksonen's parents separated very early in his life, but he nonetheless kept contact with his father.
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Henri Laaksonen started playing tennis at the age of 3.
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Henri Laaksonen won the biggest match of his career at the 2021 French Open against world No 11 Roberto Bautista Agut in four sets in order to advance to a Grand Slam third round for the first time in his career.
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Henri Laaksonen won his sixth Challenger title at the 2021 Open d'Orleans defeating Dennis Novak.
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Henri Laaksonen reached a career-high ranking of World No 84 on 14 February 2022 after qualifying for the 2022 Rotterdam Open.
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Henri Laaksonen reached another final at the Challenger in Roanne losing to Hugo Gaston and climbed 27 positions up to No 155 on 14 November 2022.
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Henri Laaksonen finished the year ranked No 171 on 21 November 2022.
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Henri Laaksonen fell out of the top 200 to No 203 on 20 March 2023.
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Henri Laaksonen initially was called to play for Switzerland for the first round against the Czech Republic in 2013.
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Henri Laaksonen was called to play with Stanislas Wawrinka, Marco Chiudinelli, and Michael Lammer.
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However, Henri Laaksonen was excluded from the team following his behavior during Thursday practice.
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Henri Laaksonen later was fined and received a formal warning from the Swiss Tennis Federation.
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Henri Laaksonen was left out from the first round tie of the World Group against Serbia in February 2014, but called back for the second round tie in Geneva against Kazakhstan in April 2014.
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Henri Laaksonen replaced Chiudinelli, who had won the doubles in Serbia.
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However, Henri Laaksonen did not play in any of the rubbers as the top players Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka were in both the singles matches and the doubles.
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In 2015, after talks with the team and the captain, Henri Laaksonen was called upon to play in the first round against Belgium in Liege.
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Henri Laaksonen won his two singles in five sets against Ruben Bemelmans and Steve Darcis.
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Henri Laaksonen took on the leader role for the young team present.
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Henri Laaksonen was again the Swiss team leader and secured the winning points.
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Henri Laaksonen opened Switzerland's 2018 Davis Cup World Group tie against Kazakhstan, losing in four sets.
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Henri Laaksonen won both his singles matches in the World Group Play-off tie against Sweden, but these were the only points Switzerland registered as the team was relegated from the World Group.
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Henri Laaksonen was again the Swiss number one in the first tie of the newly formatted 2019 Davis Cup, with Switzerland playing Russia on February 1 and 2,2019 in the qualifying round, at the Swiss Tennis Arena in Biel.
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In 2020, away against Peru in Lima, Henri Laaksonen won his first match but lost the decisive rubber against the top Peruvian player Juan Pablo Varillas, resulting in Switzerland's relegation to Group II, the third level of world's tennis.