Holger Rune has been ranked as high as world No 6 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals, making him the highest-ranked Danish player in the ATP rankings.
52 Facts About Holger Rune
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Three months later, Holger Rune reached his first ATP Tour final at the 2022 Bavarian International Tennis Championships, where he won his first title and subsequently entered into the top 50.
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Holger Rune began playing tennis at the age of 6 because his sister played and he started to take the sport seriously.
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Holger Rune's idols growing up were fellow tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.
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Holger Rune started training at the Mouratoglou Academy in 2016.
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On 8 June 2019 Holger Rune defeated Toby Alex Kodat to win the 2019 French Open boys' singles title.
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Holger Rune received a wildcard and won a match at the 2019 Blois ATP Challenger in June.
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Holger Rune competed in the 2019 Amersfoort Challenger in July where he captured his second ATP Challenger match win.
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Holger Rune served as a practice partner at the 2019 ATP Finals.
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Holger Rune officially turned pro in 2020 at the age of 16.
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At the 2020 Auckland Open, Holger Rune received a wildcard into the qualifying draw but lost to Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.
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In July 2020, Holger Rune became the youngest player to compete at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown, where he was defeated by French player Corentin Moutet.
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In September 2020, Holger Rune won his first ITF title at an M25 event in Switzerland.
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Holger Rune would make three more ITF finals by the end of 2020, winning two of the three.
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In October 2020, Holger Rune received a wildcard to the ATP Challenger 80 in Puente Romano in Marbella, AnyTech365 Marbella Tennis Open.
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Holger Rune made three more ITF finals at the start of 2021, winning one.
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In March 2021, Holger Rune made his ATP debut as a wildcard in the Argentina Open.
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Holger Rune lost in the first round to fifth seeded Albert Ramos Vinolas in three sets.
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At the Chile Open the next week, Holger Rune was accepted into the qualifying draw as a wildcard.
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Holger Rune went on to win the qualifying round and record his first ATP match win against Sebastian Baez in straight sets.
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Holger Rune followed this up with his first top-30 victory over Benoit Paire in straight sets to reach his first ATP quarterfinal, where he lost to Federico Delbonis in straight sets.
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In June 2021, Holger Rune won his first ATP Challenger title in Biella.
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Holger Rune's victory was overshadowed by homophobic slurs he made during his semi-final match.
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Holger Rune's actions were investigated by the ATP, and he was fined for his homophobic outburst.
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In July 2021, Holger Rune received another wave of wildcards into several clay-court events during the summer clay-court swing: the Swedish Open, Croatia Open, and Austrian Open Kitzbuhel.
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Holger Rune posted a few more match wins in these tournaments which boosted his ranking to a career-high of No 145 on 23 August 2021 after winning the San Marino Open and the Verona Challenger, making him the second youngest male player in the top 150.
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Holger Rune entered the 2021 US Open Qualifying as the 24th seed.
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Holger Rune played world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the first round, where he lost the first set and won the second set in a tiebreak, but started to cramp late in the third set and eventually lost the match.
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Holger Rune made his second ATP quarterfinal at the Moselle Open, after qualifying for the main draw.
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Holger Rune double-bageled lucky loser Bernabe Zapata Miralles in the first round, and then upset fifth seed Lorenzo Sonego in the second round in three sets to make the quarterfinals.
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Holger Rune lost in the quarterfinals to second seed Pablo Carreno Busta in three sets.
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Holger Rune finished the year ranked No 103 in the ATP rankings.
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Holger Rune made his debut in the top 100 of the ATP singles rankings on 17 January 2022 at world No 99, making him the second youngest male player after Carlos Alcaraz to be ranked in the top 100.
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Holger Rune then overcame Emil Ruusuvuori and Oscar Otte to reach his first career ATP singles final.
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Holger Rune then stunned fourth seed Stefanos Tsitsipas to earn his third win of the season over a top 15 player to reach his first career Grand Slam quarterfinal, making him the first Danish man in singles to reach the quarterfinals of any Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era.
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Holger Rune did not win a match between the French Open and Washington.
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In Montreal, Holger Rune beat Fabio Fognini in straight sets in the first round, then lost to eventual champion Pablo Carreno Busta in the second round.
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In Cincinnati, Holger Rune lost to 9th seed Cameron Norrie in the first round.
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At the US Open, Holger Rune beat Peter Gojowczyk and received a walkover from John Isner to reach the third round, where he lost again to Norrie.
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Holger Rune reached his second ATP final in Sofia, beating Tim van Rijthoven, Lorenzo Sonego and Ilya Ivashka, then moved on to the final after defending champion and top seed Jannik Sinner retired in the middle of their match due to injury.
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Holger Rune reached his third final at the 2022 Stockholm Open by defeating fifth seed Alex de Minaur.
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Holger Rune won his second title defeating top seed Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final.
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Holger Rune reached the final defeating two Frenchmen Ugo Humbert and Arthur Rinderknech, and then sixth seed Roberto Bautista Agut in the semifinals.
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Holger Rune became only the fourth man born in the 2000s to reach the Top 20 in the ATP rankings.
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Holger Rune saved three match points in his opening match against Wawrinka on his debut at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters.
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Holger Rune then defeated four top-10 players in a row: 10th seed Hubert Hurkacz, world No 9 and 7th seed Andrey Rublev, World No 1 Carlos Alcaraz, and world No 8 Felix Auger-Aliassime, to reach his first Masters 1000 and fourth final in a row.
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Holger Rune defeated 6th seed and world No 7 defending champion Novak Djokovic, his fifth top-10 win in a row, to win his first Masters 1000 title, the youngest champion in Paris since Boris Becker in 1986.
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Holger Rune became the first man to beat five top-10 opponents in the same event.
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Holger Rune moved one position up as first alternate for the 2022 ATP Finals and on the same day, on 6 November 2022, he decided to withdraw from the 2022 Next Generation ATP Finals.
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Holger Rune won in three sets to successfully defend his title and lift his first trophy of the season.
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Holger Rune defeated fourth seed Casper Ruud for his second top-5 win in a row to reach his second Masters final of the season.
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Holger Rune moved to a new career high ranking of world No 6 making him the highest Danish player in history of the ATP rankings.