Holger Rune

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Holger Rune
Holger Rune practicing 2019.png
Holger Rune practicing
Full nameHolger Vitus Nødskov Rune
Country (sports) Denmark
ResidenceCharlottenlund, Denmark
Born (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003 (age 18)
Gentofte, Denmark
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Turned pro2020
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLars Christensen
Prize moneyUS$116,132
Singles
Career record11–14 (44.0%)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 103 (22 November 2021)
Current rankingNo. 103 (22 November 2021)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
US Open1R (2021)
Australian Open Junior2R (2019)
French Open JuniorW (2019)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2019)
Doubles
Career record0-0
Career titles0
Highest ranking1080 (23 November 2020)
Current ranking1158 (28 June 2021)
Team competitions
Davis Cup4–1
Last updated on: 22 November 2021.

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (Danish pronunciation: [ˈhɔl'gɔ ˈviːtus ˈnøˌsgɔw' ˈʁuːnə], born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 118 achieved on 1 November 2021. As of November 2021, Rune is the current Danish No. 1 in men's singles.

Early life[]

Rune was born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark. His mother was named Aneke Rune and his father was named Anders Nødskov. He also has a sister named Alma. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 because his sister played and started to take the sport seriously. Throughout his childhood, he was coached by Lars Christensen who still remains his head coach and, along with his mother, is credited as his biggest inspiration. His idols growing up were fellow tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer.[2]

Junior career[]

In 2014, he became Danish U12 champion in mixed doubles with Clara Tauson.[3]

He started training at the Mouratoglou Academy in 2016.[4]

In 2017, he won the European U14 singles championship.[5]

At age 15, he became the youngest Danish male singles champion by winning the 2019 indoor tournament.[6]

On 8 June 2019 Rune defeated Toby Alex Kodat to win the 2019 French Open boys' singles title.

Holger received a wildcard and won a match at the 2019 Blois ATP Challenger in June.[7][8] At the time, he was 16 years, 1 month and 18 days old. Holger also competed in the 2019 Amersfoort Challenger in July where he captured his second ATP Challenger match win.[9]

On 28 October 2019 he achieved a ITF juniors ranking of No. 1 in the world after he defeated Harold Mayot to win the ITF Junior Finals.[10]

Rune served as a practice partner at the 2019 ATP Finals.

Professional career[]

2020: First ITF title, Top 500 debut[]

Rune officially turned pro in 2020 at the age of 16.

At the 2020 Auckland Open, Rune received a wildcard into the qualifying draw but lost to Vasek Pospisil in straight sets.

In July 2020, Holger became the youngest player to compete at the Ultimate Tennis Showdown (UTS), where he was defeated by French player Corentin Moutet. [11]

In September 2020, Rune won his first ITF title at an M25 event in Switzerland. He would make three more ITF finals by the end of 2020, winning two of the three.

2021: First ATP tournament and win, Three Challenger titles, Top 150, Grand Slam and NextGen finals debut[]

Rune made three more ITF finals at the start of 2021, winning one.

In March 2021, Rune made his ATP debut as a wildcard in the Argentina Open. He lost in the first round to 5th seeded Albert Ramos Viñolas in 3 sets. At the Chile Open the very next week, Rune was accepted into the qualifying draw as a wildcard. He went on to win the qualifying round and record his first ATP match win against Sebastián Báez in straight sets.[12] He would then follow this up with his first top 30 victory over Benoît Paire in straight sets to reach his first ATP quarterfinal where he would lose to Federico Delbonis in straight sets. At the age of 17, he became the youngest ATP Tour quarter-finalist since 2014.

In June 2021, Rune won his first ATP Challenger title in Biella. His victory was overshadowed by homophobic slurs he made during his semifinal match.[13] His actions were investigated by the ATP, and he was fined for his homophobic outburst.[14]

In July 2021, Rune received another wave of wildcards into several clay court events during the summer clay court swing. These events include the Swedish Open, Croatia Open, and Austrian Open Kitzbühel. He 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.

Rune entered the 2021 US Open Qualifying as the 24th seed. There, he won all three of his qualifying matches to qualify for the 2021 US Open for his grand slam debut. He 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.

Rune made his second ATP quarterfinal at the Moselle Open after qualifying for the main draw. He double-bageled lucky loser Bernabé Zapata Miralles in the first round and then upset 5th seed Lorenzo Sonego in the second round in three sets to make the quarterfinals. He lost in the quarterfinals to 2nd seed Pablo Carreño Busta in three sets.

On 4 November 2021, Rune qualified for the 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.[15][16]

Singles performance timeline[]

Key
W  F  SF QF #R RR Q# P# DNQ A Z# PO G F-S SF-B NMS P NH
(W) Won; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (F-S) silver or (SF-B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; a (NMS) downgraded Masters Series/1000 tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held. SR=strike rate (events won/competed)
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 2021 Next Generation ATP Finals.

Tournament 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 SR W–L
Grand Slam tournaments
Australian Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
French Open A A A A 0 / 0 0–0
Wimbledon A A NH A 0 / 0 0–0
US Open A A A 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 0 / 1 0–1
ATP Masters 1000
Indian Wells Masters A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Monte-Carlo Masters A A NH 1R 0 / 1 0–1
Win–Loss 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 0 / 2 0–2
National representation
Davis Cup Z2 Z2 Z2 0 / 0 4–1
Career statistics
Tournaments 0 0 0 11 11
Overall Win–Loss 1–0 1–1 2–0 7–13 11–14
Year-end ranking – 1019 473 103 44%

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals[]

Singles: 12 (8–4)[]

Legend
ATP Challengers (3–1)
ITF World Tennis Tour (4–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (2–2)
Clay (6–2)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 M25 Klosters, Switzerland World Tennis Tour Clay Netherlands Jesper de Jong 6–4, 6–2
Loss 1–1 Sep 2020 M15 Melilla, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Kazakhstan Timofei Skatov 6–3, 0–6, 1–6
Win 2–1 Nov 2020 M15 Valldoreix, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Spain Javier Barranco Cosano 7–6(7–0), 6–3
Win 3–1 Nov 2020 M15 Antalya, Turkey World Tennis Tour Clay Austria Filip Misolic 6–0, 4–0 RET.
Loss 3–2 Jan 2021 M15 Manacor, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard France Evan Furness 2–6, 7–5, 0–6
Win 4–2 Jan 2021 M15 Bressuire, France World Tennis Tour Hard (i) France Matteo Martineau 7–5, 4–6, 6–3
Loss 4–3 Feb 2021 M25 Villena, Spain World Tennis Tour Hard Portugal Gastão Elias 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Loss 4–4 May 2021 Oeiras, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Gastão Elias 7–5, 4–6, 4–6
Win 5–4 Jun 2021 Biella, Italy Challenger Clay Argentina Marco Trungelliti 6–3, 5–7, 7–6(7–5)
Win 6–4 Aug 2021 San Marino, San Marino Challenger Clay Brazil Orlando Luz 1–6, 6–2, 6–3
Win 7–4 Aug 2021 Verona, Italy Challenger Clay Croatia Nino Serdarušić 6–4, 6–2
Win 8–4 Nov 2021 Bergamo, Italy Challenger Hard (i) Turkey Cem İlkel 7–5, 7–6(8–6)

Doubles: 2 (1–1)[]

Legend
ATP Challengers (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (1–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (0–0)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partmer Opponents Score
Win 1–0 Sep 2020 M15 Melilla, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay France Valentin Royer Netherlands Max Houkes
Spain Jose Vidal Azorin 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Nov 2020 M15 Valldoreix, Spain World Tennis Tour Clay Ukraine Eric Vanshelboim Jordan Abedallah Shelbayh
Spain Pedro Vives Marcos 		5–7, 3–6

Junior Grand Slam Finals[]

Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 French Open Clay United States Toby Alex Kodat 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Holger Rune". ATP. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Holger Rune personal bio". ATP Tour. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. ^ Østergaard, Mikael (14 July 2014). "Gentoftes tennistalenter med i 10 finaler". lokalavisen.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  4. ^ https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Roland-garros-victoire-chez-les-juniors-du-danois-holger-vitus-nodskov-rune/1027440
  5. ^ Dalsgaard Jensen, Ole (9 April 2018). "C WorldWide Talentprisen: Holger og Clara modtager hver 50.000 kr. til rejser". Tennis Avisen. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  6. ^ Dalsgaard Jensen, Ole (1 April 2019). "DM Inde: Holger yngste vinder nogensinde. Hannah vinder sin 3. DM-titel". Tennis Avisen. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  7. ^ "Blois | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  8. ^ "Holger Rune é o sexto mais jovem deste século a ganhar num Challenger". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. ^ "Amersfoort | Draws | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  10. ^ "ITF Junior No. 1 Ranking".
  11. ^ "UTS: Corentin Moutet scrapes past Holger Rune test in sudden death". UTS live. 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2021-04-14.
  12. ^ "17-Year-Old Rune Records First ATP Win In Santiago". ATP Tour. 10 March 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  13. ^ Lewis, Jessi (11 June 2021). "Tennis player Holger Rune yells gay slurs during match". Star Observer. Retrieved 2021-09-02.
  14. ^ "Holger Rune investigated for homophobic comments". Tennis World. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  15. ^ https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-milan-2021-qualification
  16. ^ https://www.nextgenatpfinals.com/en/news/rune-milan-2021-qualification-ng

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