![]() He lost in the first round to fifth seeded Albert Ramos Viñolas in three sets. In March 2021, Rune made his ATP debut as a wildcard in the Argentina Open. Rune made three more ITF finals at the start of 2021, winning one. 2021: ATP debut & first win, Four Challenger titles, top 110 ![]() He lost 1–2 (6–1, 4–6, 4–6) in the first round to Elliot Benchetrit. In October 2020, Rune received a wildcard to the ATP Challenger 80 in Puente Romano in Marbella, AnyTech365 Marbella Tennis Open. He would make three more ITF finals by the end of 2020, winning two of the three. In September 2020, Rune won his first ITF title at an M25 event in Switzerland. 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. Rune officially turned pro in 2020 at the age of 16.Īt the 2020 Auckland Open, Rune received a wildcard into the qualifying draw but lost to Vasek Pospisil in straight sets. Professional career 2020: First ITF title, Top 500 debut Rune served as a practice partner at the 2019 ATP Finals. 1 after he defeated Harold Mayot to win the ITF Junior Finals. On 28 October 2019 he achieved a ITF juniors ranking of World No. Holger also competed in the 2019 Amersfoort Challenger in July where he captured his second ATP Challenger match win. At the time, he was 16 years, 1 month and 18 days old. Holger received a wildcard and won a match at the 2019 Blois ATP Challenger in June. On 8 June 2019 Rune defeated Toby Alex Kodat to win the 2019 French Open boys' singles title. Īt age 15, he became the youngest Danish male singles champion by winning the 2019 indoor tournament. In 2017, he won the European U14 singles championship. He started training at the Mouratoglou Academy in 2016. In 2014, he became Danish U12 champion in mixed doubles with Clara Tauson. His idols growing up were fellow tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer. 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. He began playing tennis at the age of 6 because his sister played and he started to take the sport seriously. ![]() Rune was born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark, to Aneke Rune and Anders Nødskov. By winning the Paris Masters later that year, Rune made his top 10 debut and became the first player on record (since ATP Rankings began in 1973) to beat five top-10 opponents in the same event (outside the ATP Finals). Three months later, 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. After turning professional in 2020, he won five titles on the ITF World Tennis Tour and five on the ATP Challenger Tour and made his top 100 debut in the 2022. 1 and won ten titles on the ITF Junior Circuit, including the 2019 French Open boys' title. As a junior, Rune was ranked as high as world No. Rune has won four ATP Tour singles titles, including a Masters 1000 title at the 2022 Paris Masters, and produced his best Grand Slam performance at the 2022 French Open by reaching the quarterfinals in his main draw debut at the tournament. 7 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP), which he first achieved on 17 April 2023, making him the highest-ranked Danish player in the ATP rankings. Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune ( Danish: born 29 April 2003) is a Danish professional tennis player.
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