Let´s follow this young gun in his way to pro tour.
FINLAND
Born: 19/06/1990 (AGE:18)
Started playing tennis at age 3.
Likes hard court and can serve and volley too.
Best JR rkg: 4
Runner up in Wimbledon 2008 JR
QF in US OPEN 2008 JR
Runner up in European 2008 Juniors
Runner up in US OPEN 2008 doubles JR
Ranking: 1808sgl/dbl 572
Already played DC for Finland.
Won 1 future in doubles and was 2x runner up.
I hope, this thread will be one of the most popular))
Anyway, Good luck for Henry...This season will show his really ability.
I saw only his Wimbledon's final. The game was quite equal, but Dimitrov already is about 500. This fact gives me hope for bright future.
P.S. It will be great to see finnish doubles (Kontinen - Nieminen) in Tour. Do you know any similar examples at high level?
Yes, I started this thread because he was a very good jr player and also because I believe he canm bring Finland to better DC appearances.
He losty on third round qualies on Futures Croatia, but he can improve after the injury.
[8] Benjamin BECKER (GER) vs. Jarkko NIEMINEN (FIN) QUALIFIER vs. [WC] Henri KONTINEN (FIN)
Simon GREUL (GER) vs. [WC] Robin HAASE (NED)
BYE / [3] Tommy ROBREDO (ESP)
Whatup with Kontinen? Is he done with tennis carrier? players at his age are around top100, or lets see Tomic 2 years younger and better ranking. I think Kontinen has talent but nowhere on rankings...
He's playing in Russia in 2 weeks, and age has nothing to do with ranking. There's been a bunch of players that have been to Junior Grand Slam finals and gotten no where in the tennis world. He's probably going to crack the top 200 this year, and maybe aim for top 100 next year.
you're right but I mean a guy like Berankis is top 100 already, so he automatically gets main draw entries,so it's a lot tougher for Henri to break into the top. Djokovic who is not a super talented player at 20 he played us open final. I really hope Kontinen breaks into top 100 by the end of this year.
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