Harri Heliövaara

Harri Heliövaara (born 4 June 1989) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 7 in doubles, which he first achieved on 12 June 2023. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 194 in December 2011. Heliövaara has won seven career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and is a two-time major champion in both men's doubles (at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with Henry Patten) and mixed doubles (at the 2023 US Open with Anna Danilina).

He has also won 20 ITF Futures in doubles and eight ITF Futures tournaments in singles. He won the 2007 Australian Open boys' doubles title with Graeme Dyce. Heliövaara announced his professional retirement from tennis in 2013 but made a comeback in 2017.

Personal life
Heliövaara is a member of the ATP Player Advisory Council.

Heliövaara worked outside tennis during his absence from the tour between 2014 and 2017. He interned in McKinsey & Company and also had an office job at Helsinki Airport. He was He met his wife, Sini, at the airport, where she worked full-time. The couple have two children together, a daughter and a son.

2021: First two titles, Wimbledon third round
Partnering Lloyd Glasspool, Heliövaara won his first ATP Tour title at the 2021 Open 13 against Sander Arends and David Pel of the Netherlands in March, and his second at the 2021 Kremlin Cup with Dutch Matwé Middelkoop in October.

2022: Two major quarterfinals and ATP Finals semifinal, ATP 500 title, top 15
Heliövaara reached two more ATP 250 finals with Glasspool at the 2022 Open Sud de France in Lyon and the 2022 Dallas Open and entered the top 50 in doubles on 28 February 2022. In May 2022, on their debut at the 2022 Italian Open (tennis), the pair reached their first quarterfinal at a Masters 1000 as alternates, defeating top seeds Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram en route in the first round, marking their first win and a debut for Heliövaara at this level.

At the 2022 French Open he reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for the first time in his career with Glasspool. As a result, he moved into the top 40 at World No. 39 on 6 June 2022. The pair continued with their successful season reaching their first final on grass at the 2022 Queen's Club Championships. Next they advanced to the third round at Wimbledon for the second consecutive year.

They won the biggest title at the ATP 500 2022 Hamburg European Open defeating Matwé Middelkoop and Rohan Bopanna. As a result, Heliövaara reached the top 25 on 25 July 2022. At the 2022 Croatia Open Umag, they reached the semifinals defeating wildcard pair Mili Poljičak and Nino Serdarušić. Next they defeated second seeds Rafael Matos and David Vega Hernández to reach their fifth final this season.

At the 2022 National Bank Open the pair reached the quarterfinals of a Masters 1000 for the second time in the season where they lost to third seeds Koolhof/Skupski.

Seeded 11th at the US Open they reached their second quarterfinal of a Grand Slam and first at this Major defeating 8th seeded pair of Kyrgios/Kokkinakis in three sets. The pair reached their sixth final of the season at the 2022 Moselle Open. As a result, Heliövaara reached the top 15 in the doubles rankings at World No. 14 on 26 September 2022.

On 4 November the pair qualified for their first 2022 ATP Finals after reaching their first Masters 1000 semifinal at the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters and Heliövaara moved to No. 12 in the rankings. They qualified for the ATP finals semifinals defeating Arévalo/Rojer and Granollers/Zeballos both matches in straight sets.

2023: Three Masters quarterfinals and semifinal, World No. 7, Mixed Major title
He won his fourth title with his partner Glasspool in Adelaide and reached the top 10 at No. 9 on 9 January 2023. He also reached his eleventh final in Dubai with Glasspool.

At the sign-in line of the US Open, Heliövarra met Anna Danilina, asked if she wanted a partner for the mixed doubles tournament, and she accepted. The recently formed pair wound up winning the entire event at Flushing Meadows.

2024: Two ATP titles and Wimbledon champion
In April, Heliövaara won his fifth title with his new partner Henry Patten at the Grand Prix Hassan II defeating second seeded Austrian duo of Alexander Erler and Lucas Miedler. Heliövaara and Patten also won the Madrid Challenger, defeating Guido Andreozzi and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela in the final.

In May, Heliövaara and Patten defeated top seeds Andreas Mies and Neal Skupski in the final of the Turin Challenger. Heliövaara won his sixth title at the Lyon Open partnering also with Patten. The duo defeated Albano Olivetti and Yuki Bhambri in the final.

Heliövaara and Patten reached the final at Wimbledon, defeating Italian duo Andrea Vavassori and Simone Bolelli, Spanish duo Pedro Martínez and Jaume Munar, and then Marcelo Arévalo and Mate Pavić in the quarterfinals, Neal Skupski and Michael Venus in the semifinals. They defeated Australian duo Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell in the final, in a three-setter with three tiebreaks, saving three match points, to win their first Grand Slam title together. As a result, he moved 25 positions up back to the top 15 July 2024.

Doubles performance timeline
Current through the 2024 French Open.