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Blue_Belle · County player

Henry Patten

Tanaqui · County player

What a lovely blog post: funny and insightful! I didn't know much about Henry, so that was very interesting. I especially hadn't realised he came round to the idea of playing tennis professionally so late or that, while I knew he and Julian had a storming season or so together, their rise was that meteoric. Also nice to see that Henry considers he and Julian are still friends after the split (which seemed a little bit unhappy at the time.)

Thanks for posting, Blue Belle. And yes, also rooting for Henry and Harri even more than I was!

-- Edited by Tanaqui on Tuesday 11th of June 2024 05:49:18 AM

twentytoone · Intermediate Club Player

What does Henry mean by the British system

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

twentytoone wrote:
What does Henry mean by the British system

Isnt this the Louis Cayer coached approach to doubles - very structured and focused way of playing the court and the angles. I think the Cayer approach is the British system, obviously other coaches like Calvin Breton would be aligned into that.

Interesting saying that Neal and lloyd would be good alternatives for him; glad to see he and Julian are good friends still - we always wonder here, dont we, but I guess separating the professional need from the personal friendship aspect is key at this level

And hope he and Liv Nicholls can get into the mixed at Wimbledon!!

Lambda · ATP level

Just come across this 11 minute interview with Henry for his college's "All-Access" series which may be of interest to Henry fans. The first couple of minutes cover his time at Asheville before moving on to his pro partnerships and Wimbledon. It appears to have been recorded at some time between Wimbledon and the start of the US swing and released at the end of August.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nc9Bgrg-SEk

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

live-tennis.eu/en/atp-doubles-live-ranking

Henry is now top on the live ranking list, with Joe dropping a chunk of points at the end of this week; Joe drops even more next week with Paris and Turin coming off, and he wont replace Turin at all, whereas Henry will be in Turin.

So it looks pretty certain Henry will see that live number one through now to a "real" number one and season end number one as well.

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Time to add that our Henry, winner of Wimbledon men's doubles, with Harri, went and did the same at the Australian Open

Good man !

And as of 27th January 2025, Henry is WR 3

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

ATP article on Henry and Harri

www.atptour.com/en/news/heliovaara-patten-april-2025-one-year-on-feature

Blue_Belle · County player

Interesting article.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/20/doubles-is-absolute-carnage-meet-henry-patten-gbs-unsung-wimbledon-champion-tennis

-- Edited by Blue_Belle on Tuesday 20th of May 2025 11:05:06 PM

Stircrazy · Tennis legend

Blue_Belle wrote:
Interesting article.
https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/may/20/doubles-is-absolute-carnage-meet-henry-patten-gbs-unsung-wimbledon-champion-tennis

Agreed. Nice to see that he & Julian are still friends.

DF · Tennis legend

Apparently Wimbledon has announced their first list of punishments for 2025 with 12 players fined

Henry has been fined £ 9,000 for' abusing staff.'
He is appealing the punishment.
metro.co.uk/2025/07/07/wimbledon-fine-12-players-british-tennis-star-punished-abusing-staff-23602133/

-- Edited by DF on Monday 7th of July 2025 06:58:54 PM

Coup Droit · Tennis legend

Alleged verbal abuse at an off-site training ground of a staff member

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/jul/07/wimbledon-doubles-champion-handed-9200-fine-for-alleged-verbal-abuse

Personally, I don't think Henry comes across too well in this article

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

9k is a fair fine so it must have been felt to be quite serious.

JonH comes home · Tennis legend

Interesting reading Harri's blog today.

www.harriheliovaara.fi/2025/07/27/kesalomat-vietetty-seuraavaksi-kohti-pohjois-amerikkaa/

He spent a few days at Lego Land and Peppa Pig theme park post Wimbledon, then went home to Finland and enjoyed a two week break, albeit with training as well in the process.

He is heading to Toronto and Cinci with Henry but heading home for a week post Cinci before going back for the US Open. Which surprised me - I guess Henry is in the US himself so will fly home there? Presumably Harris family will then head en masse to NYC with him after a week at home? I think Cinci final is a Monday, so they have that whole week from the 18th at home before starting doubles later in the US Open week?

"Today, Sunday, it was time to say goodbye to the home side after the morning training and head back to Helsinki-Vantaa after a short break. Finnair will not start direct flights to Toronto until next summer, but the route via London is not impossibly long either. The return flight from Cincinnati is in three weeks, so I will be home for a week before the US Open anyway."