Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune (born 29 April 2003) is a Danish tennis player.[2] Holger was born in Copenhagen and currently resides in Charlottenlund together with his mother Aneke Rune, father Anders Nødskov, and sister Alma Nødskov Rune. He trains at the Mouratoglou Academy since 2016.[3]

Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune
Country (sports) Denmark
Born (2003-04-29) 29 April 2003
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CoachLars Christensen
Prize money$7,704
Singles
Career record4-1
Career titles0
Highest ranking555 (29 July 2019)
Current ranking1005 (16 March 2020)[1]
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open Junior2R (2019)
French Open JuniorW (2019)
Wimbledon Junior3R (2019)
US Open Junior2R (2019)
Doubles
Career record0-0
Career titles0
Highest ranking1882 (9 March 2020)
Last updated on: 22 March 2020.

Career

In 2014, he became Danish U12 champion in mixed doubles with Clara Tauson.[4] Three years later, 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 October 27, 2019, he achieved a ITF juniors ranking of 1 in the world.[7] On 8 June 2019 Rune defeated Toby Alex Kodat to win the 2019 French Open boys' singles title. On 28 October 2019 he defeated Harold Mayot to win the 2019 ITF Junior Finals.

Holger received a wildcard and won the Blois ATP Challenger[8].[9] At the time, he was 16 years, 1 month and 18 days old. Holger also competed in the Amersfoort Challenger in the month of July 2019 where he captured his second ATP Challenger win.[10]

Statistics

Junior Grand Slam
Result Year Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Win 2019 French Open Clay Toby Alex Kodat 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–0
3R 2019 Wimbledon Grass Anton Matusevich 6–4, 7–5
 Won tournament
 Fail to win (exit shown)
 Clay
 Grass

References
  1. "Holger Rune". ATP. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
  2. "Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune - ITF Profile".
  3. https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Actualites/Roland-garros-victoire-chez-les-juniors-du-danois-holger-vitus-nodskov-rune/1027440
  4. Østergaard, Mikael (14 July 2014). "Gentoftes tennistalenter med i 10 finaler". lokalavisen.dk. Retrieved 5 November 2017.
  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. "Rankings".
  8. "Blois | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  9. "Holger Rune é o sexto mais jovem deste século a ganhar num Challenger". Bola Amarela (in Portuguese). 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2019-07-23.
  10. "Amersfoort | Draws | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2019-07-23.


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