# Holger Rune
**Holger Rune** (full name Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune) is a Danish professional tennis player who reached a career-high of No. 4 in the PIF ATP Rankings on 21 August 2023 and won the 2022 Rolex Paris Masters at age 19 by defeating [Novak Djokovic](https://www.edgepedia.org/novak-djokovic) in the final.[1](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R0DG/bio) • [2](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2026/2026-atp-media-guide-full.pdf) • [3](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rune-paris-2022-sunday-final) Born in 2003, he came through as a standout junior before establishing himself among the leading players of his generation.[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Nationality / full name | Denmark; Holger Vitus Nodskov Rune[1](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R0DG/bio) |
| Career-high ranking | No. 4 (21 August 2023)[2](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2026/2026-atp-media-guide-full.pdf) |
| Biggest title | 2022 Rolex Paris Masters (ATP Masters 1000), beating Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5 in the final[3](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rune-paris-2022-sunday-final) |
| Paris record | First player since the ATP Tour began in 1990 to earn 5 Top-10 wins at a single event other than the Nitto ATP Finals[1](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R0DG/bio) |
| Junior career | 2019 Roland Garros boys' champion and former junior world No. 1[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/) |
| 2025 highlights | Barcelona ATP 500 winner; Indian Wells ATP 1000 finalist; Roland Garros fourth round[5](https://holgerrune.com/bio/) • [6](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-rune-musetti-fourth-round) |
| Injury | Ruptured Achilles tendon at Stockholm in October 2025; sidelined for roughly 11 months[7](https://as.com/tenis/alcaraz-pierde-a-su-companero-rune-se-retira-del-us-open-f202608-n/) |
## Junior career and early professional years
Rune was crowned Roland Garros boys' champion in 2019 and held the junior world No. 1 ranking, and in 2020 and 2021 he received ITF International Junior Player Grants to help with competition costs.[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/) He made his Grand Slam main-draw debut at the 2021 US Open through qualifying, drawing Novak Djokovic in the first round.[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/) In 2021 he also won four ATP Challenger titles (Bergamo, [San Marino](https://www.edgepedia.org/san-marino), Biella, and Verona) and reached the Next Gen Masters final in Milan.[5](https://holgerrune.com/bio/)
His first [ATP Tour](https://www.edgepedia.org/atp-tour) title came at the BMW Open in Munich in April 2022, two days after his 19th birthday, on the clay where he had won all his major junior titles.[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/)
## Breakthrough in 2022
**Roland Garros debut quarterfinal.** On his first Roland Garros main draw, Rune beat [Denis Shapovalov](https://www.edgepedia.org/denis-shapovalov), Henri Laaksonen, Hugo Gaston, and fourth-ranked [Stefanos Tsitsipas](https://www.edgepedia.org/stefanos-tsitsipas) to reach the quarterfinals, where he pushed [Casper Ruud](https://www.edgepedia.org/casper-ruud) to four sets before running out of energy in a match that ended at 1:30 am.[4](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/)
**The Paris Masters title.** In November 2022, a run that could have ended in a first-round exit instead produced five consecutive Top-10 wins and his first ATP Masters 1000 crown at the Rolex Paris Masters.[8](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-paris-2022-final-reaction) In the final the 19-year-old came back to beat six-time champion Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5, a result that lifted him to a then career-high No. 10 the following Monday.[3](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rune-paris-2022-sunday-final) The title made him the first player since the ATP Tour began in 1990 to record five Top-10 wins at one event other than the Nitto ATP Finals.[1](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R0DG/bio) He also finished 2022 as runner-up at the Swiss Indoors Basel (ATP 500) and Sofia Open (ATP 250) and won the Stockholm Open (ATP 250).[5](https://holgerrune.com/bio/)
## 2023 and 2024
From the 2022 Paris title through the 2023 Rome event, Rune compiled an 18-5 record across six ATP Masters 1000 tournaments, with runner-up finishes at Monte-Carlo (losing to [Andrey Rublev](https://www.edgepedia.org/andrey-rublev)) and Rome (losing to [Daniil Medvedev](https://www.edgepedia.org/daniil-medvedev)).[9](https://www.lta.org.uk/49df86/siteassets/events/cinch/media/atp-match-notes-day-2---queens.pdf) He won the BMW Open again in 2023 and qualified for the Nitto ATP Finals that year.[5](https://holgerrune.com/bio/) His career-high ranking of No. 4 was set on 21 August 2023.[2](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2026/2026-atp-media-guide-full.pdf) At Wimbledon he won both five-set matches he contested there through 2024, including his first successful comeback from two sets down in 2023.[10](https://www.itftennis.com/media/14632/2025-wimbledon-day-1-mens-match-notes.pdf)
## 2025 season
Rune won the Barcelona Open, an ATP 500 event, and reached the Indian Wells ATP 1000 final in 2025.[5](https://holgerrune.com/bio/) At Roland Garros, as tenth seed, he reached the fourth round before [Lorenzo Musetti](https://www.edgepedia.org/lorenzo-musetti) wore him down 7-5, 3-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a Sunday-night match that gave the Italian his first Top-10 win at a Grand Slam.[6](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-rune-musetti-fourth-round) • [11](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/musetti-rune-tiafoe-altmaier-roland-garros-2025-sunday) Across the 2025 season's Grand Slam events he went 7-4 in 11 matches.[12](https://stats.tennismylife.org/players/holger-rune/season/2025)
## Achilles injury and layoff
**The injury.** Rune ruptured his [Achilles tendon](https://www.edgepedia.org/achilles-tendon) at the Stockholm Open late in the 2025 season, retiring during his match against [Ugo Humbert](https://www.edgepedia.org/ugo-humbert) after earlier wins over Marton Fucsovics (6-4, 6-4) and Tomas Martin Etcheverry (6-7, 6-3, 6-4).[7](https://as.com/tenis/alcaraz-pierde-a-su-companero-rune-se-retira-del-us-open-f202608-n/) The Stockholm match stands as his last official appearance before the layoff.[7](https://as.com/tenis/alcaraz-pierde-a-su-companero-rune-se-retira-del-us-open-f202608-n/)
**Withdrawals during recovery.** The former No. 4 withdrew from the Hamburg Open and Roland Garros 2026 in May, saying "see you on the grass", and later pulled out of Wimbledon 2026 after a minor knee-related setback in his rehabilitation.[13](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-roland-garros-2026-withdrawal) • [14](https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/OkjRbV/efter-tararna-i-stockholm-holger-rune-missar-wimbledon) In August 2026, after nearly ten months out and resumed training that included practice sessions with [Carlos Alcaraz](https://www.edgepedia.org/carlos-alcaraz), he and his team concluded that returning in a best-of-five Grand Slam posed too much risk, and he withdrew from the 2026 US Open; his place in the draw went to Facundo Diaz Acosta.[7](https://as.com/tenis/alcaraz-pierde-a-su-companero-rune-se-retira-del-us-open-f202608-n/)
## Coaching
Rune's coaching arrangements have changed repeatedly. He has also sought advice from [Boris Becker](https://www.edgepedia.org/boris-becker), Severin Luthi, and [Andre Agassi](https://www.edgepedia.org/andre-agassi), while his mother Aneke Rune has remained a constant in his team.[16](https://elpais.com/deportes/tenis/2025-09-12/espana-a-todo-o-nada-frente-a-los-vaivenes-de-holger-rune.html)
## Playing style
In the 2022 Paris final, tactical analysis by the ATP noted how he dismantled Djokovic's patterns, including limiting the effectiveness of Djokovic's serve-plus-one backhand approach, which won only three of eight net points that way.[17](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-brain-game-paris-2022)
## References
1. [Holger Rune – Bio, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/players/-/R0DG/bio)
2. [2026 ATP Media Guide – Holger Rune](https://www.atptour.com/-/media/files/media-guide/2026/2026-atp-media-guide-full.pdf)
3. [Holger Rune Rules In Paris! Dane Stuns Novak Djokovic, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/djokovic-rune-paris-2022-sunday-final)
4. [Rune blog: Roland Garros was amazing, now it's time for Wimbledon, ITF](https://www.itftennis.com/en/news-and-media/articles/rune-blog-roland-garros-was-amazing-now-its-time-for-wimbledon/)
5. [Holger Rune – Bio, holgerrune.com](https://holgerrune.com/bio/)
6. [Musetti vs Rune: Things we learned, Roland-Garros](https://www.rolandgarros.com/en-us/article/rg2025-rune-musetti-fourth-round)
7. [Alcaraz pierde a su compañero: Rune se retira del US Open, AS](https://as.com/tenis/alcaraz-pierde-a-su-companero-rune-se-retira-del-us-open-f202608-n/)
8. [Rune Reflects On 'Dream Come True' In Paris, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-paris-2022-final-reaction)
9. [cinch Championships ATP match notes, LTA](https://www.lta.org.uk/49df86/siteassets/events/cinch/media/atp-match-notes-day-2---queens.pdf)
10. [2025 Wimbledon day 1 men's match notes, ITF](https://www.itftennis.com/media/14632/2025-wimbledon-day-1-mens-match-notes.pdf)
11. [Lorenzo Musetti defeats Holger Rune for first Top 10 win at a Grand Slam, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/musetti-rune-tiafoe-altmaier-roland-garros-2025-sunday)
12. [Holger Rune 2025 ATP Season – Match Results & Stats, TennisMyLife](https://stats.tennismylife.org/players/holger-rune/season/2025)
13. [Holger Rune withdraws from Hamburg & Roland Garros, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-roland-garros-2026-withdrawal)
14. [Efter tårarna i Stockholm – missar Wimbledon, Aftonbladet](https://www.aftonbladet.se/sportbladet/a/OkjRbV/efter-tararna-i-stockholm-holger-rune-missar-wimbledon)
15. [Patrick Mouratoglou On What Was Burning Inside Holger Rune, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/mouratoglou-rune-coaches-corner-december-2022)
16. [España, a todo o nada frente al talento estancado de Holger Rune, El País](https://elpais.com/deportes/tenis/2025-09-12/espana-a-todo-o-nada-frente-a-los-vaivenes-de-holger-rune.html)
17. [Here's How Holger Rune Toppled Novak Djokovic In Paris, ATP Tour](https://www.atptour.com/en/news/rune-brain-game-paris-2022)
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