GB RANKING2
WORLD RANKING18
CAREER HIGH
19/08/2024 12
ATP TITLES3
ITF TITLES22
DAVIS CUP TIES 1
Last updated: 15/10/2024
FAVOURITE
SURFACE: Outdoor hard
SHOT: Forehand
COACH
Calvin Betton
AGE28
HEIGHT198 cm
PLAYSLeft-handed
BACKHANDTwo-handed
LTA SUPPORT NTC Pro Access
TURNED PRO2020
FAVOURITE
SURFACE:Outdoor hard
SHOT:Forehand
COACH
Calvin Betton
Get to know
About
Quick-fire facts
- Place of birth: Colchester
- Lives: Manningtree
- Trains: National Tennis Centre
- Family: Parents Lucy and Matthew, younger brothers Arthur and Louis, younger
sister Livvy - Nickname: HP
- Hobbies / interests: Padel, Golf, Chess
- Tennis idol: Bob Bryan
- Coach: Calvin Betton
- Favourite tournament: Wimbledon
- Best opponent faced: Gonzalez/Molteni at Wimbledon
- Biggest title of your career: Grand Prix Hassan II (ATP 250)/Lyon Open (ATP 250)
- Friends on tour: Julian Cash, Charlie Broom, Jonny Binding and Mark Whitehouse
Tennis beginnings
He started playing tennis at the age of six in Ipswich.
As a junior, Patten represented his county on several occasions but played a number of different sports, so it wasn't until he was a bit older until he decided to pursue tennis as his passion.
He attended the UNC Asheville where tennis became his priority and the Brit became the No.1 ranked NCAA doubles player and No.32 in singles. Patten was named an All-American in his senior year and also received the Dana Zimmerman Award for excellence in Economics.
During his Masters degree at Durham University, he was thrown into the professional scene, finding himself in a very strong team full of ex-pros and a few players heading out on the Tour. It was here that he decided he wanted to take the leap and turn pro.
Off-court
When he's not playing tennis, Patten loves playing padel and golf, and likes to attend the Manningtree Chess Club when he's back home.
If he wasn't a tennis player, Patten would like to work a job related to his degree in Economics.
Tennis Career
Highlights
- Reached his first ATP 1000 final with Harri Heliovaara, losing out on the title to Simone Bolelli & Andrea Vavassori 4-6, 6-3, 10-8
- Made his Davis Cup debut during the Brits Group Stage tie against Canada - playing alongside Neal Skupski, Patten became Colour Holder No.327 and won on debut, beating Gabriel Diallo and Alexis Galarneau 7-6(4), 6
- Became the third British man to win the Wimbledon men's doubles title alongisde Heliovaara, after they defeated Jordan Thompson and Max Purcell 6-7(7), 7-6(8), 7-6(9) in the final
- Claimed his second ATP title at the Lyon Open with Harri Heliovaara thanks to a 3-6, 7-6(4), 10-8 win over Yuki Bhambri and Albano Olivetti
- Clinches the Turin Challenger title after defeating Neal Skupski and Andreas Mies 6-3, 6-3 in the final
- Made it back-to-back titles after teaming up with Finland's Harri Heliovaara to win the Madrid Challenger
- Won his first ATP title at the Grand Prix Hassan II with Heliovaara, having defeated Lucas Miedler and Alexander Erler 3-6, 6-4, 10-4 in the final
- Reached his first ATP semi-final of the season in Montpellier with Lloyd Glasspool before losing to Sadio Doumbia and Fabien Reboul 7-5, 7-6(2)
Results
Tournament | Round |
October | |
Shanghai Masters (with Harri Heliovaara) | First round |
China Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | Runners-up |
September | |
Davis Cup Finals Group Stages (with Neal Skupski) | One match win |
US Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | Third round |
August | |
Cincinnati Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | Quarter-final |
National Bank Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | First round |
Citi Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | Quarter-final |
July | |
Wimbledon (with Harri Heliovaara) | Champions |
June | |
Rothesay International Eastbourne (with Harri Heliovaara) | Semi-final |
s'Hertogenbosch (with Ivan Dodig) | First round |
May | |
Lyon Open (with Harri Heliovaara) | Champions |
Piemonte Open Intesa Sanpaolo (with Harri Heliovaara) | Champions |
Aix en Provence Challenger (with Harri Heliovaara) | Second round |
April | |
Bucharest (with Harri Heliovaara) |
Runners-up |
Madrid Challenger (with Harri Heliovaara) |
Champions |
Grand Prix Haasan II (with Harri Heliovaara) |
Champions |
March | |
Eurofirms Girona - Costa Brava Challenger (with Francisco Cabral) |
Semi-final |
Acapulco (with Dan Evans) | First round |
February | |
Rio Open (With Francisco Cabral) | Round of 16 |
Delray Beach Open (with Francisco Cabral) | First round |
Dallas Open (with Francisco Cabral) | Quarter-final |
January | |
Open Sud de France (with Lloyd Glasspool) | Semi-final |
Australian Open (with Francisco Cabral) | Second round |
Adelaide International (with Francisco Cabral) | First round |
Hong Kong Open (with Francisco Cabral) | First round |
November
Moving on to the Bergamo Challenger, Patten joined forces with Francisco Cabral where enjoyed a strong run to the final. However, the British, Portugese pair just missed out on the title to all-American duo Brandon Nakashima and Evan King, 6-4, 7-6(1).
August
On their US Open debut, Patten and Cash made it through to the third round, where they eventually lost to sixth seeds Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden 6-4, 6-7(5), 7-6 [10-6].
Patten and Cash reunited in August for the Golden Gate Open Challenger where the British duo finished runners-up to Diego Hidalgo & Cristian Rodriguez after losing out 6-7(1), 6-4, 10-8 in the final.
June
Patten and Cash then headed to the Lexus Surbiton Trophy, a year on from when they picked up their first of 10 ATP Challenger titles in 2022.
The all-British duo enjoyed a strong run to the semi-final before being forced to give a walkover to fellow British pair Liam Broady and Jonny O'Mara
May
Patten and Cash enjoyed a run to the semi-final of the Sardegna Open, but just missed out on a spot in the final to Argentinian duo Maximo Gonzalez and Andres Molteni, 6-3, 6-3
April
Patten and Cash finished runners-up at the U.S Men’s Clay Court Championships in Houston in what was their first final of the year. After a nail-biting victory over Robert Galloway and Miguel Angel Reyes-Varela 6-7(6), 7-6(4), 10-5 in the semi-finals, the Brits just fell short of the title, despite winning the first set against Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson, losing out 4-6, 6-4, 10-5.
Carrying on their form from the previous week, the British doubles duo added an 11th ATP Challenger title to their collection at the Sarasota Challenger. The top seeds cruised to the title without losing a set - defeating Argentinian duo Guido Andreozzi and Guillermo Duran 7-6(4), 6-4 in the final to clinch the trophy.
March
Patten and Cash enjoyed a run to the semi-final of the Phoenix Challenger, where they knocked out reigning US Open champions Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in the quarter-final. The all-British duo faced American pairing Jackson Withrow and Nathaniel Lammons in the semis, where they bowed out in a 6-7, 6-4, 10-4 defeat.
February
Patten and Cash went on to reach the quarter-final of the ATP 250 Delray Beach event. After a tough battle against Robert Galloway and John-Patrick Smith, the Brits marginally missed out on a place in the semi-final in a 6-2, 6-7(4), (16-14) defeat.
January
Patten and Cash made it to the semi-final of the Maharashtra Open before losing out to the home favourites.
The pair won on their Australian Open debut to reach the second round, where they eventually bowed out to Matwe Middelkoop and Robin Haase 6-4, 7(8)-6.
December
Patten and Cash picked up their tenth ATP Challenger doubles title in Maia at the beginning of December.
The British duo breezed through to the semi-finals where they clinched a 7-5, 4-6, (10-4) win over Lukasz Kubot and Szymon Walkow before defeating Portugal's Nuno Borges and Francisco Cabral in the finals 6-3, 3-6, (10-8).
Patten now ends his year 702 places higher than he started the season at world No. 69.
November
Another week and another title as the Brits reached seven Challengers on the season in Charlottesville, where they crusied to a 6-2, 6-4 final win over doubles specialists Alex Lawson and Artem Sitak.
Patten and Cash then went on to compete in Drummondville, where they picked up yet another trophy, after defeating compatriots Giles Hussey and Arthur Fery 6-3, 6-3 in the final. This win saw the British duo clinch their eighth Challenger title of the season.
The British duo broke the Challenger record for most doubles titles one by a team in a single season with a nineth trophy at the Andria Challenger.
October
Patten and Cash equalled the all-time record for ATP Challenger titles by a British team – joining Jonathan Marray and Jamie Delgado – after lifting the title at the Fairfield Challenger.
Only a week later, they broke the record with another trophy at the Las Vegas Challenger - battling past Constantin Frantzen and Reese Stadler 6-4, 7-6(1) in the final.
September
Staying State-side, the British team clinch a fourth ATP Challenger trophy in Columbus. The top seeds didn’t drop a set en route to the title, defeating fellow Brit Broom and Germany’s Constantin Frantzen 6-2, 7-5 in the final.
August
In yet another first, Patten and Cash won their first hard court Challenger event in Granby – their third on the season – finishing with a dominant 6-3, 6-2 win against Jonathan Eysseric and Artem Sitak.
July
The pair made their Wimbledon doubles debut in a 7-6)5), 6-4, 6-4 loss to Santiago Gonzalez and Andres Molteni.
The following week they secured yet another ITF crown, this time at the M25 Roehampton. Patten also finished runner-up in the singles, narrowly missing out to Britain’s Toby Samuel 6-4, 6-7(8), 6-4.
June
Playing in their first ATP Challenger tournament, Patten and Cash stormed to victory at the Surbiton Trophy. The pair won the biggest title of their careers with a comeback win against Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Aisam Qureshi 4-6, 6-3, 11-9.
The duo almost made it two from two at the Rothesay Open Nottingham, but narrowly lost out in a final classic to Jonny O’Mara and Ken Skupski 6-3, 2-6, 16-14.
It was back to winning ways at the Ilkley Trophy as Patten and Cash wrapped up their second Challenger and grass court title with a straight sets win over Ramkumar Ramanathan and John-Patrick Smith.
April & May
April saw Patten team up with fellow Brit Julian Cash for the first time, with the duo hitting instant success with three back-to-back doubles trophies at the M25 Nottingham series. Patten and Cash went on a 12-match winning streak to the loss of just one set in the final of their last of the three titles – defeating Omar Jasika and Eden Leshem 6-3, 5-7, 10-2 to seal the hat-trick.
Patten also reached the final of the singles at one of the events but finished runner-up to USA’s Brandon Holt, losing 7-6(2), 7-5.
February
Patten won his first title of the season alongside Australia’s Rinky Hijikata at the M25 Santo Domingo. The pair won three match tie-breaks in the tournament, finishing with a 2-6, 7-6(4), 10-3 against Yu Hsiou Hsu and Tung-Lin-Wu.
Staying in Dominica – Patten teamed up with Mark Whitehouse a week later to win back-to-back doubles titles.
- Made his Davis Cup debut during the 2024 Group Stages in Manchester, becoming Colour Holder No.327
- Lifting the Wimbledon men's doubles title with Harri Heliovaara in 2024 - becoming only the third British man to do so
- Winning the title on ATP Challenger debut in Surbiton
- Playing at Wimbledon
- Winning their first Challenger tournament on hard in Granby
- Winning NCAA Fall nationals and being ranked No.1 in the nation in college
- Winning three ITF events back-to-back in Nottingham in 2022
- Becoming the joint most successful British team on the Challenger Tour in a singles season - winning five titles
- Winning the Andria Challenger - breaking the ATP Challenger record for doubles titles in a single season
2024
- Wimbledon (w/ Harri Heliovaara)
- Madrid Challenger 100 (w/ Harri Heliovaara)
- Grand Prix Hassan II (w/ Harri Heliovaara)
2023
- Sarasota Challenger (w/ Julian Cash)
2022
- Andria Challenger (w/ Julian Cash)
- Drummondville Challenger (w/ Julian Cash)
- Charlottesville Challenger (w/ Julian Cash)
- Las Vegas Challenger (w/ Julian Cash)
- Fairfield Challenger 80 (w/ Julian Cash)
- Columbus 2 Challenger 80 (w/ Julian Cash)
- Granby Challenger 80 (w/ Julian Cash)
- M25 Roehampton (w/ Julian Cash)
- Ilkley Trophy (w/ Julian Cash)
- Surbiton Trophy (w/ Julian Cash)
- M25 Nottingham (w/ Julian Cash)
- M25 Nottingham (w/ Julian Cash)
- M25 Nottingham (w/ Julian Cash)
- M25 Santo Domingo (w/ Mark Whitehouse)
- M25 Santo Domingo (w/ Rinky Hijikata)
2021
- M15 Fayetteville
- M15 Heraklion (w/ Charles Broom)
- M15 Ithaca, NY (w/ Charles Broom)
*ATP Challenger trophies included in ITF titles