Wimbledon 2026: Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara win second men’s doubles title

The world No.1 pairing found the edge in the big moments to defeat Mate Pavic and Marcelo Arevalo 7-6(4), 7-6(3) in an hour and 42 minutes on Centre Court.

Their win today makes them the 11th team in the Open Era to win multiple Wimbledon men’s doubles titles and the first since American doubles legends Bob and Mike Bryan won their second title here in 2011.

The British No.1 continues a run of British success in the competition - 2026 is Britain's fifth men's doubles Wimbledon trophy and the fourth consecutive year with a Brit taking the title. Patten picked up his first in 2024 following Neal Skupski in 2023, and British pair Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool took the 2025 crown.

Patten also now becomes the first British player in the Open Era to win the Wimbledon men’s doubles title on multiple occasions. With this third major trophy, he now ranks second on the list for most Grand Slam men’s doubles titles won by a British player, behind Joe Salisbury with four.

The achievements the pair have picked up this week are just the tip of the iceberg in a season filled with success. The Wimbledon title is their fifth of the season, and they now sit joint-top of the list for most Tour-level men’s doubles titles won in 2026 alongside Theo Arribage and Albano Olivetti.

“It is doubles - it is a team sport and now we have a team of trophies at home”, Heliovaara said in the post-match interview.

“It is unbelievable. These are the moments you have always dreamed of playing, on the Centre Court of Wimbledon, doing it twice as well. I need to take Henry for being the best partner in the world.”

Patten had nothing but kind words to say in response, saying “I owe Harri, well, my career really.

“When I started with Harri, he took a chance on me and it turned out to be the best decision he ever made I think! 

“It’s surreal. When we won the first time, we didn’t know if we would have the opportunity to ever, ever experience this again and we just feel so lucky to be out here again.”

In their ninth Tour-level meeting with Arevalo and Pavic, today’s champions now lead their head-to-head 6-3. Despite missing out to the pair in this year’s HSBC Championships final, Patten and Heliovaara now go 2-1 up on grass after seeing off the pair in the quarter-finals here in 2024, en route to their first Grand Slam title.

Patten and Heliovaara showed their serving prowess throughout the tight matchup – dropping just four points behind their first serve (41/45) and not facing a single deuce. 

In the first-set tie-break, the Australian Open champions quickly surged into a 5-2 lead. After surrendering a mini break, they responded immediately before closing out the tie-break at the second opportunity.

The second set followed a similar pattern, with neither pair able to gain an advantage - the closest opportunity came when  Patten and Heliovaara forced their opponents to deuce at 4-4.

Serving second throughout the set, they stuck with the scoreline before a perfectly executed lob and an ace from Heliovaara sent the match into a second tie-break.

Once again, the pair demonstrated why they had been the tournament's tie-break specialists, claiming their eighth tie-break victory from the nine they played across The Championships

Holding a comfortable lead, a wide ball from the other side of the net gave them four set points before Patten fired an ace down the T to seal the Grand Slam title on their second opportunity.