Henry Patten wins title in Qatar, British wheelchair success in Bolton & a first professional title on the ITF Tour
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Stay up-to-date on all the British tennis stars including an ATP title, wheelchair success on home soil and more ITF trophies.
Patten & Heliovaara win second title of 2026
The Qatar ExxonMobil Open saw a British clash in the men’s doubles final – with two of the world’s leading ATP doubles pairs going head-to-head.
Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara came through as champions after beating GB Davis Cup duo Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool 6-3, 6-3 in the final.
Patten and Heliovaara continued their impressive run since the end of last season – they have now won four of their last fine tournaments (Rolex Paris Masters, Nitto ATP Finals, Adelaide International and Qatar ExxonMobil Open).
The two-time Grand Slam title-winners now have two titles on the season already and are joint world No.8 in the ATP rankings.
This was the second meeting in an ATP final between the two teams since the start of 2025 – Patten and Heliovaara winning at the Paris Masters – but Cash and Glasspool still lead the head-to-head 4-2.
Strong runs for Brits at Challenger events
There were three British finalists in ATP Challenger events last week – including Oliver Crawford, Scott Duncan and Ben Jones.
26-year-old Crawford had his best result of the season so far in making the final of the New Delhi Challenger in India.
En route to the final, Crawford defeated third seed and fellow Brit Jay Clarke 3-6, 7-5, 6-3 in the quarter-finals before knocking out second seed Rei Sakamoto in the semis.
However, the British star eventually finished runner-up to Greece’s Stefanos Sakellardis, losing the final 7-5, 4-6, 7-6(6).
Britain’s Felix Gill also made the semi-finals before losing out to the 21-year-old Greek 6-1, 7-6(5).
In Mexico, Duncan and Jones teamed up to reach the final of the Metepec Challenger men’s doubles.
The Brits progressed to the final without dropping a set but came runners-up to Pranav Kumar and Karl Poling 6-2, 6-3.
Alicia Barnett also reached the semi-final of the Les Sables D’Olonne Challenger with partner Elixane Lechima. The British, French team lost to Aliona Bolsova Zadoinov and Irene Burillo Escorihuela 3-6, 6-3, 10-2.
Four British wheelchair tennis titles in Bolton
Last week saw two back-to-back wheelchair tennis tournaments taking place in Bolton, with five British title-winners.
Lucy Shuker claimed the women’s doubles trophy at the WT 175 event with French partner Pauline Deroulede.
They beat fellow Briton Cornelia Oosthuizen and Maayan Zikri in the final 6-4, 6-3 to claim Shuker’s first title of the season so far.
Greg Slade won the quad doubles at the Bolton Indoor WT 175 with Benjamin Wenzel, edging a close final 6-2, 4-6, 10-8 against Justin Michel and Ymanitu Silva.
Slade also finished runner-up in the singles to doubles partner Wenzel 6-4, 6-3.
Britain’s Dahnon Ward won the men’s singles title at the WT 100 event – his first singles trophy since Abingdon in 2024. He beat Australia’s Anderson Parker in the final 6-0, 7-5.
Abbie Breakwell and American Mylee Phelps won the WT 100 women’s doubles title having defeated Oosthuizen and Zikri in their first of two finals 6-4, 7-6(4).
In the men’s doubles of the WT 100, Andrew Penney teamed up with Parker with the fourth seeds beating Conner Stroud and Shago Takano in the final 7-6(4), 6-2.
ITF singles titles for Johnson & Matusevich
On the ITF World Tennis Tour there were singles titles for Sofia Johnson and Anton Matusevich.
Johnson took home the W15 Palm Coast title – the first professional singles trophy of her career – after a 6-4, 6-2 win over top seed Thaisa Pedretti in the final.
Meanwhile, Matusevich continued his promising start to 2026 with his first title of the season at the M15 Hague. The Briton came back from a set down to beat Mika Petkovic in the final 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
Lui Maxted and Finn Murgett led the way in ITF doubles titles – winning the M25 Vila Real de Santo Antonio with a 2-6, 6-3, 10-5 final win over Danish team Benjamin Hannestad and Carl Emil Overbeck.
Maxted also finished runner-up in the singles to Belgium’s Gauthier Onclin 6-3, 6-2.
Finally, Marcus Walters and French partner Constantin Bittoun Kouzmine won the M15 Lannion with a 6-0, 2-6, 10-6 final victory over Adan Freire Da Silva and Yanis Ghazouani Durand.
