Philip Henning Explained

Philip Henning
Birth Date:10 November 2000
Birth Place:Bloemfontein, South Africa
Plays:Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Careerprizemoney:$20,589
Singlesrecord:3–3 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Singlestitles:0
Highestsinglesranking:No. 447 (17 June 2024)
Currentsinglesranking:No. 447 (17 June 2024)
Doublesrecord:0–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Doublestitles:0
Highestdoublesranking:No. 868 (30 October 2023)
Currentdoublesranking:No. 922 (17 June 2024)
Updated:22 June 2024

Philip Henning (born 10 November 2000) is a South African tennis player.

Henning has a career high ATP singles ranking of 751 achieved on 20 November 2023.[1]

Henning represents South Africa at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–2.

Tennis Career Highlights

Juniors

In May 2017, Henning won his first ITF junior singles title at the G4 in Windhoek, Namibia. Henning has won 6 ITF junior titles in 2017 and 3 in 2018. In October 2018, Henning represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games.

As a junior, Henning reached a Career High Combined ranking of 35 in the International Tennis Federation's world junior ranking.

As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 93–36.

Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:

Australian Open: 1R (2017), 3R (2018)
French Open: 1R (2018)
Wimbledon: 1R (2018)
US Open: 2R (2018)

Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:

Australian Open: 1R (2017), QF (2018)
French Open: 1R (2018)
Wimbledon: 1R (2018)
US Open: 1R (2018)

Junior singles titles (9)

Legend (singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Grade A (0)
Grade B (1)
Grade 1–5 (8)
OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.6 May 2017Windhoek, NamibiaHard Pierre Malan6–3, 6–0
Winner2.13 May 2017Windhoek, NamibiaHard Gerhardt Marius Becker 6–1, 6–0
Winner3.29 July 2017Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Lleyton Cronje 6–2, 7–6
Winner4.5 August 2017Pretoria, South AfricaHard Christiaan Worst 6–1, 6–3
Winner5.23 September 2017Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Lodewijk Weststrate6–3, 6–4
Winner6.30 September 2017Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Lodewijk Weststrate2-6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner7.3 March 2018Pretoria, South AfricaHard Mate Voros6–2, 6–3
Winner8.17 March 2018MoroccoClay Yassir Kilani 6–1, 6–1
Winner9.28 July 2018Pretoria, South AfricaHard Joubert Klopper6–2, 3–6, 7-5

ATP Challenger and ITF World Tennis Tour finals

Singles: 2 (5–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (5–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–1)
Clay (1–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScore
Win1–0M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Vadym Ursu6–3, 6–3
Loss1–1M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Vadym Ursu4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6
Win2–1Feb 2024M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Mees Rottgering 6-3, 6-3
Win3–1Feb 2024M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Fares Zakaria 6-3, 6-3
Loss3–2M15 Antalya, TurkiyeWorld Tennis TourClay Facundo Juarez2–6, 3–6
Win4–2May 2024M25 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWorld Tennis TourClay Siddharth Vishwakarma6-2, 6-2
Win5-2Jun 2024M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk6-4, 6-4

Doubles: 3 (2-1)

Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (0–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScore
Loss0–1M25 Austin, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Joubert Klopper Duarte Vale
Alfredo Perez
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win1–1M25 Austin, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Tyler Stewart Martin Breysach
Demetris Azoides
6–2, 6–4
Win2–1M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Dylan Salton Alexandr Binda
Ilia Simakin
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Philip Henning | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis. ATP Tour.