Holger Rune's career in one line: the world's best junior in 2019, Paris Masters champion in 2022, world No. 4 in 2023 and now on his way back from a ruptured Achilles tendon. He has won 5 ATP titles and holds a 177–109 win–loss record (as of 24 October 2026). Here is his career season by season, from his Davis Cup debut in 2018 to his 2026 comeback.
Holger Rune's career at a glance
Rune turned pro in 2020 and broke through in 2022, rising from outside the top 100 to No. 11 by the end of the year. In August 2023 he reached No. 4 – the highest ranking ever held by a Danish man. His five titles are Munich 2022 and 2023, Stockholm 2022, the 2022 Paris Masters and Barcelona 2025, and his best Grand Slam results are quarterfinals at Roland Garros and Wimbledon. The table shows his year-end ranking.
| Year | Year-end ranking |
|---|---|
| 2019 | 1019 |
| 2020 | 473 |
| 2021 | 103 |
| 2022 | 11 |
| 2023 | 8 |
| 2024 | 13 |
| 2025 | 15 |
Career high: No. 4 (21 August 2023). Source: ATP Tour.
The junior years: from Skovshoved to world No. 1 junior
Rune started playing aged six at Skovshoved IF, where Lars Christensen became his coach, and later played for HIK and, from 18, for KB. His older sister Alma played first. In 2014 he won the Danish U12 mixed doubles title with Clara Tauson, in 2016, aged 13, he moved his training to the Mouratoglou Academy in the south of France, and in 2017 he became European U14 champion. More in the Holger Rune biography.
2018: Denmark's youngest Davis Cup player
In April 2018 he made his Davis Cup debut against Egypt aged 14 years and 11 months – the youngest Dane ever to play in the competition – and won his match against Youssef Hossam. All his ties are on the Holger Rune Davis Cup page.
2019: French Open boys' champion and junior No. 1
He won the 2019 French Open boys' singles, beating Toby Kodat of the United States in the final, and became ITF junior world No. 1 in October. He also played his first senior events and finished the year at No. 1019 in the ATP rankings.
The first professional years: 2020 and 2021
2020: turning pro in the pandemic year
He turned pro in 2020, won two Davis Cup matches against Puerto Rico in March, shortly before the pandemic halted the tour, and won several Futures events in the autumn to finish at No. 473.
2021: Challenger titles and a debut against Djokovic
In Santiago, Chile, he came through qualifying to reach his first ATP quarterfinal – the week he tied his long hair into small knots because hairdressers were closed during the pandemic. He won four Challenger titles in Biella, San Marino, Verona and Bergamo, qualified for his first Grand Slam main draw at the US Open and lost in four sets to world No. 1 Novak Djokovic. He also reached the Metz quarterfinals as a qualifier, played the Next Gen ATP Finals and finished at No. 103.
The 2022 breakthrough: Munich, Stockholm and Paris
2022: from No. 103 to No. 11
He entered the top 100 in January 2022 and won his first title in Munich in May, beating Alexander Zverev along the way. At Roland Garros he beat Denis Shapovalov and Stefanos Tsitsipas to reach the quarterfinals, where Casper Ruud stopped him; he was the first Danish man of the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal.
The autumn was historic: four finals in five weeks – Sofia (lost), Stockholm (won), Basel (lost) and the Paris Masters (won). In Paris he beat five top-10 players and won the final against Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. On 7 November 2022 he entered the top 10, and he finished the year at No. 11 with a 39-24 record. The finals are covered on the Holger Rune titles page.
World No. 4: the 2023 and 2024 seasons
2023: No. 4 and the ATP Finals
In spring 2023 he reached the Monte Carlo final, defended his Munich title and reached the Rome final after beating Djokovic and Ruud. He made the quarterfinals at both Roland Garros and Wimbledon, where Carlos Alcaraz won. He entered the top 5 on 14 August and reached No. 4 on 21 August, qualified for the ATP Finals in Turin, winning one of three group matches, and finished the year at No. 8. He also changed coaches several times: the Mouratoglou partnership ended in August and Boris Becker joined in the autumn.
2024: semifinals in Cincinnati and Paris
2024 opened with a Brisbane final lost to Grigor Dimitrov. Becker and Severin Lüthi left early in the year and Mouratoglou returned from February to July. Rune reached the quarterfinals at Indian Wells and Monte Carlo and the fourth round at Roland Garros, losing to Zverev in five sets, and Wimbledon, losing to Djokovic. With Kenneth Carlsen as head coach from August, he reached the semifinals in Cincinnati and later at the Paris Masters, and in October his childhood coach Lars Christensen returned. He finished at No. 13 with 45 wins, his most in a season. Every coaching change is on the Holger Rune coach page.
2025 and 2026: Barcelona, the injury and the comeback
2025: Indian Wells, Barcelona and the Achilles injury
He reached the fourth round of the Australian Open, losing to Jannik Sinner, the Indian Wells final in March and won Barcelona in April, beating Alcaraz in the final. He was No. 8 in June and July, spent three days training with Andre Agassi in the summer and hired Marco Panichi as fitness coach in August. After quarterfinals in Cincinnati and Shanghai, his left Achilles ruptured in the Stockholm semifinal on 18 October 2025 while he led Ugo Humbert by a set. He had surgery in Copenhagen three days later, still stood at No. 10 on 20 October and finished the year at No. 15.
2026: rehab and comeback
He missed all four Grand Slams, switched from Babolat to Wilson in July and dropped out of the top 100 on 10 August. After 335 days he returned in the Davis Cup in Hillerød on 18–19 September, beating Iliyan Radulov and Grigor Dimitrov as Denmark beat Bulgaria 3-2; the ATP has made a documentary about his road back, The Return of Holger Rune. On tour he lost in round one in Tokyo and Shanghai and withdrew from Brussels on 18 October with a back problem. When his 2025 points expired he fell to No. 1205 – the Holger Rune ranking page explains why. As of 23 October 2026 the plan is Basel, the Paris Masters and the Stockholm Open on his protected ranking.
Holger Rune career: FAQ
When did Holger Rune turn pro?
In 2020. The year before he won the French Open boys' title and became junior world No. 1.
When did Holger Rune break through?
In 2022, when he won his first titles in Munich and Stockholm, reached the Roland Garros quarterfinals and won the Paris Masters by beating Novak Djokovic in the final. He rose from No. 103 to No. 11 in a year.
What is Holger Rune's highest ranking?
His career high is No. 4, reached on 21 August 2023 – the highest ranking ever held by a Danish man.
When was Holger Rune injured?
He ruptured his left Achilles tendon in the Stockholm semifinal on 18 October 2025 and had surgery in Copenhagen on 21 October. He was out for 335 days before returning in the Davis Cup in September 2026.
How many titles has Holger Rune won?
He has won 5 ATP titles (as of 24 October 2026): Munich 2022, Stockholm 2022, the Paris Masters 2022, Munich 2023 and Barcelona 2025.