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Who Is Holger Rune? 25 Facts

The key facts about Holger Rune in short – from his junior records to life on the tour.

Updated 24 October 2026 · Anders NielsenBy Anders Nielsen

Who is Holger Rune? In short: the highest-ranked Danish man in tennis history, born in Gentofte in 2003, a former junior world No. 1, the 2022 Paris Masters champion and world No. 4 in 2023. Here are 25 facts about him – all based on ATP data and established media.

Who is Holger Rune? Name, age and childhood

  1. His full name is Holger Vitus Nødskov Rune. Rune is his mother’s surname, Nødskov his father’s.

  2. He was born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte and is 23 years old. He grew up in Charlottenlund, north of Copenhagen.

  3. He is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall and weighs 77 kg, according to the ATP. He is right-handed, plays a two-handed backhand and turned pro in 2020. His career win-loss record is 177–109.

  4. His older sister Alma got him started. She played tennis first and he followed. His first club was Skovshoved IF, where he began at six.

  5. His mother is a former ballet dancer. According to the Danish sports federation DIF, Aneke Rune gave him feedback on his movement; today she is his manager. More on the Holger Rune family page.

Junior records

  1. He won a Danish title with Clara Tauson. In 2014 the two won the national U12 mixed doubles – long before both reached the top of the game.

  2. He was European U14 champion in 2017. A year earlier, aged 13, he had started training at Patrick Mouratoglou’s academy near Nice.

  3. He is Denmark’s youngest-ever Davis Cup player. He debuted in April 2018 at 14 years and 11 months. As of 23 October 2026 he has won 10 of his 14 singles rubbers for Denmark.

  4. He won the French Open boys’ title in 2019, beating Toby Kodat in the final at Roland Garros.

  5. He was the world’s best junior. In October 2019 he became No. 1 in the ITF junior rankings.

Titles and records on the ATP Tour

  1. He has won five ATP titles: Munich 2022, Stockholm 2022, Paris Masters 2022, Munich 2023 and Barcelona 2025, where he beat Carlos Alcaraz 7-6(6), 6-2 in the final. He has also lost six finals, including Monte-Carlo, Rome and Indian Wells.

  2. He made history in Paris in 2022 by beating five top-10 players at one event – Hurkacz, Rublev, Alcaraz, Auger-Aliassime and, in the final, Novak Djokovic 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. No one had done that outside the ATP Finals.

  3. He is the highest-ranked Danish man ever: world No. 4 on 21 August 2023. He entered the top 10 on 7 November 2022, the day after his Paris title, and the top 5 in August 2023.

  4. He was the first Danish man of the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal, at Roland Garros 2022. He has three in total: Roland Garros 2022 and 2023 and Wimbledon 2023.

  5. He has earned $15,768,390 in prize money according to the ATP. His best season was 2023 with $4,946,875. No reliable net-worth figure exists.

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The injury and the comeback

  1. His Achilles ruptured in Stockholm. On 18 October 2025 he had to retire from the semifinal against Ugo Humbert while leading by a set, and had surgery in Copenhagen three days later. Despite the injury he rose to No. 10 on 20 October 2025.

  2. He missed all four Grand Slams in 2026.

  3. He returned after 335 days – in the Davis Cup. In Hillerød in September 2026 he beat Iliyan Radulov and Grigor Dimitrov as Denmark beat Bulgaria 3-2. He beat Dimitrov 3-6, 6-3, 7-6(4), and Elmer Møller won the deciding rubber.

  4. He plays on a protected ranking. He is No. 1205 (as of 19 October 2026) because his 2025 points expired, but the injury entitles him to enter events on a protected ranking. See the Holger Rune ranking page.

  5. The ATP made a documentary about him, The Return of Holger Rune, about the road back from the injury.

Life off the court

Holger Rune in the arena in Basel
Holger Rune in the arena in Basel. Photo: Peter Arnold / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

  1. He lives in Monaco (Monte Carlo) and also has a flat in Copenhagen.

  2. His 2021 hairstyle became a talking point. At the Chile Open in March 2021 he tied his long hair into small knots because hairdressers were closed during COVID, telling TV 2 the style would stay as long as he kept winning.

  3. He ditched the cap in 2023. In Basel in October 2023, his first event with Boris Becker in the box, he played without a cap and joked that giving your hair air is good if you want hair when you are 50.

  4. He plays Wilson and wears Nike. In July 2026 he became a Wilson ambassador after years with Babolat; clothing and shoes are Nike, and he is a Rolex ambassador. Details on the Holger Rune racket page.

  5. Sources disagree about his idol. English-language reference works name Novak Djokovic, while portraits by DIF and Tennis Majors mention Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Read the full Holger Rune biography.

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