August Holmgren (tennis)
| Country (sports) | Denmark |
|---|---|
| Residence | Espergærde, Denmark |
| Born | 22 April 1998 Helsingør |
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Turned pro | 2022 |
| Plays | Right-handed (one-handed backhand) |
| College | University of San Diego (2017–2022) |
| Prize money | US $ 217,156 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 9–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 163 (19 August 2024) |
| Current ranking | No. 192 (30 June 2025) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open | Q2 (2025) |
| French Open | Q2 (2025) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2025) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 2–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 284 (9 June 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 302 (30 June 2025) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 7–3 |
| Last updated on: 30 June 2025. | |
August Holmgren (born 22 April 1998) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 163 achieved on 19 August 2024 and a doubles ranking of No. 296 achieved on 17 July 2023. He is currently the No. 3 Danish player.[1]
Holmgren has represented Denmark at the Davis Cup making his debut in 2017, and has a win-loss record of 7–3.
College career
Holmgren played five years of college tennis for the San Diego Toreros from 2017 to 2022, receiving numerous West Coast Conference (WCC) honors. He was the nation's top-ranked player after winning the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA) National Fall Championships in late 2021, and he finished his college career as the 2022 NCAA Singles Championship runner-up to Ben Shelton.[2]
Professional career
Juniors
Throughout his junior career, Holmgren was training and playing for Helsingør Tennis Klub.
2021: ATP debut
Holmgren made his ATP debut at the 2021 San Diego Open after receiving a lucky loser spot into the main draw after third seed Félix Auger-Aliassime withdrew. There, he lost to former world No. 3 Grigor Dimitrov in straight sets.[3][4][5]
2024: Maiden Challenger title, top 175
In July 2024, Holmgren won his maiden Challenger title in Pozablanco, Spain, defeating top seed Antoine Escoffier in the final. Holmgren was the first Danish Challenger titlist since Holger Rune in 2022.[6] Two weeks later, on 5 August 2024, he reached the top 175 in the singles rankings at world No. 167 following another Challenger title at the 2024 Porto Open.[7][8]
2025: Major debut and third round at Wimbledon, top 150
In July, Holmgren made his major debut at Wimbledon, reaching the main draw as a qualifier,[9][10][11] In the main draw, Holmgren recorded his first major win by defeating Quentin Halys in the first round.[12][13] With his second round win over 21st seed Tomáš Macháč, in five sets with a deciding fifth-set tiebreak, after nearly five hours of play, Holmgren was only the second Danish man in the Open Era to reach the third round on his major main draw debut.[14][15] As a result he moved into the top 150 in the ATP rankings.[16][17][18] Holmgren earned a new nickname: “the King of Wimbledon Comebacks”.[19][20] He lost in the third round to Alex de Minaur.
Performance timeline
| W | F | SF | QF | #R | RR | Q# | DNQ | A | NH |
Singles
| Tournament | 2025 | SR | W–L | Win% | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Slam tournaments | ||||||||||
| Australian Open | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| French Open | Q2 | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | ||||||
| Wimbledon | 3R | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||
| US Open | 0 / 0 | 0–0 | – | |||||||
| Win–loss | 2–1 | 0 / 1 | 2–1 | 67% | ||||||
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 2 (2 titles)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2024 | Pozoblanco, Spain | Challenger | Hard | Antoine Escoffier | 3–6, 6–3, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–0 | Aug 2024 | Porto, Portugal | Challenger | Hard | Alejandro Moro Canas | 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles: 2 (2 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Sep 2024 | Istanbul, Turkey | Challenger | Hard | Johannes Ingildsen | Aleksandre Bakshi Yankı Erel |
6–7(4–7), 5–7 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Sep 2024 | Mouilleron-le-Captif, France | Challenger | Hard (i) | Johannes Ingildsen | Marcelo Demoliner Christian Harrison |
3–6, 5–7 |
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Aug 2019 | M15 Ystad, Sweden | WTT | Clay | Gustav Hansson | 6–7(5–7), 1–6 |
| Loss | 0–2 | Aug 2021 | M15 Vejle, Denmark | WTT | Clay | Ergi Kırkın | 6–7(4–7), 4–6 |
| Win | 1–2 | Jun 2022 | M15 Rancho Santa Fe, USA | WTT | Hard | Gage Brymer | 6–4, 6–4 |
| Loss | 1–3 | Jun 2022 | M15 San Diego, USA | WTT | Hard | Ethan Quinn | 6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7) |
| Win | 2–3 | Apr 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Lucas Poullain | 7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4) |
| Win | 3–3 | Nov 2023 | M25 Harlingen, USA | WTT | Hard | Raphael Perot | 6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jun 2024 | M25 Aarhus, Denmark | WTT | Clay | Elmer Møller | 3–6, 0–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Jul 2024 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Jack Pinnington Jones | 4–6 6–2 6–2 |
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Jul 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Jacob Brumm | Rinky Hijikata Kody Pearson |
7–5, 7–6(7–5) |
| Loss | 1–1 | Aug 2021 | M15 Monastir, Tunisia | WTT | Hard | Johannes Ingildsen | Jeremy Beale Li Tu |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | May 2022 | M15 Rancho Santa Fe, USA | WTT | Hard | Alexander Cozbinov | Abraham Asaba Mitchell Harper |
6–4, 6–7(3–7), [21–19] |
| Win | 3–1 | Aug 2022 | M25 Lesa, Italy | WTT | Clay | Johannes Ingildsen | Federico Bondioli Filippo Romano |
6–1, 6–4 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Feb 2023 | M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal | WTT | Hard | Christian Sigsgaard | Matěj Vocel Michael Vrbenský |
4–6, 2–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | Mar 2023 | M25 Toulouse-Balma, France | WTT | Hard (i) | Christian Sigsgaard | Adan Freire da Silva Loann Massard |
6–1, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Mar 2023 | M25 Saint-Dizier, France | WTT | Hard (i) | Christian Sigsgaard | David Jordà Sanchis Te Rigele |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Loss | 5–3 | Apr 2023 | M25 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt | WTT | Hard | Alexander Cozbinov | Sergey Fomin Alibek Kachmazov |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–4 | Apr 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Johannes Ingildsen | Neil Oberleitner Marcus Willis |
6–7(1–7), 3–6 |
| Loss | 5–5 | Apr 2023 | M25 Nottingham, United Kingdom | WTT | Hard | Alfredo Perez | Daniel Little Mark Whitehouse |
4–6, 6–3, [10–12] |
| Win | 6–5 | May 2023 | M25 Rome, Italy | WTT | Clay | David Pichler | Edan Leshem Julian Ocleppo |
6–4, 7–5 |
| Win | 7–5 | Jun 2023 | M25 Risskov/Aarhus, Denmark | WTT | Clay | Christian Sigsgaard | Gonzalo Bueno Jack Karlsson Wistrand |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Win | 8–5 | Mar 2024 | M25 Bakersfield, USA | WTT | Hard | Nathan Ponwith | Patrick Harper Emile Hudd |
6–1, 7-6(7–4) |
| Loss | 8–6 | Jun 2024 | M25 Aarhus, Denmark | WTT | Clay | Christian Sigsgaard | Carl Emil Overbeck Oskar Brostrøm Poulsen |
6–1, 7-6(7–4) |
References
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- ^ "These are all the players qualified for Wimbledon 2025 from the qualifying stage". 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Toreros Tarvet and Holmgren Qualify for Wimbledon Main Draw". 26 June 2025.
- ^ "Dansk debutant server sig til stor Wimbledon overraskelse" (in Danish). 1 July 2025.
- ^ "'Hell yeah, I'm here!': Holmgren's journey from theatre student to Wimbledon winner". 2 July 2025.
- ^ "Wimbledon : Goosebumps 🫶 Qualifier August Holmgren saves three match points to defeat Tomas Machac after 4hrs & 39m to reach his first third round at a Grand Slam". 3 July 2025.
- ^ "SCENES! World No.192 August Holmgren makes history for Denmark 🇩🇰 #wimbledon #shorts". 3 July 2025.
- ^ "Holmgrens Wimbledon eventyr fortsaetter efter vild sejr" (in Danish). 3 July 2025.
- ^ @edgeAIapp (July 3, 2025). "🇩🇰 August Holmgren's wins from a losing position at #Wimbledon so far: Q - 3 wins, MD - 1 win. The 27 year old reaches the 3d round of a GS on his debut. Best career win and first top 30 win. Was 0-1 on Grass before Wimbledon and 1-7 in the last 8 matches" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @Wimbledon (July 3, 2025). "Simply INCREDIBLE. World No.192 August Holmgren beats No.21 seed Tomas Machac after nearly five hours of play on his first appearance in a Grand Slam main draw. Just look at what it means to the Dane 🇩🇰 #Wimbledon" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "World No. 192 Holmgren saves MPs AGAIN to extended Cinderella run at Wimbledon". 3 July 2025.
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