Holger Rune

Holger Rune is the Danish former world No. 4, a Masters 1000 champion and one-time teen prodigy now working to rediscover his best after a 2026 ranking slide.

By Alexandre Le Hégarat · datastats · Updated June 16, 2026

Holger Rune is a Danish professional tennis player, born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte, near Copenhagen. Standing 1.88 m, he plays an aggressive, athletic baseline game built on a heavy forehand and sharp movement, and is the highest-ranked Danish man in the history of the sport.

Rune arrived as a prodigy: at 19 he won the 2022 Paris Masters, beating a string of top players, and soon climbed to a career-high of world No. 4. Three Grand Slam quarter-finals followed, marking him as one of the most promising members of the post-Big-Three generation.

The story since has been more uneven. After his rapid rise, Rune has struggled for consistency and slid down the rankings in 2026, sitting outside the top 50 by mid-year. Still only 23, he heads into the season’s biggest tournaments, Wimbledon among them, as a gifted player looking to rediscover the form that once took him to the top four.

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Holger Rune is Danish, born in Gentofte near Copenhagen. Like most tour professionals he spends much of the year travelling and training across Europe rather than at a single fixed base.

Holger Rune is Danish. Born on 29 April 2003, he is the highest-ranked Danish man in tennis history and represents Denmark on tour and in Davis Cup.

Holger Rune is 23 years old. He was born on 29 April 2003 in Gentofte, Denmark.

Holger Rune is 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) tall, an aggressive, athletic baseliner with a heavy forehand and quick movement.

Holger Rune reached a career-high of **world No. 4**, becoming the highest-ranked Danish man in tennis history. His biggest title is the **2022 Paris Masters** (an ATP Masters 1000), and he has reached three Grand Slam quarter-finals.

After breaking into the top five very young, Rune has gone through an inconsistent stretch and slid down the rankings in 2026 (around No. 60 by mid-year). At 23, he is widely seen as a talent working to rebuild and return to the top.

He emerged as one of the most promising teenagers in tennis, winning a Masters 1000 title at 19 and reaching No. 4 in the world. His fiery, expressive on-court personality has also made him one of the tour's most-discussed young players.

In mid-2026 Holger Rune is ranked outside the top 50 (around No. 60), well below his career-high of No. 4, as he looks to climb back toward the elite.