Philip Barry Henning (born 10 November 2000) is a South African tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 June 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 432 achieved on 28 September 2026.
Henning represents South Africa at the Davis Cup, where he has a singles W/L record of 10/6.
Career 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 No. 35 in the ITF's world junior rankings.
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.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScoreWinner1.6 May 2017Windhoek, NamibiaHard Pierre Malan6–3, 6–0Winner2.13 May 2017Windhoek, NamibiaHard Gerhardt Marius Becker 6–1, 6–0Winner3.29 July 2017Johannesburg, South AfricaHard Lleyton Cronje 6–2, 7–6Winner4.5 August 2017Pretoria, South AfricaHard Christiaan Worst 6–1, 6–3Winner5.23 September 2017Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Lodewijk Weststrate6–3, 6–4Winner6.30 September 2017Stellenbosch, South AfricaHard Lodewijk Weststrate2-6, 6–2, 6–2Winner7.3 March 2018Pretoria, South AfricaHard Mate Voros6–2, 6–3Winner8.17 March 2018MoroccoClay Yassir Kilani 6–1, 6–1Winner9.28 July 2018Pretoria, South AfricaHard Joubert Klopper6–2, 3–6, 7–5
University Philip enrolled at the University of Georgia in January 2019, joining the Bulldogs men's tennis team mid-season. He consistently ranked nationally in singles (peaking at Nr.8) and doubles throughout his college career, earning multiple All-SEC honors (First and Second Team) and was twice named SEC Player of the Week. In his final year, he earned ITA Southeast Regional Senior Player of the Year and reached the finals of the 2022 ITA All-American Championships in singles.https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/competitions/ITA/Tournaments/draws/CA75F55A-ABC2-4824-B26C-54CAEAB67D60/59C1882B-6DA5-4BD4-B53B-1FE3437308AB
Senior
Philip mainly competes on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. His best result on the Challenger Tour was reaching the quarterfinal of the 2024 Jinan Open in Jinan, China in August 2024, where he lost to the first seed Yuta Shimizu. He also reached the quarterfinal stage of the 2025 Côte d'Ivoire Open in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in April 2025, where he lost to the first seed Aziz Dougaz.
Henning won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2026 Centurion Challenger II, defeating Alexander Donski in the final.
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 2 (16–3) LegendATP Challenger (1–0)ITF World Tennis Tour (15–3)Finals by surfaceHard (15–1)Clay (1–2)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Vadym Ursu6–3, 6–3Loss1–1M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Vadym Ursu4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6Win2–1Feb 2024M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Mees Röttgering 6-3, 6–3Win3–1Feb 2024M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Fares Zakaria 6-3, 6–3Loss3–2M15 Antalya, TurkiyeWorld Tennis TourClay Facundo Juarez2–6, 3–6Win4–2May 2024M25 Addis Ababa, EthiopiaWorld Tennis TourClay Siddharth Vishwakarma6-2, 6–2Win5–2Jun 2024M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk6-4, 6–4Win6–2Nov 2024M15 Yanagawa City, JapanWorld Tennis TourHard Yuta Kikuchi7–6(7–1), 6–1Win7–2Dec 2024M15 Stellenbosch, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Nino Ehrenschneider6-4, 6–1Win8–2Dec 2024M15 Stellenbosch, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Kris van Wyk6-4, 6–4Win9–2Jul 2025M25 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Adhithya Ganesan6-2, 5–7, 6–1Win10–2Jul 2025M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Filip Peliwo4-6, 6–4, 6–2Win11–2Jul 2025M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Marc Van Der Merwe6-3, 6–3Win12–2Nov 2025M15 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Gabriel Ghetu6-2, 6–0Win13–2Nov 2025M25 Heraklion, GreeceWorld Tennis TourHard Ioannis Xilas6-4, 7–5Win14–2Des 2025M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Pierre Yves Bailly6-3, 6–3Loss14–3M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Giuseppe La Vela5–7, 6–4,6–7(6–8)Win15–3Centurion Challenger II, South AfricaATP Challenger TourHard Alexander Donski6-2, 3-6, 7–6(8–6)Win16–3M25 Idanha-a-Nova, PortugalWorld Tennis TourHard Dan Added 6–4, 6–3
Doubles: 8 (3-5) Legend (doubles)ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)Titles by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1M25 Austin, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Joubert Klopper Duarte Vale Alfredo Perez6–7(1–7), 2–6Win1–1M25 Austin, United StatesWorld Tennis TourHard Tyler Stewart Martin Breysach Demetris Azoides6–2, 6–4Win2–1M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Dylan Salton Alexandr Binda Ilia Simakin4–6, 6–4, [10–8]Loss2–2M15 Sharm ElSheikh, EgyptWorld Tennis TourHard Ben Jones Aleksandre Bakshi David Perez Sanz6-4, 2–6, [4-10]Loss2–3M25 Yinchuan, ChinaWorld Tennis TourHard Kris van Wyk Ajeet Rai Aoran Wang4–6, 4–6Win3–3M25 Roehampton, Great BritainWorld Tennis TourHard Ben Jones Tom Hands Harry Wendelken6-4, 6–3Loss3–4M15 Hillcrest, South AfricaWorld Tennis TourHard Gerard Henning Devin Badenhorst Luc Koenig1–6, 4–6Loss3–5M25 Santa Margherita de Pula, ItalyWorld Tennis TourClay Yanaki Milev Ergi Kirkin Niels McDonald1–6, 3–6
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