August Holmgren (born 22 April 1998) is a Danish professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 141 achieved on 22 June 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 284 achieved on 9 June 2025. He is currently the No. 2 player from Denmark.
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.
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.
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. 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.
2025: Major debut and third round, top 150 and Masters debuts In July, Holmgren made his major debut at Wimbledon, reaching the main draw as a qualifier after wins over local player Giles Hussey, Mikhail Kukushkin, and Yosuke Watanuki, this made the first time in the major's history to have three Danish men into the main draw joining eight seed Holger Rune and compatriot Elmer Møller. In the main draw, Holmgren recorded his first major win by defeating Quentin Halys in the first round. 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. As a result, he moved into the top 150 in the ATP rankings. Holmgren earned a new nickname: “the King of Wimbledon Comebacks”. He lost in the third round to Alex de Minaur.
In July, Holmgren won his third Challenger title in Granby by defeating top seed Eliot Spizzirri in the semifinal and third seed Liam Draxl in the final.
In September, Holmgren also made his Masters 1000 debut as a qualifier at the 2025 Shanghai Masters.
Performance timeline
Singles Tournament20252026SRW–LWin%Grand SlamsAustralian OpenQ2Q10 / 00–0French OpenQ2Q30 / 00–0Wimbledon3RQ20 / 12–1US OpenQ10 / 00–0Win–loss2–10–00 / 12–1ATP Masters 1000Indian Wells MastersAA0 / 00–0Miami OpenAA0 / 00–0Monte Carlo MastersAA0 / 00–0Madrid OpenAA0 / 00-0Italian OpenAA0 / 00–0Canadian OpenA0 / 00–0Cincinnati MastersA0 / 00–0Shanghai Masters1R0 / 10–1Paris MastersA0 / 00–0Win–loss0–10–00 / 10–1
ATP Challenger Tour finals
Singles: 4 (3 titles, 1 runner-up) LegendATP Challenger Tour (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Open Ciudad de Pozoblanco, SpainChallengerHard Antoine Escoffier3–6, 6–3, 6–4Win2–0Porto Open, PortugalChallengerHard Alejandro Moro Cañas7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6)Win3–0Championnats de Granby, CanadaChallengerHard Liam Draxl6–3, 6–3Loss3–1Gwangju Open, South KoreaChallengerHard Kwon Soon-woo4–6, 5–7
Doubles: 4 (4 runner-ups) LegendATP Challenger Tour (0–4)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreLoss0–1Istanbul Challenger, TurkeyChallengerHard Johannes Ingildsen Aleksandre Bakshi Yankı Erel6–7(4–7), 5–7Loss0–2Open de Vendée, FranceChallengerHard (i) Johannes Ingildsen Marcelo Demoliner Christian Harrison3–6, 5–7Loss0–3Internazionali Città di Vicenza, ItalyChallengerClay Johannes Ingildsen Federico Bondioli Stefano Travaglia2–6, 1–6Loss0–4Istanbul Challenger, TurkeyChallengerHard Carl Emil Overbeck Alafia Ayeni Keshav Chopra3–6, 7–6(7–5), [7–10]
ITF World Tennis Tour finals
Singles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (4–4)Finals by surfaceHard (4–1)Clay (0–3)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreLoss0–1M15 Ystad, SwedenWTTClay Gustav Hansson6–7(5–7), 1–6Loss0–2M15 Vejle, DenmarkWTTClay Ergi Kırkın6–7(4–7), 4–6Win1–2M15 Rancho Santa Fe, USWTTHard Gage Brymer6–4, 6–4Loss1–3M15 San Diego, USWTTHard Ethan Quinn6–3, 6–7(7–9), 6–7(4–7)Win2–3M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Lucas Poullain7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)Win3–3M25 Harlingen, USWTTHard Raphael Perot6–3, 6–7(5–7), 6–1Loss3–4M25 Aarhus, DenmarkWTTClay Elmer Møller3–6, 0–6Win4–4M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Jack Pinnington Jones4–6 6–2 6–2
Doubles: 14 (8 titles, 6 runner-ups) LegendITF WTT (8–6)Finals by surfaceHard (5–5)Clay (3–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Jacob Brumm Kody Pearson Rinky Hijikata7–5, 7–6(7–5)Loss1–1M15 Monastir, TunisiaWTTHard Johannes Ingildsen Jeremy Beale Li Tu4–6, 2–6Win2–1M15 Rancho Santa Fe, USWTTHard Alexander Cozbinov Abraham Asaba Mitchell Harper6–4, 6–7(3–7), [21–19]Win3–1M25 Lesa, ItalyWTTClay Johannes Ingildsen Federico Bondioli Filippo Romano6–1, 6–4Loss3–2M25 Vila Real de Santo António, PortugalWTTHard Christian Sigsgaard Matěj Vocel Michael Vrbenský4–6, 2–6Win4–2M25 Toulouse-Balma, FranceWTTHard (i) Christian Sigsgaard Adan Freire da Silva Loann Massard6–1, 6–2Win5–2M25 Saint-Dizier, FranceWTTHard (i) Christian Sigsgaard David Jordà Sanchis Te Rigele6–2, 6–3Loss5–3M25 Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptWTTHard Alexander Cozbinov Sergey Fomin Alibek Kachmazov2–6, 3–6Loss5–4M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Johannes Ingildsen Neil Oberleitner Marcus Willis6–7(1–7), 3–6Loss5–5M25 Nottingham, United KingdomWTTHard Alfredo Perez Daniel Little Mark Whitehouse4–6, 6–3, [10–12]Win6–5M25 Rome, ItalyWTTClay David Pichler Edan Leshem Julian Ocleppo6–4, 7–5Win7–5M25 Risskov/Aarhus, DenmarkWTTClay Christian Sigsgaard Gonzalo Bueno Jack Karlsson Wistrand6–4, 6–3Win8–5M25 Bakersfield, USWTTHard Nathan Ponwith Patrick Harper Emile Hudd6–1, 7-6(7–4)Loss8–6M25 Aarhus, DenmarkWTTClay Christian Sigsgaard Carl Emil Overbeck Oskar Brostrøm Poulsen6–1, 7-6(7–4)
References
External links
August Holmgren at University of San Diego