Harri Heliovaara Interview: Winning Wimbledon, Handling Pressure, 2nd Serve Psychology, Tour Doubles Changes, & More
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Harri Heliovaara is the 2024 Wimbledon gentlemen's doubles champion and the 2023 US Open mixed doubles champion. He's currently ranked #16 on the ATP doubles tour. Heliovaara is also one of my favorite players to watch because of his entertaining celebrations and on-court demeanor.
This interview with Harri covers his Wimbledon run, doubles changes, his story, and more.
- Why he quit professional tennis in 2013 before returning in 2017.
- How he mentally overcame being down multiple match points in the Wimbledon final.
- Serve struggles and how he's improved his 2nd serve, including specific drills.
- His experience being mic'd up in DC (video below), and what other changes he'd like to see to help make doubles more popular.
- Offseason training.
- The process of changing partners and new teams for 2025.
Learn more about Harri:
Harri's Favorites:
- Tennis Book: The Inner Game of Tennis by W. Timothy Gallwey
- Non-Tennis Book: The Unknown Soldier by Vaino Linna
- Tournament: Wimbledon
- Dream Mixed Doubles Partner: Anna Danilina
- Singles Player You Want to Play Doubles With: Alexander Bublik
- Off Season Hobbies: Hang out with children (1 & 3 years old); Aviation- he likes to take his daughter to the airport to watch planes landing and taking off.
- Harri's advice: Watch more doubles!
More from this episode:
- Follow Harri on Instagram
- Harri mic'd up at the DC Open: https://youtu.be/zGmBgVPTQk8?si=z0pBm5MzD08KWNl-
- Harri's Blog: https://www.harriheliovaara.fi/
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