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Henrique Rocha

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Henrique Rocha
Country (sports) Portugal
Born (2004-04-06) 6 April 2004 (age 21)
Porto, Portugal
Height180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
PlaysRight handed, two-handed backhand
CoachRui Machado, Pedro Sousa[1]
Prize moneyUS $ 517,620 [2]
Singles
Career record6–4
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 149 (9 June 2025)
Current rankingNo. 157 (30 June 2025)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian OpenQ3 (2025)
French Open3R (2025)
WimbledonQ2 (2024, 2025)
US OpenQ1 (2024)
Doubles
Career record0–1
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 166 (9 September 2024)
Current rankingNo. 535 (30 June 2025)
Last updated on: 30 June 2025.

Henrique Rocha (born 6 April 2004) is a Portuguese professional tennis player. He has a career-high ATP singles ranking of world No. 149, achieved on 9 June 2025 and a doubles ranking of No. 166, achieved on 9 September 2024.[3] He is currently the No. 3 player from Portugal.

Early career

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Rocha is from Maia.[4] In 2018, he was training at the Centro de Alto Rendimento do Jamor, in Cruz Quebrada.[5] When he was 15 years-old he began training in Lisbon, at the Portuguese Tennis Federation.[1] He won Portuguese under-14,[6] and under-16 age-group titles.[7]

In July 2020, he became the first tennis player born in 2004 to beat a player ranked in the world top 600 when he defeated Tiago Cação, number 547 in the world, in Figueira da Foz.[8]

Career

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In 2023, Rocha made his ATP main draw debut after qualifying at the 2023 Estoril Open. He defeated higher ranked players Ryan Peniston,[9] and Máté Valkusz to reach the main draw. It was his first ATP tour qualifying event, having never previously even qualified for a Challenger tournament in 12 tries.[10][11][12] That year, Rocha began being coached by Portuguese former ATP player Pedro Sousa.[1]

Rocha won his maiden Challenger title at the 2024 Murcia Open defeating Nikoloz Basilashvili in the final. He became the fifth player born in 2004 to accomplish the milestone after Luca Van Assche, Arthur Fils, Alex Michelsen and Gonzalo Bueno. As a result he moved more than 50 positions up in the rankings reaching the top 200 at world No. 197 on 1 April 2024.[13] He also received a wildcard for the main draw at the 2024 Estoril Open.[14]

Ranked No. 195, Rocha made his Grand Slam main draw debut at the 2025 French Open as a qualifier and recorded his first major win over fellow qualifier Nikoloz Basilashvili in five sets. He became only the fifth Portuguese man to win a singles match at Roland Garros.[15] Rocha reached a major third round for the first time in his career with an upset over 19th seed Jakub Menšík in five sets.[16][17]

ATP Challenger Tour finals

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Singles: 2 (1 title, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Mar 2024 Murcia Open, Spain Challenger Clay Georgia (country) Nikoloz Basilashvili 3–6, 7–6(7–0), 7–5
Loss 1–1 Jun 2024 Bratislava Open, Slovakia Challenger Clay Poland Kamil Majchrzak 0–6, 6–2, 3–6

Doubles: 5 (2 titles, 3 runner-ups)

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Legend
ATP Challenger Tour (2–3)
Finals by surface
Hard (1–0)
Clay (1–3)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 May 2023 Open de Oeiras II, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Jaime Faria United Kingdom Luke Johnson
Netherlands Sem Verbeek 		7–6(8–6), 5–7, [6–10]
Loss 0–2 Oct 2023 Lisboa Belém Open, Portugal Challenger Clay Portugal Jaime Faria Poland Karol Drzewiecki
Czech Republic Zdeněk Kolář 		3–6, 6–7(5–7)
Win 1–2 Apr 2024 Ostra Group Open, Czech Republic Challenger Clay Portugal Jaime Faria Germany Jakob Schnaitter
Germany Mark Wallner 		7–5, 6–3
Loss 1–3 Jun 2024 Zagreb Open, Croatia Challenger Clay Romania Mircea-Alexandru Jecan France Jonathan Eysseric
France Quentin Halys 		4–6, 4–6
Win 2–3 Sep 2024 Cassis Open, France Challenger Hard Portugal Jaime Faria France Manuel Guinard
France Matteo Martineau 		7–6(7–5), 6–4

ITF World Tennis Tour finals

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Singles: 7 (6 titles, 1 runner-up)

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Legend
ITF WTT (6–1)
Finals by surface
Hard (5–1)
Clay (1–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Feb 2023 M25 Vila Real de Santo António, Portugal WTT Hard Italy Federico Gaio 6–3, 6–1
Win 2–0 Jun 2023 M25 Mungia, Spain WTT Clay (i) Spain Pedro Vives Marcos 6–3, 6–4
Win 3–0 Jul 2023 M25 Bakio, Spain WTT Hard France Lucas Poullain 6–2, 6–2
Win 4–0 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Germany Sebastian Fanselow 6–3, 6–2
Win 5–0 Oct 2023 M25 Tavira, Portugal WTT Hard France Valentin Royer 6–4, 6–4
Loss 5–1 Oct 2023 M25 Tavira, Portugal WTT Hard Germany Sebastian Fanselow 2–6, 3–6
Win 6–1 Nov 2023 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal WTT Hard Czech Republic Hynek Bartoň 6–3, 6–1

Doubles: 8 (4 titles, 4 runner-ups)

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Legend
ITF WTT (4–4)
Finals by surface
Hard (4–2)
Clay (0–2)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Apr 2023 M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy WTT Clay Portugal Jaime Faria Germany Kai Wenhelt
Netherlands Mick Veldheer 		6–3, 1–6, [12–14]
Loss 0–2 Sep 2023 M25 Mataró, Spain WTT Clay Portugal Jaime Faria Switzerland Rémy Bertola
Italy Gianmarco Ferrari 		6–7(4–7), 6–2, [9–11]
Win 1–2 Jun 2023 M25 Martos, Spain WTT Hard Portugal Jaime Faria India Parikshit Somani
India Ramkumar Ramanathan 		6–3, 7–6(7–3)
Loss 1–3 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Jaime Faria Denmark Johannes Ingildsen
Sweden Fred Simonsson 		6–7(5–7), 6–3, [7–10]
Loss 1–4 Sep 2023 M25 Sintra, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Jaime Faria United States Dali Blanch
United States Martin Damm Jr. 		1–6, 2–6
Win 2–4 Oct 2023 M25 Setúbal, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Jaime Faria Portugal Diogo Marques
Portugal Fred Gil 		6–3, 6–3
Win 3–4 Oct 2023 M25 Tavira, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Jaime Faria Ukraine Aleksandr Braynin
Austria David Pichler 		6–3, 6–1
Win 4–4 Nov 2023 M25 Vale do Lobo, Portugal WTT Hard Portugal Francisco Rocha Czech Republic Hynek Bartoň
Czech Republic Michal Lušovský 		3–0 ret.

Wins over top 10 players

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  • Rocha has a 1–0 record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
Season 2024 Total
Wins 1 1
# Player Rank Event Surface Rd Score HRR
2024
1. Norway Casper Ruud 9 Davis Cup, Bekkestua, Norway Hard (i) WG1 6–3, 6–4 159
*As of 14 September 2024

Notes

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Inside Rocha's rise: 'His power is not normal'". atptour.com. 4 September 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
  2. ^ "Henrique Rocha". atptour.com.
  3. ^ "Henrique Rocha". Henrique Rocha. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. ^ Fonseca, Daniela (September 11, 2019). "Henrique Rocha, athlete from Escola de Ténis da Maia, is the new under 16 national champion". noticiasmaia.com. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  5. ^ "Henrique Rocha advances at Maia Open with big win". Bola Marela. 27 November 2022. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  6. ^ Ribiero, Gaspar (July 21, 2018). "Henrique Rocha é o novo campeão nacional de sub 14". Raquetc. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  7. ^ Ribiero, Gaspar (July 9, 2020). "Henrique Rocha says goodbye to Figueira da Foz with the best victory of his career". Raquetc. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  8. ^ Morgado, José (July 9, 2020). "Henrique Rocha: the first player born in 2004 to beat a top 600". Bolamarela.pt. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  9. ^ Baltazar, Daniel (April 1, 2023). "Henrique Rocha brilha na estreia em torneios ATP com vitória no Millennium Estoril Open". Raquetc. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  10. ^ "ATP Estoril Day 2 Predictions Including Dominic Thiem Vs Sebastian Ofner". 2 April 2023.
  11. ^ Baltazar, Daniel (April 2, 2023). "Henrique Rocha volta a deslumbrar com inédito apuramento para o quadro principal do Millennium Estoril Open". Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  12. ^ Palmeira, Luísa (April 2, 2023). "Henrique Rocha shines and guarantees a place in the main draw of the Millennium Estoril Open". Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  13. ^ "#NextGenATP Rocha downs Basilashvili for maiden Challenger title". 25 March 2024.
  14. ^ "Portugal's Rocha pedalling to serenity & success". 30 March 2024.
  15. ^ @josemorgado (May 27, 2025). "WHAT A MOMENT! 21yo qualifier Henrique Rocha wins an epic 7-6(0), 2-6, 7-6(9), 2-6, 6-2 battle against Nikoloz Basilashvili to reach the 2nd round at #RolandGarros 1st Grand Slam main draw win (on debut) 5th ever 🇵🇹 man to win a singles match at RG 9th to do it at any Slam" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  16. ^ "Henrique Rocha unveils the reason for success in Portuguese tennis". 29 May 2025.
  17. ^ "Henrique Rocha beats top-20 player to join Nuno Borges in Roland-Garros third round". 29 May 2025.
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