Patrik Niklas-Salminen

Patrik Niklas-Salminen
	Niklas-Salminen at the 2022 Internationaux de Tennis de Vendée
Country (sports)	Finland
Residence	Tampere, Finland
Born	5 March 1997; Tampere, Finland
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Plays	Left-handed (two handed-backhand)
Prize money	$157,967
Singles
Career record	2–4 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 418 (2 March 2020)
Doubles
Career record	5–9 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles	5 Challengers
Highest ranking	No. 95 (17 April 2023)
Current ranking	No. 106 (11 November 2024)
Team competitions
Davis Cup	2–3
	Last updated on: 12 November 2024.

Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 17 April 2023 and a singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. Niklas-Salminen has won five doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles.

Career

On the junior tour, Niklas-Salminen had a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 20 achieved in September 2015. Niklas-Salminen reached the semifinals of the 2015 Wimbledon boys' singles event, losing to Mikael Ymer in the semifinal.

Niklas-Salminen has represented Finland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 2–3.

ATP career finals

Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

Legend
Grand Slam (0–0)
ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
ATP 500 Series (0–0)
ATP 250 Series (0–1)

Titles by surface
Hard (0–1)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Titles by setting
Outdoor (0–0)
Indoor (0–1)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	0–1	Feb 2024	Open 13, France	250 series	Hard (i)	Emil Ruusuvuori	Tomáš Macháč Zhang Zhizhen	3–6, 4–6

ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals

Doubles: 30 (20 titles, 10 runners-up)

Legend
ATP Challenger (5–10)
ITF Futures (15–0)

ATP Challenger Finals (5–10)

Finals by surface
Hard (3–6)
Clay (1–4)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1–0	Nov 2019	Playford, Australia	Challenger	Hard	Harri Heliövaara	Ruben Gonzales Evan King	6–4, 6–7^(4–7), [10–7]
Win	2–0	Mar 2022	Lille, France	Challenger	Hard	Viktor Durasovic	Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys	7–5, 7–6^(7–1)
Loss	2–1	Jul 2022	Tampere, Finland	Challenger	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler	6–7^(3–7), 1–6
Loss	2–2	Jul 2022	Zug, Switzerland	Challenger	Clay	Karol Drzewiecki	Zdeněk Kolář Adam Pavlásek	3–6, 5–7
Win	3–2	Oct 2022	Ismaning, Germany	Challenger	Carpet	Michael Geerts	Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens	7–6^(7–5), 7–6^(10–8)
Loss	3–3	Jan 2023	Oeiras, Portugal	Challenger 75	Hard - indoor	Bart Stevens	Sander Arends David Pel	3–6, 6–7 ^(3–7)
Loss	3–4	Jan 2023	Tenerife, Spain	Challenger 100	Hard - outdoor	Bart Stevens	Victor Vlad Cornea Sergio Martos Gornés	3–6, 4–6
Win	4–4	Feb 2023	Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, Bahrain	Challenger 125	Hard - outdoor	Bart Stevens	Ruben Gonzales Fernando Romboli	6–3, 6–4
Loss	4–5	Mar 2023	Saint-Brieuc, France	Challenger 75	Hard - indoor	Bart Stevens	Dan Added Albano Olivetti	6–4, 6–7 ^(7–9) [6–10]
Loss	4–6	Apr 2023	Madrid, Spain	Challenger 75	Clay	Bart Stevens	Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov	4–6, 4–6
Loss	4–7	Feb 2024	Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, Bahrain	Challenger	Hard	Vasil Kirkov	Petros Tsitsipas Sergio Martos Gornes	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Loss	4–8	Mar 2024	Hamburg, Germany	Challenger	Hard	Karol Drzewiecki	Rémy Bertola Mattia Bellucci	4–6, 5–7
Loss	4–9	May 2024	Guangzhou, China	Challenger	Hard	Nam Ji-sung	Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), [4–10]
Win	5–9	May 2024	Vicenza, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Vladyslav Manafov	Andre Begemann Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha	6–3, 6–4
Loss	5–10	Jul 2024	Modena, Italy	Challenger	Clay	Andre Begemann	Jonathan Eysseric George Goldhoff	3–6, 6–3, [8–10]