Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ITF singles and 5 doubles titles. Playing for Estonia in Davis Cup, Raisma has a win–loss record of 14–5. [1]
| Country (sports) |  Estonia |
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| Residence | Tallinn, Estonia |
| Born | 3 April 1998 Tartu, Estonia |
| Plays | Left-handed (two handed-backhand) |
| Prize money | $29,148 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 1–2 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 676 (8 May 2017) |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2016) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2015) |
| Wimbledon Junior | 1R (2015, 2016) |
| US Open Junior | QF (2016) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–2 (at ATP Tour level and Grand Slam level) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 720 (28 January 2019) |
| Grand Slam doubles results | |
| Australian Open Junior | QF (2016) |
| French Open Junior | 1R (2015) |
| Wimbledon Junior | W (2016) |
| US Open Junior | 2R (2016) |
| Team competitions | |
| Davis Cup | 14–5 |
| Last updated on: 11 July 2022. | |
Playing career
editHe made his Davis Cup debut for Estonia in 2014, winning the only rubber he played that year. In 2015, Raisma again played the one rubber, this time in doubles, but again he was victorious.[2] He gained his first ATP Point in 2015 at the Estonian Open, where Raisma defeated Italian Giorgio Ricca 6-3, 7-5.[3]
By 2016, he was established as Estonia’s No. 2 player behind Jurgen Zopp and played in three of Estonia’s four ties in Europe Zone Group III of the Davis Cup. He won all three singles rubbers he played, without dropping a set as Estonia sealed promotion into Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2017.[2]
Raisma won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title alongside Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas. In doing so, he became the third Estonian to triumph in a grand slam tournament after Toomas Leius at the 1959 Wimbledon junior tournament, Kaia Kanepi at the 2001 French Open.[4]
In 2017, his coaching staff was joined by the Italian head coach of the Jarkko Nieminen Academy, Frederico Ricci.[5]
Coaching career
editIn 2023, he coached Oliver Ojakäär as he made his junior grand slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open, and later that year when he won the boys' doubles at the 2023 US Open alongside Max Dahlin of Sweden, at Flushing Mesdow, New York.[6][7][8]
Junior Grand Slam finals
editBoys' doubles
edit| Result | Year | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 2016 | Wimbledon Championships | Grass |  Stefanos Tsitsipas |
 Félix Auger-Aliassime Denis Shapovalov |
4–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Future and Challenger finals
editSingles: 3 (1–2)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2016 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet (i) | Vladimir Ivanov |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | May 2018 | Hungary F2, Zalaegerszeg | Futures | Clay |  Máté Valkusz |
2–6, 1–6 |
| Loss | 1–2 | Nov 2020 | M15 Tunisia, Monastir | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ergi Kırkın |
6–1, 4–6, 1–6 |
Doubles 11 (5–6)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2015 | Estonia F3, Tallinn | Futures | Hard (i) |  Niels Lootsma |
 Alexander Vasilenko Anton Zaitcev |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Win | 2–0 | Nov 2015 | Estonia F4, Pärnu | Futures | Hard (i) | Niels Lootsma |
Anton Pavlov Martin Valdo Randpere |
6–4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 2–1 | Oct 2016 | Estonia F2, Tartu | Futures | Carpet (i) | Vladimir Ivanov |
Alexander Vasilenko Dzmitry Zhyrmont |
5–7, 2–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Nov 2016 | Estonia F4, Pärnu | Futures | Hard (i) | Vladimir Ivanov |
 Marat Deviatiarov Alexander Vasilenko |
WO |
| Loss | 2–3 | Mar 2017 | France F6, Poitiers | Futures | Hard (i) | Vladimir Ivanov |
 Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Mar 2018 | Portugal F6, Lisbon | Futures | Hard |  Emil Ruusuvuori |
Steven Diez Bruno Mardones |
7–6(7–2), 6–2 |
| Win | 4–3 | May 2018 | Hungary F1, Zalaegerszeg | Futures | Clay | Emil Ruusuvuori |
 Adam Taylor Jason Taylor |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Win | 5–3 | May 2019 | M15 Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brčko | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Daniil Glinka |
Pierre Faivre Maxime Tchoutakian |
6–4, 5–7, [10–3] |
| Loss | 5–4 | Jul 2019 | M15 Estonia, Pärnu | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Jürgen Zopp |
Vladimir Ivanov Maxim Ratniuk |
6–3, 4–6, [5–10] |
| Loss | 5–5 | Nov 2020 | M15 Tunisia, Monastir | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kristjan Tamm |
 Anis Ghorbel Aziz Ouakaa |
w/o |
| Loss | 5–6 | Oct 2021 | M15 Estonia, Pärnu | World Tennis Tour | Hard (i) | Vladimir Ivanov |
 Filip Bergevi Patrik Niklas-Salminen |
6–4, 6–7(4–7), [8–10] |
Davis Cup
editParticipations: (14–5)
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indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
| Rubber outcome | No. | Rubber | Match type (partner if any) | Opponent nation | Opponent player(s) | Score |
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| 3–0; 9 May 2014; Gellért Szabadidőközpont Szeged, Hungary; Europe Zone Group III round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 1 | I | Singles |  San Marino |
Diego Zonzini | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 3–0; 17 July 2015; City of San Marino, San Marino; Europe Zone Group III round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 2 | III | Doubles (with Mattias Siimar) (dead rubber) |  Montenegro |
Rrezart Cungu / Ivan Saveljić | 6–1, 6–2 |
| 3–0; 2 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Europe Zone Group III round robin; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 3 | I | Singles |  Liechtenstein |
Gian-Carlo Besimo | 6–1, 6–3 |
| Victory | 4 | III | Doubles (with Jürgen Zopp) (dead rubber) | Robin Forster / Timo Kranz | 6–0, 7–6(7–2) | |
| 3–0; 4 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III round robin; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 5 | I | Singles | Greece |
Christos Antonopoulos | 6–1, 6–0 |
| 2–0; 5 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Promotional play off; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 6 | I | Singles |  Moldova |
Alexander Cozbinov | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 1–4; 3-5 February 2017; Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa; Europe/Africa Zone Group II first round; hard surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 7 | III | Doubles (with Mattias Siimar) |  South Africa |
Raven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse | 7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6, 5–7 |
| 3–2; 7-9 April 2017; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II relegation play-off; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Victory | 8 | II | Singles |  Monaco |
Lucas Catarina | 6–3, 6–0, 6–4 |
| Victory | 9 | III | Doubles (with Mattias Siimar) | Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret | 4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(9–7) | |
| 1–3; 3-4 February 2018; Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania; Europe/Africa Zone Group II first round; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 10 | II | Singles |  Lithuania |
Ričardas Berankis | 5–7, 6–7(3–7) |
| Defeat | 11 | III | Doubles (with Mattias Siimar) | Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis | 6–2, 4–6, 6–7(4–7) | |
| 3–2; 7-8 April 2018; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II relegation play-off; hard (indoor) surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 12 | II | Singles | Tunisia |
Malek Jaziri | 4–6, 6–7(9–11) |
| Victory | 13 | III | Doubles (with Jürgen Zopp) | Moez Echargui / Malek Jaziri | 6–3, 6–4 | |
| 3–0; 11 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 14 | I | Singles |  North Macedonia |
Dimitar Grabul | 6–2, 6–4 |
| Victory | 15 | III | Doubles (with Jürgen Zopp) (dead rubber) | Luka Ljuben Andonov / Berk Bugarikj | 6–0, 6–2 | |
| 3–0; 12 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 16 | III | Doubles (with Vladimir Ivanov) (dead rubber) | Montenegro |
Mario Aleksić / Igor Saveljić | 6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2–1; 13 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 17 | III | Doubles (with Jürgen Zopp) |  Latvia |
Jānis Podžus / Mārtiņš Podžus | 7–6(10–8), 6–4 |
| 0–2; 14 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III promotional playoff; clay surface | ||||||
| Defeat | 18 | I | Singles |  Poland |
Kamil Majchrzak | 0–6, 2–6 |
| 4–0; 4-5 March 2022; Forus Tenniscenter, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surface | ||||||
| Victory | 19 | III | Doubles (with Jürgen Zopp) |  Pacific Oceania |
Brett Baudinet / Colin Sinclair | 6–4, 6–2 |
References
edit- ↑ "Kenneth Raisma | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
- 1 2 Woodward, Max. "2016 DAVIS CUP AWARDS - ONES TO WATCH". Daviscup.com. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Kenneth Raisma earned his first ATP point". err.ee. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Fourth Estonian grand slam winner Ojakäär: I haven't gotten it yet". err.ee. 11 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Kenneth Raisma collaborates with a famous Italian coach". Delfi.ee. 16 September 2017. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ "Estonian Ojakäär, Sweden's Dahlin crowned US Open junior doubles champs". err.ee. 10 September 2023. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
- ↑ Seema, Kristofer (28 January 2023). "Tennisetalent elu esimesest slämmiturniiri kogemusest: kõik on korraldatud nii, et saad keskenduda ainult mängimisele". Postimees (in Estonian). Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ↑ "Tennis hopeful Oliver Ojakäär continues his career at a US university". Delfi.ee. 27 November 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2025.
External links
edit- Kenneth Raisma at the Association of Tennis Professionals
- Kenneth Raisma at the International Tennis Federation
- Kenneth Raisma at the Davis Cup (archived)
- Kenneth Raisma at ESPN.com
