Wimbledon 2024: Britain’s Patten and Finn Heliovaara win doubles title
BBC NEWS
Michael Emons
BBC Sport journalist at Wimbledon
13 July 2024
Great Britain’s Henry Patten and Finland’s Harri Heliovaara saved three championship points on their way to winning a thrilling men’s doubles final at Wimbledon.
Patten, 28, and Heliovaara, 35, clinched a superb 6-7 (7-9) 7-6 (10-8) 7-6 (11-9) victory against Australian 15th seeds Max Purcell and Jordan Thompson, to the delight of a large crowd on Centre Court on Saturday.
The successful pair dropped to their knees in celebration having clinched a remarkable win.
They had come into the tournament unseeded after only starting to work together in April.
It means there has been a British winner in the men’s doubles in consecutive years after Neal Skupski joined Wesley Koolhof of the Netherlands to take the title in 2023.