Harri Heliovaara Interview: Winning Wimbledon, Handling Pressure, 2nd Serve Psychology, Tour Doubles Changes, & More Artwork

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Harri Heliovaara Interview: Winning Wimbledon, Handling Pressure, 2nd Serve Psychology, Tour Doubles Changes, & More

December 18, 2024 • Will Boucek • Episode 210

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!