 Henning at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics | |
| Full name | Philip Barry Henning |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |  South Africa |
| Born | (2000-11-10) 10 November 2000 Bloemfontein, South Africa |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| College | University of Georgia[1] |
| Coach | Stephan de Kock |
| Prize money | US $95,574 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 7–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 250 (8 June 2026) |
| Current ranking | No. 250 (8 June 2026) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 3–1 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup) |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 472 (28 July 2025) |
| Current ranking | No. 526 (8 June 2026) |
| Last updated on: 8 June 2026. | |
Philip Barry Henning[2] (born 10 November 2000) is a South African tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 250 achieved on 8 June 2026 and a doubles ranking of No. 472 achieved on 28 July 2025.[3]
Henning represents South Africa at the Davis Cup, where he has a singles W/L record of 10/6.[4]
Career
Juniors
In May 2017, Henning won his first ITF junior singles title at the G4 in Windhoek, Namibia. Henning has won 6 ITF junior titles in 2017 and 3 in 2018. In October 2018, Henning represented South Africa at the Youth Olympic Games.
As a junior, Henning reached a career-high combined ranking of No. 35 in the ITF's world junior rankings.
As a junior, he compiled a singles win–loss record of 93–36.
Junior Grand Slam results - Singles:
Australian Open: 1R (2017), 3R (2018)
French Open: 1R (2018)
Wimbledon: 1R (2018)
US Open: 2R (2018)
Junior Grand Slam results - Doubles:
Australian Open: 1R (2017), QF (2018)
French Open: 1R (2018)
Wimbledon: 1R (2018)
US Open: 1R (2018)
Junior singles titles (9)
| Legend (singles) |
|---|
| Grand Slam (0) |
| Grade A (0) |
| Grade B (1) |
| Grade 1–5 (8) |
| Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | 1. | 6 May 2017 | Windhoek, Namibia | Hard | Pierre Malan |
6–3, 6–0 |
| Winner | 2. | 13 May 2017 | Windhoek, Namibia | Hard | Gerhardt Marius Becker |
6–1, 6–0 |
| Winner | 3. | 29 July 2017 | Johannesburg, South Africa | Hard | Lleyton Cronje |
6–2, 7–6 |
| Winner | 4. | 5 August 2017 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | Christiaan Worst |
6–1, 6–3 |
| Winner | 5. | 23 September 2017 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard |  Lodewijk Weststrate |
6–3, 6–4 |
| Winner | 6. | 30 September 2017 | Stellenbosch, South Africa | Hard | Lodewijk Weststrate |
2-6, 6–2, 6–2 |
| Winner | 7. | 3 March 2018 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard |  Mate Voros |
6–2, 6–3 |
| Winner | 8. | 17 March 2018 | Morocco | Clay |  Yassir Kilani |
6–1, 6–1 |
| Winner | 9. | 28 July 2018 | Pretoria, South Africa | Hard | Joubert Klopper |
6–2, 3–6, 7–5 |
University
Philip enrolled at the University of Georgia in January 2019, joining the Bulldogs men's tennis team mid-season. He consistently ranked nationally in singles (peaking at Nr.8) and doubles throughout his college career, earning multiple All-SEC honors (First and Second Team) and was twice named SEC Player of the Week. In his final year, he earned ITA Southeast Regional Senior Player of the Year and reached the finals of the 2022 ITA All-American Championships in singles.[5]
Senior
Philip mainly competes on the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour and the ATP Challenger Tour. His best result on the Challenger Tour was reaching the quarterfinal of the 2024 Jinan Open in Jinan, China in August 2024, where he lost to the first seed Yuta Shimizu. He also reached the quarterfinal stage of the 2025 Côte d'Ivoire Open in Abidjan, Ivory Coast in April 2025, where he lost to the first seed Aziz Dougaz.
Henning won his first ATP Challenger singles title at the 2026 Centurion Challenger II, defeating Alexander Donski in the final.[6]
ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals
Singles: 2 (15–3)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | 1–0 | Oct 2023 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Vadym Ursu |
6–3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 1–1 | Oct 2023 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Vadym Ursu |
4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6 |
| Win | 2–1 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Mees Röttgering |
6-3, 6–3 |
| Win | 3–1 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Fares Zakaria |
6-3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–2 | Apr 2024 | M15 Antalya, Turkiye | World Tennis Tour | Clay |  Facundo Juarez |
2–6, 3–6 |
| Win | 4–2 | May 2024 | M25 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Siddharth Vishwakarma |
6-2, 6–2 |
| Win | 5–2 | Jun 2024 | M15 Hillcrest, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk |
6-4, 6–4 |
| Win | 6–2 | Nov 2024 | M15 Yanagawa City, Japan | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Yuta Kikuchi |
7–6(7–1), 6–1 |
| Win | 7–2 | Dec 2024 | M15 Stellenbosch, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Nino Ehrenschneider |
6-4, 6–1 |
| Win | 8–2 | Dec 2024 | M15 Stellenbosch, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kris van Wyk |
6-4, 6–4 |
| Win | 9–2 | Jul 2025 | M25 Hillcrest, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Adhithya Ganesan |
6-2, 5–7, 6–1 |
| Win | 10–2 | Jul 2025 | M15 Hillcrest, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Filip Peliwo |
4-6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| Win | 11–2 | Jul 2025 | M15 Hillcrest, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Marc Van Der Merwe |
6-3, 6–3 |
| Win | 12–2 | Nov 2025 | M15 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Gabriel Ghetu |
6-2, 6–0 |
| Win | 13–2 | Nov 2025 | M25 Heraklion, Greece | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ioannis Xilas |
6-4, 7–5 |
| Win | 14–2 | Des 2025 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Pierre Yves Bailly |
6-3, 6–3 |
| Loss | 14–3 | Apr 2026 | M25 Santa Margherita di Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Giuseppe La Vela |
5–7, 6–4,6–7(6–8) |
| Win | 15–3 | Jun 2026 | Centurion Challenger II, South Africa | ATP Challenger Tour | Hard |  Alexander Donski |
6-2, 3-6, 7–6(8–6) |
Doubles: 8 (3-5)
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| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loss | 0–1 | Nov 2021 | M25 Austin, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Joubert Klopper |
 Duarte Vale Alfredo Perez |
6–7(1–7), 2–6 |
| Win | 1–1 | Nov 2022 | M25 Austin, United States | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Tyler Stewart |
 Martin Breysach Demetris Azoides |
6–2, 6–4 |
| Win | 2–1 | Oct 2023 | M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Dylan Salton |
Alexandr Binda  Ilia Simakin |
4–6, 6–4, [10–8] |
| Loss | 2–2 | Feb 2024 | M15 Sharm ElSheikh, Egypt | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Ben Jones |
 Aleksandre Bakshi  David Perez Sanz |
6-4, 2–6, [4-10] |
| Loss | 2–3 | Aug 2024 | M25 Yinchuan, China | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Kris van Wyk |
 Ajeet Rai  Aoran Wang |
4–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 3–3 | Feb 2025 | M25 Roehampton, Great Britain | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Ben Jones |
Tom Hands Harry Wendelken |
6-4, 6–3 |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jul 2025 | M15 Hillcrest, South Africa | World Tennis Tour | Hard | Gerard Henning |
Devin Badenhorst Luc Koenig |
1–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 3–5 | Mar 2026 | M25 Santa Margherita de Pula, Italy | World Tennis Tour | Clay | Yanaki Milev |
 Ergi Kirkin Niels McDonald |
1–6, 3–6 |
References
- "Coppini Tennis Academy's Philip Henning qualifies for Thionville Challenger". tennisworldusa.org. 3 March 2025.
- "Philip Henning". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 November 2025.
- "Philip Henning". ATP Tour.
- "Philip Henning". Davis Cup.
- https://colleges.wearecollegetennis.com/competitions/ITA/Tournaments/draws/CA75F55A-ABC2-4824-B26C-54CAEAB67D60/59C1882B-6DA5-4BD4-B53B-1FE3437308AB
- "Henning Claims Maiden ATP Challenger Title In Thrilling Rise Centurion Open Final". tennistourtalk.com. Retrieved 8 June 2026.