Great Britain’s Henry Patten and Finnish team-mate Harri Heliovaara are through to their second Wimbledon men’s doubles final in three years.
World number ones, champions at the All England Club in 2024, maintained their bid to reclaim the title by defeating American Aleksandar Kovacevic and Australia’s Thanasi Kokkinakis 7-6 (7-2) 7-6 (10-8).
That result meant Patten and Heliovaara have won six of the seven tie-breaks they have contested this fortnight – including coming through 10-point match tie-breaks in their three previous rounds.
Having only joined forces in 2024, they will now seek to win their third Grand Slam title in as many years, after they also triumphed at the Australian Open in 2025.
In Saturday’s final they will face El Salvador’s Marcelo Arevalo and Croatia’s Mate Pavic, who beat them in the final at Queen’s Club last month.
“It feels great. Big emotions of joy, relief, happiness, all of those things. It is what you dream of doing. We’re a bit tired, but we’re over the moon,” Patten told BBC TV.
On returning to the Wimbledon final, he added: “I expect we’ll still be quite nervous. There’s no getting away from that – it’s the final at Wimbledon on Centre Court.
“It’s a unique feeling. The butterflies will definitely be there.”
Arevalo and Pavic knocked out Britain’s defending champions Julian Cash and Lloyd Glasspool on Wednesday.
Arevalo, a two-time French Open doubles winner, and Pavic, winner of all four slams including Wimbledon in 2021, won 6-2 6-4 when they faced Patten and Heliovaara at Queen’s three weeks ago.
