Philip Henning

Philip Henning
Country (sports) South Africa
Born (2000-11-10) 10 November 2000
Bloemfontein, South Africa
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
CollegeUniversity of Georgia[1]
Prize money$56,339 (28 July 2025)
Singles
Career record5–5 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 324 (23 December 2024)
Current rankingNo. 331 (28 July 2025)
Doubles
Career record3–0 (at ATP Tour level, Grand Slam level, and in Davis Cup)
Career titles0
Highest rankingNo. 472 (28 July 2025)
Current rankingNo. 472 (28 July 2025)
Last updated on: 28 July 2025.

Philip Henning (born 10 November 2000) is a South African tennis player. He has a career high ATP singles ranking of No. 324 achieved on 23 December 2024.[2]

Henning represents South Africa at the Davis Cup, where he has a W/L record of 2–2.

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 South Africa Pierre Malan 6–3, 6–0
Winner 2. 13 May 2017 Windhoek, Namibia Hard South Africa Gerhardt Marius Becker 6–1, 6–0
Winner 3. 29 July 2017 Johannesburg, South Africa Hard South Africa Lleyton Cronje 6–2, 7–6
Winner 4. 5 August 2017 Pretoria, South Africa Hard South Africa Christiaan Worst 6–1, 6–3
Winner 5. 23 September 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa Hard Netherlands Lodewijk Weststrate 6–3, 6–4
Winner 6. 30 September 2017 Stellenbosch, South Africa Hard Netherlands Lodewijk Weststrate 2-6, 6–2, 6–2
Winner 7. 3 March 2018 Pretoria, South Africa Hard Hungary Mate Voros 6–2, 6–3
Winner 8. 17 March 2018 Morocco Clay Morocco Yassir Kilani 6–1, 6–1
Winner 9. 28 July 2018 Pretoria, South Africa Hard South Africa 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 ITA All-American Championships in singles.

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.

ATP Challenger and ITF Tour finals

Singles: 2 (11–2)

Legend
ATP Challenger (0–0)
ITF World Tennis Tour (11–2)
Finals by surface
Hard (10–1)
Clay (1–1)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Opponent Score
Win 1–0 Oct 2023 M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vadym Ursu 6–3, 6–3
Loss 1–1 Oct 2023 M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Ukraine Vadym Ursu 4–6, 7–6(7–3), 2–6
Win 2–1 Feb 2024 M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Netherlands Mees Röttgering 6-3, 6-3
Win 3–1 Feb 2024 M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard Egypt Fares Zakaria 6-3, 6-3
Loss 3–2 Apr 2024 M15 Antalya, Turkiye World Tennis Tour Clay Italy Facundo Juarez 2–6, 3–6
Win 4–2 May 2024 M25 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia World Tennis Tour Clay Egypt Siddharth Vishwakarma 6-2, 6-2
Win 5–2 Jun 2024 M15 Hillcrest, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Namibia Connor Henry Van Schalkwyk 6-4, 6-4
Win 6–2 Nov 2024 M15 Yanagawa City, Japan World Tennis Tour Hard Japan Yuta Kikuchi 7–6(7–1), 6-1
Win 7–2 Dec 2024 M15 Stellenbosch, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Germany Nino Ehrenschneider 6-4, 6-1
Win 8–2 Dec 2024 M15 Stellenbosch, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard South Africa Kris van Wyk 6-4, 6-4
Win 9–2 Jul 2025 M25 Hillcrest, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard United States Adhithya Ganesan 6-2, 5-7, 6-1
Win 10–2 Jul 2025 M15 Hillcrest, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard Poland Filip Peliwo 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
Win 11–2 Jul 2025 M15 Hillcrest, South Africa World Tennis Tour Hard South Africa Marc Van Der Merwe 6-3, 6-3

Doubles: 3 (2-1)

Legend (doubles)
ITF World Tennis Tour (2–1)
Titles by surface
Hard (2–1)
Clay (0–0)
Result W–L    Date    Tournament Tier Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 0–1 Nov 2021 M25 Austin, United States World Tennis Tour Hard South Africa Joubert Klopper Portugal Duarte Vale
United States Alfredo Perez
6–7(1–7), 2–6
Win 1–1 Nov 2022 M25 Austin, United States World Tennis Tour Hard United States Tyler Stewart France Martin Breysach
Greece Demetris Azoides
6–2, 6–4
Win 2–1 Oct 2023 M15 Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt World Tennis Tour Hard South Africa Dylan Salton Italy Alexandr Binda
Ilia Simakin
4–6, 6–4, [10–8]

References

  1. ^ "Coppini Tennis Academy's Philip Henning qualifies for Thionville Challenger". 3 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Philip Henning | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour.