Doubles
\n Heliovaara\/Patten spoil home Nitto ATP Finals party, sink Bolelli\/Vavassori for final spot<\/p>\n
Finnish-British pair will face Cash\/Glasspool or Salisbury\/Skupski for trophy<\/p>\n
November 15, 2025<\/p>\n
Corinne Dubreuil\/ATP Tour<\/p>\n
Harri Heliovaara and Henry Patten seal a semi-final triumph on Saturday at the Nitto ATP Finals.
\n By Andy West<\/p>\n
Harri Heliovaara<\/a> and Henry Patten<\/a> banished some year-old Nitto ATP Finals<\/a> heartache in style on Saturday afternoon in Turin. <\/p>\n One year on from suffering a semi-final exit on debut at the prestigious season finale, Heliovaara and Patten this time marched to a 6-4, 6-3 last-four victory against Simone Bolelli<\/a> and Andrea Vavassori<\/a>. The Finnish-British duo produced a stunning all-around display to overwhelm their Italian opponents and nullify the partisan atmosphere inside Inalpi Arena. <\/p>\n Finals bound \ud83d\udd7a\ud83d\udd7a<\/p>\n Harri Heliovaara<\/a> and Henry Patten<\/a> power into the championship match in Turin, defeating Bolelli\/Vavassori 6-4 6-3!#NittoATPFinals<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/PcIQxxiNTk<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 ATP Tour (@atptour) November 15, 2025<\/a> <\/p>\n \u201cWe had to dig deep yesterday, but we were ready for this semi-final,\u201d said Heliovaara. \u201cI think we really enjoyed being out on court. We had more experience, and we just executed exactly what we wanted to do today.\u201d <\/p>\n Patten advancing to the championship match continued Great Britain\u2019s dominance in the doubles competition at this year\u2019s Nitto ATP Finals<\/a>. He and Heliovaara will on Sunday take on an all-British duo in the championship match: Top seeds and Year-End ATP Doubles No. 1 presented by PIF-winning team Julian Cash<\/a> and Lloyd Glasspool<\/a>, or Joe Salisbury<\/a> and Neal Skupski<\/a>. <\/p>\n Heliovaara and Patten converted the only break point of the opening set at 1-1, 30\/40 to move ahead in Saturday\u2019s semi-final, while they also decisively broke serve in the third game of the second. Patten, who started the week in Turin by getting engaged to his partner Ellie Stone<\/a>, served a double fault at 3-2, 40\/30 to gift Bolelli and Vavassori a chance to break at Deuce deciding point, but he followed that with a nerveless lefty serve out wide to clinch the game. <\/p>\n You May Also Like: Patten gets engaged in Turin! ‘I was much more nervous about getting engaged than my first match’<\/a><\/p>\n That proved to be the final moment of peril for Heliovaara and Patten on serve, and the pair soon closed out for a 76-minute victory in which they finished the match having won 87 per cent (20\/23) of points behind first serves, according to Infosys ATP Stats. They now hold a 3-1 Lexus ATP Head2Head series lead over Bolelli and Vavassori, having also prevailed in the two teams\u2019 Australian Open<\/a> semi-final clash earlier this year. <\/p>\n \u201cLots of practice. There\u2019s no secret really,\u201d said Patten, when asked about he and Heliovaara\u2019s returning performance. \u201cThey are two very good servers. We\u2019ve struggled returning against them in the past. Sometimes you get a bit lucky as well. No secret, just lots of hard work and lots of repetitions, really.\u201d <\/p>\n The 36-year-old Heliovaara and 29-year-old Patten will on Sunday play for their eighth tour-level title as a team, and their second indoor title of the year after they lifted the Rolex Paris Masters<\/a> title earlier this month. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n