Kenneth Raisma (born 3 April 1998) is an Estonian tennis player. Raisma has a career high ATP singles ranking of 676, achieved on 8 May 2017. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 720, achieved on 28 January 2019. Raisma has won 1 ITF singles and 5 doubles titles. Playing for Estonia in Davis Cup, Raisma has a win–loss record of 14–5.
Playing career He made his Davis Cup debut for Estonia in 2014, winning the only rubber he played that year. In 2015, Raisma again played the one rubber, this time in doubles, but again he was victorious. He gained his first ATP Point in 2015 at the Estonian Open, where Raisma defeated Italian Giorgio Ricca 6–3, 7–5.
By 2016, he was established as Estonia's No. 2 player behind Jurgen Zopp and played in three of Estonia's four ties in Europe Zone Group III of the Davis Cup. He won all three singles rubbers he played, without dropping a set as Estonia sealed promotion into Europe/Africa Zone Group II for 2017.
Raisma won the 2016 Wimbledon Championships – Boys' doubles title alongside Greek player Stefanos Tsitsipas. In doing so, he became the third Estonian to triumph in a grand slam tournament after Toomas Leius at the 1959 Wimbledon junior tournament, Kaia Kanepi at the 2001 French Open.
In 2017, his coaching staff was joined by the Italian head coach of the Jarkko Nieminen Academy, Frederico Ricci.
Coaching career In 2023, he coached Oliver Ojakäär as he made his junior grand slam debut at the 2023 Australian Open, and later that year when he won the boys' doubles at the 2023 US Open alongside Max Dahlin of Sweden, at Flushing Mesdow, New York.
Junior Grand Slam finals
Boys' doubles ResultYearTournamentSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin 2016 Wimbledon Championships Grass Stefanos Tsitsipas Félix Auger-Aliassime Denis Shapovalov 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
Future and Challenger finals
Singles: 3 (1–2) Legend (singles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (1–1)Titles by surfaceHard (0–1)Clay (0–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (1–0)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfaceOpponentScoreWin1–0Estonia F2, TartuFuturesCarpet (i) Vladimir Ivanov6–4, 6–3Loss1–1Hungary F2, ZalaegerszegFuturesClay Máté Valkusz2–6, 1–6Loss1–2M15 Tunisia, MonastirWorld Tennis TourHard Ergi Kırkın6–1, 4–6, 1–6
Doubles 11 (5–6) Legend (doubles)ATP Challenger Tour (0–0)ITF Futures Tour (5–6)Titles by surfaceHard (3–4)Clay (2–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–1)
ResultW–LDateTournamentTierSurfacePartnerOpponentsScoreWin1–0Estonia F3, TallinnFuturesHard (i) Niels Lootsma Alexander Vasilenko Anton Zaitcev4–6, 6–4, [10–8]Win2–0Estonia F4, PärnuFuturesHard (i) Niels Lootsma Anton Pavlov Martin Valdo Randpere6–4, 6–3Loss2–1Estonia F2, TartuFuturesCarpet (i) Vladimir Ivanov Alexander Vasilenko Dzmitry Zhyrmont5–7, 2–6Loss2–2Estonia F4, PärnuFuturesHard (i) Vladimir Ivanov Marat Deviatiarov Alexander VasilenkoLoss2–3France F6, PoitiersFuturesHard (i) Vladimir Ivanov Antoine Hoang Grégoire Jacq4–6, 4–6Win3–3Portugal F6, LisbonFuturesHard Emil Ruusuvuori Steven Diez Bruno Mardones7–6(7–2), 6–2Win4–3Hungary F1, ZalaegerszegFuturesClay Emil Ruusuvuori Adam Taylor Jason Taylor6–4, 6–4Win5–3M15 Bosnia and Herzegovina, BrčkoWorld Tennis TourClay Daniil Glinka Pierre Faivre Maxime Tchoutakian6–4, 5–7, [10–3]Loss5–4M15 Estonia, PärnuWorld Tennis TourClay Jürgen Zopp Vladimir Ivanov Maxim Ratniuk6–3, 4–6, [5–10]Loss5–5M15 Tunisia, MonastirWorld Tennis TourHard Kristjan Tamm Anis Ghorbel Aziz OuakaaLoss5–6M15 Estonia, PärnuWorld Tennis TourHard (i) Vladimir Ivanov Filip Bergevi Patrik Niklas-Salminen6–4, 6–7(4–7), [8–10]
Davis Cup
Participations: (14–5)
Group membershipWorld Group (0–0)WG play-off (0–0)Group I (0–0)Group II (4–4)Group III (10–1)Group IV (0–0)Matches by surfaceHard (8–4)Clay (6–1)Grass (0–0)Carpet (0–0)Matches by typeSingles (6–3)Doubles (8–2) indicates the outcome of the Davis Cup match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.
Rubber outcomeNo.RubberMatch type (partner if any)Opponent nationOpponent player(s)Score3–0; 9 May 2014; Gellért Szabadidőközpont Szeged, Hungary; Europe Zone Group III round robin; clay surfaceVictory1ISingles San MarinoDiego Zonzini6–3, 6–23–0; 17 July 2015; City of San Marino, San Marino; Europe Zone Group III round robin; clay surfaceVictory2IIIDoubles (with Mattias Siimar) (dead rubber) MontenegroRrezart Cungu / Ivan Saveljić6–1, 6–23–0; 2 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Europe Zone Group III round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory3ISingles LiechtensteinGian-Carlo Besimo6–1, 6–3Victory4IIIDoubles (with Jürgen Zopp) (dead rubber)Robin Forster / Timo Kranz6–0, 7–6(7–2)3–0; 4 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III round robin; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory5ISingles GreeceChristos Antonopoulos6–1, 6–02–0; 5 March 2016; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Promotional play off; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory6ISingles MoldovaAlexander Cozbinov6–2, 6–41–4; 3-5 February 2017; Irene Country Club, Centurion, South Africa; Europe/Africa Zone Group II first round; hard surfaceDefeat7IIIDoubles (with Mattias Siimar) South AfricaRaven Klaasen / Ruan Roelofse7–6(7–4), 3–6, 4–6, 5–73–2; 7-9 April 2017; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II relegation play-off; hard (indoor) surfaceVictory8IISingles MonacoLucas Catarina6–3, 6–0, 6–4Victory9IIIDoubles (with Mattias Siimar)Romain Arneodo / Benjamin Balleret4–6, 6–1, 6–2, 7–6(9–7)1–3; 3-4 February 2018; Šiauliai Tennis School, Šiauliai, Lithuania; Europe/Africa Zone Group II first round; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat10IISingles LithuaniaRičardas Berankis5–7, 6–7(3–7)Defeat11IIIDoubles (with Mattias Siimar)Ričardas Berankis / Laurynas Grigelis6–2, 4–6, 6–7(4–7)3–2; 7-8 April 2018; Tere Tennis Centre, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe/Africa Zone Group II relegation play-off; hard (indoor) surfaceDefeat12IISingles TunisiaMalek Jaziri4–6, 6–7(9–11)Victory13IIIDoubles (with Jürgen Zopp)Moez Echargui / Malek Jaziri6–3, 6–43–0; 11 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory14ISingles North MacedoniaDimitar Grabul6–2, 6–4Victory15IIIDoubles (with Jürgen Zopp) (dead rubber)Luka Ljuben Andonov / Berk Bugarikj6–0, 6–23–0; 12 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory16IIIDoubles (with Vladimir Ivanov) (dead rubber) MontenegroMario Aleksić / Igor Saveljić6–7(5–7), 6–2, 6–42–1; 13 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory17IIIDoubles (with Jürgen Zopp) LatviaJānis Podžus / Mārtiņš Podžus7–6(10–8), 6–40–2; 14 September 2019; Tatoi Club, Athens, Greece; Europe Zone Group III promotional playoff; clay surfaceDefeat18ISingles PolandKamil Majchrzak0–6, 2–64–0; 4-5 March 2022; Forus Tenniscenter, Tallinn, Estonia; Europe Zone Group III Pool B round robin; clay surfaceVictory19IIIDoubles (with Jürgen Zopp) Pacific OceaniaBrett Baudinet / Colin Sinclair6–4, 6–2
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