The doubles team of Henri Kontinen of Finland and John Peers of Australia have reached the top of the ATP doubles rankings, and are world no. 1 and 2 respectively. They also lead the race to London.

Despite having lost in the second round in Miami, they have been consistent enough to pick up valuable points.

After winning their first Grand Slam in Australia 2017 beating the Bryan brothers in the final (7-5 7-5), they reached the semifinals in Dubai and quarterfinals at Indian Wells.

Kontinen showed a promising future when in 2008 playing as a junior at Wimbledon, he beat Bernard Tomic in the semifinals and lost in the final against Grigor Dimitrov. Also in that year teaming with Christopher Rungkat, they won the French Open in doubles and reached the final in the US Open juniors.

But the injuries to his knees practically forced him to play doubles only.

“Henkka”, Kontinen’s nickname on the circuit, won his first major title with his compatriot Jarkko Nieminen in 2014 and has had success with different teammates, but without a doubt, his best performance has been with the Australian John Peers.

Together they have won 6 major titles and closed a spectacular 2016 by winning the ATP World Tour Masters 1000 in Paris and the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals.

On the other hand, John Peers didn´t have much development in singles; he arrived in 2012 at no. 456 as his best ranking position. However, in doubles, he obtained his first major title in 2013 with Jamie Murray (current world no. 8 and former no.1). Peers and Murray won 6 titles between 2013 and 2015.

The Peers family stated that he started playing tennis as soon as he could walk because they had a court in the backyard. His mother was a professional tennis player and his sister Sally currently plays on the WTA Tour.

Kontinen and Peers stand out as an association willing to stay at the top of the rankings in the near future since both are young (under 30) and both are dedicated exclusively to doubles.