# Patrik Niklas-Salminen

Patrik Niklas-Salminen (born 5 March 1997) is a Finnish professional tennis player who specializes in doubles. He has a career high ATP doubles ranking of world No. 95 achieved on 17 April 2023 and a singles ranking of No. 418 achieved on 3 March 2020. Niklas-Salminen has won five doubles ATP Challenger Tour titles.

## Career

On the junior tour, Niklas-Salminen had a career high ITF junior ranking of No. 20 achieved in September 2015. Niklas-Salminen reached the semifinals of the 2015 Wimbledon boys' singles event, losing to Mikael Ymer in the semifinal.
Niklas-Salminen has represented Finland in Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 2–3.

## ATP career finals
### Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)

* Legend
* Grand Slam (0–0)
* ATP Masters 1000 (0–0)
* ATP 500 Series (0–0)
* ATP 250 Series (0–1)
* Titles by surface
* Hard (0–1)
* Clay (0–0)
* Grass (0–0)
* Titles by setting
* Outdoor (0–0)
* Indoor (0–1)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Loss | 0–1 | Feb 2024 | Open 13, France | 250 series | Hard (i) | Emil Ruusuvuori | Tomáš Macháč Zhang Zhizhen | 3–6, 4–6 |

## ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
### Doubles: 30 (20 titles, 10 runners-up)

* Legend
* ATP Challenger (5–10)
* ITF Futures (15–0)

#### ATP Challenger Finals (5–10)

* Finals by surface
* Hard (3–6)
* Clay (1–4)
* Grass (0–0)
* Carpet (1–0)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | Nov 2019 | Playford, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Harri Heliövaara | Ruben Gonzales Evan King | 6–4, 6–7$^{(4–7)}$, [10–7] |
| Win | 2–0 | Mar 2022 | Lille, France | Challenger | Hard | Viktor Durasovic | Jonathan Eysseric Quentin Halys | 7–5, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$ |
| Loss | 2–1 | Jul 2022 | Tampere, Finland | Challenger | Clay | Karol Drzewiecki | Alexander Erler Lucas Miedler | 6–7$^{(3–7)}$, 1–6 |
| Loss | 2–2 | Jul 2022 | Zug, Switzerland | Challenger | Clay | Karol Drzewiecki | Zdeněk Kolář Adam Pavlásek | 3–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 3–2 | Oct 2022 | Ismaning, Germany | Challenger | Carpet | Michael Geerts | Fabian Fallert Hendrik Jebens | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 7–6$^{(10–8)}$ |
| Loss | 3–3 | Jan 2023 | Oeiras, Portugal | Challenger 75 | Hard - indoor | Bart Stevens | Sander Arends David Pel | 3–6, 6–7 $^{(3–7)}$ |
| Loss | 3–4 | Jan 2023 | Tenerife, Spain | Challenger 100 | Hard - outdoor | Bart Stevens | Victor Vlad Cornea Sergio Martos Gornés | 3–6, 4–6 |
| Win | 4–4 | Feb 2023 | Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, Bahrain | Challenger 125 | Hard - outdoor | Bart Stevens | Ruben Gonzales Fernando Romboli | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 4–5 | Mar 2023 | Saint-Brieuc, France | Challenger 75 | Hard - indoor | Bart Stevens | Dan Added Albano Olivetti | 6–4, 6–7 $^{(7–9)}$ [6–10] |
| Loss | 4–6 | Apr 2023 | Madrid, Spain | Challenger 75 | Clay | Bart Stevens | Ivan Liutarevich Vladyslav Manafov | 4–6, 4–6 |
| Loss | 4–7 | Feb 2024 | Bahrain Ministry of Interior Tennis Challenger, Bahrain | Challenger | Hard | Vasil Kirkov | Petros Tsitsipas Sergio Martos Gornes | 6–3, 3–6, [8–10] |
| Loss | 4–8 | Mar 2024 | Hamburg, Germany | Challenger | Hard | Karol Drzewiecki | Rémy Bertola Mattia Bellucci | 4–6, 5–7 |
| Loss | 4–9 | May 2024 | Guangzhou, China | Challenger | Hard | Nam Ji-sung | Blake Ellis Tristan Schoolkate | 2–6, 7–6$^{(7–4)}$, [4–10] |
| Win | 5–9 | May 2024 | Vicenza, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Vladyslav Manafov | Andre Begemann Niki Kaliyanda Poonacha | 6–3, 6–4 |
| Loss | 5–10 | Jul 2024 | Modena, Italy | Challenger | Clay | Andre Begemann | Jonathan Eysseric George Goldhoff | 3–6, 6–3, [8–10] |