Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He reached a career-high singles ranking of No. 274 in July 2011, but now normally plays singles only if required for New Zealand in Davis Cup matches. He is far better-known as a leading doubles player, whose highest ranking in this discipline is No. 8, first gained in August 2019 after winning in Halle. He won the final of the 2017 French Open, partnering with American Ryan Harrison, and followed that with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles, with Chan Hao-ching of Chinese Taipei as his partner. He and Harrison qualified for the year-ending Nitto ATP Finals, where they won all three of their round-robin matches to qualify top of their group, but lost in the semifinals to Lukasz Kubot and Ma