Courtesy ATPWorldTour.com

Former Baylor All-American John Peers and doubles partner Henri Kontinen will make their team debut at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals next month. The Finn/Aussie pairing became the seventh doubles team to qualify for the year-end championships on Monday with a 6-2, 6-2 rout against Treat Huey and Max Mirnyi at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.

"We knew what we had to do and it was good to be able to do it," Peers said.

Kontinen/Peers converted all four break points and erased the only two break points they faced in the 46-minute victory. On Wednesday, the duo defeated seventh seeds Raven Klaasen and Rajeev Ram, 6-4 7-6(4), in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals at the BNP Paribas Masters in Paris.

Kontinen/Peers have raced to three ATP World Tour titles this year, ending the week with smiles in Hamburg, Munich and Brisbane. They also finished runners-up at the Shanghai Rolex Masters and are going for their first ATP World Tour Masters 1000 tournament title this week in France.

Kontinen has never played at the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals, to be held 13-20 Nov. at The O2 in London. He will also become the first Finn to compete at the season finale. Peers played at the event last season with Jamie Murray. The top eight doubles teams at the end of this week will qualify for the season finale.

"London is the biggest tournament ÃÆ' ¢Ãƒ ¢' ¬" the top eight teams in the world," Peers said. "It was definitely our goal to be able to make The O2."

In one season at Baylor, Peers racked up a 38-6 mark in doubles play, while being named All-Big 12 in singles and doubles. He partnered with Roberto Maytin to be an ITA All-American in doubles. The duo finished the season ranked No. 5 in the country and advanced to the NCAA Championship quarterfinals.