Jarkko Nieminen

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Jarkko Nieminen
Jarkko Nieminen
Nickname(s) Jakke
Country Flag of Finland Finland
Residence Masku, Finland
Date of birth July 23, 1981 (1981-07-23) (age 26)
Place of birth Masku, Finland
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 78 kg (172 lbs)
Turned pro 2000
Plays Left-handed; two-handed backhand
Career prize money $ 3,382,278
Singles
Career record: 223 - 156
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 13 (July 10, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open QF (2008)
French Open 4th (2003)
Wimbledon QF (2006)
US Open QF (2005)
Doubles
Career record: 71 - 90
Career titles: 1
Highest ranking: No. 42 (January 28, 2008)

Infobox last updated on: January 13, 2008.

Jarkko Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku, Finland) is a professional tennis player from Finland.

Nieminen is ranked World No. 25 in the ATP Rankings published on June 9, 2008. He has won one ATP singles title and one doubles title in his career so far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open.

Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the highest ranked Finn ever, and is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarter-finals of a Grand Slam event.

His wife, Anu Nieminen is actually female badminton player. She currently only Finnish top ranked badminton women's single in her country just like her husband but in other racquet sport.

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[edit] Career highlights

[edit] 1999

[edit] 2000

[edit] 2001

[edit] 2002

[edit] 2003

[edit] 2004

  • Represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, losing to Max Mirnyi in the second round.
  • Finished in the Top 100 for the fourth consecutive year, despite missing nearly three months due to injury.

[edit] 2005

  • Defeated World No. 7 Andre Agassi in a first round five-setter at the 2005 French Open.
  • Was defeated in five sets by Lleyton Hewitt in the quarter-finals of the 2005 U.S. Open, having become the first Finn to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final.

[edit] 2006

  • Won his first ATP singles title in January by defeating Mario Ančić in the final in Auckland.
  • Recorded his career best ATP Masters Series performance by reaching the quarter-finals of the Indian Wells Masters, but lost to Paradorn Srichaphan.
  • Broke into the Top 20 for the first time in his career in April.
  • Reached the quarter-finals of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but lost to World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in three straight sets.
  • Broke into the Top 15 for the first time in his career in July after his 2006 Wimbledon success.
  • Reached the quarter-finals of the Canada Masters, losing to Andy Murray.
  • Reached his sixth career ATP final in Stockholm, losing to James Blake.
  • Finished the season by reaching the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters where he lost to Tommy Robredo.

[edit] 2007

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[edit] 2008

  • Lost to Michael Llodra in the Final at the Adelaide International 3:6, 4:6.
  • Made the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, losing in straight sets to Rafael Nadal.

[edit] Singles finals (15)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)
Challengers (7)

[edit] Wins (8)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the Final Score in the Final
1. February 19, 2001 Wolfsburg, Germany Carpet Flag of Germany Andy Fahlke 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
2. July 23, 2001 Tampere, Finland Clay Flag of Sweden Mathias Hellstrom 6–1, 6–0
3. August 6, 2001 Córdoba, Spain Hard Flag of France Paul-Henri Mathieu 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
4. September 24, 2001 Maia, Portugal Clay Flag of Spain Feliciano Lopez 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
5. July 22, 2002 Tampere, Finland Clay Flag of France Richard Gasquet 7–5, 7–6
6. November 11, 2002 Helsinki, Finland Hard (I) Flag of Croatia Lovro Zovko 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
7. May 30, 2005 Prostejov, Czech Republic Clay Flag of the Czech Republic Ivo Minář 6–1, 6–3
8. January 9, 2006 Auckland, New Zealand Hard Flag of Croatia Mario Ančić 6–2, 6–2

[edit] Runner-ups (7)

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score in the Final
1. October 29, 2001 Stockholm Hard Flag of the Netherlands Sjeng Schalken 3–6, 6–3, 6–3, 4–6, 6–3
2. April 15, 2002 Estoril, Portugal Clay Flag of Argentina David Nalbandian 6–4, 7–6(5)
3. May 6, 2002 Mallorca, Spain Clay Flag of Argentina Gastón Gaudio 6–2, 6–3
4. May 5, 2003 Munich Clay Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer 6–1, 6–4
5. October 16, 2006 Stockholm Hard Flag of the United States James Blake 6–4, 6–2
6. October 29, 2007 Basel, Switzerland Hard Flag of Switzerland Roger Federer 6–3, 6–4
7. January 6, 2008 Adelaide, Australia Hard Flag of France Michaël Llodra 6–3, 6–4

[edit] Doubles finals (2)

Legend (Singles)
Grand Slam (0)
Tennis Masters Cup (0)
ATP Masters Series (0)
ATP Tour (1)

[edit] Win (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. September 24, 2007 Mumbai, India Hard Flag of Sweden Robert Lindstedt Flag of India Rohan Bopanna
Flag of Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi		 7–6(3) 7–6(5)

[edit] Runner-up (1)

No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents in the final Score
1. September 29, 2003 Bangkok Hard Flag of Australia Andrew Kratzmann Flag of Israel Jonathan Erlich
Flag of Israel Andy Ram		 3–6, 6(4)-7

[edit] Singles performance timeline

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Please improve this article if you can. (October 2007)
Tournament Career 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999
Australian Open 12-7 QF 2r 3r 3r 2r 3r 1r - - -
French Open 10–6 3r 3r 1r 2r - 4r 3r - - -
Wimbledon 9–5 3r QF 1r - 3r 2r - - -
U.S. Open 5–6 1r 1r QF 1r 2r 1r - - -
Grand Slam W-L 36-24 6–2 5–4 6–4 7–4 1–2 8–4 3–4 0–0 0–0 0–0
Indian Wells Masters 5–5 3r QF 2r 2r 1r - - - -
Miami Masters 6–6 4r 3r 2r 2r 3r 2r - - -
Monte Carlo Masters 4–5 2r 1r 1r - 2r 3r - - - -
Rome Masters 3–4 1r 1r 2r - - 3r - - - -
Hamburg Masters 5–3 3r 3r - - 2r - - - -
Canada Masters 5–4 2r QF - - 1r 2r - - -
Cincinnati Masters 5–4 3r 1r - - 2r 3r - - -
Madrid Masters 1–4 1r 1r - - 1r 2r - - -
Paris Masters 4–5 2r QF 1r - 1r 2r - - -
Tennis Masters Cup 0–0 - - - - - - - -
Finalist 6 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 0
Tournaments Won 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hardcourt Win-Loss 10-9 95-73 30-14 17-11 18-17 15-15 10-14 4–1 1–1 0–0
Clay Win-Loss 8–8 59-32 16-8 12-5 2–1 16-8 13-6 0–0 0–0 0–1
Grass Win-Loss 5–2 9–9 5–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 1–3 0–0 0–0 0–0
Carpet Win-Loss 0–0 17-13 4–3 0–2 0–0 5–3 3–4 3–1 2–0 0–0
Overall Win-Loss 23-19 186-127 55-27 33-22 20-18 41-29 27-27 7-2 3-1 0-1
Year End Ranking N/A 15 28 77 36 40 61 308 589

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