Jarkko Nieminen

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Jarkko Nieminen

Nickname	Jakke
Country	Finland
Residence	Masku, Finland
Date of birth	July 23, 1981
Place of birth	Masku, Finland
Height	185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lbs)
Turned Pro	2000
Plays	Left; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	$2,847,256
Singles
Career record:	193-134
Career titles:	1
Highest ranking:	No. 13 (July 10, 2006)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	3rd (2003, 2005, 2006)
French Open	4th (2003)
Wimbledon	QF (2006)
U.S. Open	QF (2005)
Doubles
Career record:	56-72
Career titles:	0
Highest ranking:	No. 49 (February 2, 2004)
Infobox last updated on: April 1, 2007.

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

Nieminen is ranked World No. 21 in the ATP Rankings published on March 19, 2007. He has won one ATP singles 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 and the 2006 Wimbledon Championships.

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.

Contents 1 Career highlights 1.1 1999 1.2 2000 1.3 2001 1.4 2002 1.5 2003 1.6 2004 1.7 2005 1.8 2006 2 Titles (1) 2.1 Singles (1) 2.2 Singles finalist (5) 2.3 Performance timeline 3 External links and sources

[edit] Career highlights

[edit] 1999

• Defeated Kristian Pless of Denmark to win his first junior Grand Slam, the U.S. Open.
• Finished the year at No. 9 in the world junior rankings.
• Made his Davis Cup debut against Italy, losing to Andrea Gaudenzi.

[edit] 2000

• Won his first Davis Cup match, beating Mikael Tillström of Sweden in a dead-rubber.

[edit] 2001

• Became the first Finn to reach an ATP final since Leo Palin in 1981, beating Pless, Younes El Aynaoui, defending champion Thomas Johansson and three-time winner Thomas Enqvist before losing to Sjeng Schalken in five sets in Stockholm.
• Posted a 38-12 Challenger record, winning 4 titles.
• Finished the year in the Top 100 for the first time.

[edit] 2002

• Reached clay court finals in Estoril and Mallorca, losing to David Nalbandian and Gastón Gaudio respectively.
• Became the first Finnish player to end the season in the Top 50.

[edit] 2003

• Reached his fourth career ATP final in Munich, losing to Roger Federer.
• Advanced to the fourth round at the 2003 French Open, losing to Fernando González.
• Was at best ranked World No. 27, a career high until 2006.

[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] Titles (1)

[edit] Singles (1)

Legend (Singles)

Grand Slam (0)

Tennis Masters Cup (0)

ATP Masters Series (0)

ATP Tour (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1.	January 14, 2006	Auckland, New Zealand	Hard	Mario Ančić	6-2, 6-2

[edit] Singles finalist (5)

• 2001: Stockholm (lost to Sjeng Schalken)
• 2002: Estoril (lost to David Nalbandian)
• 2002: Mallorca (lost to Gastón Gaudio)
• 2003: Munich (lost to Roger Federer)
• 2006: Stockholm (lost to James Blake)

[edit] Performance timeline

Tournament	Career	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001	2000	1999
Australian Open	7-5	3r	3r	2r	3r	1r	-	-	-
French Open	6-4	1r	2r	-	4r	3r	-	-	-
Wimbledon	7-4	QF	1r	-	3r	2r	-	-	-
U.S. Open	5-5	1r	QF	1r	2r	1r		-	-
Grand Slam W-L	25-17	6-3	7-4	1-2	8-4	3-4	0-0	0-0	0-0
Indian Wells Masters	4-4	QF	2r	2r	1r	-	-	-	-
Miami Masters	4-5	3r	2r	2r	3r	2r	-	-	-
Monte Carlo Masters	3-3	1r	-	2r	3r	-	-	-	-
Rome Masters	3-2	2r	-	-	3r	-	-	-	-
Hamburg Masters	3-2	3r	-	-	2r	-	-	-	-
Canada Masters	4-3	QF	-	-	1r	2r	-	-	-
Cincinnati Masters	3-3	1r	-	-	2r	3r	-	-	-
Madrid Masters	1-3	1r	-	-	1r	2r	-	-	-
Paris Masters	3-4	QF	1r	-	1r	2r	-	-	-
Tennis Masters Cup	0-0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finalist	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	0	0
Tournaments Won	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Hardcourt Win-Loss	95-73	30-14	17-11	18-17	15-15	10-14	4-1	1-1	0-0
Clay Win-Loss	59-32	16-8	12-5	2-1	16-8	13-6	0-0	0-0	0-1
Grass Win-Loss	9-9	5-2	0-1	0-0	3-3	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-0
Carpet Win-Loss	17-13	4-3	0-2	0-0	5-3	3-4	3-1	2-0	0-0
Overall Win-Loss	186-127	55-27	33-22	20-18	41-29	27-27	7-2	3-1	0-1
Year End Ranking	N/A		30	77	36	40	61	308	590

[edit] External links and sources

• Jarkko Nieminen's official website
• ATP Tour profile for Jarkko Nieminen
• Davis Cup profile
• Player of the Day-2005 U.S. Open