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Jarkko Nieminen

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Jarkko Nieminen
  • Pronounced: YAR-ko nee-MIN-in
  • Age: 29 (23.07.1981)
  • Birthplace: Masku, Finland
  • Residence: Masku, Finland
  • Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
  • Weight: 172 lbs (78 kg)
  • Plays: Left-handed
  • Turned Pro: 2000
  • Coach: Jan de Witt
  • Website: jarkkonieminen.fi
39 Singles Ranking
Finland

Finland

As of 08.11.2010
S D
Ranking Week Change W-L Titles Prize Money*
2010

Current

39
2 29-26 0 $564,453
Career

High

13

10.07.2006

286-223 1 $4,873,659

*Singles & Doubles combined

2010

Current

49
- 15-18 1 $564,453
Career

High

42

28.01.2008

108-134 2 $4,873,659

*Singles & Doubles combined

Began playing tennis at age four with his parents...Father, Kauko, and mother, Leena, are retired chemists...Has one older sister, Anna-Riikka, who is an editor at a publishing company...Speaks Finnish, Swedish and English... Enjoys hockey, badminton, soccer and listening to various types of music...Won 1999 Junior US Open title over Denmark’s Kristian Pless...No. 9 in junior world rankings that year...Former No. 1 Bjorn Borg watched his 2001 Stockholm final and said, “‘I think he could become a great personality”...Going into 2010 has a 40-17 career Davis Cup record (31-8 in singles) in 22 ties...Wife, Anu Weckstrom is No. 1 badminton player in Finland (married June 11, 2005) and reached a career-high No. 13 in world...Both members of 2004 Finland’s Olympic team...In November 2007, served a short stint in Finnish army...Coached by Jan de Witt since June 2010.

Nieminen DEUCE Feature (May 2008)

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