Jarkko Nieminen
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- 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
Finland
As of 08.11.2010
Ranking | Week Change | W-L | Titles | Prize Money* |
2010 | Current 39 |
2 | 29-26 | 0 | $564,453 |
Career | High 1310.07.2006 |
286-223 | 1 | $4,873,659 *Singles & Doubles combined |
2010 | Current 49 |
- | 15-18 | 1 | $564,453 |
Career | High 4228.01.2008 |
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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