The Most Famous

TENNIS PLAYERS from Finland

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This page contains a list of the greatest Finnish Tennis Players. The pantheon dataset contains 1,569 Tennis Players, 3 of which were born in Finland. This makes Finland the birth place of the 56th most number of Tennis Players behind Ireland, and Peru.

Top 6

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Finnish Tennis Players of all time. This list of famous Finnish Tennis Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Sigrid Fick (1887 - 1979)

With an HPI of 48.65, Sigrid Fick is the most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages on wikipedia.

Sigrid Fick (née Frenckell; 28 March 1887 – 4 June 1979) was a Finnish-born tennis player who moved to Sweden in 1910. She competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Olympics and won two mixed doubles medals in 1912, both with Gunnar Setterwall. During her career Fick won 56 Swedish titles.

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2. Jarkko Nieminen (b. 1981)

With an HPI of 43.37, Jarkko Nieminen is the 2nd most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 34 different languages.

Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his career. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open. Statistically Finland's best player to date, Nieminen is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles event. He is also notable for winning the shortest recorded Masters Tour tennis match in Open Era history, defeating Bernard Tomic in just 28 minutes and 20 seconds in the first round of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis. He was ranked inside the Top 75 11 times in 14 years (2001 to 2014). On 23 June 2015, he announced his retirement from professional tennis at the end of the season, playing 2015 Stockholm Open as his last event. His wife, Anu Nieminen, is Finland's top-ranked badminton women's single player. In April 2016, it was announced that Nieminen will compete in floorball in season 2016–2017 at Finnish Salibandyliiga representing SC Classic.

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3. Emil Ruusuvuori (b. 1999)

With an HPI of 35.09, Emil Ruusuvuori is the 3rd most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Emil Ruusuvuori (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈeːmil ˈruːsuˌʋuo̯ri]; born 2 April 1999) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He reached a career high ATP singles ranking of World No. 37 on 3 April 2023. He is currently the No. 1 Finnish singles tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of World No. 179 achieved on 2 May 2022. As a junior, Ruusuvuori was ranked as high as World No. 4 in the ITF combined junior rankings. In 2017, he reached the singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open boys' singles, the singles semifinals of the US Open boys' singles, and won the ITF Junior Masters. Ruusuvuori has also represented Finland in the Davis Cup, where he has a win–loss record of 5–5. In September 2019, he defeated reigning world number 5 and 2-time Roland Garros finalist Dominic Thiem in straight sets in a Davis Cup singles rubber.

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4. Harri Heliövaara (b. 1989)

With an HPI of 32.88, Harri Heliövaara is the 4th most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Harri Heliövaara (born 4 June 1989) is a Finnish professional tennis player. He has been ranked by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) as high as world No. 7 in doubles, which he first achieved on 12 June 2023. He also attained his career-high singles ranking of world No. 194 in December 2011. Heliövaara has won eight career doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and is a two-time major champion in both men's doubles (at the 2024 Wimbledon Championships with Henry Patten) and mixed doubles (at the 2023 US Open with Anna Danilina). He has also won 20 ITF Futures in doubles and eight ITF Futures tournaments in singles. He won the 2007 Australian Open boys' doubles title with Graeme Dyce. Heliövaara announced his retirement from professional tennis in 2013 but made a comeback in 2017.

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5. Henri Kontinen (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 31.44, Henri Kontinen is the 5th most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 24 different languages.

Henri Kontinen (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈhenri ˈkontinen]; born 19 June 1990) is a Finnish former professional tennis player who is a former world No. 1 in doubles. After being forced to end his singles career at a young age due to injuries, having reached a career-high ranking of No. 220, Kontinen became a successful doubles player. He is a two-time Grand Slam champion, having won the 2017 Australian Open with John Peers in men's doubles, and the 2016 Wimbledon Championships in mixed doubles alongside Heather Watson. Kontinen and Peers also won the 2016 and 2017 ATP Finals, and reached the final at the 2019 Australian Open. He has won 21 doubles titles on the ATP Tour, and became world No. 1 for the first time on 3 April 2017, spending 26 weeks at the top of the rankings. Kontinen and Peers have also won three titles at Masters 1000 level. He has represented Finland in the Davis Cup since 2008, often alongside his younger brother, Micke, who is himself a former tennis player.

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6. Henri Laaksonen (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 27.97, Henri Laaksonen is the 6th most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Henri Joona Julius Laaksonen (Finnish: [ˈhenri ˈlɑːksonen], Swiss Standard German: [ˈhɛnriː ˈlaːksonɛn]; born 31 March 1992) is a Swiss professional tennis player. His highest singles ranking is world No. 84, which he achieved on 14 February 2022, and his highest doubles ranking is world No. 191, achieved on 24 December 2018.

People

Pantheon has 6 people classified as Finnish tennis players born between 1887 and 1999. Of these 6, 5 (83.33%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living Finnish tennis players include Jarkko Nieminen, Emil Ruusuvuori, and Harri Heliövaara. The most famous deceased Finnish tennis players include Sigrid Fick. As of April 2024, 3 new Finnish tennis players have been added to Pantheon including Emil Ruusuvuori, Harri Heliövaara, and Henri Laaksonen.

Living Finnish Tennis Players

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Deceased Finnish Tennis Players

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Newly Added Finnish Tennis Players (2024)

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