TENNIS PLAYERS from Finland

Top 3

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.

1. Sigrid Fick (1887 - 1979)

With an HPI of 47.78, 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.

2. Jarkko Nieminen (1981 - )

With an HPI of 37.82, Jarkko Nieminen is the 2nd most famous Finnish Tennis Player.  His biography has been translated into 32 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.

3. Henri Kontinen (1990 - )

With an HPI of 28.22, Henri Kontinen is the 3rd 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.