Jarkko Nieminen
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- Pronounced: YAR-ko nee-MIN-in
- Age: 28 (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
- Website: jarkkonieminen.fi
Finland
As of 08.03.2010
| Ranking | Week Change | W-L | Titles | Prize Money* |
| 2010 | Current 85 |
- | 8-6 | 0 | $141,480 |
| Career | High 1310.07.2006 |
265-203 | 1 | $4,450,685 *Singles & Doubles combined |
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| 2010 | Current 70 |
1 | 6-6 | 0 | $141,480 |
| Career | High 4228.01.2008 |
99-122 | 1 | $4,450,685 *Singles & Doubles combined |
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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”...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.
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