Emma Laine

Emma Laine
Full name	Emma Johanna Laine
Country (sports)	Finland
Born	26 March 1986 (age 36); Karlstad, Sweden
Height	1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired	2019
Plays	Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$506,301
Singles
Career record	293–206 (58.7%)
Career titles	11 ITF
Highest ranking	50 (7 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	2R (2006)
French Open	2R (2006)
Wimbledon	1R (2006)
US Open	2R (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record	320–172 (65.0%)
Career titles	44 ITF
Highest ranking	64 (30 October 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	1R (2006, 2007)
French Open	2R (2006, 2007)
Wimbledon	3R (2006)
US Open	2R (2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	56–21 (72.7%)

Last updated December 06, 2022

Emma Johanna Laine (born 26 March 1986) is a former tennis player from Finland.

Biography

Emma's mother Erika was a swimmer, while her father Erkki Laine ^[1] was an ice hockey player, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Emma was born in Sweden because Erkki was playing there at the time. He died in 2009.

Emma was introduced to tennis at age five by her parents. She is a baseliner who prefers hardcourts. She is coached by Olli Leppänen. She travels on tour with her coach or her sister (and best friend) Essi Laine, who also is a professional player.

ITF finals

Singles (11–10)

Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Winner	1.	26 January 2004	Tipton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Liana Balaci	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–2, 6–3
Winner	2.	22 February 2004	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Nika Ožegović	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	1.	22 March 2004	St. Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Anastasiya Yakimova	6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Winner	3.	5 April 2004	Torre del Greco, Italy	Clay	Chanelle Scheepers	3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	2.	16 August 2004	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Leslie Butkiewicz	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 6–7⁽⁴⁾
Runner-up	3.	6 September 2004	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Hanna Nooni	4–6, 3–6
Winner	4.	20 September 2004	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up	4.	14 February 2005	Bromma, Sweden	Hard (i)	Olga Savchuk	1–6, 2–6
Runner-up	5.	21 March 2005	Saint Petersburg, Russia	Hard (i)	Ekaterina Bychkova	1–6, 2–6
Winner	5.	15 August 2005	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Irina Kuzmina	6–0, 6–2
Runner-up	6.	27 February 2006	Las Vegas, United States	Hard	Shenay Perry	1–6, 4–6
Winner	6.	12 January 2009	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Stéphanie Vongsouthi	4–6, 6–2, 7–6⁽⁴⁾
Winner	7.	3 August 2009	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Anett Schutting	7–5, 6–1
Runner-up	7.	27 September 2010	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Yuliya Beygelzimer	6–7⁽⁷⁾, 0–6
Winner	8.	3 March 2014	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Madrie Le Roux	6–2, 6–2
Winner	9.	3 August 2014	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Maria Sakkari	6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Winner	10.	7 September 2014	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Nungnadda Wannasuk	6–0, 6–4
Runner-up	8.	12 December 2015	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Tian Ran	2–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	26 December 2015	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Chihiro Muramatsu	6–1, 6–3
Runner-up	9.	10 July 2016	Lisbon, Portugal	Hard	María José Luque Moreno	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	10.	24 July 2016	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Piia Suomalainen	6–0, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (44–22)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Winner	1.	16 February 2004	10,000	Capriolo, Italy	Carpet (i)	Essi Laine	Jolanda Mens Stefanie Weis	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	16 August 2004	10,000	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Veronika Chvojková	Janette Bejlková Tatjana Malek	6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	1.	23 August 2004	10,000	Trecastagni, Italy	Hard	Veronika Chvojková	Andrea Benítez Estefanía Craciún	3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner	3.	6 September 2004	25,000	Madrid, Spain	Hard	Hanna Nooni	Kildine Chevalier Marta Fraga	6–3, 7–6⁽³⁾
Winner	4.	13 September 2004	10,000	Manchester, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Essi Laine	Hannah Collin Anna Hawkins	6–4, 6–4
Winner	5.	20 September 2004	25,000	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kathrin Wörle	Anousjka van Exel İpek Şenoğlu	1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner	6.	7 February 2005	25,000	Capriolo, Italy	Hard (i)	Mariya Koryttseva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up	2.	15 August 2005	25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard	Essi Laine	Maria Geznenge Stefanie Haidner	5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up	3.	27 November 2006	50,000	Milan, Italy	Carpet (i)	Mariya Koryttseva	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 5–7, 4–6
Winner	7.	7 May 2007	100,000	Rome, Italy	Clay	Marta Domachowska	Maret Ani Caroline Maes	1–0 ret.
Winner	8.	14 May 2007	75,000	Zagreb, Croatia	Clay	Ágnes Szávay	Klaudia Jans Alicja Rosolska	6–1, 6–2
Winner	9.	24 September 2007	25,000	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Caroline Maes	Anna Fitzpatrick Ana Veselinović	3–6, 7–6⁽⁴⁾, [10–6]
Runner-up	4.	12 May 2008	25,000	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Iveta Gerlová Tereza Hladíková	1–6, 4–6
Winner	10.	19 May 2008	25,000	Moscow, Russia	Clay	Teodora Mirčić	Maria Kondratieva Oksana Teplyakova	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–2
Runner-up	5.	23 June 2008	25,000	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Tamaryn Hendler	Patricia Mayr Lenka Tvarošková	3–6, 4–6
Winner	11.	14 July 2008	25,000	Darmstadt, Germany	Clay	Heidi El Tabakh	Michelle Gerards Marcella Koek	6–3, 6–4
Winner	12.	18 August 2008	25,000	Westende, Belgium	Hard	Debbrich Feys	Rebeca Bou Nogueiro Julia Parasyuk	7–5, 7–5
Winner	13.	29 September 2008	25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Johanna Larsson	Patricia Mayr Marie-Ève Pelletier	6–4, 6–2
Winner	14.	6 October 2008	50,000	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kelly Anderson	Erica Krauth Hanna Nooni	6–2, 6–3
Winner	15.	24 November 2008	75,000+H	Toyota, Japan	Carpet (i)	Melanie South	Kimiko Date-Krumm Han Xinyun	6–1, 7–5
Winner	16.	9 February 2009	25,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Violette Huck	Melanie Klaffner Ksenia Milevskaya	3–6, 7–6⁽⁵⁾, [10–8]
Winner	17.	27 July 2009	10,000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Sandra Roma	Alizé Lim Vivienne Vierin	6–4, 6–3
Winner	18.	28 September 2009	25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Melanie South	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	6.	12 October 2009	50,000	Barnstaple, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kelly Anderson	Johanna Larsson Anna Smith	5–7, 4–6
Winner	19.	19 October 2009	25,000	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Melanie South	Evelyn Mayr Julia Mayr	6–3, 6–2
Winner	20.	12 April 2010	25,000	Tessenderlo, Belgium	Clay (i)	Magdalena Kiszczyńska	Olga Brózda Barbara Sobaszkiewicz	6–4, 6–1
Winner	21.	21 June 2010	25,000	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Julia Glushko Pemra Özgen	6–2, 6–3
Winner	22.	28 June 2010	25,000	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Tetyana Arefyeva Anastasiya Lytovchenko	6–1, 6–1
Winner	23.	12 July 2010	25,000	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Tímea Babos	Jocelyn Rae Emelyn Starr	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	7.	19 July 2010	25,000	Wrexham, United Kingdom	Hard	Sania Mirza	Tara Moore Francesca Stephenson	6–2, 3–6, [11–13]
Winner	24.	9 August 2010	25,000	Tallinn, Estonia	Hard	Melanie South	Lu Jingjing Sun Shengnan	6–3, 6–4
Winner	25.	15 November 2010	25,000	Bratislava, Slovakia	Hard (i)	Irena Pavlovic	Claire Feuerstein Valeria Savinykh	6–4, 6–4
Winner	26.	31 January 2011	25,000	Sutton, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Melanie South	Marta Domachowska Darija Jurak	6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up	8.	14 March 2011	10,000	Bath, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tara Moore	Giulia Gatto-Monticone Anastasia Grymalska	4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner	27.	20 June 2011	25,000	Kristinehamn, Sweden	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Tímea Babos Ksenia Lykina	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	9.	27 June 2011	25,000	Ystad, Sweden	Clay	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	Alexandra Cadanțu Diana Enache	4–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Runner-up	10.	11 July 2011	25,000	Woking, United Kingdom	Hard	Melanie South	Julie Coin Eva Hrdinová	1–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner	28.	17 October 2011	25,000	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Kristina Mladenovic	Yvonne Meusburger Stephanie Vogt	6–2, 6–4
Winner	29.	21 November 2011	25,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Janette Husárová	Tímea Babos Irina Buryachok	5–7, 7–5, [11–9]
Runner-up	11.	22 July 2013	10,000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Piia Suomalainen	Julia Wachaczyk Nina Zander	4–6, 4–6
Winner	30.	29 July 2013	10,000	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Piia Suomalainen	Anastasiya Komardina Akvilė Paražinskaitė	6–4, 6–4
Runner-up	12.	26 August 2013	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Melanie South	Andrea Benítez Carla Forte	6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	31.	2 September 2013	10,000	Antalya, Turkey	Hard	Melanie South	Patcharin Cheapchandej Tanaporn Thongsing	6–4, 6–3
Winner	32.	8 March 2014	10,000	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Akari Inoue	Diana Bogoliy Khristina Kazimova	6–2, 6–2
Runner-up	13.	22 March 2014	10,000	Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt	Hard	Emily Webley-Smith	Eugeniya Pashkova Ana Veselinović	3–6, 5–7
Winner	33.	23 May 2014	10,000	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Eugeniya Pashkova	Olga Ianchuk Christina Shakovets	6–4, 6–0
Winner	34.	30 May 2014	10,000	Bol, Croatia	Clay	Bianca Botto	Lenka Kunčíková Karolína Stuchlá	6–3, 6–3
Runner-up	14.	26 July 2014	10,000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Anastasia Pivovarova	Alexandra Nancarrow Maria Sakkari	2–6, 3–6
Winner	35.	2 August 2014	10,000	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Diana Bogoliy	Alexandra Nancarrow Maria Sakkari	6–4, 7–6⁽²⁾
Winner	36.	10 November 2014	10,000	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Eugeniya Pashkova	Mia Eklund Olivia Pimiä	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	15.	28 September 2015	15,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	Choi Ji-hee Peangtarn Plipuech	5–7, 3–6
Runner-up	16.	19 October 2015	15,000	Bangkok, Thailand	Hard	Valeriya Strakhova	Nudnida Luangnam Peangtarn Plipuech	2–6, 3–6
Runner-up	17.	12 December 2015	10,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Han Sung-hee Kim Na-ri	6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner	37.	18 December 2015	10,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Mana Ayukawa Haruka Kaji	w/o
Winner	38.	25 December 2015	10,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Yukina Saigo	Jiang Xinyu Li Yihong	6–1, 6–1
Runner-up	18.	8 January 2016	25,000	Victoria Park, Hong Kong	Hard	Hsu Ching-wen	Viktorija Golubic Stephanie Vogt	2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Runner-up	19.	30 April 2016	10,000	Tučepi, Croatia	Clay	Adrijana Lekaj	Dasha Ivanova Petra Krejsová	3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Winner	39.	27 May 2016	10,000	Warsaw, Poland	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Jacqueline Cabaj Awad Deborah Chiesa	7–6⁽⁶⁾, 6–0
Winner	40.	9 July 2016	10,000	Lisbon, Portugal	Hard	Samantha Murray	Mathilde Armitano Inês Murta	7–6⁽⁵⁾, 6–3
Winner	41.	23 July 2016	10,000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Julia Wachaczyk	Mia Eklund Katharina Hering	6–2, 6–3
Winner	42.	8 April 2017	15,000	Tučepi, Croatia	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Jana Jablonovská Sandra Jamrichová	6–3, 6–2
Winner	43.	22 April 2017	15,000	Antalya, Turkey	Clay	Yuuki Tanaka	Marie Benoît Ysaline Bonaventure	3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up	20.	23 June 2017	60,000	İzmir Cup, Turkey	Hard	Kotomi Takahata	An-Sophie Mestach Nina Stojanović	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	21.	16 March 2018	15,000	Heraklion, Greece	Clay	Sabrina Santamaria	Anna Bondár Réka Luca Jani	4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	22.	8 July 2018	25,000	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Clay	Chiara Scholl	Polina Leykina Isabella Shinikova	6–7⁽⁴⁾, 5–7
Winner	44.	21 September 2018	25,000	Lisbon, Portugal	Hard	Samantha Murray	Michaëlla Krajicek Tereza Martincová	7–5, 6–4

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References

↑ Cronin, Matthew (2006). "Finland's finest: Emma Laine". TennisReporters. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

External links

Emma Laine at the Women's Tennis Association
Emma Laine at the International Tennis Federation
Emma Laine at the Billie Jean King Cup

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[1] Cronin, Matthew (2006). "Finland's finest: Emma Laine". TennisReporters. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2015.

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