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Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen 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.
Jarkko Wiss is a Finnish football coach and a former player. He is the manager of Inter Turku.
Tauno Johannes Luiro was a Finnish ski jumper.
Jarkko ja Laura are a Finnish pop-duo. They first had their break on the Finnish music scene in 1966, with a mildly successful song written by Laura, "Meidän laulumme". From then on, they released many singles, along with a few covers of English songs such as "The Windmills of Your Mind", "Cinderella Rockefella", "Lament of the Cherokee Reservation", which were popular at the time.
Following are the results of the 2007 Heineken Open singles competition.
The 2006 Heineken Open was a ATP men's tennis tournament held at the ASB Tennis Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. It was the 39th edition of the tournament and was held from 9 January to 16 January 2006. Seventh-seeded Jarkko Nieminen won the singles title.
Mario Ančić and Mahesh Bhupathi were the defending champions, but Ančić chose not to participate, and only Bhupathi competed that year.
Bhupathi partnered with Fabrice Santoro, but withdrew.
Jarkko Nieminen defeated Mario Ančić 6–2, 6–2 to win the 2006 Heineken Open singles competition. Fernando González was the defending singles champion of the tennis tournament, held in Auckland, New Zealand.
Five-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Fernando Verdasco in the final, 6–0, 6–1 to win the singles tennis title at the 2010 Monte-Carlo Masters. It was his first title in 11 months, and he lost only 14 games and no sets en route to the title.
Jonathan Erlich and Andy Ram won in the final 6–3, 7–6(7–4) against Andrew Kratzmann and Jarkko Nieminen.
Jarkko Kalevi Ahola is a performing artist, a composer and a singer. He is the vocalist and bass player and one of the three songwriters of the band Teräsbetoni. He is also a member of a Finnish symphonic metal cover supergroup Northern Kings together with Marko Hietala from Nightwish, Tarot and Sapattivuosi, Tony Kakko from Sonata Arctica and Juha-Pekka Leppäluoto from Charon and Harmaja.
Robin Söderling defeated Gaël Monfils in the final, 6–1, 7–6(7–1) to win the singles tennis title at the 2010 Paris Masters.
The 2012 Apia International Sydney was a joint ATP and WTA tennis tournament, that was played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 120th edition of the Apia International Sydney and was a part of the ATP World Tour 250 series of the 2012 ATP World Tour, and of the WTA Premier tournaments of the 2012 WTA Tour. Both the men's and the women's events took place at the NSW Tennis Centre in Sydney, Australia, from 8 to 15 January 2012. Due to rain, the men's singles and doubles finals had to be rescheduled from the evening of 14 January to the morning of 15 January, the day before the Australian Open was due to begin. Jarkko Nieminen and Victoria Azarenka won the singles titles.
Gilles Simon was the defending champion but chose not to participate. Jarkko Nieminen won in the final against Julien Benneteau 6–2, 7–5.
The 2013 IPP Open and the Orto-Lääkärit Open were professional tennis tournaments played on indoor hard courts. It was the 13th edition of the men's tournament which was part of the 2013 ATP Challenger Tour, offering a total of €42,500 in prize money, and sixth edition of the women's tournament, which was part of the 2013 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of $10,000 in prize money. The two events took place together at the Tali Tennis Center in Helsinki, Finland, on 11–17 November 2013.
Roger Federer was the two-time defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Andreas Seppi in the final, 7–6(7–1), 6–4.
Finland was represented by Jarkko and Laura, with the song "Kuin silloin ennen", at the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest, which took place on 29 March in Madrid.
Luiro is a Finnish surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Erkki Luiro was a Finnish skier. He competed in the Nordic combined event at the 1964 Winter Olympics.
References
- ↑ Jarkko Luiro at Soccerway. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
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