Tapio Nurminen

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Tapio Nurminen
Country (sports)Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Born (1975-10-12) 12 October 1975 (age 49)
Imatra, Finland
PlaysRight-handed
Prize money$67,872
Singles
Career record0-1 (ATP Tour)
Highest rankingNo. 212 (17 August 1998)
Grand Slam singles results
French Open Q1 (1998)
US Open Q1 (2001)
Doubles
Highest rankingNo. 262 (6 March 2000)

Tapio Nurminen (born 12 October 1975) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. [1]

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Born in Imatra, Nurminen reached a career high singles ranking of 212 while competing on the professional tour, in a career which included making the qualifying draws of the French Open and US Open. His only ATP Tour main draw appearance came at the 1998 Prague Open, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Martin Sinner. Between 1994 and 2001 he was an occasional Davis Cup player for Finland, featuring in a total of five ties. He won his only Davis Cup singles rubber against Vincenzo Santopadre in 2001. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tapio Nurminen lopetti tenniksen ammattilaisuran". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 4 July 2002.
  2. ↑ "ampumahiihto Sodankylä: SM-kilpailut..." Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 9 April 2001.
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