Jarkko Nieminen

Jarkko Nieminen is a Finnish former professional tennis player, born on 23 July 1981, whose career ran from the late 1990s to his retirement announcement in 2015. He reached a career-high singles ranking of world number 13 in July 2006, which remains a Finnish record, and he won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles. His best results at the Grand Slam tournaments were quarterfinals at the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships and the 2008 Australian Open, making him the first Finn to reach a Grand Slam singles quarterfinal. He won the junior US Open in 1999, represented Finland at the Summer Olympics in 2004, 2008 and 2012, and played for his country in the Davis Cup. He is also remembered for the shortest recorded Masters tennis match of the Open Era, a 28 minute win over Bernard Tomic at the 2014 Miami tournament. After retiring from the tour he played floorball in the Finnish Salibandyliiga.