Finland Fed Cup Team
The Finland Billie Jean King Cup team represents Finland in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II, having missed out on promotion to group I for 2016. History Finland competed in its first Fed Cup in 1968. Their best result was reaching the quarterfinals in 1993. See also *Billie Jean King Cup *Finland Davis Cup team External links Billie Jean King Cup teams Fed Cup Fed Cup The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was cha ...

Emma Laine
Emma Johanna Laine (born 26 March 1986) is a former tennis player from Finland. Laine won 11 singles and 44 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 August 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 30 October 2006, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings. Playing for Finland Fed Cup team, Laine has a win–loss record of 56–21. Biography Emma's mother Erika was a swimmer, while her father Erkki Laine was an ice hockey player, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics The 1988 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Calgary 1988 were a multi-sport event held from February 13 to 28, 1988, with Calgary, Calgary, Alberta as the main host city. This marks the m .... 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 Leppäne ...
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1968 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1968 Federation Cup was the sixth edition of what is now known as the Fed Cup. 23 nations participated in the tournament, which was held at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France, from 21–26 May. Australia Fed Cup team, Australia defeated the Netherlands Fed Cup team, Netherlands in the final, in what was the first final not featuring United States Fed Cup team, United States, giving Australia their third title. Participating teams Draw All ties were played at Stade Roland Garros in Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ..., France on clay courts. First round Czechoslovakia vs. Norway Great Britain vs. Sweden Soviet Union vs. Belgium Italy vs. Mexico Netherlands vs. Finland Poland vs. Greece Bulgaria vs. Chile Second round Australia vs. Brazil ...
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1993 Federation Cup (tennis)
The 1993 Federation Cup was the 31st edition of the most important competition between national teams in women's tennis. Spain Fed Cup team, Spain defeated Australia Fed Cup team, Australia in the final, giving Spain their 2nd title. This was Australia's first final since 1984. Qualifying rounds * Nations in bold qualified for the World Group. Americas Zone Venue: Palmas del Mar, Humacao, Puerto Rico, Humacao, Puerto Rico (outdoor hard) Dates: April 19–24 ;Participating Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Asia/Oceania Zone Venue: National Tennis Centre, Colombo, Sri Lanka (outdoor clay) Dates: May 4–5 ;Participating Teams * * * * * * * * * Europe/Africa Zone Venue: City of Nottingham Tennis Centre, Nottingham, England (outdoor hard) Dates: May 10–15 ;Participating Teams * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * World Group Venue: Waldstadion T.C., Frankfurt, Germany (outdoor clay) Dates: July 19– ...
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Nanne Dahlman
Nanne Dahlman (born 7 September 1970) is a retired Finnish professional tennis player, active in the 1990s. She reached the third round of three grand slam tournaments: * US Open 1992 (lost to Steffi Graf) * Australian Open 1993 (lost to Nathalie Tauziat) * Australian Open 1996 (lost to Lindsay Davenport Lindsay Ann Davenport Leach (born June 8, 1976) is an American former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 98 weeks (including as the year-end No. 1 four ...) She never won a WTA tournament, but she won 13 ITF tournaments. ITF finals Singles (7–3) Doubles (6-5) References 1970 births Living people Finnish female tennis players 20th-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Piia Suomalainen
Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player. In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On 15 January 2007, she peaked at No. 524 in the doubles rankings. Since her debut for the Finland Fed Cup team The Finland Billie Jean King Cup team represents Finland in Billie Jean King Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. They currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group II, having missed out on promotion to gro ... in 2002, Suomalainen has a 37–34 record in Fed Cup competition. ITF finals Singles (5–8) Doubles (5–3) References External links * * * 1984 births Living people Tennis players from Helsinki Finnish female tennis players 20th-century Finnish women 21st-century Finnish sportswomen {{Finland-tennis-bio-stub ...
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Finland
Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, opposite Estonia. Finland has a population of 5.6 million. Its capital and largest city is Helsinki. The majority of the population are Finns, ethnic Finns. The official languages are Finnish language, Finnish and Swedish language, Swedish; 84.1 percent of the population speak the first as their mother tongue and 5.1 percent the latter. Finland's climate varies from humid continental climate, humid continental in the south to boreal climate, boreal in the north. The land cover is predominantly boreal forest biome, with List of lakes of Finland, more than 180,000 recorded lakes. Finland was first settled around 9000 BC after the Last Glacial Period, last Ice Age. During the Stone Age, various cultures emerged, distinguished by differen ...
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Billie Jean King Cup
The Billie Jean King Cup (or the BJK Cup) is the premier international team competition in women's tennis, launched as the Federation Cup in 1963 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the International Tennis Federation (ITF). The name was changed to the Fed Cup in 1995, and changed again in September 2020 in honor of former World No. 1 Billie Jean King. The Billie Jean King Cup is the world's largest annual women's international team sports competition in terms of the number of nations that compete. The current chair is Katrina Adams. The men's equivalent of the Billie Jean King Cup is the Davis Cup, and the Czech Republic, Australia, Russia, Italy and the United States are the only countries to have won both Cups in the same year. History In 1919, Hazel Hotchkiss Wightman had an idea for a women's team tennis competition. This was not adopted but she persisted, presenting a trophy at the 1923 annual contest between the United States and Great Britain, named the Wightman ...
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Tennis
Tennis is a List of racket sports, racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles (tennis), singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles (tennis), doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber tennis ball, ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's tennis court, court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a Point (tennis), point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including Wheelchair tennis, wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croqu ...
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Finland Davis Cup Team
The Finland men's national tennis team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto. History Finland competed in its first Davis Cup in 1928. 1920s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s Current team (2025) * Emil Ruusuvuori * Otto Virtanen * Patrik Niklas-Salminen * Eero Vasa * Patrick Kaukovalta All players See also *Davis Cup * Finland Billie Jean King Cup team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Finland Davis Cup Team Davis Cup teams Davis Cup Davis Cup The Davis Cup is the premier international team event in men's tennis. It is organised by the International Tennis Federation (ITF) and contested annually between teams from over 150 competing countries, making it the world's largest annual ...

Billie Jean King Cup Teams
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Tennis In Finland
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to manoeuvre the ball in such a way that the opponent is not able to play a valid return. If a player is unable to return the ball successfully, the opponent scores a point. Playable at all levels of society and at all ages, tennis can be played by anyone who can hold a racket, including wheelchair users. The original forms of tennis developed in France during the late Middle Ages. The modern form of tennis originated in Birmingham, England, in the late 19th century as lawn tennis. It had close connections to various field (lawn) games such as croquet and bowls as well as to the older racket sport today called real tennis. The rules of modern tennis have changed li ...
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