Tapio Nurminen (born 12 October 1975) is a Finnish former professional

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 st ...

player. Born in

Imatra Imatra is a city in Finland, located in the southeastern interior of the country. Imatra is located in the region of South Karelia, on Saima, Lake Saimaa and the River Vuoksi. The population of Imatra is approximately , while the Imatra sub-regi ...

, 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 The French Open (), also known as Roland-Garros (), is a tennis tournament organized by the French Tennis Federation annually at Stade Roland Garros in Paris, France. It is chronologically the second of the four Grand Slam (tennis), Grand Slam ...

and

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. His only

ATP Tour The ATP Tour (known as ATP World Tour between January 2009 and December 2018) is the sole worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) founded in 1990 that replaced the earlier dual Grand Prix ...

main draw appearance came at the 1998 Prague Open, where he lost his first round match in three sets to

Martin Sinner Martin Sinner (born 7 February 1968) is a professional 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 ...

. Between 1994 and 2001 he was an occasional

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player for Finland, featuring in a total of five ties. He won his only Davis Cup singles rubber against

Vincenzo Santopadre Vincenzo Santopadre (born 11 August 1971) is an Italians, Italian former professional tennis player and a coach. Coaching career Since 2011 till the end of 2023, he was the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up a ...

in 2001.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nurminen, Tapio 1975 births Living people Finnish male tennis players Sportspeople from Imatra

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