Ville Liukko (born 24 May 1974) is a 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 from

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, ...

Career

Liukko began playing

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 ...

tennis for the Finnish team in 1994. By the time he made his last appearance in 2001, he had taken part in 15 ties. He won 19 of his 34 rubbers, 12 in singles and seven in doubles. His doubles partnership with

Tuomas Ketola Tuomas Ketola (born 21 February 1975) is a Finnish former professional tennis player on the ATP Tour. Career Ketola was the number two tennis player in Finland behind Jarkko Nieminen and reached a career high doubles ranking of 76 on October 1 ...

is the most successful in Finland Davis Cup history, securing six wins. The Finn made it through qualifying at the 1999 US Open and faced

Goran Ivanišević Goran Ivanišević (; born 13 September 1971) is a Croatian former professional tennis player and current coach. He was ranked world No. 2 in men's singles by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) in July 1994. Ivanišević won 22 ATP To ...

in the first round.ATP World Tour Profile
/ref> He was beaten in four sets. In the Tashkent President's Cup later that year he defeated

Marat Safin Marat Mubinovich Safin ( rus, Мара́т Муби́нович Са́фин, , mɐˈrat ˈsafʲɪn, Ru-Marat-Safin.ogg; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former professional tennis player and former politician. He was ranked as the List of ...

, then ranked 35th in the world. Safin retired hurt in the third set, trailing 3–1, with the match level at a set apiece.''

Moscow Times ''The Moscow Times'' (''MT'') is an Amsterdam-based independent English-language and Russian-language online newspaper. It was in print in Russia from 1992 until 2017 and was distributed free of charge at places frequented by English-speaking to ...

''
"Kafelnikov Tumbles in 2nd Round"
17 September 1999 He also had a win over

Thomas Johansson Karl Thomas Conny Johansson (; born 24 March 1975) is a Swedish former professional tennis player and coach. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 7 singles ranking in May 2002. His career highlights in si ...

at the

Copenhagen Open The Copenhagen Open was a men's indoor tennis tournament held in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was first held in February 1973 as part of the WCT Circuit and featured renowned players such as Ken Rosewall, Fred Stolle, Arthur Ashe and Tom Okker. It was ...

in 2000.

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Liukko, Ville 1974 births Living people Tennis players from Turku Finnish male tennis players

Career

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

Doubles: (1)

See also

References