Pekka Säilä (20 December 1941 – 7 December 2009) was a tennis player from Finland.
Tennis career
Säilä made his debut for the
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.
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during the
1962 Europe Zone second round tie against
Czechoslovakia
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. During his sixteen-year Davis Cup career, he played in twenty-three Davis Cup singles rubbers, seven of which he won, and he also played in thirteen doubles rubbers, with two wins.
During 1967, Säilä was recruited to attend college in the United States at
Oral Roberts University
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in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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. He played for the university tennis team and graduated in 1970.
Säilä participated at the
Wimbledon Championships
The Wimbledon Championships, commonly called Wimbledon, is a tennis tournament organised by the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in collaboration with the Lawn Tennis Association annually in Wimbledon, London. It is chronologically the ...
on two occasions, with a best result of reaching the third round in
1967
Events January
* January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair.
* January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...
, before losing to the British player,
Roger Taylor.
See also
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List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives
This is a list of tennis players who have represented the Finland Davis Cup team in an official Davis Cup match. Finland have taken part in the competition since 1928.
Players
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finland Davis Cup
Lists of Da ...
References
External links
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1941 births
2009 deaths
Finnish male tennis players
Tennis players from Helsinki
Oral Roberts Golden Eagles
College men's tennis players in the United States
Finnish expatriate tennis players in the United States
20th-century Finnish sportsmen