Pekka Säilä (20 December 1941 – 7 December 2009) was a tennis player from Finland.

Tennis career

Säilä made his debut for the

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during the 1962 Europe Zone second round tie against

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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

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. He played for the university tennis team and graduated in 1970. Säilä participated at the

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on two occasions, with a best result of reaching the third round in

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, before losing to the British player, Roger Taylor.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saila, Pekka 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

Tennis career

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