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

tennis 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 that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

player. Born in

Imatra Imatra is a town and municipality in southeastern Finland. Imatra is dominated by Lake Saimaa, the Vuoksi River and the border with Russia. On the other side of the border, away from the centre of Imatra, lies the Russian town of Svetogorsk. ...

, 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 and US Open. His only

ATP Tour The ATP Tour is a worldwide top-tier tennis tour for men organized by the Association of Tennis Professionals. The second-tier tour is the ATP Challenger Tour and the third-tier is the ITF Men's World Tennis Tour. The equivalent women's organ ...

main draw appearance came at the 1998 Prague Open, where he lost his first round match in three sets to Martin Sinner. Between 1994 and 2001 he was an occasional Davis Cup 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 a former professional tennis player from Italy. Since 2011, he has been the coach of Matteo Berrettini, who has been ranked number 6 ATP, runner-up at Wimbledon, semifinalist at the US Open and the ...

in 2001.

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

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