"THE FINNISH POWER" FINNISH TENNIS LEGEND LEO PALIN from FINLAND (SUOMI-FINLAND)

Leo Palin

Leo Palin (born October 20, 1956, in Helsinki) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. During his career on the ATP Tour, Palin won one doubles title, and reached one singles and one other doubles final. He reached career-high rankings of 92 in singles (in 1982) and 111 in doubles (in 1986).

Contents [hide] 1 ATP Tour finals (3) 1.1 Doubles champion (1) 1.2 Singles runner-up (1) 1.3 Doubles runner-up (1) 2 External links

[edit] ATP Tour finals (3)

[edit] Doubles champion (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	18 August 1985	Cleveland, USA	Hard	Olli Rahnasto	Hank Pfister Ben Testerman	6–3, 6–7, 7–6

[edit] Singles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	December 14, 1981	Sofia, Bulgaria	Carpet (i)	Richard Meyer	4–6, 6–7, 6–7

[edit] Doubles runner-up (1)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	February 25, 1980	Lagos, Nigeria	Clay	Kjell Johansson	Tony Graham Bruce Nichols	3–6, 6–0, 3–6

[edit] External links

• Leo Palin at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Leo Palin at Davis Cup

"THE FINNISH POWER" FINNISH TENNIS LEGEND: OLLI RAHNASTO from FINLAND (SUOMI-FINLAND)

Olli Rahnasto

Olli Rahnasto (born December 28, 1965, in Seinäjoki) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland. Rahnasto turned pro in 1982. During his career, he won two ATP Tour doubles titles and reached a career high doubles ranking of No. 79 in 1986. He was a member of the Finland Davis Cup team, and led the team to the World Group Qualifying round in 1990. He retired in 1995.

Contents [hide] 1 ATP Tour finals (4) 1.1 Doubles champion (2) 1.2 Doubles runner-up (2) 2 External links

[edit] ATP Tour finals (4)

[edit] Doubles champion (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	18 August 1985	Cleveland, USA	Hard	Leo Palin	Hank Pfister Ben Testerman	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
2.	15 August 1993	San Marino	Clay	Daniel Orsanic	Juan Garat Roberto Saad	6–4, 1–6, 6–3

[edit] Doubles runner-up (2)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponents in the final	Score
1.	6 October 1991	Athens, Greece	Clay	Menno Oosting	Jacco Eltingh Mark Koevermans	7–5, 6–7, 5–7
2.	30 August 1992	Long Island, USA	Hard	Gianluca Pozzi	Francisco Montana Greg Van Emburgh	4–6, 2–6

[edit] External links

• Olli Rahnasto at the Association of Tennis Professionals
• Olli Rahnasto at Davis Cup

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"THE FINNISH POWER" FINNISH TENNIS LEGEND: VELI PALOHEIMO from FINLAND (SUOMI-FINLAND)

Veli Paloheimo

Veli Paloheimo (born 13 December 1967 in Tampere) is a former tennis player from Finland. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 1 October 1990, when he became World number 48. His best performance at a Grand Slam came at the 1990 Australian Open, where he made it to the fourth round.

Paloheimo participated in 12 Davis Cup ties for Finland from 1986–1992, posting an 11-11 record in singles and a 4-5 record in doubles.

The name of the Finnish band Brother Firetribe was inspired by that of Paloheimo, which translates to English as "Brother Firetribe".

[edit] Challengers titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1988	Helsinki	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1989	Cherbourg	Hard (i)	Martin Laurendeau	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	1989	Brest	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître	6–2, 6–2

[edit] External links

• Profile in ATP-site
• Profile in Davis Cup-site