Began playing tennis at age 4 and started playing at home against a wall quite a lot before moving to a tennis court.
Youngest in family with brother, Panu played pro tennis briefly and reached a career-high No. 591 in doubles in May2019. Sisters, Ida and Else-Adelia, who also played tennis growing up.
Father, Pasi, played pro tennis and ranked a career-high No. 302 in June 1985. Hascoached his son throughout his career and has played a big role since the very beginning.
As a junior, ranked a career-high No. 13 in the world (year-end No. 6 in doubles) in 2018 and advanced to QF at Australian Open juniors in 2019. Also won Orange Bowl singles title and Wimbledon junior doubles title w/Erel in 2018.
Speaks Finnish, Swedish, Estonian and English
Considers serve as best shot and hard courts favorite surface.
Favorite tournament is Wimbledon and New York favorite city on tour.
Idolized Roger Federer growing up and Messi his favorite athlete.
Favorite food is sushi & poke bowl.
(UPDATED 26 AUGUST2023)
Qualified into his 1st Grand Slam tournament at 2023 US Open, winning all 3 matches in 3 sets. In first 3 Grand Slam events of the season, lost in qualifying at Australian Open (1R), Roland Garros (2R) and Wimbledon (final round).
The No. 2 Finnish player behind Ruusuvuori reached a career-high No. 109 on 3 April 2023.
Looking for 1st career non-Davis Cup win and his 3 Davis Cup wins came in 2020 vs. Mexico (d. Manuel Sanchez), 2021 vs. India(d. Gunneswaran) and 2022 vs. New Zealand (d. Rai).
Has 0-3 tour-level record in 2023, in Davis Cup tie vs. Argentina (l. to F. Cerundolo) and 1R in Gstaad as LL (l. to Varillas) and Los Cabos (l. to Duckworth).
Has compiled an 18-10 match record on ATP Challenger Tour in 2023, winning titles in Lugano, SUI (d. Ilkel) and Lille, FRA (d. Purcell), both on indoor hard courts in a month span.
In 2022, captured 1st Challenger title at Bergamo, ITA (d. Struff) as Q. Also posted wins over Zhang, Stricker and Borges along the way.
Has an 46-33 career record on ATP Challnger Tour with 3 titles, all on hard courts (31-14 on hard, 9-12 on clay, 5-5 on grass). Has a 69-39 record on ITF World Tour with 3 titles.
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