Emma Laine

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Emma Laine
Country  Finland
Residence Helsinki, Finland
Born March 26, 1986 (1986-03-26) (age 25)
Karlstad, Sweden
Height 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Weight 58 kg (130 lb)
Turned pro 2004
Plays Left-handed (two-handed backhand)
Career prize money US$473,063
Singles
Career record 222-167
Career titles 7 ITF
Highest ranking No. 50 (August 7, 2006)
Current ranking No. 350 (August 8, 2011)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open 2nd (2006)
French Open 2nd (2006)
Wimbledon 1st (2006)
US Open 2nd (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record 188-107
Career titles 28 ITF
Highest ranking No. 64 (October 30, 2006)
Current ranking No. 134 (August 8, 2011)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open 1st (2006, 2007)
French Open 2nd (2006, 2007)
Wimbledon 3rd (2006)
US Open 2nd (2006)
Last updated on: August 8, 2011.

Emma Johanna Laine (born March 26, 1986 in Karlstad, Sweden) is a professional tennis player from Finland.

The left-handed Laine turned professional in 2004. Her highest career singles ranking has been World No. 50 on August 7, 2006.

Her father was Finnish ice-hockey player Erkki Laine.[1] Emma was born in Sweden because Erkki was playing there at that time.

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[edit] Singles Titles

[edit] Key

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 1 February 2004 United Kingdom Tipton Hard (i) Romania Liana-Gabriela Balaci 6-74 6-2 6-3
2. 22 February 2004 Italy Capriolo Carpet (i) Croatia Nina Ozegovic 7-66 46-7 7-64
3. 11 April 2004 Italy Torre del Greco Clay South Africa Chanelle Scheepers 3-6 6-4 6-0
4. 26 September 2004 United Kingdom Jersey Hard (i) United Kingdom Elena Baltacha 3-6 6-2 6-1
5. 21 August 2005 Finland Helsinki Hard Latvia Irina Kuzmina 6-0 6-2
6. 18 January 2009 United Kingdom Glasgow Hard (i) France Stéphanie Vongsouthi 4-6 6-2 7-64
7. 9 August 2009 Finland Savitaipale Clay Estonia Anette Schutting 7-5 6-1

[edit] Finalist

No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. 28 March 2004 Russia St. Petersburg Hard (i) Belarus Anastasiya Yakimova 6-3 2-6 1-6
2. 22 August 2004 Belgium Westende Hard Belgium Leslie Butkiewicz 46-7 4 6-7
3. 12 September 2004 Spain Madrid Hard Sweden Hanna Nooni 4-6 3-6
4. 20 February 2005 Sweden Bromma Hard (i) Ukraine Olga Savchuk 1-6 2-6
5. 27 March 2005 Russia St Petersburg Hard (i) Russia Ekaterina Bychkova 1-6 2-6
6. 5 March 2006 United States Las Vegas Hard United States Shenay Perry 1-6 4-6
7. 2 October 2010 Finland Helsinki Hard(i) Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer 6-7(7) 0-6

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cronin, Matthew (2006). "Finland's finest: Emma Laine". TennisReporters. http://www.tennisreporters.net/sub_blake_030506.html. Retrieved 2008-11-29. 


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