Jarkko Nieminen (born July 23, 1981 in Masku,
Finland) is a professional tennis player from
Finland.
Nieminen is ranked World No. 26 in the ATP Rankings
published on October 29, 2007. He has won one ATP
singles title and one doubles title in his career so
far. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments
have been reaching the quarter-finals of the 2005
U.S. Open, 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the
2008 Australian Open.
Arguably Finland's best ever player, Nieminen is the
highest ranked Finn ever, and is also the first and
so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP
singles title and to have reached the quarter-finals
of a Grand Slam event.