Ville Liukko

Ville Liukko (born 24 May 1974) is a former professional tennis player from Finland.^[1]

Ville Liukko

Country (sports)	Finland
Born	(1974-05-24) 24 May 1974 (age 51) Turku, Finland
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Turned pro	1995
Plays	Right-handed
Prize money	$114,816
Singles
Career record	12–13
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 117 (20 Sep 1999)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q1 (1999, 2000)
French Open	Q2 (1999)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2000)
US Open	1R (1999)
Doubles
Career record	4–6
Career titles	0
Highest ranking	No. 216 (19 Feb 2001)

Career

Liukko began playing Davis Cup tennis for the Finnish team in 1994. By the time he made his last appearance in 2001, he had taken part in 15 ties. He won 19 of his 34 rubbers, 12 in singles and seven in doubles. His doubles partnership with Tuomas Ketola is the most successful in Finland Davis Cup history, securing six wins.^[2]

The Finn made it through qualifying at the 1999 US Open and faced Goran Ivanišević in the first round.^[3] He was beaten in four sets.^[3] In the Tashkent President's Cup later that year he defeated Marat Safin, then ranked 35th in the world. Safin retired hurt in the third set, trailing 3–1, with the match level at a set apiece.^[4] He also had a win over Thomas Johansson at the Copenhagen Open in 2000.^[3]

Challenger titles

Singles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
1.	1998	San Diego, United States	Hard	Paul Goldstein	7–5, 7–6

Doubles: (1)

No.	Year	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
1.	2000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Jarkko Nieminen	Steven Randjelovic Dušan Vemić	6–0, 4–6, 6–3

See also

• List of Finland Davis Cup team representatives