Tuomas Ketola

Tuomas Ketola
Nation:	Finland
Birthday:	February 21, 1975
Size:	185 cm
Weight:	77 kg
1st professional season:	1994
Playing hand:	Right
Prize money:	$ 656,258
singles
Career record:	16:44
Highest ranking:	130 (May 4 1998)
Grand Slam record
Double
Career record:	25:43
Highest ranking:	76 (October 19, 1998)
Grand Slam record
Sources: official player profiles at the ATP / WTA and ITF (see web links )

Tuomas Ketola (born February 21, 1975 in Turku ) is a former Finnish tennis player .

Career

Ketola won 16 titles on the second-rate Challenger Tour in the course of his career, five of them in singles and eleven more in doubles with various partners. At the ATP Tour level, he reached the finals of the doubles competition in Hong Kong in 1998 . On the side of Neville Godwin, however, he was clearly defeated by Byron Black and Alex O'Brien 5: 7, 1: 6. In Grand Slam tournaments , he achieved his best result in singles by reaching the second round at the 2004 US Open . In doubles, he reached the second round at both the 1998 French Open and Wimbledon in 1998 and 2005.

From 1993 to 2007 Ketola played for the Finnish Davis Cup team . He won 16 of 38 single games and with twelve games half of his 24 doubles. This means that Ketola has had the most double victories for the Finnish team to date. With 31 games played within 15 seasons, he is also the record player in Finland.

successes

Legend (number of victories)

Grand Slam

Tennis Masters Cup

ATP Masters Series ATP World Tour Masters 1000

ATP International Series Gold ATP World Tour 500

ATP International Series ATP World Tour 250

ATP Challenger Tour (16)

Finals in doubles

No.	date	competition	Topping	partner	Final opponent	Result
1.	April 13, 1998	Hong Kong	Hard court	Neville Godwin	Byron Black Alex O'Brien	5: 7, 1: 6

Web links

• ATP profile of Tuomas Ketola (English)
• ITF profile of Tuomas Ketola (English)
• Davis Cup statistics Tuomas Ketola (English)