Jarkko Kalervo Nieminen (born 23 July 1981) is a Finnish former professional tennis player. His highest ranking of world No. 13, achieved in July 2006, is a Finnish record. He has won two ATP singles titles and five doubles titles in his career. His best performances in Grand Slam tournaments have been reaching the quarterfinals of the 2005 US Open, the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, and the 2008 Australian Open.
Statistically Finland's best player to date, Nieminen is also the first and so far only Finnish player to have won an ATP singles title and to have reached the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles event. He is also notable for winning the shortest recorded Masters Tour tennis match in Open Era history, defeating Bernard Tomic in just 28 minutes and 20 seconds in the first round of the 2014 Sony Open Tennis. He was ranked inside the Top 75 11 times in 14 years (2001 to 2014).
Junior career
As a junior Nieminen reached as high as No. 9 in the world in 1999 (and No. 20 in doubles), and won the 1999 Jr US Open.
Career highlights
1999
- Defeated Kristian Pless of Denmark to win his first junior Grand Slam, the US Open.
- Finished the year at No. 11 in the world junior rankings.
- Made his Davis Cup debut against Italy, losing to Andrea Gaudenzi.
- Was at best ranked World No. 27, a career-high until 2006.
2004
- Represented Finland at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, losing to Max Mirnyi in the second round.
- Finished in the top 100 for the fourth consecutive year, despite missing nearly three months due to injury.
2005
- Defeated world no. 7 Andre Agassi in a first round five-setter at the 2005 French Open.
- Was defeated in five sets by Lleyton Hewitt in the quarterfinals of the 2005 U.S. Open, having become the first Finn to reach a Grand Slam quarterfinal.
2006: First ATP title
- Won his first ATP singles title in January by defeating Mario Ančić in the final in Auckland.
- Recorded his career-best ATP Masters Series performance by reaching the quarterfinals of the Indian Wells Masters, but lost to Paradorn Srichaphan.
- Broke into the top 20 for the first time in his career in April.
- Reached the quarterfinals of the 2006 Wimbledon Championships, but lost to World No. 2 Rafael Nadal in straight sets.
- Broke into the top 15 for the first time in his career in July after his Wimbledon success.
- Reached the quarterfinals of the Canada Masters, losing to Andy Murray.
- Reached his sixth career ATP final in Stockholm, losing to James Blake.
- Finished the season by reaching the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters, where he lost to Tommy Robredo.
2007: 200 wins
- Won his first ATP doubles title in September, paired with Robert Lindstedt. They beat Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna in Mumbai, India on hard courts.
- His best singles performance in 2007 came at Davidoff Swiss Indoors, where he was beaten in the finals by World No. 1 Roger Federer in straight sets, 6–3, 6–4. En route to the finals, he had beaten Robby Ginepri, Guillermo Cañas, World No. 8 Fernando González, and Marcos Baghdatis.
2008
- Lost to Michaël Llodra in the final at the Adelaide International, 3–6, 4–6.
- Made the quarter-finals at the Australian Open, losing in straight sets to Rafael Nadal.
- Represented Finland at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, losing to Swede Thomas Johansson in the first round.
2009
- Defeated top seed Novak Djokovic in the 2009 Medibank International semifinal, 6–4, 7–6. He lost to David Nalbandian in the final, 4–6, 7–6, 2–6.
- Withdrew from the 2009 Australian Open halfway through his first-round clash with 28th seed Paul-Henri Mathieu.
- Underwent surgery for a wrist injury and sidelined for three months, thus missing Roland Garros and Wimbledon.
- Returned to professional tennis at the New Haven tournament in the US in August.
- Defeated Frenchman Stéphane Robert in the ATP Challenger tournament final in Jersey, United Kingdom in November.
2010
- Defeated Nick Lindahl in the first round of the Australian Open, before losing a tight five-set match to Florent Serra in the second round after having two match points in the fourth set. In the doubles competition, he reached the semifinals with partner Michael Kohlmann, losing to the top seeds Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan.
- Reached his first semifinal of the season at the Delray Beach International Tennis Championships, beating Paolo Lorenzi, 6–3, 6–4, in the first round, Evgeny Korolev, 5–7, 6–1, 6–0, in the second round, winning 12 consecutive games to close out the match, and finally third seed Benjamin Becker in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, he lost against Ernests Gulbis of Latvia, who ended up winning the tournament against Ivo Karlović in the final.
- Won his second doubles title with Swede Johan Brunström in Gstaad, Switzerland on clay courts.
- Lost to Guillermo García López in the PTT Thailand Open final, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4.
2011: 300 wins
- Reached his 11th career ATP final in Stockholm, losing to Gaël Monfils.
2012: 2nd ATP Title
- Nieminen won the Sydney International for his second career title against Julien Benneteau. He was a finalist in doubles in the same tournament with Matthew Ebden against Mike Bryan and Bob Bryan.
- He was a quarterfinalist at the Open Sud de France and in Rotterdam.
- In the 2012 Summer Olympics, Nieminen lost to Andy Murray in the second round, who went on to win Gold in the singles and Silver in the mixed doubles.
2013
- Nieminen was the runner-up at the Power Horse Cup in Düsseldorf, beating no. 14 Tommy Haas.
- Nieminen reached a Masters quarterfinal for the first time since 2006 after beating no. 7 Juan Martín del Potro in the third round of the Monte-Carlo Masters. He also reached the third round in Indian Wells and Miami.
- Nieminen was a quarterfinalist at the Valencia Open 500, the Japan Open, and the Sydney International.
- He was semifinalist at the Open Sud de France, losing to Richard Gasquet.
- He won the Helsinki Challenger.
- He won his third doubles title at the BMW Open with Dmitry Tursunov.
2014
- Nieminen started the year 13th time in a row in the top 100. His final official match was against his old friend and rival Roger Federer at the Hartwall Arena, Helsinki on the ninth of November.
2016: Comeback at the Davis Cup
Nieminen came out of retirement in order to play for his country at the Davis Cup against Zimbabwe. He won his singles tie with a so-called triple bagel with a victory over Courtney John Lock, making him the first player to win by such a scoreline at any tournament since 2011, and one of two players to accomplish the feat on that day (Emilio Gómez of Ecuador earned a triple-bagel victory over Adam Hornby of Barbados at Davis Cup competition elsewhere).
ATP career finals
Singles: 13 (2 titles, 11 runner-ups)
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!Tier
!Surface
!Opponent
!class="unsortable"|Score
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1
|2001 If Stockholm Open – Singles|
|Stockholm Open, Sweden
|International
|Hard (i)
| Sjeng Schalken
|6–3, 3–6, 3–6, 6–4, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–2
|2002 Estoril Open – Men's singles|
|Estoril Open, Portugal
|International
|Clay
| David Nalbandian
|4–6, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–3
|2002 Majorca Open – Singles|
|Majorca Open, Spain
|International
|Clay
| Gastón Gaudio
|2–6, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–4
|2003 BMW Open – Singles|
|Bavarian Championships, Germany
|International
|Clay
| Roger Federer
|1–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|1–4
|2006 Heineken Open – Singles|
|Auckland Open, New Zealand
|International
|Hard
| Mario Ančić
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–5
|2006 If Stockholm Open – Singles|
|Stockholm Open, Sweden
|International
|Hard (i)
| James Blake
|4–6, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–6
|2007 Davidoff Swiss Indoors – Singles|
|Swiss Indoors, Switzerland
|International
|Hard (i)
| Roger Federer
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–7
|2008 Next Generation Adelaide International – Singles|
|Adelaide International, Australia
|International
|Hard
| Michaël Llodra
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–8
|2009 Medibank International Sydney – Men's singles|
|Sydney International, Australia
|250 Series
|Hard
| David Nalbandian
|3–6, 7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–9
|2010 PTT Thailand Open – Singles|
|Thailand Open, Thailand
|250 Series
|Hard (i)
| Guillermo García López
|4–6, 6–3, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–10
|2011 If Stockholm Open – Singles|
|Stockholm Open, Sweden
|250 Series
|Hard (i)
| Gaël Monfils
|5–7, 6–3, 2–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|2–10
|2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's singles|
|Sydney International, Australia
|250 Series
|Hard
| Julien Benneteau
|6–2, 7–5
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|2–11
|2013 Power Horse Cup – Singles|
|Düsseldorf Open, Germany
|250 Series
|Clay
| Juan Mónaco
|4–6, 3–6
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Doubles: 9 (5 titles, 4 runner-ups)
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|0–1
|2003 Thailand Open – Doubles|
|Thailand Open, Thailand
|International
|Hard (i)
| Andrew Kratzmann
| Jonathan Erlich<br /> Andy Ram
|3–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|1–1
|2007 Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open – Doubles|
|Mumbai Open, India
|International
|Hard
| Robert Lindstedt
| Rohan Bopanna<br /> Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
|7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|1–2
|2009 SAP Open – Doubles|
|Pacific Coast Championships, US
|250 Series
|Hard (i)
| Rohan Bopanna
| Tommy Haas<br /> Radek Štěpánek
|2–6, 3–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|2–2
|2010 Allianz Suisse Open Gstaad – Doubles|
|Swiss Open, Switzerland
|250 Series
|Clay
| Johan Brunström
| Marcelo Melo<br /> Bruno Soares
|6–3, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, [11–9]
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|2–3
|2010 If Stockholm Open – Doubles|
|Stockholm Open, Sweden
|250 Series
|Hard (i)
| Johan Brunström
| Eric Butorac<br /> Jean-Julien Rojer
|3–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss
|2–4
|2012 Apia International Sydney – Men's doubles|
|Sydney International, Australia
|250 Series
|Hard
| Matthew Ebden
| Bob Bryan<br /> Mike Bryan
|1–6, 4–6
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|3–4
|2013 BMW Open – Doubles|
|Bavarian Championships, Germany
|250 Series
|Clay
| Dmitry Tursunov
| Marcos Baghdatis<br /> Eric Butorac
|6–1, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|4–4
|2014 Bet-at-home Cup Kitzbühel – Doubles|
|Austrian Open Kitzbühel, Austria
|250 Series
|Clay
| Henri Kontinen
| Daniele Bracciali<br /> Andrey Golubev
|6–1, 6–4
|-
|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win
|5–4
|2015 Argentina Open – Doubles|
|Argentina Open, Argentina
|250 Series
|Clay
| André Sá
| Pablo Andújar<br /> Oliver Marach
|4–6, 6–4, [10–7]
|}
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 15 (10–5)
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!class="unsortable"|Score
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|<small>1–0</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Wolfsburg, Germany
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Carpet
| Andy Fahlke
| 3–6, 6–2, 7–5
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|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–1</small>
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|style="background:#cffcff;"|Great Britain F5, Newcastle
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| Sébastien de Chaunac
|4–6, 2–6
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|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>1–2</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
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| Giorgio Galimberti
| 4–6, 7–5, 1–6
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|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–2</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Mathias Hellström
|6–1, 6–0
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|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–2</small>
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Córdoba, Spain
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Paul-Henri Mathieu
| 6–4, 2–6, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>4–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Maia, Portugsl
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Feliciano López
| 5–7, 6–3, 6–4
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>5–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Richard Gasquet
|7–5, 7-6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>6–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Lovro Zovko
| 7–5, 4–6, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>7–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Prostějov, Czech Republic
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Ivo Minář
|6–1, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>8–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Jersey, Great Britain
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Stéphane Robert
| 4–6, 6–1, 7–5
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>8–3</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Salzburg, Austria
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Michael Berrer
|7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 4–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>9–3</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Marrakesh, Morocco
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Alexandr Dolgopolov
|6–3, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>9–4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Lukáš Lacko
|3-6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>10–4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Ričardas Berankis
|6-3, 6–1
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>10–5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| David Goffin
|6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 3–6
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Doubles: 14 (6–8)
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|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
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| Timo Nieminen
| Petr Dezort <br> Radomír Vašek
|1–6, 1–6
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|<small>1–1</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Japan F2, Shirako
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet
| Scott Barron
| Mitsura Takada <br> Akira Matsushita
|6–3, 6–3
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|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>2–1</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Austria F2, Telfs
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Clay
| Scott Barron
| Stefan Leiner <br> Patrick Sommer
|7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–1
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|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>2–2</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Ireland F1, Dublin
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet
| Kristian Pless
| Gilles Elseneer <br> Jean-Michel Pequery
|6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–4, 3–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>3–2</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Ville Liukko
| Steven Randjelovic <br> Dušan Vemić
| 6–0, 4–6, 6–3
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>3–3</small>
|
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Finland F2, Helsinki
|style="background:#cffcff;"|Futures
|Carpet
| Tero Vilen
| Karol Beck <br> Igor Zelenay
|2–6, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>3–4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Tuomas Ketola
| Stephen Huss <br> Lee Pearson
|5–7, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>4–4</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Budapest, Hungary
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Oliver Marach
| Yuriy Schukin <br> Orest Tereshchuk
|6–2, 6–2
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>4–5</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Tampere, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Clay
| Tuomas Ketola
| Doug Bohaboy <br> Nick Rainey
|4–6, 2–6
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>4–6</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Jersey, United Kingdom
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Henri Kontinen
| Frederik Nielsen <br> Joseph Sirianni
|5–7, 6–3, [2–10]
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>4–7</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Henri Kontinen
| Rohan Bopanna <br> Aisam Qureshi
|2–6, 6–7<sup>(7–9)</sup>
|-
|bgcolor=FFA07A|Loss
|<small>4–8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Henri Kontinen
| Dustin Brown <br> Martin Emmrich
|6–7<sup>(17–19)</sup>, 6–0, [7–10]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>5–8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Henri Kontinen
| Dustin Brown <br> Philipp Marx
|7–5, 5–7, [10–5]
|-
|bgcolor=98FB98|Win
|<small>6–8</small>
|
|style="background:moccasin;"|Helsinki, Finland
|style="background:moccasin;"|Challenger
|Hard
| Henri Kontinen
| Jonathan Marray <br> Philipp Petzschner
|7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–4
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Junior Grand Slam finals
Singles: 1 (1 title)
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!style="width:40px;"|Year
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|style="background:#98fb98;"|Win||1999||US Open||Hard|| Kristian Pless||6–7, 6–3, 6–4
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Doubles: 1 (1 runner-up)
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|style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss||1999||Wimbledon||Grass|| Todor Enev|| Guillermo Coria <br/> David Nalbandian||5–7, 4–6
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Performance timelines
Singles
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|align=left|Australian Open
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|17–14
|54.84
|-
|align=left|French Open
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|4R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|13–12
|52.00
|-
|align=left|Wimbledon
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|14–12
|53.85
|-
|align=left|US Open
|Q3
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|10–14
|41.67
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!3–4
!8–4
!1–2
!7–4
!6–4
!5–4
!9–4
!1–2
!2–4
!0–4
!3–4
!3–4
!3–4
!3–4
!54–52
!50.94
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|ATP Masters Series
|-
|align=left|Indian Wells Masters
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|12–12
|50.00
|-
|align=left| Miami Masters
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|4R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|11–13
|45.83
|-
|align=left|Monte Carlo Masters
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|Q1
|9–9
|50.00
|-
|align=left|Rome Masters
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|Q2
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|5–7
|41.67
|-
|align=left| Madrid Masters
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|Q1
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|A
|4–6
|40.00
|-
|align=left|Canada Masters
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|5–8
|38.46
|-
|align=left| Cincinnati Masters
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|Q2
|Q1
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|6–7
|46.15
|-
|align=left|Shanghai Masters
|colspan=8 style=color:#767676|Not Masters Series
|A
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|0–2
|00.00
|-
|align=left| Paris Masters
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|Q2
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|Q2
|A
|5–8
|38.46
|-
|align=left|Hamburg Masters
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|colspan=7 style=color:#767676|Not Masters Series
|6–4
|60.00
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!0–0
!6–5
!7–9
!1–2
!2–3
!12–9
!9–9
!3–9
!2–2
!1–3
!4–5
!1–6
!8–8
!5–4
!2–2
!63–76
!45.32
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|Career statistics
|-
!style=text-align:left|Titles–Finals
!0–1
!0–2
!0–1
!0–0
!0–0
!1–2
!0–1
!0–1
!0–1
!0–1
!0–1
!1–1
!0–1
!0–0
!0–0
!2–13
!15.38
|-
|align=left|Year End Ranking
|61
|40
|36
|77
|28
|15
|27
|37
|88
|39
|77
|41
|39
|73
|153
!colspan=2|$7,743,345
|}
Doubles
{|class=wikitable style=text-align:center;font-size:97%
!Tournament!!2003!!2004!!2005!!2006!!2007!!2008!!2009!!2010!!2011!!2012!!2013!!2014!!2015!!W–L!!Win %
|-
|colspan=20 align=left|Grand Slam tournaments
|-
|align=left|Australian Open
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|11–11
|50.00
|-
|align=left|French Open
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|3–9
|25.00
|-
|align=left|Wimbledon
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|1–8
|11.11
|-
|align=left|US Open
|A
|A
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|A
|8–10
|44.44
|-
!style=text-align:left|Win–loss
!1–3
!0–0
!1–1
!3–4
!2–4
!5–3
!2–2
!5–4
!1–4
!0–4
!1–3
!2–4
!0–2
!23–38
!37.70
|}
Best Grand Slam results details
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!
!colspan=2 style="background:#ffc;"| Australian Open
|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#ffc;"|2008 Australian Open (24th Seed)
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
| Frank Dancevic
|6–3, 6–1, 5–7, 2–6, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
| Jesse Levine (WC)
|6–2, 7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
| Mardy Fish
|3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|4R
| Philipp Kohlschreiber (29)
|3–6, 7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 7–6<sup>(11–9)</sup>, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| Rafael Nadal (2)
|5–7, 3–6, 1–6
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!
!colspan=2 style="background:#ebc2af;"|French Open
|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#ebc2af;"|2003 French Open (30th Seed)
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
| Nicolas Escudé
|7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>, 6–3, 6–1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
| Julien Varlet (Q)
|1–6, 1–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–2, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
| Victor Hănescu (Q)
|6–7<sup>(1–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–2, 3–6, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|4R
| Fernando González (19)
|3–6, 3–6, 2–6
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!
!colspan=2 style="background:#cfc;"|Wimbledon Championships
|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#cfc;"|2006 Wimbledon (22nd Seed)
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
| Marcos Daniel
|6–2, 6–4, 7–5
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
| Martin Lee (WC)
|6–4, 6–0, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
| Philipp Kohlschreiber
|1–6, 6–2, 6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|4R
| Dmitry Tursunov (27)
|7–5, 6–4, 6–7<sup>(2–7)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 9–7
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| Rafael Nadal (2)
|3–6, 4–6, 4–6
|}
{|class="wikitable collapsible collapsed"
|-
!
!colspan=2 style="background:#ccf;"|US Open
|-
!colspan=3 style="background:#ccf;"|2005 US Open
|-
!Round
!width=225|Opponent
!width=200|Score
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|1R
| Karol Beck
|6–4, 2–6, 7–5, 0–6, 7–5
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|2R
| Björn Phau
|6–2, 6–4, 5–7, 6–4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|3R
| Max Mirnyi (30)
|6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 3–6, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#afeeee;"|4R
| Fernando Verdasco
|6–2, 7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:#ffebcd;"|QF
| Lleyton Hewitt (3)
|6–2, 1–6, 6–3, 3–6, 1–6
|}
Record against top 10 players
Nieminen's record against those who have been ranked in the top 10, with active players in boldface.
{|class="wikitable sortable" style=text-align:center
!Player
!Years
!
!width=40 data-sort-type="number"|Record
!Win%
!width=35 data-sort-type="number"|Hard
!width=35 data-sort-type="number"|Grass
!width=35 data-sort-type="number"|Clay
!width=35|Carpet
!Last match
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 1 ranked players|| colspan="9" |
|-
|align=left| Andre Agassi
|2003–05
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|0–1
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–5, 4–6, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–1, 6–0) at 2005 French Open 1R
|-
|align=left| Novak Djokovic
|2006–15
|7
|1–6
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|0–1
|0–3
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 2–6, 3–6) at 2015 Wimbledon 2R
|-
|align=left| Roger Federer
|2002–15
|15
|0–15
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–10
|0–1
|0–3
|0–1
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 5–7) at 2015 Istanbul 2R
|-
|align=left| Juan Carlos Ferrero
|2002–10
|5
|1–4
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|0–1
|–
|1–3
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2010 Hamburg 3R
|-
|align=left| Lleyton Hewitt
|2002–15
|6
|1–5
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|0–3
|1–0
|0–1
|0–1
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (3–6, 6–3, 4–6, 6–0, 11–9) at 2015 Wimbledon 1R
|-
|align=left| Yevgeny Kafelnikov
|2003
|4
|3–1
|bgcolor=#98fb98|
|1–0
|–
|2–0
|0–1
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 0–1 ret.) at 2003 Munich SF
|-
|align=left| Carlos Moyá
|2003–05
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–0
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 7–5, 2–6) at 2005 Barcelona 2R
|-
|align=left| Andy Murray
|2006–12
|5
|0–5
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–2
|0–2
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2012 Summer Olympics 2R
|-
|align=left| Rafael Nadal
|2005–14
|8
|0–8
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|0–1
|0–6
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2014 Madrid 3R
|-
|align=left| Marcelo Ríos
|2002
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|–
|1–0
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>) at 2002 Moscow 1R
|-
|align=left| Andy Roddick
|2010
|2
|0–2
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (1–6, 4–6) at 2010 Paris 2R
|-
|align=left| Marat Safin
|2002–07
|8
|2–6
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–4
|–
|1–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (7–5, 3–6, 2–6) at 2007 Monte Carlo 1R
|-
|align=left| Pete Sampras
|2002
|2
|0–2
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–4, 3–6, 2–6) at 2002 Miami 2R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 2 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Àlex Corretja
|2003
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 6–0) at 2003 Rotterdam 1R
|-
|align=left| Tommy Haas
|2002–13
|4
|1–3
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, 8–6) at 2013 Australian Open 1R
|-
|align=left| Goran Ivanišević
|2002
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 3–6) at 2002 Auckland 1R
|-
|align=left| Magnus Norman
|2002
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–5, 6–2) at 2002 Amersfoort 2R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 3 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Marin Čilić
|2008–12
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–0
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 3–6, 6–2) at 2012 Delray Beach 1R
|-
|align=left| Guillermo Coria
|2003
|2
|0–2
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2003 Hamburg 2R
|-
|align=left| Nikolay Davydenko
|2003–13
|7
|3–4
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|2–2
|–
|1–2
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>) at 2013 Montpellier 2R
|-
|align=left| Juan Martín del Potro
|2008–13
|5
|1–4
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|0–4
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>) at 2013 Monte Carlo 3R
|-
|align=left| Grigor Dimitrov
|2009
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–0, 6–2) at 2009 Stockholm 1R
|-
|align=left| David Ferrer
|2011
|3
|1–2
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–1
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 3–6, 1–6) at 2011 French Open 1R
|-
|align=left| Ivan Ljubičić
|2007–10
|2
|0–2
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–4, 3–6, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>) at 2010 Montpellier QF
|-
|align=left| David Nalbandian
|2002–13
|13
|5–8
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|5–6
|–
|0–2
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (2–6, 6–4, 6–3) at 2013 Miami 1R
|-
|align=left| Milos Raonic
|2012–13
|2
|2–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 1–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>) at 2013 Monte Carlo 2R
|-
|align=left| Dominic Thiem
|2011–14
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2014 Rotterdam 1R
|-
|align=left| Stan Wawrinka
|2009–15
|3
|1–2
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 2–6, 4–6) at 2015 Australian Open 3R
|-
|align=left| Alexander Zverev
|2015
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|–
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 4–6) at 2015 Halle 1R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 4 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Tomáš Berdych
|2007–13
|8
|1–7
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–4
|0–1
|0–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2013 Cincinnati 2R
|-
|align=left| Jonas Björkman
|2000
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 7–5, 3–6) at 2000 Stockholm 1R
|-
|align=left| James Blake
|2003–11
|8
|2–6
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|2–6
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 5–7, 6–2) at 2011 Stockholm SF
|-
|align=left| Thomas Enqvist
|2001
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–3) at 2001 Stockholm SF
|-
|align=left| Sébastien Grosjean
|2002–06
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|0–1
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2006 Rome 1R
|-
|align=left| Tim Henman
|2005
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|–
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>, 4–6, 5–7, 2–6) at 2005 Wimbledon 1R
|-
|align=left| Kei Nishikori
|2014
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 6–4, 2–6) at 2014 Kuala Lumpur SF
|-
|align=left| Nicolas Kiefer
|2008
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 2–6) at 2008 Miami 2R
|-
|align=left| Richard Krajicek
|2002–03
|2
|2–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|1–0
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(9–7)</sup>, 7–5) at 2003 Milan QF
|-
|align=left| Todd Martin
|2002–04
|2
|0–2
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 7–5, 5–7) at 2004 Miami 2R
|-
|align=left| Greg Rusedski
|2003–06
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–0
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(7–2)</sup>, 6–4) at 2006 New Haven 2R
|-
|align=left| Robin Söderling
|2008
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 7–5, 5–7) at 2008 Marseille 1R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 5 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Kevin Anderson
|2008–13
|4
|0–4
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–4
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 1–6) at 2013 Indian Wells 3R
|-
|align=left| Gastón Gaudio
|2002–03
|3
|0–3
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–1
|–
|0–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–3, 5–7, 2–6) at 2003 Madrid 1R
|-
|align=left| Fernando González
|2003–08
|6
|1–5
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|–
|0–3
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>, 1–6) at 2008 US Open 3R
|-
|align=left| Jiří Novák
|2005
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (2–6, 6–2, 7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>) at 2005 Stuttgart 3R
|-
|align=left| Tommy Robredo
|2002–12
|8
|1–7
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–4
|–
|0–2
|0–1
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 4–6) at 2012 Tokyo 1R
|-
|align=left| Andrey Rublev
|2015
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|–
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>) at 2015 Geneva 1R
|-
|align=left| Rainer Schüttler
|2002–09
|9
|5–4
|bgcolor=#98FB98|
|3–4
|–
|2–0
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–4, 2–6, 3–6) at 2009 Miami 2R
|-
|align=left| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
|2008–15
|8
|2–6
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|2–5
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 1–6, 1–6) at 2015 US Open 1R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 6 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Albert Costa
|2004
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–2, 6–1) at 2004 Rotterdam 2R
|-
|align=left| Karol Kučera
|2003–05
|2
|2–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|2–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–1, 3–1 ret.) at 2005 Bangkok 1R
|-
|align=left| Nicolás Lapentti
|2002
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>) at 2002 French Open 1R
|-
|align=left| Gaël Monfils
|2011–14
|4
|0–4
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–4
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 6–3, 1–6) at 2014 Montpellier SF
|-
|align=left| Gilles Simon
|2006–13
|5
|2–3
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–1
|–
|1–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–4, 4–6, 4–6) at 2013 Bucharest 2R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 7 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Mario Ančić
|2005–06
|3
|3–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|2–0
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–5, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>) at 2006 Rotterdam 1R
|-
|align=left| Mardy Fish
|2008–13
|2
|2–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|2–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–5, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 3–2 ret.) at 2013 Winston-Salem 2R
|-
|align=left| Richard Gasquet
|2006–13
|6
|1–5
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–5
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 6–3, 2–6) at 2013 Montpellier SF
|-
|align=left| David Goffin
|2013–14
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (4–6, 6–4, 4–6) at 2014 Winston-Salem 3R
|-
|align=left| Thomas Johansson
|2001–08
|3
|1–2
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–4, 4–6, 4–6) at 2008 Summer Olympics 1R
|-
|align=left| Fernando Verdasco
|2003–14
|8
|3–5
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|2–5
|1–0
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2014 Stockholm 2R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 8 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Marcos Baghdatis
|2006–09
|6
|3–3
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|3–2
|–
|0–1
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 3–6, 6–3, 4–6) at 2009 Davis Cup 3R
|-
|align=left| Guillermo Cañas
|2007
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 3–6, 7–5) at 2007 Basel 2R
|-
|align=left| John Isner
|2007–14
|5
|0–5
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–4
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–7<sup>(17–19)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 5–7) at 2014 Wimbledon 2R
|-
|align=left| Jürgen Melzer
|2003–10
|4
|4–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|2–0
|–
|1–0
|1–0
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>) at 2010 Bangkok QF
|-
|align=left| Mark Philippoussis
|2006
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>) at 2006 Miami 2R
|-
|align=left| Radek Štěpánek
|2003–12
|8
|4–4
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|2–2
|–
|2–2
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–3, 6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–5)</sup>) at 2012 Monte Carlo 1R
|-
|align=left| Janko Tipsarević
|2006
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|–
|1–0
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–5, 6–2) at 2006 St. Petersburg 1R
|-
|align=left| Mikhail Youzhny
|2006–13
|5
|1–4
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|1–2
|0–1
|–
|0–1
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 4–6) at 2013 Valencia QF
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 9 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Nicolás Almagro
|2005–15
|6
|1–5
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|0–2
|0–1
|1–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–3, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 4–6) at 2015 Stockholm 1R
|-
|align=left| Roberto Bautista Agut
|2013–14
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|0–1
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 6–4, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>) at 2014 Indian Wells 3R
|-
|align=left| Fabio Fognini
|2009–14
|2
|1–1
|bgcolor=#99ccff|
|1–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 4–6, 6–3, 2–6) at 2014 Australian Open 2R
|-
|align=left| Joachim Johansson
|2006
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|1–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (7–6<sup>(10–8)</sup>, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–3) at 2006 Stockholm SF
|-
|align=left| Nicolás Massú
|2004–06
|4
|3–1
|bgcolor=#98fb98|
|3–1
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (3–6, 4–6) at 2006 New Haven 3R
|-
|align=left| Mariano Puerta
|2005
|1
|1–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|–
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–1)</sup>) at 2005 Sopot 1R
|-
|align=left| Marc Rosset
|2003
|1
|0–1
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|–
|0–1
|–
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (5–7, 5–7) at 2003 London 2R
|-
|align=left| Paradorn Srichaphan
|2002–06
|5
|3–2
|bgcolor=#98fb98|
|2–2
|–
|1–0
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (6–7<sup>(3–7)</sup>, 6–3, 5–7) at 2006 Indian Wells QF
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|align=left|Number 10 ranked players||colspan=9|
|-
|align=left| Arnaud Clément
|2003–08
|2
|2–0
|bgcolor=lime|
|2–0
|–
|–
|–
|bgcolor=ccffc align=left|Won (6–4, 6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–2) at 2008 Stockholm 2R
|-
|align=left| Ernests Gulbis
|2008–13
|5
|0–5
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|
|0–3
|–
|0–2
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (2–6, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>) at 2013 Rome 1R
|-
|align=left| Juan Mónaco
|2006–15
|7
|3–4
|bgcolor=FFECB2|
|3–0
|–
|0–4
|–
|bgcolor=eee8AA align=left|Lost (1–6, 6–7<sup>(4–7)</sup>) at 2015 Rio de Janeiro 2R
|-bgcolor=efefef class="sortbottom"
|Total
|2000–15
|291
|96–195
|
|67–125 <br><small>()</small>
|2–14 <br><small>()</small>
|23–51 <br><small>()</small>
|4–5 <br><small>()</small>
|* Statistics correct .
|}
Top 10 wins
Singles
- He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Type
! scope="col" |2000
! scope="col" |2001
! scope="col" |2002
! scope="col" |2003
! scope="col" |2004
! scope="col" |2005
! scope="col" |2006
! scope="col" |2007
! scope="col" |2008
! scope="col" |2009
! scope="col" |2010
! scope="col" |2011
! scope="col" |2012
! scope="col" |2013
! scope="col" |2014
! scope="col" |2015
! scope="col" |Total
|-align=center
! Wins
| 0 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 0 || 11
|}
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!#
!width=150|Player
!Rank
!width=250|Event
!Surface
!Rd
!width=200|Score
!
|-
! colspan=8|2002
|-
|1.
| Marat Safin
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|Estoril, Portugal
|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|4–6, 7–5, 6–3
|66
|-
! colspan=8|2003
|-
|2.
| Paradorn Srichaphan
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|10
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Rome, Italy
|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–1, 6–2
|35
|-
|3.
| Carlos Moyá
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6
|Bangkok, Thailand
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|6–7<sup>(5–7)</sup>, 6–4, 6–4
|37
|-
! colspan=8|2004
|-
|4.
| David Nalbandian
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8
|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Dubai, United Arab Emirates
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–3, 6–4
|34
|-
! colspan=8|2005
|-
|5.
| Andre Agassi
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|bgcolor=f3e6d7|French Open, Paris, France
|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|7–5, 4–6, 6–7<sup>(6–8)</sup>, 6–1, 6–0
|95
|-
! colspan=8|2007
|-
|6.
| Tommy Robredo
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Cincinnati, United States
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|6–4, 6–1
|28
|-
|7.
| Fernando González
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8
|Basel, Switzerland
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|6–3, 7–5
|29
|-
! colspan=8|2009
|-
|align=center| -
| Jo-Wilfried Tsonga
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6
|Sydney, Australia
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|Walkover
|40
|-
|8.
| Novak Djokovic
|bgcolor=99ccff|3
|Sydney, Australia
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=yellow|SF
|6–4, 7–6<sup>(7–3)</sup>
|40
|-
! colspan=8|2010
|-
|9.
| Tomáš Berdych
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6
|Stockholm, Sweden
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|6–1, 6–4
|45
|-
! colspan=8|2011
|-
|10.
| David Ferrer
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6
|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Rotterdam, Netherlands
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–3, 6–4
|43
|-
! colspan=8|2013
|-
|11.
| Juan Martín del Potro
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Monte Carlo, Monaco
|bgcolor=#ebc2af|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|6–4, 4–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>
|49
|}
Doubles
- He has a record against players who were, at the time the match was played, ranked in the top 10.
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" |Type
! scope="col" |2003
! scope="col" |2004
! scope="col" |2005
! scope="col" |2006
! scope="col" |2007
! scope="col" |2008
! scope="col" |2009
! scope="col" |2010
! scope="col" |2011
! scope="col" |2012
! scope="col" |2013
! scope="col" |Total
|-align=center
! Wins
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
! 12
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Opponents
!Rank
!width=290|Event
!Surface
!width=25|Rd
!Score
!Partner
!
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2003
|-
|1.
| Yevgeny Kafelnikov<br> David Prinosil
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|9<br>41
|Munich, Germany
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|6–1 ret.
| Paradorn Srichaphan
|120
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2007
|-
|2.
| Bob Bryan<br> Mike Bryan
|bgcolor=99CCFF|3<br>3
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Indian Wells, United States
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–4, 6–4
| Robert Lindstedt
|73
|-
|3.
| Fabrice Santoro<br> Nenad Zimonjić
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|11<br>9
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Monte-Carlo, Monaco
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|3–6, 6–0, [10–8]
| Andrei Pavel
|66
|-
|4.
| Jonas Björkman<br> Max Mirnyi
|bgcolor=99CCFF|4<br>3
|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
|bgcolor=CCFFCC|Grass
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|2–6, 7–6<sup>(7–4)</sup>, 7–5, 6–3
| Robert Lindstedt
|54
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2008
|-
|5.
| Simon Aspelin<br> Julian Knowle
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|8<br>6
|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Australian Open, Australia
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–4, 4–6, 6–2
| Robert Lindstedt
|46
|-
|6.
| Jonathan Erlich<br> Andy Ram
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|6<br>6
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Rome, Italy
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay
|bgcolor=afeeee|2R
|7–6<sup>(8–6)</sup>, 6–3
| Jordan Kerr
|61
|-
|7.
| Daniel Nestor<br> Nenad Zimonjić
|bgcolor=lime|1<br>4
|bgcolor=f3e6d7|US Open, New York, United States
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|3R
|6–4, 6–7<sup>(11–13)</sup>, 6–2
| Robert Lindstedt
|77
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2009
|-
|8.
| Bob Bryan<br> Mike Bryan
|bgcolor=lime|1<br>1
|San Jose, United States
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|6–4, 4–6, [10–5]
| Rohan Bopanna
|80
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2010
|-
|9.
| Mahesh Bhupathi<br> Max Mirnyi
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7<br>11
|bgcolor=f3e6d7|Australian Open, Australia
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–4, 6–4
| Michael Kohlmann
|128
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2011
|-
|10.
| Michaël Llodra<br> Nenad Zimonjić
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|18<br>4
|bgcolor=e9e9e9|Rome, Italy
|bgcolor=EBC2AF|Clay
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|6–4, 6–3
| Carlos Berlocq
|112
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2012
|-
|11.
| Max Mirnyi<br> Daniel Nestor
|bgcolor=99CCFF|3<br>3
|Sydney, Australia
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard
|bgcolor=ffebcd|QF
|0–6, 6–4, [10–4]
| Matthew Ebden
|156
|-
|colspan=9 style=text-align:center|2013
|-
|12.
| Marcel Granollers<br> Marc López
|bgcolor=EEE8AA|7<br>6
|bgcolor=d4f1c5|Valencia, Spain
|bgcolor=CCCCFF|Hard (i)
|bgcolor=afeeee|1R
|6–2, 3–6, [10–6]
| Dmitry Tursunov
|116
|}
Records
- These records were attained in the Open Era of tennis.
{|class=wikitable
|- style="background:#efefef;"
|Tournament||Year||Record accomplished||Player tied
|-
|Sony Open Tennis
|2014
|Won the shortest recorded tennis match in Open Era history (28m20s)||Stands alone
|}
References
External links
- Jarkko Nieminen's official website
- Nieminen World ranking history