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Tapio Nurminen

FIN Age 50 Plays: Right-Handed ATP Tour years active: 1998–1998

Tapio Nurminen represented Finland on the ATP Tour and reached a career-high ranking of No. 212. In TennisDB's records, Tapio Nurminen finished with a career record of 0–1 and no singles titles.

Peak ranking

212 (Aug 17, 1998)

Elo peak

1500 (3rd percentile)

Career record

0–1 (0.0%)

Career titles

Prize money

$67,872

Records cover recorded main-draw singles results in TennisDB's ATP event archive, including credited walkovers; qualifying is shown separately below.

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ATP Matches full match log →

Tapio Nurminen's recent, live, and scheduled ATP matches
Opponent	Score	Result	H2H	Match Data	Date	Round	Tournament	Category	Surface
Ricardo Mello #180	4-6 4-6	L	H2H	Match data	Aug 27, 2001	Q1 Q	US Open	Grand Slam	Hard
Martin Sinner #98	2-6 6-4 3-6	L	H2H	Match data	Apr 30, 1998*	R32	Prague	ATP 250	Clay

Qualifying matches are shown here but excluded from main-draw summaries and leaderboards.

Rivals all rivalries →

Tapio Nurminen's most-played ATP rivals
Opponent	W	L	M	Last Played	H2H
Martin Sinner	0	1	1	Apr 30, 1998	H2H

Career Results

Tapio Nurminen career results by season
Season	Age	Type	L	M	Win %	Start Rank	End Rank
1998	22	ATP	1	1	0.0%	345	260
2001	25	Qualifying Q	1	1	0.0%	—	—
Career		—	1	1	0.0%	—	—

Career Results by Surface

Tapio Nurminen career results by season and surface
Season	Age	Type	Hard				Clay				Grass				Total
Season	Age	Type	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	22	ATP	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
2001	25	Qualifying Q	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career	—	—	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	—	—	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%

Career Results by Opponent Rank

Tapio Nurminen career results by season and opponent rank
Season	Age	1-10				11-30				31-100				100+				Total
Season	Age	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %	W	L	M	Win %
1998	22	0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%
Career		0	0	—	—	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%	0	0	—	—	0	1	1	0.0%

Performance Stats

Tapio Nurminen performance statistics by season
Season	Age	Sample	Aces/M	DFs/M	1st Sv%	1st Sv Pts%	2nd Sv Pts%	BP Saved%	BP Conv%	Svc Pts%	Ret Pts%
1998	22	1/1	4.0	3.0	62.8%	61.1%	40.6%	50.0%	33.3%	53.5%	35.9%
Career		1/1	4.0	3.0	62.8%	61.1%	40.6%	50.0%	33.3%	53.5%	35.9%

Advanced Stats

Tapio Nurminen advanced statistics by season
Season	Age	Elo	P+	Serve+	Return+	PD	TPW%	Hard Elo	Clay Elo	Grass Elo	Set Win %	Set Margin	Dec. Set	Tiebreak	Pressure+	Schedule
1998	22	1488	98.1	-2.59	-2.67	0.772	45.1%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+0.04
2001	25	1473	98.3	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Career		1500	98.2	-2.59	-2.67	0.772	45.1%	—	—	—	33.3%	-1.67	0–1	—	—	+4.00

Tournament Results by Category

Grand Slams

Tapio Nurminen Grand Slams results by season
Season	Age	USO	W-L Win %
2001	25	Q1	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

ATP 250

Tapio Nurminen ATP 250 results by season
Season	Age	PRA	W-L Win %
1998	22	R32	0–1 (0%)
W-L		0–1 (0%)	0–1 (0%)

Results show the best round reached per tournament and season.

ATP Ranking History full ranking history →

Career high

212

Career-high date

Aug 17, 1998

First Top 100

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First Top 50

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First Top 20

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First Top 10

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Ranking History Matrix

Tapio Nurminen ranking history by month and season
Season	Age	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1993	17	—	—	—	—	—	—	1152	1177	1159	1170	1192	1178
1994	18	1188	1183	1179	1158	1175	788	555	549	542	531	528	531
1995	19	518	517	519	517	517	512	548	569	569	491	507	507
1996	20	496	500	501	499	511	527	549	483	495	558	514	515
1997	21	527	530	530	526	543	589	590	450	442	436	356	345
1998	22	345	321	321	320	286	287	239	262	246	243	256	260
1999	23	261	266	267	266	271	263	313	361	377	439	425	368
2000	24	392	389	409	402	424	418	387	394	387	347	346	334
2001	25	327	333	329	329	281	262	278	284	292	306	320	369
2002	26	374	373	379	348	439	547	549	547	611	659	691	689
2003	27	691	683	880	1017	1018	1021	925	1008	1031	1037	1029	1045
2004	28	1046	1035	1046	1053	1046	1041	1448	—	—	—	—	—

Similar Players

Other ATP players with comparable peak level, era, career record, and career scale.

Tapio Nurminen's most statistically similar ATP players
Player	Country	Peak Rank	Peak Elo	M	W	L	Win %	Years	Match Log
Mahesh Bhupathi	IND	217	1,500	16	2	14	12.5%	1995–2002	Match log
Charles Auffray	FRA	191	1,505	7	1	6	14.3%	1996–1999	Match log
Andy Zingman	ARG	214	1,505	4	1	3	25.0%	1996–1999	Match log
Joshua Eagle	AUS	219	1,526	15	3	12	20.0%	1993–2001	Match log
Jaymon Crabb	AUS	181	1,506	9	1	8	11.1%	1997–2004	Match log
Bobby Kokavec	CAN	232	1,509	5	1	4	20.0%	1994–1999	Match log
Luke Milligan	GBR	217	1,570	10	3	7	30.0%	1996–2001	Match log
Fabio Maggi	ITA	202	1,528	6	2	4	33.3%	1996–1998	Match log
Alexander Reichel	USA	204	1,549	11	3	8	27.3%	1991–2004	Match log
Satoshi Iwabuchi	JPN	223	1,500	20	4	16	20.0%	1993–2008	Match log
Petr Luxa	CZE	150	1,500	21	1	20	4.8%	1995–2003	Match log
Jordi Mas	ESP	199	1,500	4	1	3	25.0%	1992–1998	Match log

Frequently Asked Questions

How old is Tapio Nurminen?: Tapio Nurminen is 50 years old, born on October 12, 1975.
Which country does Tapio Nurminen represent?: Tapio Nurminen represents Finland in TennisDB's ATP records.
Is Tapio Nurminen left-handed or right-handed?: Tapio Nurminen plays right-handed.
How many Grand Slams has Tapio Nurminen won?: Tapio Nurminen has not won a Grand Slam title.
How many Masters 1000 titles has Tapio Nurminen won?: TennisDB does not group any of Tapio Nurminen's titles under the modern Masters 1000 category.
What is Tapio Nurminen's highest ATP ranking?: Tapio Nurminen's career-high ATP singles ranking is world No. 212, first achieved on August 17, 1998.
What is Tapio Nurminen's career win-loss record?: Tapio Nurminen has a career ATP singles record of 0 wins and 1 losses (0.0%).
How much career prize money has Tapio Nurminen earned?: Tapio Nurminen has earned at least $67,872 in career prize money from professional tennis.
Which seasons of Tapio Nurminen's career appear in TennisDB?: Tapio Nurminen appears in TennisDB's ATP main-tour match records in 1998.
Who has Tapio Nurminen faced most often?: Tapio Nurminen's most frequent opponent is Martin Sinner, with a head-to-head record of 0–1 across 1 meeting.