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Matti Timonen

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Matti Timonen
Country (sports) Finland
Born (1953-10-10) 10 October 1953 (age 71)
Singles
Career record1–5
Highest rankingNo. 257 (8 Apr 1975)
Grand Slam singles results
WimbledonQ2 (1975)

Matti Timonen (born 10 October 1953) is a Finnish former professional tennis player.[1]

Timonen won 24 national championships, including three outdoor and five indoor singles titles.[2] On the professional tour, he was ranked as high as 257 in the world and had a second round appearance at the 1975 New Zealand Open, where he lost in five sets to the fourth-seeded Syd Ball. He played for the Finland Davis Cup team from 1972 to 1982, featuring in 35 rubbers. In 1980 he won a singles rubber over France's Pascal Portes.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ "Finnish Net Title To Matti Timonen". The Daily Oklahoman. 14 August 1978. p. 16.
  2. ^ "Suomen mestarit". Suomen Tennisliitto (in Finnish).
  3. ^ "M-D-C-1980-EUR-B-M-FRA-FIN-01". Daviscup.com.
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