Piia Suomalainen

Piia Suomalainen

Country (sports)	Finland
Born	(1984-07-09) 9 July 1984 (age 39) Helsinki
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Plays	Right (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$68,858
Singles
Career record	273–225 (54.8%)
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 356 (10 October 2011)
Doubles
Career record	49–36
Career titles	5 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 524 (15 January 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	37–34

Piia Suomalainen (born 9 July 1984) is a Finnish former tennis player.

In her career, Suomalainen won five singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 10 October 2011, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 356. On 15 January 2007, she peaked at No. 524 in the doubles rankings.

Since her debut for the Finland Fed Cup team in 2002, Suomalainen has a 37–34 record in Fed Cup competition.

ITF finals

Singles (5–8)

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	1.	27 November 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Margit Rüütel	5–7, 0–6
Runner-up	2.	16 July 2006	Birkerød, Denmark	Clay	Anne Schäfer	4–6, 2–6
Runner-up	3.	20 August 2006	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Eva Fernández Brugués	4–6, 6–3, 2–6
Runner-up	4.	19 November 2006	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Martina Pavelec	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	5.	19 August 2007	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Marcella Koek	7–5, 4–6, 5–7
Runner-up	6.	24 October 2009	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Irina Ramialison	5–7, 2–6
Runner-up	7.	27 June 2010	Cleveland, United States	Clay	Madison Keys	2–6, 4–6
Runner-up	8.	8 August 2010	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Ulrikke Eikeri	5–7, 4–6
Winner	1.	7 November 2010	Manila, Philippines	Hard	Luksika Kumkhum	6–3, 6–3
Winner	2.	31 July 2011	Tampere Open, Finland	Clay	Dinah Pfizenmaier	7–5, 6–0
Winner	3.	20 May 2012	Landisville, United States	Hard	Elizabeth Lumpkin	7–6(7–4), 6–1
Winner	4.	5 August 2012	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Laëtitia Sarrazin	3–6, 6–3, 6–3
Winner	5.	24 July 2016	Tampere Open, Finland	Clay	Emma Laine	0–6, 6–2, 6–3

Doubles (5–3)

Result	No.	Date	Tier	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Loss	1.	11 March 2006	10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Nadja Roma	Carmen Klaschka Korina Perkovic	2–6, 3–6
Win	1.	19 August 2006	10,000	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Katariina Tuohimaa	Davinia Lobbinger Alise Vaidere	7–5, 6–3
Loss	2.	4 November 2006	10,000	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Katariina Tuohimaa	Diana Eriksson Hanne Skak Jensen	w/o
Win	2.	18 November 2006	10,000	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katariina Tuohimaa	Laura Haberkorn Martina Pavelec	6–3, 6–4
Win	3.	3 August 2007	10,000	Tampere, Finland	Clay	Katariina Tuohimaa	Hanne Skak Jensen Marcella Koek	6–2, 6–4
Win	4.	23 October 2009	10,000	Pretoria, South Africa	Hard	Sina Haas	Lucia Kovarčíková Zuzana Linhová	7–6(7–2), 6–2
Loss	3.	27 July 2013	10,000	Tampere Open, Finland	Clay	Emma Laine	Julia Wachaczyk Nina Zander	4–6, 4–6
Win	5.	3 August 2013	10,000	Savitaipale, Finland	Clay	Emma Laine	Anastasiya Komardina Akvilė Paražinskaitė	6–4, 6–4

External links

• Piia Suomalainen at the Women's Tennis Association
• Piia Suomalainen at the International Tennis Federation
• Piia Suomalainen at the Billie Jean King Cup

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