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Pekka Säilä
Country (sports) Finland
Born20 December 1941
Helsinki, Finland
Died7 December 2009(2009-12-07) (aged 67)
Helsinki, Finland
Turned pro1962 (amateur tour)
Singles
Career record4–9
Highest rankingNo. 272 (14 Jun 1976)
Grand Slam singles results
Wimbledon3R (1967)
Doubles
Career record1–2
Mixed doubles
Grand Slam mixed doubles results
Wimbledon3R (1966)

Pekka Säilä (20 December 1941 – 7 December 2009) was a tennis player from Finland.[1]

Tennis career[edit]

Säilä made his debut for the Finland Davis Cup team during the 1962 Europe Zone second round tie against Czechoslovakia. During his sixteen-year Davis Cup career, he played in twenty-three Davis Cup singles rubbers, seven of which he won, and he also played in thirteen doubles rubbers, with two wins.[2]

During 1967, Säilä was recruited to attend college in the United States at Oral Roberts UniversityinTulsa, Oklahoma. He played for the university tennis team and graduated in 1970.[3]

Säilä participated at the Wimbledon Championships on two occasions, with a best result of reaching the third round in 1967, before losing to the British player, Roger Taylor.[4]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Pekka Saila| Player Stats | ATP Tour | Tennis". ATP Tour. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  • ^ "Davis Cup - Players". www.daviscup.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  • ^ "Oracle (May 1970)". digitalshowcase. 15 May 1970. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
  • ^ "Wimbledon – Pekka Saila". www.wimbledon.com. Retrieved 2020-05-13.
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