Emma Johanna Laine (born 26 March 1986) is a former tennis player from Finland.

Emma Laine
Full nameEmma Johanna Laine
Country (sports) Finland
Born (1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 38)
Karlstad, Sweden
Height1.64 m (5 ft 5 in)
Retired2019
PlaysLeft-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$506,301
Singles
Career record293–206
Career titles11 ITF
Highest ranking50 (7 August 2006)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open2R (2006)
French Open2R (2006)
Wimbledon1R (2006)
US Open2R (2005, 2006)
Doubles
Career record320–172
Career titles44 ITF
Highest ranking64 (30 October 2006)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2007)
French Open2R (2006, 2007)
Wimbledon3R (2006)
US Open2R (2006)
Team competitions
Fed Cup56–21

Laine won 11 singles and 44 doubles titles on the ITF Women's Circuit. On 7 August 2006, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 50. On 30 October 2006, she peaked at No. 64 in the doubles rankings.

Playing for Finland Fed Cup team, Laine has a win–loss record of 56–21.

Biography

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Emma's mother Erika was a swimmer, while her father Erkki Laine[1] was an ice hockey player, winning a silver medal at the 1988 Winter Olympics. Emma was born in Sweden because Erkki was playing there at the time. He died in 2009.

Emma was introduced to tennis at age five by her parents. She is a baseliner who prefers hardcourts. She is coached by Olli Leppänen. She travels on tour with her coach or her sister (and best friend) Essi Laine, who also is a professional player.

ITF finals

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Singles (11–10)

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Legend
$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments
Finals by surface
Hard (7–9)
Clay (3–1)
Grass (0–0)
Carpet (1–0)
Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Winner 1. 26 January 2004 Tipton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Liana Balaci 6–7(4), 6–2, 6–3
Winner 2. 22 February 2004 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i)   Nika Ožegović 7–6(6), 6–7(4), 7–6(4)
Runner-up 1. 22 March 2004 St. Petersburg, Russia Hard (i)   Anastasiya Yakimova 6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Winner 3. 5 April 2004 Torre del Greco, Italy Clay   Chanelle Scheepers 3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 2. 16 August 2004 Westende, Belgium Hard   Leslie Butkiewicz 6–7(4), 6–7(4)
Runner-up 3. 6 September 2004 Madrid, Spain Hard   Hanna Nooni 4–6, 3–6
Winner 4. 20 September 2004 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Elena Baltacha 3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up 4. 14 February 2005 Bromma, Sweden Hard (i)   Olga Savchuk 1–6, 2–6
Runner-up 5. 21 March 2005 Saint Petersburg, Russia Hard (i)   Ekaterina Bychkova 1–6, 2–6
Winner 5. 15 August 2005 Helsinki, Finland Hard   Irina Kuzmina 6–0, 6–2
Runner-up 6. 27 February 2006 Las Vegas, United States Hard   Shenay Perry 1–6, 4–6
Winner 6. 12 January 2009 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Stéphanie Vongsouthi 4–6, 6–2, 7–6(4)
Winner 7. 3 August 2009 Savitaipale, Finland Clay   Anett Schutting 7–5, 6–1
Runner-up 7. 27 September 2010 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Yuliya Beygelzimer 6–7(7), 0–6
Winner 8. 3 March 2014 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Madrie Le Roux 6–2, 6–2
Winner 9. 3 August 2014 Savitaipale, Finland Clay   Maria Sakkari 6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Winner 10. 7 September 2014 Antalya, Turkey Hard   Nungnadda Wannasuk 6–0, 6–4
Runner-up 8. 12 December 2015 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Tian Ran 2–6, 3–6
Winner 11. 26 December 2015 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Chihiro Muramatsu 6–1, 6–3
Runner-up 9. 10 July 2016 Lisbon, Portugal Hard   María José Luque Moreno 2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 10. 24 July 2016 Tampere, Finland Clay   Piia Suomalainen 6–0, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (44–22)

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Outcome No. Date Tier Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 16 February 2004 10,000 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i)   Essi Laine   Jolanda Mens
  Stefanie Weis
6–3, 6–3
Winner 2. 16 August 2004 10,000 Westende, Belgium Hard   Veronika Chvojková   Janette Bejlková
  Tatjana Malek
6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 1. 23 August 2004 10,000 Trecastagni, Italy Hard   Veronika Chvojková   Andrea Benítez
  Estefanía Craciún
3–6, 6–3, 2–6
Winner 3. 6 September 2004 25,000 Madrid, Spain Hard   Hanna Nooni   Kildine Chevalier
  Marta Fraga
6–3, 7–6(3)
Winner 4. 13 September 2004 10,000 Manchester,
United Kingdom
Hard (i)   Essi Laine   Hannah Collin
  Anna Hawkins
6–4, 6–4
Winner 5. 20 September 2004 25,000 Jersey, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Kathrin Wörle   Anousjka van Exel
  İpek Şenoğlu
1–6, 6–1, 6–1
Winner 6. 7 February 2005 25,000 Capriolo, Italy Hard (i)   Mariya Koryttseva   Klaudia Jans
  Alicja Rosolska
3–6, 6–4, 7–5
Runner-up 2. 15 August 2005 25,000 Helsinki, Finland Hard   Essi Laine   Maria Geznenge
  Stefanie Haidner
5–7, 6–2, 4–6
Runner-up 3. 27 November 2006 50,000 Milan, Italy Carpet (i)   Mariya Koryttseva   Klaudia Jans
  Alicja Rosolska
7–6(5), 5–7, 4–6
Winner 7. 7 May 2007 100,000 Rome, Italy Clay   Marta Domachowska   Maret Ani
  Caroline Maes
1–0 ret.
Winner 8. 14 May 2007 75,000 Zagreb, Croatia Clay   Ágnes Szávay   Klaudia Jans
  Alicja Rosolska
6–1, 6–2
Winner 9. 24 September 2007 25,000 Nottingham,
United Kingdom
Hard   Caroline Maes   Anna Fitzpatrick
  Ana Veselinović
3–6, 7–6(4), [10–6]
Runner-up 4. 12 May 2008 25,000 Szczecin, Poland Clay   Teodora Mirčić   Iveta Gerlová
  Tereza Hladíková
1–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 19 May 2008 25,000 Moscow, Russia Clay   Teodora Mirčić   Maria Kondratieva
  Oksana Teplyakova
7–6(5), 6–2
Runner-up 5. 23 June 2008 25,000 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay   Tamaryn Hendler   Patricia Mayr
  Lenka Tvarošková
3–6, 4–6
Winner 11. 14 July 2008 25,000 Darmstadt, Germany Clay   Heidi El Tabakh   Michelle Gerards
  Marcella Koek
6–3, 6–4
Winner 12. 18 August 2008 25,000 Westende, Belgium Hard   Debbrich Feys   Rebeca Bou Nogueiro
  Julia Parasyuk
7–5, 7–5
Winner 13. 29 September 2008 25,000 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Johanna Larsson   Patricia Mayr
  Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–4, 6–2
Winner 14. 6 October 2008 50,000 Barnstaple, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Kelly Anderson   Erica Krauth
  Hanna Nooni
6–2, 6–3
Winner 15. 24 November 2008 75,000+H Toyota, Japan Carpet (i)   Melanie South   Kimiko Date-Krumm
  Han Xinyun
6–1, 7–5
Winner 16. 9 February 2009 25,000 Stockholm, Sweden Hard (i)   Violette Huck   Melanie Klaffner
  Ksenia Milevskaya
3–6, 7–6(5), [10–8]
Winner 17. 27 July 2009 10,000 Tampere, Finland Clay   Sandra Roma   Alizé Lim
  Vivienne Vierin
6–4, 6–3
Winner 18. 28 September 2009 25,000 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Melanie South   Johanna Larsson
  Anna Smith
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 6. 12 October 2009 50,000 Barnstaple, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Kelly Anderson   Johanna Larsson
  Anna Smith
5–7, 4–6
Winner 19. 19 October 2009 25,000 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Melanie South   Evelyn Mayr
  Julia Mayr
6–3, 6–2
Winner 20. 12 April 2010 25,000 Tessenderlo, Belgium Clay (i)   Magdalena Kiszczyńska   Olga Brózda
  Barbara Sobaszkiewicz
6–4, 6–1
Winner 21. 21 June 2010 25,000 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Julia Glushko
  Pemra Özgen
6–2, 6–3
Winner 22. 28 June 2010 25,000 Ystad, Sweden Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Tetyana Arefyeva
  Anastasiya Lytovchenko
6–1, 6–1
Winner 23. 12 July 2010 25,000 Woking, United Kingdom Hard   Tímea Babos   Jocelyn Rae
  Emelyn Starr
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 7. 19 July 2010 25,000 Wrexham, United Kingdom Hard   Sania Mirza   Tara Moore
  Francesca Stephenson
6–2, 3–6, [11–13]
Winner 24. 9 August 2010 25,000 Tallinn, Estonia Hard   Melanie South   Lu Jingjing
  Sun Shengnan
6–3, 6–4
Winner 25. 15 November 2010 25,000 Bratislava, Slovakia Hard (i)   Irena Pavlovic   Claire Feuerstein
  Valeria Savinykh
6–4, 6–4
Winner 26. 31 January 2011 25,000 Sutton, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Melanie South   Marta Domachowska
  Darija Jurak
6–3, 5–7, [10–8]
Runner-up 8. 14 March 2011 10,000 Bath, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Tara Moore   Giulia Gatto-Monticone
  Anastasia Grymalska
4–6, 6–2, [6–10]
Winner 27. 20 June 2011 25,000 Kristinehamn, Sweden Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Tímea Babos
  Ksenia Lykina
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 9. 27 June 2011 25,000 Ystad, Sweden Clay   Mervana Jugić-Salkić   Alexandra Cadanțu
  Diana Enache
4–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Runner-up 10. 11 July 2011 25,000 Woking, United Kingdom Hard   Melanie South   Julie Coin
  Eva Hrdinová
1–6, 6–3, [8–10]
Winner 28. 17 October 2011 25,000 Glasgow, United Kingdom Hard (i)   Kristina Mladenovic   Yvonne Meusburger
  Stephanie Vogt
6–2, 6–4
Winner 29. 21 November 2011 25,000 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Janette Husárová   Tímea Babos
  Irina Buryachok
5–7, 7–5, [11–9]
Runner-up 11. 22 July 2013 10,000 Tampere, Finland Clay   Piia Suomalainen   Julia Wachaczyk
  Nina Zander
4–6, 4–6
Winner 30. 29 July 2013 10,000 Savitaipale, Finland Clay   Piia Suomalainen   Anastasiya Komardina
  Akvilė Paražinskaitė
6–4, 6–4
Runner-up 12. 26 August 2013 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard   Melanie South   Andrea Benítez
  Carla Forte
6–4, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 31. 2 September 2013 10,000 Antalya, Turkey Hard   Melanie South   Patcharin Cheapchandej
  Tanaporn Thongsing
6–4, 6–3
Winner 32. 8 March 2014 10,000 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Akari Inoue   Diana Bogoliy
  Khristina Kazimova
6–2, 6–2
Runner-up 13. 22 March 2014 10,000 Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt Hard   Emily Webley-Smith   Eugeniya Pashkova
  Ana Veselinović
3–6, 5–7
Winner 33. 23 May 2014 10,000 Bol, Croatia Clay   Eugeniya Pashkova   Olga Ianchuk
  Christina Shakovets
6–4, 6–0
Winner 34. 30 May 2014 10,000 Bol, Croatia Clay   Bianca Botto   Lenka Kunčíková
  Karolína Stuchlá
6–3, 6–3
Runner-up 14. 26 July 2014 10,000 Tampere, Finland Clay   Anastasia Pivovarova   Alexandra Nancarrow
  Maria Sakkari
2–6, 3–6
Winner 35. 2 August 2014 10,000 Savitaipale, Finland Clay   Diana Bogoliy   Alexandra Nancarrow
  Maria Sakkari
6–4, 7–6(2)
Winner 36. 10 November 2014 10,000 Helsinki, Finland Hard (i)   Eugeniya Pashkova   Mia Eklund
  Olivia Pimiä
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 15. 28 September 2015 15,000 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Hsu Ching-wen   Choi Ji-hee
  Peangtarn Plipuech
5–7, 3–6
Runner-up 16. 19 October 2015 15,000 Bangkok, Thailand Hard   Valeriya Strakhova   Nudnida Luangnam
  Peangtarn Plipuech
2–6, 3–6
Runner-up 17. 12 December 2015 10,000 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Yukina Saigo   Han Sung-hee
  Kim Na-ri
6–3, 3–6, [8–10]
Winner 37. 18 December 2015 10,000 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Yukina Saigo   Mana Ayukawa
  Haruka Kaji
w/o
Winner 38. 25 December 2015 10,000 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Yukina Saigo   Jiang Xinyu
  Li Yihong
6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 18. 8 January 2016 25,000 Victoria Park, Hong Kong Hard   Hsu Ching-wen   Viktorija Golubic
  Stephanie Vogt
2–6, 6–1, [4–10]
Runner-up 19. 30 April 2016 10,000 Tučepi, Croatia Clay   Adrijana Lekaj   Dasha Ivanova
  Petra Krejsová
3–6, 6–2, [5–10]
Winner 39. 27 May 2016 10,000 Warsaw, Poland Clay   Sabrina Santamaria   Jacqueline Cabaj Awad
  Deborah Chiesa
7–6(6), 6–0
Winner 40. 9 July 2016 10,000 Lisbon, Portugal Hard   Samantha Murray   Mathilde Armitano
  Inês Murta
7–6(5), 6–3
Winner 41. 23 July 2016 10,000 Tampere, Finland Clay   Julia Wachaczyk   Mia Eklund
  Katharina Hering
6–2, 6–3
Winner 42. 8 April 2017 15,000 Tučepi, Croatia Clay   Sabrina Santamaria   Jana Jablonovská
  Sandra Jamrichová
6–3, 6–2
Winner 43. 22 April 2017 15,000 Antalya, Turkey Clay   Yuuki Tanaka   Marie Benoît
  Ysaline Bonaventure
3–6, 6–1, [10–4]
Runner-up 20. 23 June 2017 60,000 İzmir Cup, Turkey Hard   Kotomi Takahata   An-Sophie Mestach
  Nina Stojanović
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 21. 16 March 2018 15,000 Heraklion, Greece Clay   Sabrina Santamaria   Anna Bondár
  Réka Luca Jani
4–6, 5–7
Runner-up 22. 8 July 2018 25,000 Aschaffenburg, Germany Clay   Chiara Scholl   Polina Leykina
  Isabella Shinikova
6–7(4), 5–7
Winner 44. 21 September 2018 25,000 Lisbon, Portugal Hard   Samantha Murray   Michaëlla Krajicek
  Tereza Martincová
7–5, 6–4

References

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  1. ^ Cronin, Matthew (2006). "Finland's finest: Emma Laine". TennisReporters. Archived from the original on 31 March 2007. Retrieved 6 August 2015.
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