Emma Laine


Emma Johanna Laine is a Finnish former tennis player.
Laine has 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 at the Fed Cup, Laine has a win–loss record of 56–21.

Biography

Emma's mother Erika was a swimmer, while her father Erkki Laine 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 Essi Laine, who also is a professional player.

ITF finals (55–32)

Singles (11–10)

OutcomeNo.DateTournamentSurfaceOpponentScore
Winner1.26 January 2004Tipton, United KingdomHard Liana Balaci6–7, 6–2, 6–3
Winner2.22 February 2004Capriolo, ItalyCarpet Nika Ožegović7–6, 6–7, 7–6
Runner-up1.22 March 2004St. Petersburg, RussiaHard Anastasiya Yakimova6–3, 2–6, 1–6
Winner3.5 April 2004Torre del Greco, ItalyClay Chanelle Scheepers3–6, 6–4, 6–0
Runner-up2.16 August 2004Westende, BelgiumHard Leslie Butkiewicz6–7, 6–7
Runner-up3.6 September 2004Madrid, SpainHard Hanna Nooni4–6, 3–6
Winner4.20 September 2004Jersey, United KingdomHard Elena Baltacha3–6, 6–2, 6–1
Runner-up4.14 February 2005Bromma, SwedenHard Olga Savchuk1–6, 2–6
Runner-up5.21 March 2005Saint Petersburg, RussiaHard Ekaterina Bychkova1–6, 2–6
Winner5.15 August 2005Helsinki, FinlandHard Irina Kuzmina6–0, 6–2
Runner-up6.27 February 2006Las Vegas, United StatesHard Shenay Perry1–6, 4–6
Winner6.12 January 2009Glasgow, United KingdomHard Stéphanie Vongsouthi4–6, 6–2, 7–6
Winner7.3 August 2009Savitaipale, FinlandClay Anett Schutting7–5, 6–1
Runner-up7.27 September 2010Helsinki, FinlandHard Yuliya Beygelzimer6–7, 0–6
Winner8.3 March 2014Sharm El Sheikh, EgyptHard Madrie Le Roux6–2, 6–2
Winner9.3 August 2014Savitaipale, FinlandClay Maria Sakkari6–3, 5–7, 6–0
Winner10.7 September 2014Antalya, TurkeyHard Nungnadda Wannasuk6–0, 6–4
Runner-up8.12 December 2015Victoria Park, Hong KongHard Tian Ran2–6, 3–6
Winner11.26 December 2015Victoria Park, Hong KongHard Chihiro Muramatsu6–1, 6–3
Runner-up9.10 July 2016Lisbon, PortugalHard María José Luque Moreno2–6, 3–6
Runner-up10.24 July 2016Tampere, FinlandClay Piia Suomalainen6–0, 2–6, 3–6

Doubles (44–22)