Reino Nyyssönen (12 February 1935 – January 2023) was a Finnish tennis player.[1]
| Country (sports) |  Finland |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 February 1935 |
| Died | January 2023 (aged 87) |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Singles | |
| Grand Slam singles results | |
| Wimbledon | 2R (1960, 1962) |
| US Open | 4R (1962) |
| Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
| Wimbledon | QF (1961) |
Nyyssönen was a native of Turku but it was in Sweden that he took up the sport of tennis, after coming to the country as a World War II child evacuee. When he returned to Finland he continued his tennis development in Kotka.[2]
A Davis Cup player for Finland from 1955 to 1964, Nyyssönen won a total of 35 national championships, including six indoor and seven outdoor singles titles. Amongst his best grand slam performances, he made the mixed doubles quarter-finals at the 1961 Wimbledon Championships and the singles fourth round at the 1962 U.S. National Championships.[3]
Nyyssönen was later the national tennis coach for Denmark.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ "Tenniksessä 35 Suomen mestaruutta voittanut Reino Nyyssönen on kuollut". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish). 16 January 2023.
- ^ a b "DM: Dagens profil er Wimbledon-spilleren, med de mange mesterskaber til RTK - Roskilde Tennis Klub". roskildetennisklub.dk (in Danish). 8 August 2015.
- ^ Heikki, Miettinen (6 September 2002). "Reino Nyyssösellä yhä US Openissa suomalaisennätys". Helsingin Sanomat (in Finnish).