Aki Rahunen [SEP] date of birth
Aki Rahunen
Aki Rahunen (born 24 December 1971) is a former professional tennis player from Finland.
Rahunen was the 1989 winner of the Under-18s European Junior Tennis Championships, held in Prague.
He performed well in the 1990 ATP Tour, reaching quarter finals at Stuttgart, Umag and Båstad. In Stuttgart he defeated top 50 players Javier Sánchez and Amos Mansdorf, both in straight sets. He was also a semi finalist at the Florence Open that year and reached the third round of the 1990 French Open.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga played a long tiebreaker in the 2007 Australian Open Championships First Round. Tsonga won the tiebreaker 20–18 but lost 6–7, 7–6, 6–2, 6–3.
Men's singles Other long tiebreakers.
- Aki Rahunen won a 24–22 first set tiebreak against Peter Nyborg in the first round of qualifications of the 1992 Copenhagen Open (7–6, 2–6, 6–3).
- Guillermo Olaso won a 22–20 first set tiebreak against Evgeny Karlovskiy in the final qualifying round of the 2018 RBC Tennis Championships of Dallas, the longest