Pekka Säilä | |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1941 |
Birth Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Death Place: | Helsinki, Finland |
Turnedpro: | 1962 (amateur tour) |
Singlesrecord: | 4–9 |
Highestsinglesranking: | No. 272 (14 Jun 1976) |
Wimbledonresult: | 3R (1967) |
Doublesrecord: | 1–2 |
Mixed: | yes |
Wimbledonmixedresult: | 3R (1966) |
Pekka Säilä (20 December 1941 – 7 December 2009) was a tennis player from Finland.[1]
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 University in Tulsa, 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]