Emil Ruusuvuori
Emil Ruusuvuori is a Finnish tennis player.
As a junior, Ruusuvuori has been ranked as high as No. 4 in the ITF combined junior rankings. In 2017, he reached the singles quarterfinals of the Australian Open boys' singles, the singles semifinals of the US Open boys' singles, and won the ITF Junior Masters.
On the ITF Pro Circuit, Ruusuvuori won his first Futures championship at the Finland F4 event in November 2017. He has reached a career high ATP singles ranking of world No. 142 in September 2019.
Ruusuvuori has also represented Finland in the Davis Cup, where he has a Win–Loss record of 5–5. In September 2019, he defeated reigning world number 5 and 2-time Roland Garros finalist Dominic Thiem in straight sets in a Davis Cup singles rubber.
2013–2016: Early junior career
At the age of 14, nine years after he first began playing tennis, Ruusuvuori entered his first ITF Juniors tournament, the Nokia Junior Cup, in 2013. 2014 offered his first success, reaching two singles finals, two doubles finals, and winning two doubles titles. He saw additional success in 2015, including one final in both singles and doubles as well as another doubles title. Ruusuvuori made his singles breakthrough in 2016, winning four events in total. He continued his doubles success as well, winning three events and reaching the finals of two more.2017: Junior Grand Slam debut and first ITF Futures title
Ruusuvuori started his year in January at the AGL Loy Yang Traralgon Junior International, reaching the semifinals in both the doubles, with partner Michael Vrbenský of the Czech Republic, and singles. He then entered the Australian Open, his debut grand slam event, participating in both the boys' singles and doubles. In singles, he won his first three matches in straight sets before losing to Corentin Moutet in the quarterfinals. Partnering again with Vrbensky, he lost in the first round of the doubles.February saw Ruusuvuori compete in his first Davis Cup match, losing to Nikoloz Basilashvili of Georgia in straight sets.
In March, he competed in the Croatia F3 Futures event in Umag, losing in the first round of singles qualifying. Ruusuvuori then returned to the junior tour, competing in the 33. Perin Memorial, where he reached the finals in singles, losing to Alen Avidzba of Russia in two sets.
After not seeing competition in April, Ruusuvuori returned in May, participating in the Italy F13 Futures event, where he lost in the third round of singles qualifying. He then competed in the 58th Trofeo Bonfiglio junior event, losing in the first round of both singles and doubles.
June saw further competition in both juniors and Futures events. He competed in both the boys' singles and doubles at the French Open. In singles, he lost in the first round, again losing to Moutet. Along with partner Rudolf Molleker of Germany, Ruusuvuori was seeded fifth in doubles. Together they reached the quarterfinals, losing to eventual finalists Vasil Kirkov and Danny Thomas of the United States. He then competed in the Portugal F9 Futures, winning three rounds in singles qualifying before reaching the quarterfinals.
In July, Ruusuvuori competed in two events on the junior tour. Competing at the Nike Junior International in Roehampton, he reached the semifinals in singles and first round in doubles, again partnering Molleker. At Wimbledon, he faced Molleker in the first round of singles, retiring in the second set.
He returned to competition in August at Les Internationaux de Tennis Junior Banque Nationale du Canada, losing to Brian Shi of the United States in the second round.
Competing as an unseeded player at the US Open in September, Ruusuvuori saw his best singles Grand Slam result of the year, reaching the semifinals. En route, he defeated two seeded players: 13th seed Sebastian Korda of the United States in the second round and 10th seed Sebastián Báez of Argentina in the quarterfinals. In the semifinals, Ruusuvuori lost to eventual champion Wu Yibing of China in three sets, 6–4, 3–6, 6–7, after having two match points. With Simon Carr of Ireland, he reached the second round in doubles.
October saw further Futures competition as well as the final junior competition of the year for Ruusuvuori. At the Sweden F4 Futures, he again reached the singles quarterfinals after passing through qualifying, losing to eventual champion Tallon Griekspoor of the Netherlands. At the ITF Junior Masters, he finished with a 2–1 record in round robin competition, winning matches against Jurij Rodionov of Austria and Marko Miladinović of Serbia while losing to Wu for the second time that year. Reaching the final, he again faced Wu, this time exacting revenge to come out on top in three sets, 3–6, 6–1, 7–6, and claim the title.
In November, Ruusuvuori competed in two Futures events: Estonia F4 in Pärnu and Finland F4 in Helsinki. As a wildcard entry in Pärnu, he defeated third seed Vladimir Ivanov of Estonia en route to his third quarterfinal showing of the year. Again as a wildcard entry, competition in Helsinki saw Ruusuvori's best singles result to date. Defeating the 8th, 4th, and 1st seeds en route to the final, Ruusuvuori then defeated 3rd seeded Evgeny Karlovskiy of Russia in three sets, 4–6, 6–0, 6–1, to win the first Futures singles event of his career. In doubles, he and fellow Finnish player Patrik Niklas-Salminen reached the quarterfinals.
Through a successful 2017, Ruusuvuori reached a high rank of No. 4 in the ITF combined junior rankings and finished the year ranked No. 665 in the ATP singles rankings.
2018: First Challenger main draw
Ruusuvuori's year began at the Hong Kong F6 Futures, held the first week of January. Seeded 7th in singles, he reached the quarterfinals before losing to 4th seeded Shintaro Imai of Japan in two sets. The next week, Ruusuvuori reached his first Challenger event main draw, coming through qualifying to reach the second round of the Bangkok Challenger.Ruusuvuori again represented his home country in the Davis Cup in February, going 1–1 in singles to help Finland advance over Tunisia 3–2.
ATP Challenger and ITF Futures finals
Singles: 12 (10 titles, 2 runner-up)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | ITF Finland F4, Helsinki | Futures | Hard |  Evgeny Karlovskiy | 4–6, 6–0, 6–1 | |
| Win | 2–0 | ITF Spain F13, Sta. Margarida Montbui | Futures | Hard | Alexander Zhurbin | 6–3, 6–3 | |
| Win | 3–0 | ITF Italy F25, Piombino | Futures | Hard |  Sami Reinwein | 6–1, 6–2 | |
| Win | 4–0 | ITF Sweden F5, Falun | Futures | Hard |  Patrik Niklas-Salminen | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 5–0 | ITF M15 Norway, Oslo | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Mick Veldheer | 6–1, 6–4 | |
| Win | 6–0 | ITF M25 Great Britain, Sunderland | World Tennis Tour | Hard |  Andrés Artuñedo | 6–2, 7–5 | |
| Win | 1–0 | 2019 Fergana Challenger – Men's Singles| | Fergana Challenger, Uzbekistan | Challenger | Hard |  Roberto Cid Subervi | 6–3, 6–2 |
| Loss | 1–1 | 2019 Schwaben Open – Singles| | Schwaben Open, Germany | Challenger | Clay | Yannick Hanfmann | 6–2, 4–6, 5–7 |
| Win | 2–1 | 2019 Rafa Nadal Open Banc Sabadell – Singles| | Rafa Nadal Open, Spain | Challenger | Hard |  Matteo Viola | 6–0, 6–1 |
| Win | 3–1 | 2019 Murray Trophy – Glasgow – Singles| | Murray Trophy - Glasgow, United Kingdom | Challenger | Hard |  Alexandre Müller | 6–3, 6–1 |
| Win | 4–1 | 2019 Tali Open – Singles| | Tali Open, Finland | Challenger | Hard |  Mohamed Safwat | 6–3, 6–7, 6–2 |
| Loss | 4–2 | 2020 Canberra Challenger – Singles| | Canberra Challenger, Australia | Challenger | Hard | Philipp Kohlschreiber | 6–7, 6–4, 3–6 |
Doubles: 5 (5 titles)
| Result | W–L | Date | Tournament | Tier | Surface | Partner | Opponent | Score |
| Win | 1–0 | ITF France F5, Poitiers | Futures | Hard |  Viktor Durasovic | Christian Hirschmueller David Novotny | 6–4, 7–6 | |
| Win | 2–0 | ITF Portugal F6, Lisbon | Futures | Hard |  Kenneth Raisma |  Steven Diez Bruno Mardones | 7–6, 6–2 | |
| Win | 3–0 | ITF Hungary F1, Zalaegerszeg | Futures | Clay | Kenneth Raisma |  Adam Taylor Jason Taylor | 6–4, 6–4 | |
| Win | 1–0 | 2019 Shymkent Challenger – Doubles| | Shymkent Challenger, Kazakhstan | Challenger | Clay |  Jurij Rodionov |  Gonçalo Oliveira Andrei Vasilevski | 6–4, 3–6, |
| Win | 2–0 | 2019 Dutch Open – Doubles| | Amersfoort Open, Netherlands | Challenger | Clay | Harri Heliövaara | Jesper de Jong Ryan Nijboer | 6–3, 6–4 |