Leo Palin

{{short description|Finnish tennis player}}

{{Infobox tennis biography

|name= Leo Palin

|country= {{FIN}}

|residence=

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|df=y|1956|10|20}}

|birth_place= Helsinki, Finland

|height= {{convert|1.78|m|ftin|abbr=on}}

|turnedpro=

|plays= Right-handed

|careerprizemoney= $140,695

|singlesrecord= 28–61

|singlestitles= 0

|highestsinglesranking= No. 92 (17 May 1982)

|currentsinglesranking=

|AustralianOpenresult= Q (1978)

|FrenchOpenresult= 2R (1982)

|Wimbledonresult= 2R (1982)

|USOpenresult= 2R (1980, 1984)

|Othertournaments=

|Olympicsresult=

|doublesrecord= 44–74

|doublestitles= 1

|highestdoublesranking= No. 111 (28 July 1986)

|currentdoublesranking=

|AustralianOpenDoublesresult= 2R (1978)

|FrenchOpenDoublesresult= QF (1982)

|WimbledonDoublesresult= 1R (1977, 1983)

|USOpenDoublesresult= 1R (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)

|updated=

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Leo Palin (born 20 October 1956) is a retired professional tennis player from Finland.

During his career on the ATP Tour, Palin won one doubles title, and reached one singles and one other doubles final. He reached career-high rankings of No. 92 in singles (in 1982) and No. 111 in doubles (in 1986).{{Cite web|title=Leo Palin {{!}} Overview {{!}} ATP Tour {{!}} Tennis|url=http://www.atptour.com/en/players/leo-palin/p003/overview|website=ATP Tour|access-date=2020-05-06}}

ATP Tour finals

=Singles (1 loss)=

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!Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:50px"|Date

!style="width:160px"|Tournament

!style="width:55px"|Surface

!style="width:130px"|Opponent

!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| Dec 1981

| Sofia, Bulgaria

| Carpet (i)

| {{flagicon|USA}} Richard Meyer

| 4–6, 6–7, 6–7

=Doubles (1 win, 1 loss)=

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!Result

!style="width:30px" class="unsortable"|W/L

!style="width:50px"|Date

!style="width:160px"|Tournament

!style="width:55px"|Surface

!style="width:130px"|Partner

!style="width:130px"|Opponents

!style="width:110px" class="unsortable"|Score

style="background:#ffa07a;"|Loss

| 0–1

| Mar 1980

| Lagos, Nigeria

| Clay

| {{flagicon|SWE}} Kjell Johansson

| {{flagicon|USA}} Tony Graham
{{flagicon|USA}} Bruce Nichols

| 3–6, 6–0, 3–6

style="background:#98fb98;"|Win

| 1–1

| Aug 1985

| Cleveland, United States

| Hard

| {{flagicon|FIN}} Olli Rahnasto

| {{flagicon|USA}} Hank Pfister
{{flagicon|USA}} Ben Testerman

| 6–3, 6–7, 7–6

See also

References

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