Matti Timonen

{{Short description|Finnish tennis player}}

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| singlesrecord = 1–5

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| highestsinglesranking = No. 257 (8 Apr 1975)

| Wimbledonresult = Q2 (1975)

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Matti Timonen (born 10 October 1953) is a Finnish former professional tennis player.{{cite news |title=Finnish Net Title To Matti Timonen |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/451664440 |work=The Daily Oklahoman |date=14 August 1978 |page=16}}

Timonen won 24 national championships, including three outdoor and five indoor singles titles.{{cite web |title=Suomen mestarit |url=https://www.tennis.fi/kilpailut/suomen-mestarit/ |website=Suomen Tennisliitto |language=fi}} On the professional tour, he was ranked as high as 257 in the world and had a second round appearance at the 1975 New Zealand Open, where he lost in five sets to the fourth-seeded Syd Ball. He played for the Finland Davis Cup team from 1972 to 1982, featuring in 35 rubbers. In 1980 he won a singles rubber over France's Pascal Portes.{{cite web |title=M-D-C-1980-EUR-B-M-FRA-FIN-01 |url=https://www.daviscup.com/en/draws-results/tie.aspx?id=M-DC-1980-EUR-B-M-FRA-FIN-01 |website=Daviscup.com}}