- Plays with a double-handed backhand
- Started playing tennis aged six, hitting balls against his living room wall
- Speaks Finnish, Swedish and English
- Father, Kari, is a professor of forest zoology; Mother, Arja, is an orthodontist; Brother, Lauri, is a student
- Studied at Aalto University, Helsinki University of Technology, as a student of Department of Industrial Engineering and Management
- During junior career, won the 2007 Australian Open boys' doubles title
- Goal is to reach "Top 10 and play at an Olympic Games"
- Favourite surface is hard courts
- Favourite shot is backhand
- Hobbies include aviation, reading and writing a blog in Finnish
- Physical trainer is Erik Piispa (since 2005) and coach is Johan Landsberg (since 2011).
Biographical information from ATP. Unless noted otherwise all data as of year-end 2011.
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