Veli Paloheimo is a former professional tennis player from Finland. The right-hander reached his highest individual ranking on the ATP Tour on 1 October 1990, reaching World number 48. His best performance at a Grand Slam

Grand Slam (tennis)

The four Major tennis tournaments, also called the Slams, are the most important tennis events of the year in terms of world tour ranking points, tradition, prize-money awarded, strength and size of player field, and public attention. They are the Australian Open, the French Open, Wimbledon, and...

 came at the 1990 Australian Open

1990 Australian Open - Men's Singles

Ivan Lendl defeated Stefan Edberg 4–6 7–6 5–2 RET in the final to win the Men's Singles title at the 1990 Australian Open.-Seeds:The seeded players are listed below. Ivan Lendl is the champion; others show the round in which they were eliminated.-Key:...

, where he made the fourth round.

Paloheimo participated in 12 Davis Cup

Finland Davis Cup team

The Finland Davis Cup team represents Finland in Davis Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Suomen Tennisliitto.Finland currently compete in the Europe/Africa Zone of Group I. They have reached the World Group Play-offs three times. In 1999, they came within one set of...

 ties for Finland from 1986–1992, posting an 11–11 record in singles and a 4–5 record in doubles.

Challenger titles (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in final	Score in final
1.	1988	Helsinki Helsinki Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...	Carpet	Nicklas Kulti Nicklas Kulti Nicklas Kulti is a former professional tennis player from Sweden.Kulti was ranked the World No. 1 junior tennis player in 1989 after winning the Australian Open and Wimbledon junior titles, and finishing runner-up at the US Open.In 1990, Kulti won his first top-level singles title at Adelaide...	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2.	1989	Cherbourg	Hard (i)	Martin Laurendeau Martin Laurendeau Martin Laurendeau is a former touring professional tennis player, and present coach and captain of the Canadian Davis Cup team....	3–6, 6–3, 6–2
3.	1989	Brest Brest, France Brest is a city in the Finistère department in Brittany in northwestern France. Located in a sheltered position not far from the western tip of the Breton peninsula, and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second French military port after Toulon...	Hard (i)	Olivier Delaître Olivier Delaître Olivier Delaître is a former tennis player from France. He won 15 doubles titles during a fourteen year career becoming the world's 3rd ranked doubles player on July 12, 1999....	6–2, 6–2

External links

• Profile in ATP-site
• Profile in Davis Cup-site