Mika Koivuniemi
Finland
Age 44 - 4/6/1967
| Bowls | Joined | Titles* | Tour Earnings | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 1999 | 9 | $1,481,850.00 |
*Finals scores for this season may not have been broadcast on television yet.
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2010-11 Rank: 3
Exempt Thru: 2012-13
Career PBA 300 Games: 27
Earned Exemption: 2011 Tournament of Champions
Personal: Mika Johani Koivuniemi (pronounced MEE-ka koi-voo-nee-EM-ee)… Resides in Hartland, Mich., with wife Leena and daughters Ida and Lidia…Finland native has won titles in 15 countries and bowled 300 games in 13 countries...Member of Team Finland from 1988 until 2000 (with the exception of 1990)…Won the 1981 Finland Youth miniature golf championship…Was competitive in hockey, basketball and soccer in high school…Won 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open in January 2011 and followed that up with wins in the Qubica AMF Open and Europeon Bowling Tour Masters in Slovenia...Trained as an electrician before he made bowling his career.
2011-12: Won inaugural World Bowling Tour finals conducted at 2011 PBA World Series of Bowling by defeating Sean Rash Sean Rash in championship match 237-224.
2010-11: Had career season winning Tournament of Champions for ninth Tour title and third major...Topped season earnings with $330,040 to become only the fourth player to earn more than $300,000 in a season...Earned second Player of the Year honor...T o C win ended two-season drought without a title...Became only player to earn television appearance in all four majors...Finished disappointing second to Norm Duke in U.S. Open after missing 10-pin in 10th frame of championship match...Was part of historic T o C semi-final match where he beat Tom Daugherty 299-100 for largest margin of victory in a TV match...Led season average ranking with 222.50.
Career: Owns nine career PBA Tour titles including the 2000 USBC Masters, 2001 U.S. Open and 2011 Tournament of Champions…Won his first title in his first career TV finals appearance (2000 Masters)…Only foreign-born player to win both the Masters and U.S. Open…Rolled the 17th perfect game on television in PBA history against Jason Couch in the 2003 Cambridge Credit Classic…Made seven TV finals and won two titles en route to 2003-04 PBA Player of the Year honors…Only European player to win the Japan Cup (2007)…Owns five PBA Regional titles…Finished the 2010-11 season with $1,560,813 in career PBA earnings.
Career Standard Titles (6): 2003-04 - Windsor Locks, Conn.; Reno, Nev.; 2004-05 - Mesa, Ariz.; Indianapolis, Ind.; 2006-07 - El Paso, Texas; 2007-08 – Tokyo.
Career Major Titles (3): 2000 USBC Masters, Albuquerque, N.M.; 2001 U.S. Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.; 2011 Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas.
Awards: 2003-04 and 2010-11 PBA Player of the Year and George Young High Average Award...Ranked 49th on list of 50 Greatest Players in PBA History in 2009...2011 George Young High Average Award...Elected to World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame for 2010.
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Exempt Thru: 2012-13
Career PBA 300 Games: 27
Earned Exemption: 2011 Tournament of Champions
Personal: Mika Johani Koivuniemi (pronounced MEE-ka koi-voo-nee-EM-ee)… Resides in Hartland, Mich., with wife Leena and daughters Ida and Lidia…Finland native has won titles in 15 countries and bowled 300 games in 13 countries...Member of Team Finland from 1988 until 2000 (with the exception of 1990)…Won the 1981 Finland Youth miniature golf championship…Was competitive in hockey, basketball and soccer in high school…Won 41st Brunswick Ballmaster Open in January 2011 and followed that up with wins in the Qubica AMF Open and Europeon Bowling Tour Masters in Slovenia...Trained as an electrician before he made bowling his career.
2011-12: Won inaugural World Bowling Tour finals conducted at 2011 PBA World Series of Bowling by defeating Sean Rash Sean Rash in championship match 237-224.
2010-11: Had career season winning Tournament of Champions for ninth Tour title and third major...Topped season earnings with $330,040 to become only the fourth player to earn more than $300,000 in a season...Earned second Player of the Year honor...T o C win ended two-season drought without a title...Became only player to earn television appearance in all four majors...Finished disappointing second to Norm Duke in U.S. Open after missing 10-pin in 10th frame of championship match...Was part of historic T o C semi-final match where he beat Tom Daugherty 299-100 for largest margin of victory in a TV match...Led season average ranking with 222.50.
Career: Owns nine career PBA Tour titles including the 2000 USBC Masters, 2001 U.S. Open and 2011 Tournament of Champions…Won his first title in his first career TV finals appearance (2000 Masters)…Only foreign-born player to win both the Masters and U.S. Open…Rolled the 17th perfect game on television in PBA history against Jason Couch in the 2003 Cambridge Credit Classic…Made seven TV finals and won two titles en route to 2003-04 PBA Player of the Year honors…Only European player to win the Japan Cup (2007)…Owns five PBA Regional titles…Finished the 2010-11 season with $1,560,813 in career PBA earnings.
Career Standard Titles (6): 2003-04 - Windsor Locks, Conn.; Reno, Nev.; 2004-05 - Mesa, Ariz.; Indianapolis, Ind.; 2006-07 - El Paso, Texas; 2007-08 – Tokyo.
Career Major Titles (3): 2000 USBC Masters, Albuquerque, N.M.; 2001 U.S. Open, Fountain Valley, Calif.; 2011 Tournament of Champions, Las Vegas.
Awards: 2003-04 and 2010-11 PBA Player of the Year and George Young High Average Award...Ranked 49th on list of 50 Greatest Players in PBA History in 2009...2011 George Young High Average Award...Elected to World Bowling Writers Hall of Fame for 2010.
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| Season* | Events | Cashes | Match Play | TV Finals | Titles | Avg | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011-2012 Season | 9 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 221.54 | $13,740.00 |
| 2010-2011 Season | 12 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 222.50 | $333,040.00 |
| 2009-2010 Season | 19 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 217.96 | $51,125.00 |
| 2008-2009 Season | 21 | 21 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 218.89 | $69,750.00 |
| 2007-2008 Season | 21 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 221.69 | $159,580.00 |
| 2006-2007 Season | 21 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 218.44 | $76,850.00 |
| 2005-2006 Season | 22 | 20 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 219.39 | $100,300.00 |
| 2004-2005 | 21 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 2 | 223.73 | $163,800.00 |
| 2003-2004 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 222.73 | $238,590.00 |
| 2002-2003 | 20 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 213.80 | $42,400.00 |
| 2001-2002 | 27 | 20 | 15 | 3 | 1 | 215.89 | $158,550.00 |
| 2000 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 213.64 | $63,125.00 |
| 1999 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 218.59 | $15,000.00 |
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