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Anett KontaveitEstonian tennis player
Date of Birth: 24.12.1995
Country:  Estonia |
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Biography of Anett Kontaveit
Anett Kontaveit, an Estonian tennis player, has had a successful career, winning ten ITF singles tournaments and five ITF doubles tournaments. She reached her highest ranking in doubles at 260th place on April 21, 2014. In singles, Kontaveit reached her highest ranking at 73rd place on March 7, 2016.
Kontaveit was born on December 24, 1995, in Tallinn, Estonia. She first picked up a racket at the age of six. She achieved her first significant results in junior tournaments in 2011 when she reached the quarterfinals of the French Open Junior Championship. Despite losing to Irina Khromacheva, Kontaveit became the youngest Estonian player to achieve such a feat.
In 2011, Kontaveit won her first ITF title at the SEB Tallink Open, defeating Zuzana Luknárová in the final. She also unexpectedly won three professional tours and reached the final of the SEB Tallink Open in doubles with Maret Ani. She secured her second ITF title at the Savitaipale Open in 2011, defeating Lisanne van Riet in the final. Kontaveit also won the singles prize at the Orange Bowl, a prestigious junior ITF tournament, defeating Eugenie Bouchard and Yulia Putintseva.
In 2012, Kontaveit started the year by reaching the third round of the Traralgon tournament in Australia for players under 18. She also had remarkable victories in the Fed Cup, defeating Tamira Paszek, a top-ranked player. In February 2012, Kontaveit won $10,000 at an ITF tournament in Tallinn. She then participated in the Bath tournament in Somerset, where she defeated Alizé Lim and Patrysja Sanduska but lost to Diana Marcinkevica in the third round. Kontaveit received a wildcard entry to the e-Boks Danish Open in Copenhagen, where she defeated Lenka Wienerová and Kristina Mladenovic but lost to Annika Beck in the third round. In July 2012, she competed in the President's Cup in Astana, Kazakhstan, but lost in the first qualifying round to Sun Shengnan.
In 2013, Kontaveit played at the Sony Open, where she lost to Christina McHale. She then focused on ITF tournaments and won four out of five finals, entering the top 250 for the first time.
In 2014, Kontaveit started the year ranked 249th in the WTA rankings. She qualified for her first WTA tournament, the ASB Classic in Auckland, and also played in the Fed Cup in Tallinn, winning 49 consecutive matches, including the Fed Cup and ITF matches. In Moscow, she reached the final but lost to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. Kontaveit had a decent performance at the Sony Open and the Monterrey WTA tournament but excelled in the ITF tournaments on green clay in the US, reaching the final in Indian Harbour Beach but losing to Taylor Townsend. She also reached the final qualifying round of the French Open but did not make it to the main draw. Kontaveit played in the Wimbledon qualifying tournament for the first time in 2014 and played a strong match against Casey Dellacqua but lost in three sets. She also participated in the Swedish Open qualifying tournament, defeating Alizé Cornet but losing to Jana Čepelová in the second round. Unfortunately, Kontaveit was diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis in 2014. She found a new coach, Paul McNamee, and went to the KozaWOS tennis academy in Istanbul for training.
In 2015, Kontaveit played in her first Australian Open, reaching the second round but losing to Evgeniya Rodina. She won the ITF tournament in Eastbourne without dropping a set and reached the semifinals in Surbiton, London, where she lost to Naomi Osaka.
In 2015, Kontaveit qualified for the US Open and reached the fourth round, where she lost to Venus Williams. She made a significant jump in the rankings, reaching the top 100 for the first time.
Kontaveit had to withdraw from the tournaments in Guangzhou, Tashkent, and Luxembourg in 2015 due to a hip injury.
At the 2020 Australian Open, Kontaveit reached the quarterfinals for the first time in her career, defeating several notable players before losing to Simona Halep. She also had a strong performance at the US Open, reaching the fourth round but losing to Naomi Osaka.
In 2021, Kontaveit won the Kremlin Cup in singles and the WTA 250 tournament in Cluj-Napoca. She reached the final of the WTA Finals in Guadalajara but lost to Garbiñe Muguruza.
