Anett Kontaveit
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Kontaveit at the 2014 Wimbledon
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| Full name | Anett Kontaveit |
|---|---|
| Country (sports) |
 Estonia
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| Residence | Viimsi, Estonia |
| Born |
24 December 1995 Tallinn, Estonia |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Turned pro | 2010 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | $666,757 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 187-92 |
| Career titles | 10 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 73 (7 March 2016) |
| Current ranking | 112 (5 December 2016) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2016) |
| French Open | 1R (2016) |
| Wimbledon | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
| US Open | 4R (2015) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 41–20 |
| Career titles | 5 ITF |
| Highest ranking | 260 (21 April 2014) |
| Team competitions | |
| Fed Cup | 12–11 |
| Last updated on: 5 December 2016. | |
Anett Kontaveit (born 24 December 1995 in Tallinn) is an Estonian tennis player.
Kontaveit has won ten singles and five doubles titles on the ITF tour during her career. On 7 March 2016, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 73. On 21 April 2014, she peaked at world number 260 in the doubles rankings.
Kontaveit won the Estonian Championships in 2009 and again in 2010, being the youngest player ever in Estonia to do so.
Kontaveit had success on the junior tour in 2011, her best Grand Slam result of the year being at Roland Garros in May. There she made the quarterfinals with wins over world number six Danka Kovinić and future-Wimbledon junior champion Ashleigh Barty. At the quarterfinal stage she lost to Irina Khromacheva, the Wimbledon junior runner-up.
Kontaveit won her first ITF title in SEB Tallink Open 2011, beating Zuzana Luknárová in the final. She was also a member of Estonia Fed Cup team. Kontaveit has also had surprising success on the professional tour as she has won three professional titles. Besides these successes she has also had a semifinal singles result at a tennis tournament in Almere on clay and a quarterfinal result in another tournament in Tallinn. She also made the finals of the SEB Tallink Open in doubles with Maret Ani. She lost in the quarterfinals of the Tampere Open to Piia Suomalainen. Kontaveit won her second ITF title at the 2011 Savitaipale Open, where she beat Lisanne van Riet in the final.
Kontaveit continued her success with a third title win at the Djursholm Tennis Club Stockholm Open. She won the tournament by defeating number one seed Marion Gaud and then Syna Kayser in the final.
On 11 December, Kontaveit won the Orange Bowl, a Grade A tournament on the ITF Junior Circuit. During the tournament, she beat Eugenie Bouchard and Yulia Putintseva, both having top 300 WTA Tour rankings. Her junior ranking skyrocketted to her career high of number nine.
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