Anett Kontaveit

Currently ranked second in the world, she has won six singles titles and has a career win-loss record of 66.5%.
Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

A history maker in her own right, Anett Kontaveit is the highest ranked Estonian player in the history of tennis. Kontaveit won the Estonian championship in 2009, becoming the youngest in history to do so, and defended her crown the following year. Currently ranked second in the world, she has won six singles titles and has a career win-loss record of 66.5%. Although the Estonian is yet to have her name in the list of Grand Slam winners, she is one of the most prolific players in the world today and her career graph is well and truly on the rise. Kontaveit was reportedly diagnosed with mononucleosis in 2014, the year she turned professional, but quickly recovered and went as far as the fourth round of the US Open. In 2022, Konaveit's best result came at the St. Petersburg Open where she beat Maria Sakkari in the final to be crowned champion.

Junior Career

Kontaveit first tasted success in her junior career in 2011 with her first ITF title win at the Tallinn Open. That year, she also made it through to the quarter-finals of the French Open in the juniors category. She beat eventual world no. 1 Asleigh Barty in the competition but lost to Irina Khromacheva. Her second and third title wins came that year as well at the ITF Savitaupale Open and the Stockholm Open. After winning the Orange Bowl later in the year, Kontaveit’s junior ranking shot up to ninth. In 2012, Kontaveit reached the final of the junior US Open and the following year, she would reach the semis of the junior Australian Open. At the tender age of 18, the Estonian had broken into the WTA top 250 list.

Senior Career

2015 was the year when Kontaveit, who was suffering from illness earlier, made a stunning comeback in the US Open. She the likes of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Madison Brengle to make it through to the fourth round of the competition. She did get defeated by Venus Williams but her performance in the Grand Slam shot her up 60 places in the WTA rankings. 2016, however, was a year to forget for the Estonian as she could not go deep into any tournament. Her best run that year was at the Guangzhou International Open which saw her reach the quarter-finals.

Breaking into the top 10

Fortunes turned around in 2017 as Kontaveit won the Open Andrezieux-Boutheon 42 and followed it up with a semi-final appearance at the Hungarian Ladies Open. The Estonian made her mark in world tennis at the 2017 Italian Open in Rome where she beat then world no. 1 Angelique Kerber. The Rosmalen Open was her first grass court competition that year and it also proved to be her first WTA title as she beat Natalia Vikhlyansteva in the final.

Kontaveit found her best form in 2021, a year that saw her win four WTA finals and break in to the WTA top 10. These include the Cleveland Open, Ostrava Open, Kremlin Cup and Transylvania Cup. She also made it through to final of the WTA Finals that year in Mexico but lost to Garbine Muguruza 6-3, 7-5. The year ended with Kontaveit ranked seventh in the world. The Estonian stepped up her game in 2022 a by midway through the season, she had already won one WTA event and found herself ranked second behind Iga Swiatek.

Grand Slam singles record

Competition Best result Year
Australian Open Quarter-finals 2020
French Open Fourth round 2018
Wimbledon Third round 2017, 2018, 2019
US Open Fourth round 2015, 2020

Net Worth

This season, Anett Kontaveit is performing at her best. She recently defeated Belinda Bencic in the St. Petersburg Ladies Trophy 2022 quarterfinal, and Maria Sakkari in the singles final. Kontaveit receives USD 108,000 as the champion prize money if she prevails in the match. Anett is expected to have a net worth of roughly USD 7,500,000 by 2022, which is a remarkable achievement. The estimated net worth varies since it can occasionally surge before progressively declining. The tennis career accounts for the most of the value. Kontaveit won a total of 11 ITF singles titles, 1 WTA championship, and 5 ITF doubles trophies during the course of her illustrious career.

Parents

Kontaveit’s parents, Ulle Milk and Andrus Kontaveit, welcomed him into the world on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1995, in Tallinn, Estonia. When she was six years old, she began playing tennis under the guidance of her tennis-coaching mother Ulle. Up to the age of 11, her mother continued to coach her. “We’re both very stubborn, strong individuals,” Kontaveit said of her mother in an interview win May 2019 as per thesportsreview.com. “I was very active as a kid and she’s definitely the reason I got started (with tennis), for sure.”

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Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (Image credits: Twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (Image credits: Twitter) Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (Image credits: Twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter) Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter) Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter) Anett Kontaveit in a file photo (image: twitter)

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