Anett Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit

Age: 27 (December 24 1995)

Plays: Right-Handed

Ranking: 17

  • Working with Torben Beltz; previously coached by Nigel Sears and Dmitry Tursunov
  • Mother is Ulle (tennis coach); father is Andrus (manager at Port of Tallinn); has a half-sister (works at H&M); introduced to tennis at age 6 by mother (was her coach until age 11, then worked with Estonian coaches)
  • Aggressive player; favorite shot is forehand. Favorite surface is hard; favorite tournament is Wimbledon
  • Enjoys shopping, going to movies and seeing friends
  • Tennis idols are Maria Sharapova, Roger Federer and Victoria Azarenka. Goal is to reach Top 10

Career Highlights

SINGLES
Winner (6): 2022 – St. Petersburg; 2021 – Cleveland, Ostrava, Moscow, Cluj-Napoca [Transylvania Open]; 2017 – ‘s-Hertogenbosch.
Finalist (10): 2022 – Doha, Hamburg, Tallinn; 2021 – Grampians Trophy, Eastbourne; 2020 – Palermo; 2019 – Stuttgart; 2018 – Wuhan; 2017 – Bien/Bienne, Gstaad.