Anett Kontaveit

Kontaveit had success on the junior tour in 2011, her best Grand Slam performance of the year being at Roland Garros. There, she made the quarterfinals with wins over Danka Kovinić and Ashleigh Barty. At the quarterfinal stage, she lost to Irina Khromacheva. She also won the European Under-16 Junior Championships partnering Tatjana Vorobjova in girls' doubles; they beat Barbora Krejčíková and Petra Rohanová.

Kontaveit also made some breakthroughs on the pro circuit; winning her maiden ITF title at her home event in Tallinn in January, beating Zuzana Luknárová in the final. She also made the finals in doubles, partnering compatriot Maret Ani.

Kontaveit was chosen for the 2011 Estonian Fed Cup team, but lost both of her singles matches in the World Group II tie against Spain.

In August, Kontaveit won her second title at the Savitaipale Open in Finland, where she beat Dutch player Lisanne van Riet in the final. She continued in October with a third $10k title at the Djursholm Tennis Club Stockholm Open as an unseeded player. She defeated top seed Marion Gaud in the quarterfinals, and then seventh seed Syna Kayser in the final. In December, Kontaveit won the Orange Bowl, a Grade-A tournament on the ITF Junior Circuit, where she beat Eugenie Bouchard and Yulia Putintseva en route to the title. Her junior ranking rose to her career high of No. 9.

Kontaveit began the year at the Traralgon International, an under-18 girls tournament in Australia. Seeded second, she reached the third round where she lost to Taylor Townsend. At the Junior Australian Open, she defeated Miho Kowase and Lee So-ra to advance to the third round, then lost to eventual champion Taylor Townsend.

For the second year, Kontaveit was chosen for the Estonian Fed Cup team/ She played in the Europe/Africa Zone I. She posted Estonia's only win against Austria and became the lowest-ranked player to beat a top-50 player in seven years, with her straight-sets victory over Tamira Paszek of Austria. In the relegation play-offs, she achieved Estonia's only win in their tie against the Netherlands over Bibiane Schoofs.

Kontaveit was awarded a wildcard for the qualifying draw of her first WTA Tour tournament, the Danish Open in Copenhagen, losing in the final round of qualifying.

She posted strong results at the junior major championships, reaching the semifinals of the French Open girls' singles. At Wimbledon, she reached her second consecutive junior major semifinal, where she lost to the eventual champion Eugenie Bouchard.

In August, she won her fourth $10k title in San Luis Potosí, beating wildcard Victoria Rodríguez in the final, in straight sets.

Kontaveit became the first Estonian to reach the girls' singles finals at the US Open.

Kontaveit began her final year in junior tennis at the Australian Open, losing in the semifinals.

In March, Kontaveit received a wildcard into the main draw of the Miami Open due to her management deal with IMG. She lost to Christina McHale in straight sets.

She played the rest of the year at ITF tournaments, winning four titles from the five finals she reached- including her first $25k title in Moscow. These results helped her enter the world's top 250 for the first time at the age of 18.

Kontaveit started the year as No. 249 in the WTA rankings. In January, she qualified for her first WTA Tour tournament at the Auckland Open, losing to Sachie Ishizu in three sets in the first round of the main draw.

She then went on to play Fed Cup in Tallinn, winning 49 games in a row spanning three Fed Cup matches and two matches in the following week's ITF event in her hometown. After losing in the final to Timea Bacsinszky, she then played another ITF event in Moscow, where she lost in the final to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. After mediocre performances at the Miami Open and the WTA event in Monterrey, she performed well in a series of ITF tournaments on green clay in the United States. She held two match points to make the final of a tournament in Indian Harbour Beach, but lost the match to Taylor Townsend,. Kontaveit lost in the final round of qualifying for the French Open.

Kontaveit qualified for Wimbledon for the first time in 2014. She held match point in the first round against Casey Dellacqua, but lost the match in three sets. She then qualified for the Swedish Open, beating top seed Alizé Cornet in the first round. She lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.

Kontaveit travelled to North America and played in an ITF event in Vancouver, receiving a wildcard into the Canadian Open, but she did not play again for the remainder of the year after being diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis. At the end of the season, Kontaveit found a new coach in Australian Paul McNamee and began training in Istanbul at the KozaWOS Academy.

After an extended training block in Australia to end 2014, Kontaveit's first tournament since the Canadian Open was the Auckland Open, where she lost to Urszula Radwańska in three sets.

Kontaveit returned to Estonia to play in the Fed Cup, seemingly still suffering from illness as she put in poor performances and struggled to beat lower-ranked opponents. She made a strong return to the ITF Circuit at her training base in Istanbul, where she made the semifinals. She then went to Wiesbaden in Germany, where she was routed by Adrijana Lekaj, winning only three games. Kontaveit then headed to La Marsa, Tunisia where she lost to Romina Oprandi at the semifinal stage.

Kontaveit transferred to the grass in Eastbourne, and won the $50k event, her biggest ITF title so far, without losing a set. She then continued this form in Surbiton, making the semifinals. She then qualified and made the semifinals in Ilkley. However, she lost to Magda Linette after leading 5–1 in the third set and holding a match point. Despite this loss, Kontaveit had the most wins of any player on grass, and this form granted her a main-draw wildcard to the Wimbledon Championships. She lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka.

Kontaveit had her first Grand Slam breakthrough at the US Open. Starting as an unseeded player in qualifying, she beat Stephanie Vogt, María Teresa Torró Flor and Naomi Broady to qualify for the main draw. There, Kontaveit then beat Casey Dellacqua, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, and Madison Brengle to reach the fourth round, where she lost to Venus Williams, in straight sets. With this result, Kontaveit broke into the top 100 for the first time, moving up over 60 places.

She finished the year by participating in WTA tournaments in Guangzhou, Tashkent, and Luxembourg. However, a thigh injury hindered her performance at the latter events, and she ended her season with a retirement in qualifying in Luxembourg.

Kontaveit started the season with a quarterfinal run at the Shenzhen Open and then lost in the first round of the Australian Open to Garbiñe Muguruza. She reached the semifinals in Monterrey. She also lost in the first round of the French Open to Venus Williams.

During her grass-court season, Kontaveit reached the quarterfinals at the Nottingham Open and lost in the first round of the Wimbledon Championships to Barbora Strýcová. Her next six tournaments (including the US Open) also ended in early exits; therefore, her ranking plummeted and she fell from the top 100. Her best year-end performance was a semifinal run in the Guangzhou International Open.

Kontaveit started season ranked 121. She twon the Open Andrézieux-Bouthéon 42. Ranked No. 99, Kontaveit reached her first WTA Tour-level final at her next tournament, the Ladies Open Biel Bienne. She lost to Markéta Vondroušová. Good results followed as she qualified for Stuttgart and reached the quarterfinals there. As a qualifier, she also entered into Madrid and Rome, reaching the quarterfinals in the latter which was her first Premier 5-quarterfinal. She lost to Simona Halep but beat Angelique Kerber en route.

At her first grass-court tournament of 2017, she won the Rosmalen Open and made it to top 40 in the rankings.

Kontaveit began the new season at the Brisbane International losing in second round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich. At Sydney, she retired in the qualifying due to heatstroke.

At the Australian Open, she advanced to the fourth round in Melbourne for the first time; however, she lost to Carla Suárez Navarro.

In spring on clay courts, she reached semifinals of Stuttgart and in Rome, where she defeated world No. 9, Venus Williams, and world No. 2, Caroline Wozniacki, in the same tournament. At the French Open, she was seeded 25th and reached the fourth round for the second Grand Slam tournament in a row, losing to Sloane Stephens.

Kontaveit hired Nigel Sears as her new coach at the start of the grass-court season. She reached the third round of Wimbledon.

On 1 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21, after finishing runner-up at the Wuhan Open. During the tournament, she beat Sloane Stephens, Donna Vekić, Zhang Shuai, Katarina Siniaková and Wang Qiang to reach the finals, losing to Aryna Sabalenka.

She received a bye into the second round of the China Open, after reaching the final of Wuhan. She was later defeated by Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. She finished the season being eliminated in the round-robin stage of the WTA Elite Trophy.

Kontaveit started the year by reaching the quarterfinals of the Brisbane International beating Suarez Navarro and Kvitová.

At the Miami Open, Seeded again 21st, she reached her first Premier Mandatory quarterfinal, propelled her ranking from No. 20 to 14 and made her the highest ranked Estonian player in history, male or female, and surpassed compatriot Kaia Kanepi's career-high rank of No. 15.

At the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix, she made it to the final, losing to Petra Kvitová.

At the Rogers Cup, she defeated Maria Sharapova in an epic two-hour and 40-minute match. She won a 17-minute service game to break Sharapova and to serve for the match. In the second round, she defeated Suárez Navarro who retired in the second set. She lost to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the third round.

At the US Open, Kontaveit withdrew from her third-round match against 13th seed Belinda Bencic with a viral illness.

She withdrew from two Premier events, in Zhengzhou and the Pan Pacific Open. She also withdrew from the Wuhan Open where she had reached the final in 2018.

As the 28th seed at the Australian Open, she defeated Iga Świątek in three sets to give Kontaveit a place in the quarterfinals where she lost to Simona Halep. However, with her win in the fourth round against Iga Świątek, she became the first Estonian, male or female, to reach a quarterfinal at the Australian Open.

Kontaveit returned to the tour at Palermo, reaching her her first final of the season, losing to Fiona Ferro.

Kontaveit started the new season at the WTA 500 event in Abu Dhabi as the tenth seed, losing to Veronika Kudermetova in straight sets.

Seeded 21st at the Australian Open, she defeated Aliaksandra Sasnovich in straight sets, and Heather Watson in three to reach the third round. She then was defeated by Shelby Rogers in straight sets, despite holding a 4–1 lead in the first set. Next was the Middle Eastern swing. At the WTA 500 Qatar Ladies Open, she defeated seventh seed and 2021 Australian Open finalist Jennifer Brady in 57 minutes to progress. She then beat former world No. 1 and three-time Grand Slam champion, Angelique Kerber, in an hour, to reach the quarterfinals where she lost in three sets to Petra Kvitová. At the WTA 1000 Dubai Championships, she defeated Tímea Babos and Sorana Cîrstea to reach the third round. She then lost to third-seeded Aryna Sabalenka.

She started a coaching trial with former player Dmitry Tursunov, ex-coach of Aryna Sabalenka. Her results improved at the WTA 250 Cleveland tournament, where she defeated Irina-Camelia Begu to win her second career title.

At the Ostrava Open, she won her third WTA title of her career and the second in the season without losing a set. She defeated Belinda Bencic in the quarterfinals, the local favorite, world No. 10, tournament No. 2 seed, Petra Kvitová, in the semifinals (her third top-10 win of the season) and No. 4 seed Maria Sakkari in the final (her fifth top-20 win of the season). It was the biggest WTA Tour title of the season and of her career since her first title in 2017.

At Indian Wells, she defeated defending champion Bianca Andreescu and Beatriz Haddad Maia to reach the quarterfinals for the first time.

Kontaveit's next tournament was the Kremlin Cup, where she took a wildcard. She demolished Garbiñe Muguruza to reach the semifinals. She defeated Olympic silver medalist Markéta Vondroušová in straight sets to reach her fifth final of the season and then defeated Ekaterina Alexandrova to win her third title of the season and fourth WTA title. This result propelled her back to 14th in the world and equal her career high. It also put her in contention of reaching the WTA Finals.

Kontaveit then headed to the Transylvania Open. As the second seed in Cluj-Napoca, she defeated Aleksandra Krunić, Alison Van Uytvanck, Anhelina Kalinina and Rebecca Peterson to reach her sixth final of the year. She defeated Simona Halep in straight sets in the final, winning her fourth title of the year (all coming within the space of her last seven tournaments). Her victory in the final was her 26th in her last 28 matches. As a result, Kontaveit secured the final spot at the 2021 WTA Finals, reaching a new career high of world No. 8, on 1 November 2021. Kontaveit lost to Garbiñe Muguruza during the round-robin stage, but defeated Barbora Krejčíková and Karolína Plíšková to finish first in her group and advance to the semifinals. She then defeated Maria Sakkari to reach the biggest final of her career, posting a 7–0 undefeated record in semifinals this year. She became the first Estonian tennis player, male or female, to qualify and reach the final of a year-end tournament. Her semifinal win over Sakkari was her 48th win of the season, tying Ons Jabeur for the most wins in 2021. She lost to Muguruza in the championship match, finishing her breakout season ranked No. 7 in the world.

Kontaveit started at the Sydney International as the fourth seed. She began her campaign by defeating Zhang Shuai, Elena-Gabriela Ruse, and Ons Jabeur to reach the semifinals. However, she was defeated by third seed Barbora Krejčíková

Seeded No. 7 at the Australian Open, she was upset by Clara Tauson in the second.

Continuing a streak of indoor hardcourt wins in 2021, Kontaveit won the St. Petersburg Ladies' Trophy defeating Maria Sakkari in the final.

Kontaveit then played at the Qatar Ladies Open, and defeated Ana Konjuh, Elise Mertens, Ons Jabeur, and recent Dubai Tennis Championships champion Jeļena Ostapenko to reach the final. It was her second WTA 1000 final after Wuhan in 2018. She was defeated by Iga Świątek. This run helped her ranking rise to a career-high of No. 4 in the world.

Kontaveit then experienced a drop in form, losing in the third round at Indian Wells and the second round in Miami. At the Stuttgart Grand Prix, she reached the quarterfinals.

As the fifth seed at the French Open, Kontaveit lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the first round. However, she reached a career-high ranking of world No. 2 on 6 June 2022. She announced her split with her coach Dmitry Tursunov following the conclusion of the tournament as he had difficulty traveling to events with her due to visa difficulties of people holding Russian citizenship. Kontaveit started working with German Torben Beltz.

Kontaveit received a wildcard entry into Hamburg European Open where she reached her third final of the season and first since February. In the final, she lost to Bernarda Pera.

At the US Open, Kontaveit came into the tournament as the second seed and beat Jaqueline Cristian in the first round. She was then defeated in the second round by Serena Williams, who was playing in her final tournament; the match went three sets and lasted two and a half hours. With Williams subsequently losing her next match, it meant that Kontaveit became the final player to ever be beaten by her in a professional match. It completed Kontaveit's subpar major record in 2022, having never made it past the second round, the first such result since 2016.

Kontaveit was the top seed at the inaugural edition of the Tallinn Open. She reached the final losing to seventh seed Barbora Krejčíková. She announced she was ending her 2022 season due to a back injury.

Seeded 16th at the Australian Open, she defeated Julia Grabher in straight sets, posting her first win of the season, and first win since the Tallinn Open in October. In the second round, she led by a set and a break against eventual semifinalist Magda Linette, but lost in three sets. After retiring against Shelby Rogers in the Abu Dhabi Open, Kontaveit had a two-month injury break. Kontaveit announced on her Instagram page that due to lumbar disc degeneration diagnosis, she could not continue training, and she would end her career as a professional tennis player after the 2023 Wimbledon Championships. In November, she played her last match in an exhibition event with Ons Jabeur in Tallinn, the capital of her home country Estonia.