Kontaveit won her first ITF title in SEB Tallink Open 2011, beating Zuzana Luknárová in the final. She defeated Mona Barthel to face Maria Sakkari in the second round. This meant, she reached the semifinals for the second year running and was due to face world No. She overcame fellow teenager Kristina Mladenovic, but was knocked out of the tournament in the final round of qualifying by Annika Beck. She then made her breakthrough at the Miami Open. During the tournament she beat Sloane Stephens, Donna Vekić, Zhang Shuai, Katarina Siniaková and Wang Qiang to reach the final where she lost in straight sets to Aryna Sabalenka. After an extended training block in Australia to end 2014, Kontaveit's first tournament since the Canadian Open was the ASB Classic, where she lost to Urszula Radwańska in three sets. She won the European Under-16 Junior Championships with 14-year-old Tatjana Vorobjova in girls' doubles; they beat first seeded Czechs Barbora Krejčíková and Petra Rohanová. She won the tournament by defeating top seed Marion Gaud and then Syna Kayser in the final. By continuing to browse our website, you agree to our use of cookies. Kontaveit transferred to the grass in Eastbourne, and won the $50k event, her biggest ITF title to date, without losing a set. In the spring on clay courts, Kontaveit reached the semifinals of Stuttgart and Rome. Estonian Fed Cup Team, 2011-12, 2014-20. Anett Kontaveit (Estonian pronunciation: [aˈnet ˈkontaveit]; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player. She defeated Ajla Tomljanović in the second round but withdrew from her third-round match against 13th seed Belinda Bencic with a viral illness. She received a bye into the second round of the China Open, after reaching the final of Wuhan. She lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová. Wimbledon and US Open) and 2r five times (incl. She defeated the Croat 6-2 6-4 to advance to her first final of the season. She said, she may return in time for either Linz or the Kremlin Cup but withdrew from both. 2019 - Third Top-50 season (finishing No.26); runner-up at Stuttgart (l. to Kvitova); SF at Miami (l. to Barty); QF at Brisbane (l. to Tsurenko); reached 4r once, 3r four times (incl. She defeated her in straight sets to reach the quarterfinals for the third year in a row and face Viktoria Azarenka whom she beat; Azarenka retired in the third set. She defeated 27th seed Hsieh Su-wei despite trailing in the third set. After taking the next month off she returned at the Rogers Cup where she is the 16th seed. Her next tournament was the Miami Open, where, once again as a qualifier, she beat Kurumi Nara and recorded an upset over No. Note: Kontaveit withdrew from the 2019 US Open before her third-round match, which does not officially count as a loss. The former US Open champion came out on top in a topsy-turvy quarterfinal. She lost the final in two sets. SR=strike rate (events won/competed). Her results meant she was seeded 17th at the French Open, her best seeding at a Grand Slam event but she lost there in the first round to Karolina Muchová. En route she scored wins over sixth seed Kristýna Plíšková, former Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens, Carina Witthöft and seventh seed Lesia Tsurenko. Puedes cambiar tus opciones en cualquier momento visitando Tus controles de privacidad. She failed to defend her Rosmalen Grass Court title losing in the first round to Veronika Kudermetova. At Wimbledon, she was the 20th seed, and defeated Shelby Rogers in the first round to face Heather Watson. I think I served a little bit more consistent, maybe - she served a couple of double faults in the first set and in the second set. We use cookies to provide our services and for analytics and marketing. Kontaveit then played a girl's under-18 tournament in Milan, losing in the second round. Kontaveit utilizes a variety of strokes that generally force opponents to hit awkward returns—enabling her to strike fast winners or draw quick errors. There she made the quarterfinals with wins over world No. However, she lost to Magda Linette after leading 5–1 in the third set and holding a match point. However, she saw better results at Wimbledon, reaching her second consecutive junior Grand Slam semifinal, where she lost to eventual champion Eugenie Bouchard. She has also become more aggressive and learned when to pull the trigger in rallies. She then won the Andrézieux-Bouthéon ITF tournament, beating Ivana Jorović in the final. Seeded second, she reached the third round where she lost to Taylor Townsend.