Anett Kontaveit

Anett Kontaveit is an Estonian former professional tennis player, born on 24 December 1995. She was ranked as high as world No. 2 by the WTA, first reaching that mark on 6 June 2022 to become the highest-ranked Estonian tennis player in history, and her career-high doubles ranking was No. 95 in March 2020. She won six singles titles on the WTA Tour, as well as eleven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. Her best performance at a major was the quarterfinals of the 2020 Australian Open, and she contested two WTA 1000 finals, at the 2018 Wuhan Open and the 2022 Qatar Open. In 2021, after winning four titles in seven tournaments between August and October, she became the first Estonian to qualify for the WTA Finals, where she reached the final. As a junior she won the 2011 Orange Bowl. She announced her retirement in June 2023 after a diagnosis of lumbar disc degeneration, and played her last professional match at the 2023 Wimbledon Championships.