Country (sports) | Estonia |
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Residence | Rakvere, Estonia |
Born | Tallinn, Estonia [1] | 31 January 1982
Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) |
Turned pro | 1997 |
Retired | 2011 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
Prize money | $733,979 |
Singles | |
Career record | 335–263 |
Career titles | 7 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 63 (15 May 2006) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
Australian Open | 1R (2006, 2008) |
French Open | 1R (2006, 2009) |
Wimbledon | 1R (2006, 2008) |
US Open | 1R (2002, 2006, 2008) |
Other tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2008) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 197–144 |
Career titles | 17 ITF |
Highest ranking | No. 39 (5 April 2004) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | SF (2004) |
French Open | 3R (2006) |
Wimbledon | 2R (2006) |
US Open | 3R (2006) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Olympic Games | 1R (2004, 2008) |
Team competitions | |
Fed Cup | 43–25 |
Maret Ani (born 31 January 1982) is a retired tennis player from Estonia.
At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi.
Ani was a junior basketball champion, but devoted herself to tennis from the age of 14. She moved to Italy three years later, after finding sponsorship for coaching. She was coached initially by Aita Põldma and later by Pierfrancesco Restelli.
Ani first played for the Estonia Fed Cup team in 1998.
Legend | |
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Grand Slam | |
Tier I | |
Tier II | |
Tier III | |
Tier IV & V |
Result | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 13 April 2003 | Estoril, Portugal | Clay | Emmanuelle Gagliardi | Petra Mandula Patricia Wartusch | 7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 2–6 |
Loss | 2 August 2003 | Sopot, Poland | Clay | Libuše Průšová | Tatiana Perebiynis Silvija Talaja | 4–6, 5–7 |
$100,000 tournaments |
$75,000 tournaments |
$50,000 tournaments |
$25,000 tournaments |
$10,000 tournaments |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Opponent | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 2 November 1998 | Rungsted, Denmark | Hard (i) | Eva Dyrberg | 3–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 2. | 30 July 2000 | Camaiore, Italy | Clay | Eugenia Chialvo | 1–6, 6–2, 5–7 |
Loss | 3. | 13 August 2000 | Rimini, Italy | Clay | Zsófia Gubacsi | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 4. | 3 September 2000 | Spoleto, Italy | Clay | Maria Elena Camerin | 2–6, 6–7(0) |
Loss | 5. | 8 October 2000 | Fiumicino, Italy | Clay | Andreea Vanc | 1–4, 1–4, 5–3, 1–4 |
Loss | 6. | 29 October 2000 | Saint-Raphaël, France | Hard | Mia Buric | 2–4, 4–1, 4–2, 3–5, 3–5 |
Loss | 7. | 26 October 2003 | Saint Raphael, France | Hard (i) | Camille Pin | 2–6, 2–6 |
Loss | 8. | 17 April 2005 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Magda Mihalache | 6–1, 5–7, 4–6 |
Loss | 9. | 7 August 2005 | Martina Franca, Italy | Clay | Nathalie Viérin | 3–6, 4–6 |
Win | 10. | 23 October 2005 | Saint Raphael, France | Hard (i) | Mara Santangelo | 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 11. | 21 November 2005 | Poitiers, France | Hard | Viktoria Kutuzova | 3–6, 6–3, 4–6 |
Win | 12. | 28 January 2007 | Capriolo, Italy | Carpet (i) | Carmen Klaschka | 2–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
Loss | 13. | 4 February 2007 | London, Great Britain | Hard | Elise Tamaëla | 2–6, 7–6(4), 6–7(3) |
Win | 14. | 11 February 2007 | Tipton, Great Britain | Hard | Elise Tamaëla | 5–7, 7–6(3), 7–5 |
Loss | 15. | 31 March 2007 | Patras, Greece | Hard | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | 5–4 ret. |
Win | 16. | 7 April 2007 | Putignano, Italy | Carpet (i) | Carmen Klaschka | 7–6(8), 6–4 |
Loss | 17. | 17 September 2007 | Albuquerque, United States | Hard | Rossana de los Ríos | 6–7(6), 6–1, 2–6 |
Win | 18. | 7 October 2007 | Troy, United States | Hard | Stéphanie Dubois | 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 19. | 4 May 2008 | Cagnes-sur-Mer, France | Clay | Viktoriya Kutuzova | 1–6, 5–7 |
Loss | 20. | 28 September 2008 | Shrewsbury, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Roberta Vinci | 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 21. | 1 November 2009 | Istanbul, Turkey | Hard (i) | Johanna Larsson | 7–5, 6–7(5), 6–2 |
Result | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
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Loss | 1. | 21 June 1998 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard | Helen Laupa | Helena Fremuthová Irina Kornienko | 3–6, 2–6 |
Win | 2. | 13 August 2000 | Rimini, Italy | Hard | Margit Rüütel | Zsófia Gubacsi Nicole Remis | 3–6, 6–3, 7–5 |
Loss | 3. | 19 November 2000 | Naples, United States | Clay | Valentina Sassi | Nana Miyagi Elena Tatarkova | 3–5, 4–2, 4–2, 3–5, 1–4 |
Loss | 4. | 5 August 2001 | Alghero, Italy | Hard | Joana Cortez | Trudi Musgrave Julie Pullin | 4–6, 5–7 |
Win | 5. | 16 September 2001 | Reggio Calabria, Italy | Clay | Gloria Pizzichini | Eugenia Chialvo Gisela Riera | w/o |
Win | 6. | 30 September 2001 | Verona, Italy | Clay | Michaela Paštiková | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Conchita Martínez Granados | 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(5) |
Loss | 7. | 12 February 2002 | Sutton, Great Britain | Carpet | Galina Fokina | Sylvia Plischke Dragana Zarić | 5–7, 3–6 |
Win | 8. | 7 July 2002 | Orbetello, Italy | Clay | Andreea Vanc | Evgenia Kulikovskaya Ekaterina Sysoeva | 6–3, 1–6, 6–1 |
Win | 9. | 18 August 2002 | Bronx, United States | Hard | Flavia Pennetta | Shinobu Asagoe Nana Miyagi | 6–4, 6–1 |
Win | 10. | 14 September 2003 | Bordeaux, France | Clay | Libuše Průšová | Iveta Benešová Olga Vymetálková | 6–3, 6–4 |
Win | 11. | 5 October 2003 | Caserta, Italy | Clay | Giulia Casoni | Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez Bahia Mouhtassine | 7–5, 7–5 |
Loss | 12. | 12 October 2003 | Latina, Italy | Clay | Libuše Průšová | Mara Santangelo Roberta Vinci | 6–3, 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 13. | 26 October 2003 | Saint Raphaël, France | Hard (i) | Camille Pin | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darija Jurak | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 14. | 21 December 2003 | Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic | Hard (i) | Libuše Průšová | Iveta Benešová Michaela Paštiková | w/o |
Loss | 15. | 26 September 2005 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | Lucie Hradecká Renata Voráčová | 4–6, 6–7(4) |
Loss | 16. | 21 November 2005 | Poitiers, France | Hard | Mervana Jugić-Salkić | Nina Bratchikova Akgul Amanmuradova | 7–6(0), 6–1 |
Loss | 17. | 4 March 2007 | Las Vegas, United States | Hard | Alberta Brianti | Victoria Azarenka Tatiana Poutchek | 2–6, 4–6 |
Loss | 18. | 7 May 2007 | Rome, Italy | Clay | Caroline Maes | Marta Domachowska Emma Laine | 1–0 ret. |
Loss | 19. | 30 June 2007 | Padova, Italy | Clay | Marina Erakovic | Vanessa Henke Andrea Petkovic | 6–4, 6–4 |
Loss | 20. | 9 July 2007 | Biella, Italy | Clay | Kaia Kanepi | Mervana Jugić-Salkić Renata Voráčová | 6–4, 6–1 |
Loss | 21. | 30 July 2007 | Rimini, Italy | Clay | Andreja Klepač | Karolina Jovanović Mervana Jugić-Salkić | 6–4, 6–0 |
Loss | 22. | 24 September 2007 | Ashland, United States | Hard | Sandra Klösel | Maria Fernanda Alves Eva Hrdinová | 6–7(5), 2–6 |
Loss | 23. | 9 July 2008 | Cuneo, Italy | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Olga Savchuk Marina Shamayko | 6–1, 6–2 |
Loss | 24. | 13 July 2008 | Zagreb, Croatia | Clay | Jelena Kostanić Tošić | Yuliya Beygelzimer Stefanie Vögele | 6–4, 6–2 |
Loss | 25. | 7 September 2008 | Denain, France | Clay | Lourdes Domínguez Lino | Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro Marie-Ève Pelletier | 6–0, 7–5 |
Loss | 26. | 21 September 2008 | Sofia, Bulgaria | Clay | Renata Voráčová | Lourdes Domínguez Lino Arantxa Parra Santonja | 7–6(4), 7–6(9) |
Loss | 27. | 19 October 2008 | Ortisei, Italy | Carpet (i) | Galina Voskoboeva | Mariya Koryttseva Yaroslava Shvedova | 2–6, 1–6 |
Loss | 28. | 29 March 2010 | Minsk, Belarus | Hard | Vitalia Diatchenko | Elena Bovina Irena Pavlovic | 0–6, 1–6 |
Win | 29. | 25 March 2010 | Jersey, Great Britain | Hard (i) | Anna Smith | Jarmila Gajdošová Melanie South | 7–5, 6–4 |
Loss | 30. | 9 April 2010 | Civitavecchia, Italy | Clay | Irina Buryachok | Darya Kustova Renata Voráčová | 5–7, 5–7 |
Win | 31. | 7 May 2010 | Florence, Italy | Clay | Julia Schruff | Lu Jingjing Polina Pekhova | 6–3, 6–4 |
Loss | 32. | 24 January 2011 | Tallinn, Estonia | Hard (i) | Anett Kontaveit | Tamara Čurović Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko | 6–7(8), 1–6 |
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