Maret Ani

Maret Ani
Maret Ani and Andreea Vanc.JPG
Ani (left) with doubles partner Andreea Vanc
Country (sports) Estonia
ResidenceRakvere, Estonia
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 37)
Tallinn, Estonia[1]
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Turned pro1997
Retired2011
PlaysRight-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money$733,979
Singles
Career record335–263
Career titles7 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 63 (15 May 2006)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open1R (2006, 2008)
French Open1R (2006, 2009)
Wimbledon1R (2006, 2008)
US Open1R (2002, 2006, 2008)
Other tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2008)
Doubles
Career record197–144
Career titles17 ITF
Highest rankingNo. 39 (5 April 2004)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenSF (2004)
French Open3R (2006)
Wimbledon2R (2006)
US Open3R (2006)
Other doubles tournaments
Olympic Games1R (2004, 2008)

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.

WTA career finals

Doubles: 2 runner-ups

Legend
Grand Slam
Tier I
Tier II
Tier III
Tier IV & V
Result Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Loss 13 April 2003 Estoril, Portugal Clay Switzerland Emmanuelle Gagliardi Hungary Petra Mandula
Austria Patricia Wartusch
7–6(7–3), 6–7(3–7), 2–6
Loss 2 August 2003 Sopot, Poland Clay Czech Republic Libuše Průšová Ukraine Tatiana Perebiynis
Croatia Silvija Talaja
4–6, 5–7

ITF Circuit finals

$100,000 tournaments
$75,000 tournaments
$50,000 tournaments
$25,000 tournaments
$10,000 tournaments

Singles (7–14)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent Score
Runner-up 1. 2 November 1998 Rungsted, Denmark Hard (i) Denmark Eva Dyrberg 3–6, 4–6
Runner-up 2. 30 July 2000 Camaiore, Italy Clay Argentina Eugenia Chialvo 1–6, 6–2, 5–7
Runner-up 3. 13 August 2000 Rimini, Italy Clay Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 4. 3 September 2000 Spoleto, Italy Clay Italy Maria Elena Camerin 2–6, 6–7(0–7)
Runner-up 5. 8 October 2000 Fiumicino, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Vanc 1–4, 1–4, 5–3, 1–4
Runner-up 6. 29 October 2000 Saint-Raphaël, France Hard Germany Mia Buric 2–4, 4–1, 4–2, 3–5, 3–5
Runner-up 7. 26 October 2003 Saint Raphael, France Hard (i) France Camille Pin 2–6, 2–6
Runner-up 8. 17 April 2005 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Romania Magda Mihalache 6–1, 5–7, 4–6
Runner-up 9. 7 August 2005 Martina Franca, Italy Clay Italy Nathalie Vierin 3–6, 4–6
Winner 10. 23 October 2005 Saint Raphael, France Hard (i) Italy Mara Santangelo 6–3, 7–5
Runner-up 11. 21 November 2005 Poitiers, France Hard Ukraine Viktoria Kutuzova 3–6, 6–3, 4–6
Winner 12. 28 January 2007 Capriolo, Italy Carpet (i) Germany Carmen Klaschka 2–6, 6–1, 6–1
Runner-up 13. 4 February 2007 London, Great Britain Hard Netherlands Elise Tamaëla 2–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–7(3–7)
Winner 14. 11 February 2007 Tipton, Great Britain Hard Netherlands Elise Tamaëla 5–7, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
Winner 15. 31 March 2007 Patras, Greece Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić 5–4 ret.
Winner 16. 7 April 2007 Putignano, Italy Carpet (i) Germany Carmen Klaschka 7–6(10–8), 6–4
Runner-up 17. 17 September 2007 Albuquerque, United States Hard Paraguay Rossana de los Ríos 6–7(6–8), 6–1, 2–6
Winner 18. 7 October 2007 Troy, United States Hard Canada Stéphanie Dubois 3–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up 19. 4 May 2008 Cagnes-sur-Mer, France Clay Ukraine Viktoriya Kutuzova 1–6, 5–7
Runner-up 20. 28 September 2008 Shrewsbury, Great Britain Hard (i) Italy Roberta Vinci 5–7, 5–7
Winner 21. 1 November 2009 İstanbul, Turkey Hard (i) Sweden Johanna Larsson 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2

Doubles (17–14)

Outcome No. Date Tournament Surface Partner Opponents Score
Winner 1. 13 August 2000 Rimini, Italy Hard Estonia Margit Rüütel Hungary Zsófia Gubacsi
Austria Nicole Remis
3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Runner–up 2. 19 November 2000 Naples, United States Clay Italy Valentina Sassi Japan Nana Miyagi
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
3–5, 4–2, 4–2, 3–5, 1–4
Runner–up 3. 5 August 2001 Alghero, Italy Hard Brazil Joana Cortez Australia Trudi Musgrave
United Kingdom Julie Pullin
4–6, 5–7
Winner 4. 16 September 2001 Reggio Calabria, Italy Clay Italy Gloria Pizzichini Argentina Eugenia Chialvo
Spain Gisela Riera
w/o
Winner 5. 30 September 2001 Verona, Italy Clay Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Conchita Martínez Granados
6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–5)
Runner-up 6. 12 February 2002 Sutton, Great Britain Carpet Russia Galina Fokina Austria Sylvia Plischke
Serbia and Montenegro Dragana Zarić
5–7, 3–6
Winner 7. 7 July 2002 Orbetello, Italy Clay Romania Andreea Vanc Russia Evgenia Kulikovskaya
Russia Ekaterina Sysoeva
6–3, 1–6, 6–1
Winner 8. 18 August 2002 Bronx, United States Hard Italy Flavia Pennetta Japan Shinobu Asagoe
Japan Nana Miyagi
6–4, 6–1
Winner 9. 14 September 2003 Bordeaux, France Clay Czech Republic Libuše Průšová Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Olga Vymetálková
6–3, 6–4
Winner 10. 5 October 2003 Caserta, Italy Clay Italy Giulia Casoni Spain Rosa María Andrés Rodríguez
Morocco Bahia Mouhtassine
7–5, 7–5
Runner-up 11. 12 October 2003 Latina, Italy Clay Czech Republic Libuše Průšová Italy Mara Santangelo
Italy Roberta Vinci
6–3, 2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 12. 26 October 2003 Saint Raphaël, France Hard (i) France Camille Pin Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Croatia Darija Jurak
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 13. 21 December 2003 Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic Hard (i) Czech Republic Libuše Průšová Czech Republic Iveta Benešová
Czech Republic Michaela Paštiková
w/o
Runner-up 14. 26 September 2005 Biella, Italy Clay Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
4–6, 6–7(4–7)
Winner 15. 21 November 2005 Poitiers, France Hard Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić Russia Nina Bratchikova
Uzbekistan Akgul Amanmuradova
7–6(7–0), 6–1
Runner-up 16. 4 March 2007 Las Vegas, United States Hard Italy Alberta Brianti Belarus Victoria Azarenka
Belarus Tatiana Poutchek
2–6, 4–6
Runner-up 17. 7 May 2007 Rome, Italy Clay Belgium Caroline Maes Poland Marta Domachowska
Finland Emma Laine
1–0 ret.
Winner 18. 30 June 2007 Padova, Italy Clay New Zealand Marina Erakovic Germany Vanessa Henke
Germany Andrea Petkovic
6–4, 6–4
Winner 19. 9 July 2007 Biella, Italy Clay Estonia Kaia Kanepi Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
6–4, 6–1
Winner 20. 30 July 2007 Rimini, Italy Clay Slovenia Andreja Klepač Serbia Karolina Jovanović
Bosnia and Herzegovina Mervana Jugić-Salkić
6–4, 6–0
Runner-up 21. 24 September 2007 Ashland, United States Hard Germany Sandra Klösel Brazil Maria Fernanda Alves
Czech Republic Eva Hrdinová
6–7(5–7), 2–6
Winner 22. 9 July 2008 Cuneo, Italy Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Ukraine Olga Savchuk
Russia Marina Shamayko
6–1, 6–2
Winner 23. 13 July 2008 Zagreb, Croatia Clay Croatia Jelena Kostanić Tošić Ukraine Yuliya Beygelzimer
Switzerland Stefanie Vögele
6–4, 6–2
Winner 24. 7 September 2008 Denain, France Clay Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino France Stéphanie Cohen-Aloro
Canada Marie-Ève Pelletier
6–0, 7–5
Winner 25. 21 September 2008 Sofia, Bulgaria Clay Czech Republic Renata Voráčová Spain Lourdes Domínguez Lino
Spain Arantxa Parra Santonja
7–6(7–4), 7–6(11–9)
Runner-up 26. 19 October 2008 Ortisei, Italy Carpet (i) Kazakhstan Galina Voskoboeva Ukraine Mariya Koryttseva
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
2–6, 1–6
Runner-up 27. 29 March 2010 Minsk, Belarus Hard Russia Vitalia Diatchenko Russia Elena Bovina
France Irena Pavlovic
0–6, 1–6
Winner 28. 25 March 2010 Jersey, Great Britain Hard (i) United Kingdom Anna Smith Australia Jarmila Gajdošová
United Kingdom Melanie South
7–5, 6–4
Runner-up 29. 9 April 2010 Civitavecchia, Italy Clay Ukraine Irina Buryachok Belarus Darya Kustova
Czech Republic Renata Voráčová
5–7, 5–7
Winner 30. 7 May 2010 Florence, Italy Clay Germany Julia Schruff China Lu Jingjing
Belarus Polina Pekhova
6–3, 6–4
Runner-up 31. 24 January 2011 Tallinn, Estonia Hard (i) Estonia Anett Kontaveit Serbia Tamara Čurović
Ukraine Yevgeniya Kryvoruchko
6–7(8–10), 1–6

References

  1. ^ "WTA | Players | Info | Maret Ani". Wtatennis.com. 2012-06-23. Archived from the original on 2012-10-12. Retrieved 2012-07-09.

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