Maret Ani
Encyclopedia
Maret Ani is an Estonia
n tennis
player. 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.
Estonia
Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...
n tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
player. At the start of 2006, she was the top-ranked player in Estonia, before losing that spot to Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi
Kaia Kanepi is an Estonian professional tennis player. Her career-high ranking is world no. 16 reached on 14 February 2011....
.
Ani was a junior basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
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
Estonia Fed Cup team
The Estonia Fed Cup team represents Estonia in Fed Cup tennis competition and are governed by the Estonian Tennis Association.Estonia has competed in Fed Cup since 1992.Estonia currently competes in the World Group II...
in 1998.
Doubles 2
Legend | |
Grand Slam | 0 |
WTA Championships | 0 |
Tier I | 0 |
Tier II | 0 |
Tier III | 0 |
Tier IV & V | 0 |
Olympic Games | 0 |
Titles by Surface | |
Hard | 0 |
Clay | 0 |
Grass | 0 |
Carpet | 0 |
Outcome | No. | Date | Tournament | Surface | Partner | Opponents | Score |
Runner-up | 1. | 13 April 2003 | Estoril Estoril Open The Estoril Open is an ATP and WTA clay court tournament held in Jamor, Oeiras, Portugal . The men's tournament was created in 1990 and since its inception, every champion except 2004 champion Juan Ignacio Chela and 2009–2010 champion Albert Montañés has been in the Top 10 of the ATP rankings,... , Portugal |
Clay | Emmanuelle Gagliardi Emmanuelle Gagliardi Emmanuelle Gagliardi is a professional Swiss tennis player.Her coach is Marco Tarelli and she prefers to play on hardcourts.As of 2 March 2008, Gagliardi is still searching for her first WTA Tour singles title.... |
Petra Mandula Petra Mandula Petra Mandula is a Hungarian tennis player, who represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. There she was eliminated in the first round by Amanda Coetzer of South Africa... Patricia Wartusch Patricia Wartusch Patricia Wartusch is a professional female tennis player from Austria. She reached her career high singles ranking of No. 65 in the world in 2000... |
7-6(3), 6-7(3), 2-6 |
Runner-up | 2. | 2 August 2003 | Sopot Orange Warsaw Open The Orange Warsaw Open is an annual men's tennis tournament played in Poland as part of the ATP Tour. The tournament is played on clay courts. From 1992 to 2007, the tournament was held in Sopot, before moving to Warsaw for 2008... , Poland |
Clay | Libuše Průšová Libuše Průšová Libuše Průšová is a former professional Czech tennis player.Průšová reached a record singles high of World No. 103 and even ranked World No. 46 in doubles during her playing career. She won 17 different ITF titles.... |
Tatiana Perebiynis Tatiana Perebiynis Tetyana Yurevna Perebiynis , born on December 15, 1982 is a Top 100 female professional tennis player born in Kharkiv, Ukraine, where she lives. She is an only child. She reached the Wimbledon junior girls' singles final in 2000, and won the Wimbledon juniors doubles final that year... Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja Silvija Talaja is a former Croatian professional tennis player.Her most successful year was 2000, when she won two WTA tournaments and received career-high ranking of number 18... |
4-6, 5-7 |