Maret Ani

Maret Ani
	Ani (left) with doubles partner Andreea Vanc
Country (sports)	Estonia
Residence	Rakvere, Estonia
Born	31 January 1982 (age 42); Tallinn, Estonia
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

Last updated April 21, 2024

Maret Ani (born 31 January 1982) is a retired tennis player from Estonia.

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	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

ITF Circuit finals

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

Singles (7–14)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
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

Doubles (17–15)

Result	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
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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References

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

External links

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Maret Ani at the International Tennis Federation
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Maret Ani at Olympedia
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[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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