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Kontaveit has won one singles title on the WTA Tour as well as eleven singles and five doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. She has reached one Premier Mandatory semifinal at the 2019 Miami Open and the final of one Premier 5 event, the 2018 Wuhan Open. She reached her maiden Grand Slam quarterfinal at the 2020 Australian Open. Kontaveit achieved her best singles ranking of No. 14 on 1 April 2019 and peaked at No. 97 in the WTA doubles rankings on 3 February 2020.

Note: Kontaveit withdrew from the 2019 US Open before her third-round match, which does not officially count as a loss.

Note: Kontaveit and Daria Kasatkina withdrew from the 2019 US Open before their second-round match, which does not officially count as a loss.

On 1 October 2018, she reached her best singles ranking of No. 21, after finishing runner-up at the Wuhan Open. During the tournament she beat Sloane Stephens, Donna Vekić, Zhang Shuai, Katarina Siniaková and Wang Qiang to reach the final where she lost in straight sets to Aryna Sabalenka.

She withdrew from two Premier events, in Zhengzhou and the Toray Pan Pacific Open. She also withdrew from the Wuhan Open where she had reached the final in 2018. Her withdrawal meant that she would drop down the rankings with points being deducted from last year. She later revealed on Instagram that she had been suffering from an ongoing illness and a small operation. She said, she may return in time for either Linz or the Kremlin Cup but withdrew from both.

At her first grass tournament of 2017, the Ricoh Open, Kontaveit reached her second final of the year. En route she scored wins over sixth seed Kristýna Plíšková, former Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens, Carina Witthöft and seventh seed Lesia Tsurenko. In the final, she got past Natalia Vikhlyantseva to clinch her maiden WTA title and ensure a top 40 debut.

Her first grass-court match ended in defeat to seventh seed Johanna Konta at the Birmingham Classic. Seeded 16th at Eastbourne, she came from a set down to defeat wild-carded Harriet Dart in the first round to set up a second-round clash with Anna-Lena Friedsam. She was defeated in straight sets.

After taking the next month off she returned at the Rogers Cup where she is the 16th seed. Her first match was against the wild-carded Maria Sharapova. She defeated her in an epic two hour and forty minute match. She won a 17-minute service game to break Sharapova and to serve for the match. In the second round, she defeated Carla Suárez Navarro who retired in the second set. She lost to third seed Karolína Plíšková in the third round.

During the Middle Eastern swing, she lost in the second round of the Qatar Open to Angelique Kerber. Seeded 15th at the Dubai Tennis Championships, she lost in the first round to Zhang Shuai.

Kontaveit qualified for Wimbledon for the first time in 2014. She held match point in the first round against Casey Dellacqua, but lost the match in three sets. She then qualified for the Swedish Open, beating top seed Alizé Cornet in the first round. She lost in the second round to Jana Čepelová.

After an extended training block in Australia to end 2014, Kontaveit's first tournament since the Canadian Open was the ASB Classic, where she lost to Urszula Radwańska in three sets. She then played her first Australian Open, defeating Paula Kania in the first round of qualifying before losing a close match against Evgeniya Rodina.

She was seeded 14th at the Madrid Open, however lost in the first round to Aliaksandra Sasnovich in three sets. Her next event was the Italian Open where she was seeded 15th. She defeated Mona Barthel to face Maria Sakkari in the second round. However, she lost in straight sets. Her results meant she was seeded 17th at the French Open, her best seeding at a Grand Slam event but she lost there in the first round to Karolina Muchová.

Kontaveit utilizes a variety of strokes that generally force opponents to hit awkward returns—enabling her to strike fast winners or draw quick errors. While seeking a short ball from her opponent, she will typically attack with a high kick serve, alter pace with a backhand slice, or change direction in a prolonged rally. Along with her kicker, Kontaveit employs a wide slice serve as well. She is also noted for her speed around the baseline, allowing her to reach most shots and hit running forehands.. Since hiring Nigel Sears as her coach she has improved her service action adding more power and variety to it, such as utilising the kick serve which has helped save break points against opponents. She has also become more aggressive and learned when to pull the trigger in rallies.

Kontaveit transferred to the grass in Eastbourne, and won the $50k event, her biggest ITF title to date, without losing a set. She then continued this form in Surbiton, making the semifinals before losing a three-set match to Naomi Osaka. She then qualified and made the semifinals in Ilkley, beating players including Zhu Lin, Jeļena Ostapenko and Wang Yafan. However, she lost to Magda Linette after leading 5–1 in the third set and holding a match point. Despite this loss, Kontaveit had the most wins of any player on grass, and this form granted her a main-draw wild card to the Wimbledon Championships. She lost in the first round to the former world No. 1, Victoria Azarenka.

At the Southern & Western Open, she defeated 13th seed Angelique Kerber in the first round to face Polish teenager Iga Świątek in round two. She defeated her in two sets to face the top seed and world No. 2, Ash Barty in round three. She lost in three tight sets, despite serving for the match in the final set. With this results she dropped to 21st in the world and secured her the 21st seed at the US Open.

In February 2012, Kontaveit won the $10k tournament in her hometown of Tallinn as an unseeded player. After this, she flew to the England for a $25k tournament in Bath, Somerset. In the first round, she defeated Alizé Lim, backed up by another win over qualifier Patrysja Sanduska. However, she lost in the third round to another qualifier, Diāna Marcinkēviča.

Kontaveit had success on the junior tour in 2011, her best Grand Slam result of the year being at Roland Garros in May. There she made the quarterfinals with wins over world No. 6 Danka Kovinić and future-Wimbledon junior champion Ashleigh Barty. At the quarterfinal stage, she lost to Irina Khromacheva, the Wimbledon junior runner-up.

Kontaveit won her first ITF title in SEB Tallink Open 2011, beating Zuzana Luknárová in the final. She was also a member of Estonia Fed Cup team. She also had surprising success on the professional tour as she won three titles. She also had a semifinal singles result at a tournament in Almere on clay and a quarterfinal result in another tournament in Tallinn. She also made the finals of the SEB Tallinn Open in doubles with Maret Ani. She lost in the quarterfinals of the Tampere Open to Piia Suomalainen. Kontaveit won her second ITF title at the 2011 Savitaipale Open, where she beat Lisanne van Riet in the final.

At the US Open, Kontaveit opened the tournament with a win against Sara Sorribes Tormo. She defeated Ajla Tomljanović in the second round but withdrew from her third-round match against 13th seed Belinda Bencic with a viral illness.

Kontaveit won the Estonian Championships in 2009 and again in 2010, being the youngest player ever in Estonia to do so.

Anett Kontaveit (Estonian pronunciation: [aˈnet ˈkontaveit] ; born 24 December 1995) is an Estonian professional tennis player.

Kontaveit had her first Grand Slam break-through at the US Open. Starting as an unseeded player in qualifying, she beat Stephanie Vogt, María Teresa Torró Flor and Naomi Broady to qualify for the main draw. There, Kontaveit then beat Casey Dellacqua, 31st seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Madison Brengle to reach the fourth round proper, where she lost to 23rd seed Venus Williams in straight sets. With this result Kontaveit broke into the top 100 for the first time, moving up over 60 places.

Kontaveit began her season at the Brisbane International defeating Hsieh Su-wei but losing to No. 6 seed Kiki Bertens in three sets. Her next match was the Adelaide International where she lost to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova in the first round in straight sets. In her next tournament, at the Australian Open as a 28th seed, she defeated Astra Sharma and Sara Sorribes Tormo. She then crushed Belinda Bencic, losing only one game, to reach the fourth round for the second time in her career. Iga Swiatek fell in three sets to give Kontaveit a place in the quarterfinals where she lost against Simona Halep. However, with her win in the fourth round against Swiatek, she became the first Estonian, male or female, to reach a quarterfinal at the Australian Open, and with this tournament's result she moved up nine places in the WTA rankings to 22. She next went to Dubai where she made the quarterfinals but lost to Petra Martic..

In the spring on clay courts, Kontaveit reached the semifinals of Stuttgart and Rome. At the French Open, she was seeded 25th and reached the fourth round for the second Grand Slam in a row losing to eventual finalist Sloane Stephens.

Kontaveit then moved onto the Sunshine Double tournaments at Indian Wells and Miami. Seeded 21st, she reached the fourth round at Indian losing to Karolína Plíšková in three sets. She then made her breakthrough at the Miami Open. Seeded again 21st, she defeated Amanda Anisimova, Ajla Tomljanovic and Indian Wells champion Bianca Andreescu to reach her first Premier Mandatory quarterfinal. She defeated 27th seed Hsieh Su-wei despite trailing in the third set. She then faced Ashleigh Barty but lost in straight sets. These results propelled her ranking from 20 to 14 and made her the highest ranked Estonian player in history, male or female, and surpassed compatriot Kaia Kanepi's career-high rank of 15.