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

Maret Ani
Ani (left) with doubles partner Andreea Vanc
Country (sports) Estonia
ResidenceRakvere, Estonia
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 42)
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)
Team competitions
Fed Cup43–25

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

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Doubles: 2 runner-ups

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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

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

Singles (7–14)

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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)

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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

References

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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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