Anett Kontaveit will be retiring in July because of back pain.
Anett Kontaveit of Estonia has been forced into early retirement due to a chronic back injury. Photograph: Ella Ling/Shutterstock
“Today I am announcing that I am ending my career as a competitive athlete,” the 27-year old Estonian posted on Instagram. Kontaveit, ranked 79th in the world, reached the WTA’s No. 2 ranking in June 2022. Her best performance in a Grand Sam event was a quarterfinal at the 2020 Australian Open. Kontaveit made her debut in the main draw at a WTA tour event in Miami in 2013. She won six tournaments including four in 2021. Her last title was in St Petersburg in 2022.
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