14.03.23 NEWS ... Last year, Estonia hosted a WTA (Women's Tennis Association) tennis tournament for the first time. Despite its success, the WTA 250 Tallinn Open will not take place again this year due to the difficulty in organizing a tournament of that caliber without considerable financial support from the state.
27.02.23 NEWS ... Anett Kontaveit dropped to 61st place in the latest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) women's tennis world rankings, meaning Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 48) returns to being Estonia's top-ranked tennis player for the first time in almost eight years.
30.01.23 NEWS ... Estonia's top tennis player Anett Kontaveit, 27, moved up a spot to 18th in the latest Women's Tennis Association (WTA) rankings published Monday. Kaia Kanepi dropped 18 spots on week.
11.01.23 NEWS ... Estonia's Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 32) was knocked out of the Adelaide International 2 WTA 500 category tournament on Wednesday by Spain's Paula Badosa (WTA No. 11) 1:6, 5:7 in the second round.
10.01.23 NEWS ... Estonia's Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 23) defeated Australia's Storm Hunter (WTA No. 227) 6:2, 6:2 in the first round of the Adelaide International 2 tennis tournament. Kanepi will now face Paula Badosa (WTA No. 11) of Spain in round two.
10.01.23 NEWS ... Estonia's number one tennis player Anett Kontaveit (WTA No. 17) was knocked out of the International 2 WTA 500 category tournament in round one, after losing in straight sets, 4:6, 3:6 to Spain's Paula Badosa (WTA No. 11).
04.01.23 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi has lost her round two encounter at the WTA500 tournament in Adelaide Australia, going down 6:0, 6.4 to Marketa Vondroušova (Czech Republic).
03.01.23 TENNIS ... The World Tennis Association (WTA) rankings of Estonia's top two tennis players, Anett Kontaveit and Kaia Kanepi, remain unchanged in the freshly announced lists this week.
03.01.23 NEWS ... Estonia's top tennis player Anett Kontaveit (WTA No. 17) began the new season with a 1-6, 6-4, 6-7 (7-9) defeat to China's Zheng Qinwen (WTA No. 28) in the Adelaide International 1 tournament in Australia.
08.12.22 NEWS ... The Women's Tennis Association (WTA) has chosen the matches between Estonia's Kaia Kanepi and Arina Sabalenka of Belarus as amongst the most exciting of the year.
08.11.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit's tennis season is not quite over after all, as she is due to take part in the inaugural World Tennis League event in Dubai next month.
03.11.22 TENNIS ... Tennis player Elena Malõgina is the only Estonian to make it to round two of an International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament held at home in Estonia, after beating Suzan Lamens (Netherlands) in three sets, 6:4, 2:6, 6:2 on Wednesday.
01.11.22 NEWS ... Estonia's rising young tennis star Kiira Paškov won her fourth Tennis Europe Junior Tour U-12 girls singles category 1 tournament of the season in Mallorca, Spain this weekend. Paškov, 12, was also victorious in the doubles tournament where she paired up with fellow Estonian Nadezhda Morozova.
21.10.22 TENNIS ... Another one of Estonia's tennis players, this time on the men's Association of Tennis Professional circuit, Mark Lajal is out of the Challenger tournament in Vilnius, Lithuania, after losing in round two to Laurent Lokoli (France) in three sets, 1:6, 6.3, 6:0 on Thursday.
21.10.22 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi and her women's doubles partner Linda Fruhvirtova (Czech Republic) are out of the season-closing Guadalajara tournament in Mexico after losing in three sets, 3:6, 6:1, 10:5 to the pairing of Latvian Jelena Ostapenko and Ukrainian Ljudmla Kitšenoki.
19.10.22 TENNIS ... Maileen Nuudi is out of the ITF W60 tournament in Glasgow, Scotland, after losing to Heather Watson in three sets, 6:7 (7:9), 6:4, 6:1.
19.10.22 TENNIS ... Estonian tennis player Kaia Kanepi may be out of the singles at the prestigious, season-closing WTA1000 tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, but she is still in the competition in the doubles, pairing up with Czech player Linda Fruhvirtova.
18.10.22 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi is out of the Guadalajara 2 tournament in Mexico after losing in round one to Russian player Liudmila Samsonova in straight sets, 6:1, 7:5.
17.10.22 NEWS ... Estonia's top tennis player Anett Kontaveit remains in third place in the latest WTA (Women's Tennis Association) rankings. Meanwhile, Kaia Kanepi has moved back into the top 30 after a break of more than eight years.
15.10.22 TENNIS ... Tennis star Anett Kontaveit has officially announced that her 2022 season is over, but has looked back with satisfaction on a year which had 'absolutely everything'.
12.10.22 TENNIS ... Top Estonian tennis player Anett Kontaveit will miss the World Tennis Association season-closing tournament in Guadalajara, Mexico, meaning her 2022 season is effectively over.
08.10.22 NEWS ... Estonia's second highest ranked tennis player Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 32) will start the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 500 San Diego Open with a qualifying round match against the USA's Lauren Davis (WTA No. 84).
07.10.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit lost her round two clash against Tereza Martincova in the Ostrava WTA500 tournament in the Czech Republic. Martincova, who won the first set on a tie-break, was given a walk-off victory after the Estonian pulled out early in the second set, citing a lower back injury.
06.10.22 TENNIS ... Estonian tennis player Elena Malõgina is through to round two of the international Tennis Federation (ITF) W25 tournament in Sozopol, Bulgaria, after defeating third seed Irina Khromacheva in two sets 6.3, 7:6 (10:8).
06.10.22 TENNIS ... Tennis player Mark Lajal is playing at an International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament in Sheffield, England this week.
04.10.22 NEWS ... WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Tallinn 250 Tournament Director Allar Hint confirmed that the Estonian Tennis Association (ETL) would like to organize a similar professional competition in Estonia next year. To do so, Estonia would have to submit an application to the WTA within the next month.
04.10.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit, who was runner-up in last week's inaugural Tallinn Open, in her home town, is set to face her round two opponent from that competition, this time in Ostrava, the Czech Republic.
03.10.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit lost in the singles final at the inaugural Tallinn Open WTA250 event Sunday in two sets, 6:2, 6:3, to Czech player Barbora Krjecikova.
01.10.22 NEWS ... Estonia's number two seed Kaia Kanepi (WTA No.32) defeated Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic (WTA No.224) in the quarter-finals of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 250 Tallinn Open on Friday to set up a semi-final showdown with Anett Kontaveit.
30.09.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit is through to the quarter-finals of the WTA250 Tallinn Open after convincingly beating Czech player Tereza Martincova in straight sets, 6:2, 6:1.
29.09.22 NEWS ... Estonia's number two tennis player Kaia Kanepi (WTA No.32) reached the quarter-finals of the Tallinn WTA 250 with a win in straight sets over Ann Li (WTA No. 62) of the USA.
29.09.22 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi beat Latvian player Jelena Ostapenko in three sets, 4:6, 6:4, 6:0 after coming back from being a set down before a home crowd at the WTA250 Tallinn Open Wednesday.
28.09.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit came back from a one-set deficit to beat Wang Xiyu (China) in a lengthy round one encounter Tuesday evening at her home event, the Tallinn WTA250 tournament, winning 3:6, 6:2, 7:5.
26.09.22 NEWS ... Estonia's top seed Anett Kontaveit (WTA No. 3) and second seed Kaia Kanepi (WTA No. 32) trained together ahead of the WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 250 Tallinn Open, the first ever WTA tournament to take place in Estonia,
24.09.22 TENNIS ... Estonia's top tennis player Anett Kontaveit meets Chinese player Wang Xiyu in round one of the inaugural Tallinn WTA250 tournament starting Monday, Saturday's official draw revealed.
23.09.22 NEWS ... The long-awaited WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 250 Tallinn Open tournament gets underway this weekend, with qualifying matches starting on Saturday. Organizer Riho Kallus and Alfred Värnik, who is responsible for managing the volunteers during the tournament, discussed the preparations on ETV's morning show "Terevisioon."
22.09.22 NEWS ... The long-awaited WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 250 Tallinn tennis tournament is just days away, with final preparations now in full swing at the FORUS Sports Center in Tondi. Seating areas have been installed alongside the two courts, with the capacity to hold just over 2,200 spectators. A brand new entrance to the center has also been created especially for the event.
21.09.22 TENNIS ... A wrist injury has forced Ukrainian tennis player Dajana Yastremska to withdraw from next week's hotly-anticipated inaugural WTA250 Tallinn tennis tournament.
20.09.22 TENNIS ... While much of the attention ahead of Estonia's first ever Women's Tennis Association (WTA) tournament, taking place in Tallinn later this month, is on top star and world number three Anett Kontaveit, the tournament has also come good for Maileen Nuudi.
19.09.22 NEWS ... Estonia's top tennis star Anett Kontaveit (WTA 3) met with aspiring young players at the FORUS Tennis Center in Tondi, the venue for the WTA 250 Tallinn Open tennis tournament, which is set to get underway at the weekend.
19.09.22 NEWS ... The WTA (Women's Tennis Association) Tallinn 250 Open gets underway at the end of September. Estonia's Anett Kontaveit (WTA 3), who is the highest-ranked player in the tournament, is looking forward to a tough competition and does not believe that playing at home will give her a major advantage.
16.09.22 TENNIS ... Estonia lost its opening Davis Cup games away against Slovenia Friday, though have more matches to play Saturday.
16.09.22 TENNIS ... Women's tennis world number three Anett Kontaveit is first playing the inaugural Tallinn WTA250 tournament on its third day.
15.09.22 TENNIS ... Estonian tennis player Katriin Saar is through to the quarter finals at the International Tennis Federatoin Tournament in Cairo, Egypt, after beating Sarah Adegoke (Nigeria) in straight sets 6-0, 6-0.
03.09.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit and her women's doubles partner Shelby Rogers (US) have withdrawn from the US Open ahead of their scheduled round one clash.
02.09.22 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi is out of the US Open after losing the comeback of the tournament – so far – from Belarusian player and world number six Aryna Sabalenka, who won 2:6, 7:6 (8), 6:4, in round two
01.09.22 TENNIS ... Anett Kontaveit lost in three sets in a lengthy US Open round two encounter with former number one and 23-time grand slam winner Serena Williams, 7:6 (4), 2:6, 6:2.
31.08.22 NEWS ... Torben Beltz, coach of Estonian number one Annet Kontaveit (WTA 2), has described the Estonian's upcoming US Open second round match with Serena Williams as a challenge for the Estonian, but one that she will embrace.
31.08.22 NEWS ... Wimbledon champion Elena Rybakina (WTA 25) of Kazakhstan and Switzerland's Olympic gold medalist Belinda Bencic (WTA 13) are amongst the top tennis stars confirmed to appear in the upcoming WTA (Women's Tennis Association) 250 Tallinn Open tournament.
31.08.22 TENNIS ... Kaia Kanepi won her US Open round one encounter with Czech player Tereza Martincova in two sets, 7:6(4), 6:3 on Tuesday, setting herself up with a round two fixture with Belarusian player Arina Sabalenka at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.