Kaia Kanepi

WTA best since 2003 #15

Elo peak23072012-09-22

Career titles410 finals reached

41 yrs · 424–283 career · last 2024-05-21

Kaia Kanepi won 4 tour titles, peaked at 2307 Elo in September 2012, last played 2024-05-21. Career record 424–283.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall

1442#871

Hard

1398#1099

Clay

1539#1088

Grass

1500#1084

Glicko-2 — rating & deviation

Overall

1446#724

Hard

1402#1362

Clay

1524#1013

Grass

1317#1224

Rating deviation ±62.2 — lower means more certain.

Honours · career

Career titles4

Finals reached10

Best WTA rank since 2003#15

Official ranking snapshots begin in 2003, so best rank and weeks at No. 1 are counted from there and any earlier peak is not seen.

Career

Peak Elo2307 2012-09-22

Overall W–L424–283 60%

Hard248–168 60%

Clay150–88 63%

Grass26–27 49%

Record covers 2004 onward — the ratings dataset does not reach the start of this career (2001).

Pressure · career

Finals4–6 40%

Deciding set103–105 50%

Tie-breaks74–82 47%

Deciding-set tie-breaks11–7 61%

After winning set 1284–51 85%

After losing set 161–223 21%

Vs No. 12–4 33%

Vs Top 56–21 22%

Vs Top 1015–45 25%

Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won. Vs Top N uses the opponent’s official ranking that week, so it counts from 2003.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in56.7%

Won behind 1st66.7%

Won behind 2nd45.1%

Break points saved55.8%

Break points converted45.1%

Return points won44.4%

Aces per match3.6

Double faults per match4.7

From 533 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.