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Stat of the Day: Anett Kontaveit has now won her last 20 indoor matches in a row

It’s the longest indoor winning streak on the women’s tour since Justine Henin won 22 in a row between 2007 and 2010.

ByJohn Berkok

Published Feb 13, 2022

Anett Kontaveit’s complete domination of indoor tournaments continued in St. Petersburg, Russia this week, as she extended her indoor winning streak to 20 matches (and four titles) in a row by beating Maria Sakkari in the final of the WTA 500 event, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5.

It’s the longest indoor winning streak since Justine Henin won 22 in a row between 2007 Stuttgart and 2010 Stuttgart.

Even scarier—although she was on the brink of defeat against Sakkari in the St. Petersburg final on Sunday, rallying from a set down, 2-0 down in the second set and 5-2 down in the third—it was only the third time in the streak that she’s been pushed to three sets.

KONTAVEIT’S INDOOR WINNING STREAK: 20-0
d. Cirstea, 6-4, 6-4 (2021 Ostrava 1st Rd)
d. Badosa, 6-3, 6-4 (2021 Ostrava 2nd Rd)
d. Bencic, 6-4, 6-3 (2021 Ostrava QFs)
d. Kvitova, 6-0, 6-4 (2021 Ostrava SFs)
d. Sakkari, 6-2, 7-5 (2021 Ostrava F)
d. Siniakova, 6-3, 6-3 (2021 Moscow 1st Rd)
d. Petkovic, 6-1, 6-4 (2021 Moscow 2nd Rd)
d. Muguruza, 6-1, 6-1 (2021 Moscow QFs)
d. Vondrousova, 6-3, 6-4 (2021 Moscow SFs)
d. Alexandrova, 4-6, 6-4, 7-5 (2021 Moscow F)
d. Krunic, 6-3, 7-5 (2021 Cluj-Napoca-2 1st Rd)
d. Van Uytvanck, 6-3, 6-4 (2021 Cluj-Napoca-2 2nd Rd)
d. Kalinina, 6-3, 6-1 (2021 Cluj-Napoca-2 QFs)
d. Peterson, 6-3, 6-2 (2021 Cluj-Napoca-2 SFs)
d. Halep, 6-2, 6-3 (2021 Cluj-Napoca-2 F)
d. Teichmann, 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 (2022 St. Petersburg 1st Rd)
d. Cirstea, 6-4, 7-5 (2022 St. Petersburg 2nd Rd)
d. Bencic, 7-6 (7), 6-2 (2022 St. Petersburg QFs)
d. Ostapenko, 6-3, 6-4 (2022 St. Petersburg SFs)
d. Sakkari, 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5 (2022 St. Petersburg F)

The last player to beat Kontaveit indoors was Aryna Sabalenka, who defeated the Estonian in the quarterfinals of the indoor clay-court event in Stuttgart last April, 7-5, 4-6, 6-1.

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