Margit Rüütel

Margit Rüütel

Country (sports)	Estonia
Born	4 September 1983 Tallinn, Estonia
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	$155,171
Singles
Career record	246–175
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 162 (21 April 2008)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2008), Q1 (2009)
French Open	Q1 (2006), Q2 (2007, 2008), Q1 (2010)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2006, 2008)
US Open	Q3 (2005, 2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	89–70
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 192 (9 April 2007)

Margit Rüütel (born 4 September 1983) is an Estonian tennis player.

Rüütel won six singles and seven doubles titles on the ITF tour during her career. On 21 April 2008, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 162. On 9 April 2007, she peaked at world number 192 in the doubles rankings.

Rüütel made 42 appearances for the Estonia Fed Cup team between 1999 and 2012.

Playing for Estonia at the Fed Cup, Rüütel has a win–loss of 20–22.

Rüütel last match 2012 played. She retired from tennis 2015.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles 12 (6–6)

$100,000 tournaments

$75,000 tournaments

$50,000 tournaments

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$10,000 tournaments

Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	1.	25 June 2000	Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	1–6 2–6
Runner-up	2.	28 January 2001	Båstad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	2–6 0–6
Winner	3.	26 March 2001	Bari, Italy	Clay	Eva Fislová	3–6 6–3 6–1
Runner-up	4.	2 November 2003	Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anne-Laure Heitz	6–3 1–6 4–6
Winner	5.	10 October 2004	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sybille Bammer	3–6 6–1 7–5
Runner-up	6.	17 October 2004	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tessy van de Ven	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Winner	7.	23 November 2005	Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Piia Suomalainen	7–5 6–0
Winner	8.	17 December 2005	Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Eva Hrdinová	6–0 6–2
Winner	9.	10 April 2006	Patras, Greece	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–3 4–6 6–2
Runner-up	10.	28 July 2007	Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	1–6 5–7
Winner	11.	29 September 2008	Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Lina Stančiūtė	6–4 6–7 7–6
Runner–up	12.	7 June 2010	Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 12 (7–5)

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Outcome	No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponent in the final	Score
Winner	1.	13 August 2000	Rimini, Italy	Hard	Maret Ani	Zsófia Gubacsi Nicole Remis	3–6 6–3 7–5
Winner	2.	8 July 2001	Périgueux, France	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Kildine Chevalier Daniela Olivera	6–4 6–1
Runner-up	3.	17 February 2002	Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Ilona Poljakova	Daria Chemarda Irina Kotkina	0–6 3–6
Runner-up	4.	24 March 2002	Roma, Italy	Clay	Caroline Ann Basu	Claudia Ivone Flavia Pennetta	3–6 4–6
Winner	5.	22 September 2005	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	Anne Keothavong Karen Paterson	6–3, 6–7^(2–7), 6–2
Runner-up	6.	10 December 2005	Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	Lucie Hradecká Gabriela Chmelinová	6–3 4–6 4–6
Winner	7.	3 April 2006	Athens, Greece	Clay	Olga Brózda	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Runner-up	8.	27 September 2006	Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Karen Paterson Melanie South	2–6, 6–2, 6–7^(1–7)
Winner	9.	12 October 2006	Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	Veronika Chvojková Claire Peterzan	7–5, 6–4
Runner-up	10.	19 October 2006	Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	Veronika Chvojková Līga Dekmeijere	4–6, 3–6
Winner	11.	24 March 2007	Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Veronika Chvojková Petra Cetkovská	2-3 ret
Winner	12.	8 September 2007	Mestre, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darya Kustova	6–2 7–5

External links

• Margit Rüütel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Margit Rüütel at the International Tennis Federation
• Margit Rüütel at the Fed Cup