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

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.