Former WTA No. 2 Anett Kontaveit is unlikely to take up a coaching role in tennis in the near future because she is currently studying for a University degree.
Kontaveit was forced into retirement earlier this year after exhausting all possible means of treating a chronic back injury. At the age of 27, she hung up her racket in one of the most shocking early retirements in tennis in recent memory.
Roughly 18 months ago, Kontaveit sat at a personal best ranking of World No. 2 - the highest peak by an Estonian tennis player. But unfortunately, top sport, as she put it, is about "tearing the body apart," and she played her last professional tournament at Wimbledon in July.
During a recent Q&A session on her Instagram account, Kontaveit was quizzed on whether she would work as a tennis coach now that her playing career was cut short. The six-time WTA titlist remarked that she would not pursue a coaching gig because she was preoccupied with her university education.
"Not planning to at the moment. Still finishing my uni and then I'll see what comes next."
The 27-year-old is doing a Bachelor’s degree in psychology at Indiana University and has previously mentioned that studying is a huge commitment. In an interview with WTA Insider in July, she said she hasn't scripted her long-term career plans.
Kontaveit bid farewell her tennis career with a special exhibition match against her good friend Ons Jabeur in Tallinn. It was a fitting way to bow out to thousands of Estonian fans.
"I'm studying psychology at Indiana University, so I'm going to do that. I'll take more classes, so I'll have more to do. Hopefully I'll go on some spontaneous trips. I have to find friends who are not working. It's very difficult."
"But other than that, I don't have big plans. I think I need to learn how to relax a little bit, take some time off and figure out what I want to do. I think studying is a big commitment already, so I'll deal with that for now."
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