Margit Rüütel

Country (sports)	Estonia
Born	(1983-09-04) 4 September 1983 Tallinn, Estonia
Turned pro	2000
Retired	2015
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Prize money	US$155,171
Singles
Career record	246–175 (58.4%)
Career titles	6 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 158 (12 January 2009)
Grand Slam singles results
Australian Open	Q3 (2008)
French Open	Q2 (2007, 2008)
Wimbledon	Q2 (2006, 2008)
US Open	Q3 (2005, 2006, 2008)
Doubles
Career record	89–70 (56.0%)
Career titles	7 ITF
Highest ranking	No. 192 (9 April 2007)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	20–22

Margit Rüütel (born 4 September 1983) is a former tennis player from Estonia.

In her career, she won six singles titles and seven doubles titles on the ITF Circuit. On 12 January 2009, she reached her best singles ranking of world No. 158.^[1] On 9 April 2007, she peaked at No. 192 in the doubles rankings.

Rüütel made 42 appearances for the Estonia Fed Cup team between 1999 and 2012. Playing in Fed Cup competition, Rüütel has a win–loss record of 20–22.

In 2012, she played her last match on the ITF Circuit, and retired from professional tennis 2015.

ITF Circuit finals

Singles: 12 (6 titles, 6 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Loss	0–1	Jun 2000	ITF Tallinn, Estonia	Clay	Kaia Kanepi	1–6, 2–6
Loss	0–2	Jan 2001	ITF Båstad, Sweden	Hard (i)	Martina Müller	2–6, 0–6
Win	1–2	Mar 2001	ITF Bari, Italy	Clay	Eva Fislová	3–6, 6–3, 6–1
Loss	1–3	Nov 2003	ITF Stockholm, Sweden	Hard (i)	Anne-Laure Heitz	6–3, 1–6, 4–6
Win	2–3	Oct 2004	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Sybille Bammer	3–6, 6–1, 7–5
Loss	2–4	Oct 2004	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Tessy van de Ven	6–4, 0–6, 3–6
Win	3–4	Nov 2005	ITF Sunderland, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Piia Suomalainen	7–5, 6–0
Win	4–4	Dec 2005	ITF Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic	Hard (i)	Eva Hrdinová	6–0, 6–2
Win	5–4	Apr 2006	ITF Patras, Greece	Hard	Mervana Jugić-Salkić	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
Loss	5–5	Jul 2007	ITF Monteroni d'Arbia, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	1–6, 5–7
Win	6–5	Sep 2008	ITF Helsinki, Finland	Hard (i)	Lina Stančiūtė	6–4, 6–7, 7–6
Loss	6–6	Jun 2010	ITF Szczecin, Poland	Clay	Magda Linette	2–6, 0–6

Doubles: 12 (7 titles, 5 runner-ups)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score
Win	1.	13 August 2000	ITF Rimini, Italy	Hard	Maret Ani	Zsófia Gubacsi Nicole Remis	3–6, 6–3, 7–5
Win	2.	8 July 2001	ITF Périgueux, France	Clay	Līga Dekmeijere	Kildine Chevalier Daniela Olivera	6–4, 6–1
Loss	3.	17 February 2002	ITF Kaunas, Lithuania	Hard (i)	Ilona Poljakova	Daria Chemarda Irina Kotkina	0–6, 3–6
Loss	4.	24 March 2002	ITF Rome, Italy	Clay	Caroline Ann Basu	Claudia Ivone Flavia Pennetta	3–6, 4–6
Win	5.	22 September 2005	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Elena Baltacha	Anne Keothavong Karen Paterson	6–3, 6–7(2), 6–2
Loss	6.	10 December 2005	ITF Přerov, Czech Republic	Carpet (i)	Gréta Arn	Lucie Hradecká Gabriela Chmelinová	6–3, 4–6, 4–6
Win	7.	3 April 2006	ITF Athens, Greece	Clay	Olga Brózda	Gabriela Niculescu Monica Niculescu	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
Loss	8.	27 September 2006	ITF Nottingham, United Kingdom	Hard	Katie O'Brien	Karen Paterson Melanie South	2–6, 6–2, 6–7(1)
Win	9.	12 October 2006	ITF Jersey, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	Veronika Chvojková Claire Peterzan	7–5, 6–4
Loss	10.	19 October 2006	GB Pro-Series Glasgow, United Kingdom	Hard (i)	Katie O'Brien	Veronika Chvojková Līga Dekmeijere	4–6, 3–6
Win	11.	24 March 2007	ITF Tenerife, Spain	Hard	Andrea Hlaváčková	Veronika Chvojková Petra Cetkovská	2–3 ret.
Win	12.	8 September 2007	ITF Mestre, Italy	Clay	Alisa Kleybanova	Mervana Jugić-Salkić Darya Kustova	6–2, 7–5

References

External links

• Margit Rüütel at the Women's Tennis Association
• Margit Rüütel at the International Tennis Federation
• Margit Rüütel at the Billie Jean King Cup