Photo: Rob Keating from Canberra, Australia, Australia / CC BY 2.0 (source: Wikimedia Commons)
My Take
Angelique Kerber is one of those athletes I admire more the longer I think about her career. Reaching world No. 1 is hard enough, but holding it for 34 weeks and finishing 2016 as the year-end top-ranked woman shows real consistency, not a fluke run. What impresses me most is that her three majors came on completely different surfaces: the Australian Open and US Open hard courts in 2016, then Wimbledon's grass in 2018. That kind of range is rare. Being from Bremen rather than a traditional tennis powerhouse makes her climb feel even more self-made to me. A grinder who turned defense into a weapon.
Overview
Angelique Kerber (German: [ʔan.d͡ʒɛˈliːk ˈkɛɐ̯bɐ] ; born 18 January 1988) is a German former professional tennis player. She was ranked as the world No. 1 in women's singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 34 weeks, including as the year-end No. 1 in 2016. Kerber won 14 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including three majors at the 2016 Australian Open, 2016 US Open, and 2018 Wimbledon Championships.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Angelique Kerber
- Name (Japanese)
- アンゲリク・ケルバー
- Reading
- あんげりく・けるばー
- Born
- January 18, 1988 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Dragon
- Origin
- Bremen, Germany
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- tennis player / athlete
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.