| Fullname: | Angelique Kerber |
| Calendarprizemoney: | $9,861,615 (singles & doubles) |
| Singlestitles: | 3 |
| Yearendsinglesranking: | No. 1 |
| Australianopenresult: | W |
| Frenchopenresult: | 1R |
| Wimbledonresult: | F |
| Usopenresult: | W |
| Othertournaments: | yes |
| Wtachampionshipsresult: | F |
| Doublestitles: | 0 |
| Currentdoublesranking: | No. 217 |
| Fedcupresult: | 1R |
| Updated: | 31 October 2016 |
See main article: Angelique Kerber. The 2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2016 Brisbane International. Kerber entered the season as the number 10 ranked player and the defending champion at four tournaments.
Kerber entered the 2016 Australian Open as the seventh seed. She saved a match point in the second set against Misaki Doi in the first round before defeating her in three sets to advance to the second round. Following this tight encounter, Kerber defeated Alexandra Dulgheru, Madison Brengle, and compatriot Annika Beck all in comprehensive straight sets to advance to the quarterfinals, her first in Melbourne, where she faced her nemesis Victoria Azarenka, in a rematch of their encounter in Brisbane. With new tactics, Kerber assailed to a lead by two breaks in the first set. Azarenka then fought her way back into the set, but Kerber maintained a one-break lead to close out the set. In the second set, Azarenka resumed her comeback and served for the set twice, but Kerber broke Azarenka both times and had to save four set points in the process too. She ultimately took the match, thus beating Azarenka for the first time in her career, and advanced to her third career Grand Slam semifinal, the most recent one having come in Wimbledon back in 2012.
In the semifinals, Kerber faced the unseeded Johanna Konta and saw off the Briton in straight sets to book a spot in her maiden Grand Slam final, a meeting against world No. 1 and defending champion Serena Williams, who had been in dominant form. There, Kerber surprised Williams in a spectacular match where she was the underdog, and defeated Williams, 4–6, 6–3, 4–6, also stopping Williams from equaling the Open Era record held by Steffi Graf.
With the title, Kerber became the first major champion to save a match point in the first round.[1] She was also the first German of any gender to win a major since Graf at the 1999 French Open.[2] [3] Kerber's victory catapulted her ranking to No.2 for the first time in her career.
| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponent (Seed or Key) | Rank | Result | Score |
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| Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 4 – 9 January 2016 | ||||||
| Sydney International Sydney, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 11 – 16 January 2016 | ||||||
| Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 2016 | ||||||
| Fed Cup World Group First Round Fed Cup Hard, indoor 6 – 7 February 2016 | ||||||
| Qatar Open Doha, Qatar Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 21 – 27 February 2016 | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016 | ||||||
| Miami Open Miami, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 21 March – 3 April 2016 | ||||||
| Charleston Open Charleston, United States Premier Clay, outdoor 4 – 10 April 2016 | ||||||
| Fed Cup World Group play-offs Fed Cup Clay, indoor 16 – 17 April 2016 | ||||||
| Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany Premier Clay, indoor 18 – 24 April 2016 | ||||||
| Madrid Open Madrid, Spain Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 1 – 8 May 2016 | ||||||
| Italian Open Rome, Italy Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 9 – 15 May 2016 | ||||||
| French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2016 | ||||||
| Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Premier Grass, outdoor 13 – 19 June 2016 | ||||||
| Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 27 June – 10 July 2016 | ||||||
| Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden International Clay, outdoor 18 – 24 July 2016 | ||||||
| Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016 | ||||||
| Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016 | ||||||
| Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 August 2016 | ||||||
| US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August – 11 September 2016 | ||||||
| Wuhan Open Wuhan, China Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 September – 1 October 2016 | ||||||
| China Open Beijing, China Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 2 – 9 October 2016 | ||||||
| Hong Kong Tennis Open Hong Kong International Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 October 2016 | ||||||
| WTA Finals Singapore WTA Finals Hard, indoor 23 – 30 October 2016 |
| Tournament | Match | Round | Opponents (Seed or Key) | Rank | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brisbane International Melbourne, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 4 – 9 January 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic | ||||||
| Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic | ||||||
| Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic | ||||||
| 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic |
Kerber's 2016 singles tournament schedule is as follows:
| width=150 | Date | width=200 | Tournament | width=105 | City | width=135 | Category | width=40 | Surface | width=35 | 2015 result | width=35 | 2015 points | width=35 | 2016 points | width=350 | Outcome |
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| 4 January 2016– 9 January 2016 | Hard | QF | 100 | 305 | Lost in the final to Victoria Azarenka | ||||||||||||
| 11 January 2016– 16 January 2016 | Hard | SF | 185 | 55 | Withdrew before second round match against Ekaterina Makarova | ||||||||||||
| 18 January 2016– 31 January 2016 | Hard | 1R | 10 | 2,000 | Won in the final against Serena Williams | ||||||||||||
| 6 February 2016– 7 February 2016 | World Group First Round | Hard (i) | SF | — | — | Germany relegated to WG Play-offs | |||||||||||
| 21 February 2016– 27 February 2016 | Hard | 1R | 1 | 1 | Lost in second round against Zheng Saisai | ||||||||||||
| 7 March 2016– 20 March 2016 | Hard | 2R | 10 | 10 | Lost in second round against Denisa Allertová | ||||||||||||
| 21 March 2016– 3 April 2016 | Hard | 3R | 65 | 390 | Lost in the semifinals against Victoria Azarenka | ||||||||||||
| 4 April 2016– 10 April 2016 | Clay | W | 470 | 185 | Retired in the semifinals against Sloane Stephens | ||||||||||||
| 16 April 2016– 17 April 2016 | World Group play-offs | Clay (i) | SF | — | — | Germany remain in World Group | |||||||||||
| 18 April 2016– 24 April 2016 | Clay (i) | W | 470 | 470 | Won in the final against Laura Siegemund | ||||||||||||
| 1 May 2016– 8 May 2016 | Clay | 1R | 10 | 10 | Lost in first round against Barbora Strýcová | ||||||||||||
| 9 May 2016– 15 May 2016 | Clay | 2R | 60 | 1 | Lost in second round against Eugenie Bouchard | ||||||||||||
| 23 May 2016– 5 June 2016 | Clay | 3R | 130 | 10 | Lost in first round against Kiki Bertens | ||||||||||||
| 13 June 2016– 19 June 2016 | Grass | W | 470 | 100 | Lost in the quarterfinals against Carla Suárez Navarro | ||||||||||||
| 27 June 2016– 10 July 2016 | Grass | 3R | 130 | 1,300 | Lost in the final to Serena Williams | ||||||||||||
| 18 July 2016– 24 July 2016 | Clay | DNS | — | 30 | |||||||||||||
| 25 July 2016– 31 July 2016 | Hard | 3R | 105 | 350 | Lost in semifinals against Simona Halep | ||||||||||||
| 6 August 2016– 14 August 2016 | Hard | QF (2012) | — | — | Lost in the final to Monica Puig | ||||||||||||
| 15 August 2016– 21 August 2016 | Hard | 1R | 1 | 585 | |||||||||||||
| 29 August 2016– 11 September 2016 | Hard | 3R | 130 | 2,000 | |||||||||||||
| 25 September 2016– 1 October 2016 | Hard | SF | 350 | 105 | |||||||||||||
| 2 October 2016– 9 October 2016 | Hard | QF | 215 | 120 | |||||||||||||
| 10 October 2016– 16 October 2016 | Hard | F | 180 | 60 | Lost in the quarterfinals against Daria Gavrilova | ||||||||||||
| 23 October 2016– 30 October 2016 | Hard (i) | RR | 370 | 1,080 | |||||||||||||
| Total year-end points | 9,167 |
(Bold denotes a top 10 player at the time of the most recent match between the two players, Italic denotes top 50; for players whose ranking changed over the course of the year, see the note for a more complete breakdown by ranking.)
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| width=70 | Result! | width=100 | Date! | Category | width=280 | Tournament! | width=50 | Surface! | width=150 | Opponent! | width=120 | Score |
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| Runner-up | Premier | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||||||
| Winner | Grand Slam | Australian Open, Australia | Hard | 6–4, 3–6, 6–4 | ||||||||
| Winner | Premier | Stuttgart Open, Germany | Clay (i) | 6–4, 6–0 | ||||||||
| Runner-up | Grand Slam | Grass |  Serena Williams | 5–7, 3–6 | ||||||||
| bgcolor=silver | Silver | Olympic Games | Summer Olympics, Brazil | Hard | 4–6, 6–4, 1–6 | |||||||
| Runner-up | Premier 5 | Cincinnati Masters, United States | Hard | 3–6, 1–6 | ||||||||
| Winner | Grand Slam | US Open, United States | Hard |  Karolína Plíšková | 6–3, 4–6, 6–4 | |||||||
| Runner-up | WTA Finals, Singapore | Hard (i) | 3–6, 4–6 |
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| width=70 | Result! | width=100 | Date! | Category | width=280 | Tournament! | width=50 | Surface! | width=140 | Partner! | width=170 | Opponents! | width=120 | Score in the final |
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| Runner-up | Premier | Brisbane International, Australia | Hard | Andrea Petkovic | Martina Hingis Sania Mirza | 5–7, 1–6 |
| Singles | ||
| Event | Prize money | Year-to-date |
|---|---|---|
| $103,850 | $103,850 | |
| $10,540 | $114,390 | |
| Australian Open | $2,553,740 | $2,668,130 |
| $15,185 | $2,683,315 | |
| $19,530 | $2,702,845 | |
| $251,500 | $2,954,345 | |
| $33,600 | $2,987,945 | |
| Stuttgart Open | $129,551 | $3,117,496 |
| $15,193 | $3,132,689 | |
| $15,680 | $3,148,369 | |
| $32,314 | $3,180,683 | |
| $22,310 | $3,202,993 | |
| $1,532,910 | $4,735,903 | |
| $3,400 | $4,739,303 | |
| $121,150 | $4,860,453 | |
| $247,320 | $5,107,773 | |
| US Open | $3,437,565 | $8,545,338 |
| $26,900 | $8,572,238 | |
| $62,768 | $8,635,006 | |
| $6,175 | $8,641,181 | |
| $1,200,000 | $9,841,181 | |
| $9,841,181 | ||
| Doubles | ||
| Event | Prize money | Year-to-date |
| $12,259 | $12,259 | |
| $5,930 | $18,189 | |
| $2,245 | $20,434 | |
| $20,434 | ||
| Total | ||
| $9,861,615 | ||
Bold denotes tournament win