2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season explained

Fullname:	Angelique Kerber
Singlestitles:	2
Calendarprizemoney:	$5,686,362
Yearendsinglesranking:	No. 2
Australianopenresult:	SF
Frenchopenresult:	QF
Wimbledonresult:	W
Usopenresult:	3R
Othertournaments:	yes
Wtachampionshipsresult:	RR
Fedcupresult:	SF
Updated:	26 October 2018

See main article: Angelique Kerber. The 2018 Angelique Kerber tennis season officially began on 30 December 2017 with the start of the 2018 Hopman Cup. Angelique Kerber entered the season as the No. 21 ranked player in the world.

Year in detail

Early hard court season and Australian Open

Hopman Cup

Kerber began her season at the Hopman Cup paired with Alexander Zverev. At the group stage she defeated Elise Mertens, Genie Bouchard and Daria Gavrilova all in straight sets, helping Germany to reach the final at this tournament. At the final stage she defeated Belinda Bencic, but they lost at the doubles match in straight sets.

Sydney Open

Next tournament was the Sydney Open. She defeated Lucie Šafářová, despite being two match points in the second set, the no. 2 seed Venus Williams,Dominika Cibulková, qualifier Camila Giorgi and Daria Gavrilova. In the final match she faced Ashleigh Barty and went to win the title, defeating her 6–4, 6–4, claiming her first title since 2016 US Open.^[1]

Australian Open

Her next tournament was the Australian Open. She was 21st seed. She defeated Anna-Lena Friedsam in straight sets. She then beat Donna Vekic, the former Australian Open champion and the world no.1 Maria Sharapova in straight sets. She went on to defeat Hsieh Su-Wei in the 4th round in three sets and former world No. 7 Madison Keys in the quarter-finals, in straight sets. She faced the world No. 1 Simona Halep in the semi-finals. In the 3rd set she saved 3 match points. However, she felt down at the 9–7.^[2] After Australian Open, she returned to top ten.^[3]

Qatar Total Open

Kerber then played the Qatar Open, where she received a bye in the opening round. At the second and third round she defeated Samantha Stosur and Johanna Konta respectively. In quarterfinals, she faced the no. 1 seed Caroline Wozniacki, whom she lost in three sets.^[4]

All matches

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Sydney International Sydney, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 7 – 13 January 2018
	1	1R	Lucie Šafářová	31	Win	6–7^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6), 6–2
	2	2R	Venus Williams (2)	5	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–1
	3	QF	Dominika Cibulková	26	Win	6–3, 6–1
	4	SF	Camila Giorgi (Q)	100	Win	6–3, 6–2
	5	W	Ashleigh Barty	19	Win (1)	6–4, 6–4
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 15 – 28 January 2018
	6	1R	Anna-Lena Friedsam (PR)	388	Win	6–4, 6–0
	7	2R	Donna Vekić	52	Win	6–4, 6–1
	8	3R	Maria Sharapova	48	Win	6–1, 6–3
	9	4R	Hsieh Su-wei	88	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–2
	10	QF	Madison Keys (17)	20	Win	6–1, 6–2
	11	SF	Simona Halep (1)	1	Loss	3–6, 6–4, 7–9
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 12 – 17 February 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	12	2R	Samantha Stosur	44	Win	6–4, 6–1
	13	3R	Johanna Konta (10)	11	Win	1–6, 6–1, 6–3
	14	QF	Caroline Wozniacki (1)	1	Loss	6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 3–6
Dubai Tennis Championships Dubai, United Arab Emirates WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 19 – 25 February 2018
	15	1R	Barbora Strýcová	25	Win	6–2, 6–1
	16	2R	Sara Errani (Q)	143	Win	6–4, 6–2
	17	QF	Karolína Plíšková (3)	5	Win	6–4, 6–3
	18	SF	Elina Svitolina (1)	4	Loss	3–6, 3–6
Indian Wells Open Indian Wells, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 5 – 18 March 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	19	2R	Ekaterina Makarova	37	Win	3–6, 6–4, 6–2
	20	3R	Elena Vesnina (24)	24	Win	7–5, 6–2
	21	4R	Caroline Garcia (7)	7	Win	6–1, 6–1
	22	QF	Daria Kasatkina (20)	19	Loss	0–6, 2–6
Miami Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19 March – 1 April 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	23	2R	Johanna Larsson	76	Win	6–2, 6–2
	24	3R	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova (23)	25	Win	6–4, 6–4
	25	4R	Wang Yafan (Q)	125	Win	6–7^(1–7), 7–6^(7–5), 6–3
	26	QF	Sloane Stephens (13)	12	Loss	1–6, 2–6
Fed Cup World Group vs. Stuttgart, Germany Fed Cup Clay, indoor 21 – 22 April 2018
	27	SF	Petra Kvitová	10	Loss	2–6, 2–6
	28	SF	Karolína Plíšková	6	Loss	5–7, 3–6
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany WTA Premier Clay, indoor 23 – 29 April 2018
	29	1R	Petra Kvitová (8)	10	Win	6–3, 6–2
	30	2R	Anett Kontaveit	31	Loss	0–6, 0–2 retired
Italian Open Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14 – 20 May 2018
	31	1R	Zarina Diyas (LL)	54	Win	6–2, 7–6^(8–6)
	32	2R	Irina-Camelia Begu	41	Win	3–6, 7–5, 7–5
	33	3R	Maria Sakkari	42	Win	6–1, 6–1
	34	QF	Elina Svitolina (4)	4	Loss	4–6, 4–6
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 27 May –10 June 2018
	35	1R	Mona Barthel	117	Win	6–2, 6–3
	36	2R	Ana Bogdan	66	Win	6–2, 6–3
	37	3R	Kiki Bertens (18)	22	Win	7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
	38	4R	Caroline Garcia (7)	7	Win	6–2, 6–3
	39	QF	Simona Halep (1)	1	Loss	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
Mallorca Open Majorca, Spain WTA International Grass, outdoor 18 – 24 June 2018
	40	1R	Alison Riske (Q)	61	Loss	7–5, 2–6, 1–6
Eastbourne International Eastbourne, United Kingdom WTA Premier Grass, indoor 24 – 30 June 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	41	2R	Dominika Cibulková	56	Win	6–3, 6–3
	42	3R	Danielle Collins	43	Win	6–1, 6–1
	43	QF	Daria Kasatkina (7)	14	Win	6–1, 6–7^(3–7), 7–6^(7–3)
	44	SF	Caroline Wozniacki (1)	2	Loss	6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 4–6
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 2 –15 July 2018
	45	1R	Vera Zvonareva (Q)	142	Win	7–5, 6–3
	46	2R	Claire Liu (Q)	237	Win	3–6, 6–2, 6–4
	47	3R	Naomi Osaka (18)	18	Win	6–2, 6–4
	48	4R	Belinda Bencic	56	Win	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
	49	QF	Daria Kasatkina (14)	14	Win	6–3, 7–5
	50	SF	Jeļena Ostapenko (12)	12	Win	6–3, 6–3
	51	W	Serena Williams (25/PR)	181	Win (2)	6–3, 6–3
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 6 – 12 August 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	52	2R	Alizé Cornet	34	Loss	4–6, 1–6
Cincinnati Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 13 – 19 August 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	53	2R	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	28	Win	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
	54	3R	Madison Keys (13)	13	Loss	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
U.S. Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August – 9 September 2018
	55	1R	Margarita Gasparyan (PR)	370	Win	7–6^(7–5), 6–3
	56	2R	Johanna Larsson	82	Win	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
	57	3R	Dominika Cibulková (29)	35	Loss	6–3, 3–6, 3–6
Wuhan Open Wuhan, China Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 23 – 29 September 2018
	–	1R	Bye
	58	2R	Madison Keys	18	Win	6–0, 4–1 ret.
	59	3R	Ashleigh Barty (16)	17	Loss	5–7, 1–6
China Open Beijing, China Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 1 – 7 October 2018
	60	1R	Kristina Mladenovic	48	Win	6–2, 6–2
	61	2R	Carla Suárez Navarro	23	Win	7–6^(7–4), 6–1
	62	3R	Zhang Shuai	45	Loss	1–6, 6–2, 0–6
WTA Finals Singapore WTA Finals Hard, indoor 21 – 28 October 2018
	63	RR	Kiki Bertens (8)	9	Loss	6–1, 3–6, 4–6
	64	RR	Naomi Osaka (3)	4	Win	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
	65	RR	Sloane Stephens (5)	6	Loss	3–6, 3–6

Hopman Cup

Singles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard, indoor 30 December 2017 – 6 January 2018
	1	RR	Elise Mertens	38	Win	7–6^(8–6), 7–6^(7–1)
	2	RR	Eugenie Bouchard	79	Win	6–3, 6–1
	3	RR	Daria Gavrilova	22	Win	6–1, 6–2
	4	F	Belinda Bencic	196	Win	6–4, 6–1

Mixed doubles

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Hopman Cup Perth, Australia Hopman Cup Hard, indoor 30 December 2017 – 6 January 2018 Partner: Alexander Zverev
	1	RR	Elise Mertens / David Goffin	– / –	Win	4–2, 4–3^(5–2)
	2	RR	Eugenie Bouchard / Vasek Pospisil	– / –	Win	4–3^(5–2), 4–3^(5–2)
	3	RR	Daria Gavrilova / Thanasi Kokkinakis	– / –	Win	1–4, 4–1, 4–3^(5–3)
	4	F	Belinda Bencic / Roger Federer	– / –	Loss	3–4^(3–5), 2–4

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Kerber's 2018 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2017 result	2017 points	2018 points	Outcome
7 January – 13 January	Sydney International	Sydney	Premier	Hard	2R	1	470	Winner defeated Ashleigh Barty 6–4, 6–4
15 January – 28 January	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	4R	240	780	Semifinals lost to Simona Halep 3–6, 6–4, 7–9
12 February – 17 February	Qatar Open	Doha	Premier 5	Hard	2R	1	190	Quarterfinals lost to Caroline Wozniacki 6–7^(4–7), 6–1, 3–6
19 February – 25 February	Dubai Tennis Championships	Doha	Premier	Hard	SF	350	185	Semifinals lost to Elina Svitolina 3–6, 3–6
5 March – 18 March	Indian Wells Open	Indian Wells	Premier Mandatory	Hard	4R	120	215	Quarterfinals lost to Daria Kasatkina 0–6, 2–6
19 March – 1 April	Miami Open	Miami	Premier Mandatory	Hard	QF	215	215	Quarterfinals lost to Sloane Stephens 1–6, 2–6
23 April – 29 April	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart	Premier	Clay (i)	2R	1	55	Second round lost to Anett Kontaveit 0–6, 0–2 retired
14 May – 20 May	Italian Open	Rome	Premier 5	Clay	2R	1	190	Quarterfinals lost to Elina Svitolina 4–6, 4–6
27 May – 10 June	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	1R	10	430	Quarterfinals lost to Simona Halep 7–6^(7–2), 3–6, 2–6
18 June – 24 June	Mallorca Open	Majorca	International	Hard	DNP	0	1	First round lost to Alison Riske 4–6, 6–7^(2–7)
24 June – 30 June	Eastbourne International	United Kingdom	Premier	Grass	QF	100	185	Semifinals lost to Caroline Wozniacki 6–2, 6–7^(4–7), 4–6
2 July – 15 July	Wimbledon	London	Grand Slam	Grass	4R	240	2000	Winner defeated Serena Williams 6–3, 6–3
6 August – 12 August	Canadian Open	Montréal	Premier 5	Hard	3R	105	1	Second round lost to Alizé Cornet 4–6, 1–6
13 August – 19 August	Cincinnati Open	Cincinnati	Premier 5	Hard	2R	1	105	Third round lost to Madison Keys 6–2, 6–7^(3–7), 4–6
27 August – 9 September	US Open	New York	Grand Slam	Hard	1R	10	130	Third round lost to Dominika Cibulková 6–3, 3–6, 3–6
23 September – 29 September	Wuhan Open	Wuhan	Premier 5	Hard	1R	1	105	Third round lost to Ashleigh Barty 5–7, 1–6
1 October – 7 October	China Open	Beijing	Premier Mandatory	Hard	2R	65	120	Third round lost to Zhang Shuai 1–6, 6–2, 0–6
21 October – 28 October	WTA Finals	Singapore	WTA Finals	Hard	DNP	0	500	Failed to advance into the semifinals Round robin: 1 win & 2 losses
Total year-end points			difference

Yearly records

Top 10 wins

	Player	Rank	Event	Surface	Round	Score
1.	Venus Williams	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	5	Sydney, Australia	Hard	2nd Round	5–7, 6–3, 6–1	22
2.	Karolína Plíšková	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	5	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	Hard	Quarterfinals	6–4, 6–3	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	9
3.	Caroline Garcia	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	7	Indian Wells, United States	Hard	4th Round	6–1, 6–1	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	10
4.	Petra Kvitova	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	10	Stuttgart, Germany	Clay (i)	1st Round	6–3, 6–2	12
5.	Caroline Garcia	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	7	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	4th Round	6–2, 6–3	12
6.	Naomi Osaka	align=center bgcolor=EEE8AA	4	WTA Finals, Singapore	Hard (i)	Round Robin	6–4, 5–7, 6–4	align=center bgcolor=thistle	2

Finals

Singles: 2 (2 titles)

Legend Grand Slam tournaments (1–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (0–0) Premier (1–0) International (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (1–0) Clay (0–0) Grass (1–0)

Titles by setting Outdoors (2–0) Indoors (0–0)

Result	W–L	Date	Tournament	Tier	Surface	Opponent	Score
Win	1–0		Sydney International, Australia	Premier	Hard	Ashleigh Barty	6–4, 6–4
Win	2–0		Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Grand Slam	Grass	Serena Williams	6–3, 6–3

Team competitions: 1 (1 runner-up)

See also

• 2018 WTA Tour
• 2018 Caroline Wozniacki tennis season
• 2018 Simona Halep tennis season
• Angelique Kerber career statistics

External links

• Official website
• Angelique Kerber at the Women's Tennis Association
• Angelique Kerber at the International Tennis Federation
• Angelique Kerber at the Fed Cup
• Angelique Kerber at the International Olympic Committee

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kerber beats Barty to claim Sydney title . 13 January 2018 . 13 January 2018.
2. Web site: Halep saves match points, ousts Kerber in epic Aussie SF . 25 January 2018 . 25 January 2018.
3. Web site: Ranking Movers: Wozniacki leads the pack, Mertens making moves . 29 January 2018 . 30 January 2018.
4. Web site: Wozniacki survives Kerber in classic, retains No. 1 ranking . WTA Tennis . 16 February 2018. 18 February 2018.