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Angelique Kerber is a professional tennis player from Germany who has competed at the highest levels of international tennis. She matters because she has been one of the notable athletes in women's professional tennis.
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Angelique
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bremen
- Occupation
- tennis player
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Participant in
- tennis at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Hair colour
- blond hair
- Sport
- tennis
- Member of team
- Germany Billie Jean King Cup team
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 68
- Official website
- www.angelique-kerber.de
- Image
- Australian Open 2020 (49836755508) (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 173
- Number of children
- 1
- Residence
- Kiel
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- Commons category
- Angelique Kerber
- date of birth
- 1988-00-00
- doubles record
- 59–63
- singles record
- 683–378
- ranking
- 1
- handedness
- left-handedness
- prize money
- 32519180
- start of work period
- 2003-00-00
- social media followers
- 439640
- birth name
- Angelique Kerber
- name in native language
- Angelique Kerber
- competition won
- 2018 Wimbledon Championships
- supported sports team
- FC Bayern Munich
- influenced by
- Steffi Graf
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic 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. She also won a silver medal in women's singles at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
An accomplished left-handed player, Kerber made her professional debut in 2003 and came to prominence by reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the world No. 92. Kerber first cracked the top 5 in the rankings in 2012 and would eventually become the world No. 1 on 12 September 2016, becoming the 22nd and oldest player to achieve the top ranking for the first time. Following a maternity leave, Kerber retired from the sport after the 2024 Paris Olympics.
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