Angelique Kerber / 2016 tennis season

Angelique Kerber at the Birmingham lawn tournament in June 2016

This article shows Angelique Kerber's 2016 tennis season . She started the tennis year as world number tenth on January 5th in Brisbane and after the US Open in 2016 she reached the top position in the world rankings for the first time .

Details

Grand Slam tournaments

Australian Open

With a little luck, Kerber survived the first round of the first Grand Slam tournament of the season. Her opponent Misaki Doi had a match point, which Kerber was able to fend off to win the game 6: 7 ⁴ , 7: 6 ⁶ and 6: 3. She won the next three rounds to the quarterfinals in smooth two-set games. In the quarter-finals, she faced Viktoriya Asaranka , to whom she had previously lost all six games; the last at the tournament in Brisbane in the final. This time it should be different, Kerber won the match in two sets with 6: 3 and 7: 5 and reached the semi-finals. In this she won against Johanna Konta with 7: 5 and 6: 2 and moved into a Grand Slam final for the first time in her career. Your opponent there was Serena Williams , who reached the final without losing a set. Kerber won the final 6: 4, 3: 6 and 6: 4 and thus her first Grand Slam title.

French Open

After Kerber had to forego a start at the WTA tournament in Nuremberg due to a shoulder injury, she gave the all-clear for the French Open in this matter. At the draw for the first main round, the lot fell on Kiki Bertens , against whom she won in March of this year at the Miami Open , the only meeting so far, by giving up Bertens with 1: 6, 6: 2 and 3: 0. Bertens, for her part, went into the match with a lot of self-confidence, having won the tournament in Nuremberg the week before. Kerber lost the second Grand Slam tournament of the year in the first round with 1: 6, 6: 3 and 3: 6. Bertens made it to the semifinals in the course of the tournament.

Wimbledon

At Wimbledon, Kerber reached the semi-finals without losing a set. Only the quarter-finals against Simona Halep were a narrow victory with 7: 5 and 7: 6 ² . In the semifinals, Venus Williams , who won the tournament five times, was waiting . Kerber also won the semi-finals and was in the final of a Grand Slam tournament for the second time. As at the Australian Open, Serena Williams was her final opponent this time . Kerber lost the match 5-7 and 3-6. For Williams it was the 22nd Grand Slam title.

US Open

Before the tournament , Kerber was part of a quartet of players who all had the opportunity to be number one in the world, whereby Kerber was already in first place virtually before the tournament. After two of the contenders were eliminated quite early - Garbiñe Muguruza in the second round and Agnieszka Radwańska in the round of 16 - Serena Williams reached the semi-finals without much effort. Kerber had not lost a single set with victories over Polona Hercog , Mirjana Lučić-Baroni , Catherine Bellis , Petra Kvitová and Roberta Vinci . In the first semifinals, both of which took place in the night session , Williams had to deal with Karolína Plíšková , who only three weeks earlier in Cincinnati had destroyed Kerber's first chance at world number 1 by beating Kerber in the final. Plíšková won their semi-finals and reached a Grand Slam final for the first time, which also meant that Kerber was the new world number one from September 12th. Unimpressed by this news, Kerber did not give a set in the semifinals and won against Caroline Wozniacki 6: 4 and 6: 3. Kerber only gave a set in the final, but won a hard-fought game after 2:07 hours with 6: 3, 4: 6 and 6: 4. It was her second Grand Slam title.

Other tournaments

Stuttgart

After the successful Fed Cup weekend in Romania, Kerber traveled to her favorite tournament in Stuttgart. Last year she celebrated her fifth WTA title here. She played her first game in the last sixteen, for the first round she received a bye from the tournament organization. The match against Annika Beck lasted three sets, which Kerber won 4: 6, 6: 3 and 6: 1. In the quarter-finals against Carla Suárez Navarro , she only needed two sets to win 6: 2 and 6: 4. Petra Kvitová was her semi-final opponent, who she defeated 6: 4, 4: 6 and 6: 2 and moved into the final again. Here was the final opponent Laura Siegemund , who only played her way into the main field after qualifying . Kerber won the match in two straight sets 6: 4 and 6: 0. It was her ninth WTA title.

Olympic games

At the Olympic Games, she competed in singles and doubles with Andrea Petković . In doubles, she was eliminated in the first round against the Italian duo Errani / Vinci with 2: 6 and 2: 6. In the individual, she was one of the medal candidates - now number two in the world. The chances of a medal increased when Serena Williams was eliminated in the round of 16. Kerber reached the final after victories over Mariana Duque Mariño , Eugenie Bouchard , Samantha Stosur , Johanna Konta and Madison Keys without losing a set. Surprisingly, Mónica Puig from Puerto Rico , against whom Kerber had won both games in previous encounters , reached second place in the final . Kerber lost the match in three sets (4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6), but won the silver medal.

Fed Cup

In the Fed Cup, Kerber won three out of four games. In the first round against Switzerland , which took place in Leipzig on February 6th and 7th , she won her first match against Timea Bacsinszky 6: 1 and 6: 3. The following day she lost to Belinda Bencic 6: 7 ⁴ and 3: 6 and Germany 2: 3 against Switzerland.

In the play-offs against Romania on April 16 and 17, it was all about staying in the world group. Kerber won her first match against Irina-Camelia Begu 6: 2 and 6: 3, and on the second day against Simona Halep 6: 2 and 6: 2. Germany won the match 4-1.

Entire games

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(R #) Round 1, 2, 3, (AF) Round of 16, (VF) Quarter-finals, (HF) Semi-finals, (F) Final, (S) Win, (N) Loss
(S #) Game 1, 2, 3

singles

Tournaments	Games	round	Opponent	rank	S / N	Result
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier Hard Court January 4-9, 2016	1	1R	Camila Giorgi	35	S.	5: 7, 6: 3, 6: 0
	2	2R	Madison Brengle	40	S.	6: 3, 6: 3
	3	VF	Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova	28	S.	6: 4, 6: 4
	4th	HF	Carla Suarez Navarro	13	S.	6: 2, 6: 3
	5	F.	Viktoriya Azaranka	22nd	N	3: 6, 1: 6
Apia International Sydney Sydney , Australia Premier Hard Court January 10-16, 2016	6th	1R	Elina Switolina	20th	S.	4: 6, 6: 0, 6: 3
	-	2R	Ekaterina Makarova	23	retreat
Australian Open Melbourne , Australia Grand Slam Hard Court January 18-31, 2016	7th	1R	Misaki Doi	64	S.	6: 7 4 , 7: 6 6 , 6: 3
	8th	2R	Alexandra Dulgheru	61	S.	6: 2, 6: 4
	9	3R	Madison Brengle	49	S.	6: 1, 6: 3
	10	AF	Annika Beck	55	S.	6: 4, 6: 0
	11	VF	Viktoriya Azaranka	16	S.	6: 3, 7: 5
	12	HF	Johanna Konta	47	S.	7: 5, 6: 2
	13	S.	Serena Williams	1	S.	6: 4, 3: 6, 6: 4
Fed Cup 1st round Leipzig , Germany Fed Cup hard court (hall) February 6th - 7th, 2016	14th	2S	Timea Bacsinszky	15th	S.	6: 1, 6: 3
	15th	3S	Belinda Bencic	11	N	6: 7 5 , 3: 6
Qatar Total Open Doha , Qatar Premier 5 Hard Court February 21-27, 2016	-	1R	bye
	16	2R	Zheng Saisai	73	N	5: 7, 1: 6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory Hard Court March 7-20 , 2016	-	1R	bye
	17th	2R	Denisa Allertová	17th	N	5: 7, 5: 7
Miami Open Miami , United States Premier Mandatory Hard Court April 21-3, 2016	-	1R	bye
	18th	2R	Barbora Strýcová	32	S.	6: 1, 6: 1
	19th	3R	Kiki Bertens	108	S.	1: 6, 6: 2, 3: 0 task
	20th	AF	Tímea Babos	49	S.	6: 2, 3: 6, 6: 4
	21st	VF	Madison Keys	24	S.	6: 3, 6: 2
	22nd	HF	Viktoriya Azaranka	8th	N	2: 6, 5: 7
Volvo Car Open Charleston , United States Premier Clay Court April 4-10, 2016	-	1R	bye
	23	2R	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino	80	S.	6: 2, 5: 7, 7: 6 3
	24	3R	Kristína Kučová	142	S.	6: 2, 6: 3
	25th	VF	Irina-Camelia Begu	34	S.	6: 2, 6: 3
	26th	HF	Sloane Stephens	25th	N	1: 6, 0: 3 task
Fed Cup Play-offs Cluj-Napoca , Romania Fed Cup Clay Court (hall) April 16-17, 2016	27	1S	Irina-Camelia Begu	35	S.	6: 2, 6: 3
	28	3S	Simona Halep	6th	S.	6: 2, 6: 2
Porsche Tennis Grand Prix Stuttgart , Germany Premier clay court (hall) April 18-24, 2016	-	1R	bye
	29	AF	Annika Beck	41	S.	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 1
	30th	VF	Carla Suarez Navarro	11	S.	6: 2, 6: 4
	31	HF	Petra Kvitová	7th	S.	6: 4, 4: 6, 6: 2
	32	S.	Laura Siegemund	71	S.	6: 4, 6: 0
Mutua Madrid Open Madrid , Spain Premier Mandatory Clay 1-8 May 2016	33	1R	Barbora Strýcová	33	N	4: 6, 2: 6
BNP Paribas Open Rome , Italy Premier 5 Clay 9-15 May 2016	-	1R	bye
	34	2R	Eugenie Bouchard	46	N	1: 6, 7: 5, 5: 7
French Open Paris , France Grand Slam Clay Court May 23 - June 5, 2016	35	1R	Kiki Bertens	58	N	1: 6, 6: 3, 3: 6
AEGON Classic Birmingham Birmingham , United Kingdom Premier Lawn 13-19 June 2016	36	1R	Peng Shuai	266	S.	7: 6 3 , 6: 3
	37	AF	Daria Gavrilova	50	S.	5: 7, 6: 2, 6: 2
	38	VF	Carla Suarez Navarro	15th	N	4: 6, 6: 1, 5: 7
Wimbledon London , United Kingdom Grand Slam Lawn June 27th - July 10th 2016	39	1R	Laura Robson	283	S.	6: 2, 6: 2
	40	2R	Varvara Lepchenko	64	S.	6: 4, 6: 1
	41	3R	Carina Witthöft	109	S.	7: 6 11 , 6: 1
	42	AF	Misaki Doi	49	S.	6: 3, 6: 1
	43	VF	Simona Halep	5	S.	7: 5, 7: 6 2
	44	HF	Venus Williams	8th	S.	6: 4, 6: 4
	45	F.	Serena Williams	1	N	5: 7, 3: 6
Ericsson Open Båstad , Sweden International Clay 18-24 July 2016	46	1R	Cornelia Lister	664	S.	2: 6, 6: 4, 6: 2
	-	AF	Lara Arruabarrena Vecino	98	retreat
Rogers Cup Montreal , Canada Premier 5 Hard Court July 25-31, 2016	-	1R	bye
	47	2R	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	55	S.	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 3
	48	AF	Elina Switolina	20th	S.	1: 6, 7: 6 2 , 6: 4
	49	VF	Darja Kassatkina	33	S.	6: 2, 6: 2
	50	HF	Simona Halep	5	N	0: 6, 6: 3, 2: 6
Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Olympic Games Hard Court August 6-14, 2016	51	1R	Mariana Duque Mariño	80	S.	6: 3, 7: 5
	52	2R	Eugenie Bouchard	40	S.	6: 4, 6: 2
	53	AF	Samantha Stosur	17th	S.	6-0, 7-5
	54	VF	Johanna Konta	13	S.	6: 1, 6: 2
	55	HF	Madison Keys	9	S.	6: 3, 7: 5
	56	F.	Mónica Puig	34	N	4: 6, 6: 4, 1: 6
Western & Southern Open Cincinnati , United States Premier 5 Hard August 15-21, 2016	-	1R	bye
	57	2R	Kristina Mladenovic	37	S.	6-0, 7-5
	58	AF	Barbora Strýcová	20th	S.	7: 6 5 , 6: 4
	59	VF	Carla Suarez Navarro	12	S.	4: 6, 6: 3, 6: 0
	60	HF	Simona Halep	4th	S.	6: 3, 6: 4
	61	F.	Karolína Plíšková	17th	N	3: 6, 1: 6
US Open New York City , United States Grand Slam Hard Court August 29 - September 11, 2016	62	1R	Polona Hercog	120	S.	6: 0, 1: 0 task
	63	2R	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	57	S.	6: 2, 7: 6 9
	64	3R	Catherine Bellis	158	S.	6: 1, 6: 1
	65	AF	Petra Kvitová	16	S.	6: 3, 7: 5
	66	VF	Roberta Vinci	8th	S.	7: 5, 6: 0
	67	HF	Caroline Wozniacki	74	S.	6: 4, 6: 3
	68	S.	Karolína Plíšková	12	S.	6: 3, 4: 6, 6: 4
Dongfeng Motor Wuhan Open Wuhan , People's Republic of China Premier 5 Hard Court September 25th - October 1st, 2016	-	1R	bye
	69	2R	Kristina Mladenovic	54	S.	6: 7 4 , 6: 1, 6: 4
	70	AF	Petra Kvitová	16	N	7: 6 10 , 5: 7, 4: 6
China Open Beijing , People's Republic of China Premier Mandatory Hard Court October 1st - 9th, 2016	71	1R	Kateřina Siniaková	51	S.	6: 4, 6: 4
	72	2R	Barbora Strýcová	21st	S.	6: 3, 7: 6 4
	73	AF	Elina Switolina	19th	N	3: 6, 5: 7
Prudential Hong Kong Tennis Open Hong Kong International Hard Court October 10-16, 2016	74	1R	Maria Sakkari	97	S.	6: 4, 6: 4
	75	AF	Louisa Chirico	60	S.	6: 2. 3: 6, 6: 2
	76	VF	Daria Gavrilova	38	N	3: 6, 1: 6
WTA Championships Singapore Tour Championships Hard Court (indoor) October 23-30, 2016	77	RR	Dominika Cibulková	8th	S.	7: 6 5 , 2: 6, 6: 3
	78	RR	Simona Halep	4th	S.	6: 4, 6: 2
	79	RR	Madison Keys	7th	S.	6: 3, 6: 3
	80	HF	Agnieszka Radwańska	3	S.	6: 2, 6: 1
	81	F.	Dominika Cibulková	8th	N	3: 6, 4: 6

Double

Tournaments	Games	round	Opponents	rank	S / N	Result
Brisbane International Brisbane , Australia Premier Hard Court January 4th - 9th 2016 Partner: Andrea Petković	1	1R	Kateryna Bondarenko Olha Savchuk	76 53	S.	7: 6 2 , 6: 3
	2	VF	Raquel Atawo Alizé Cornet	18 108	S.	6: 2, 6: 3
	3	HF	Anabel Medina Garrigues Arantxa Parra Santonja	32 37	S.	2: 6, 6: 3, [10: 2]
	4th	F.	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	2 1	N	5: 7, 1: 6
BNP Paribas Open Indian Wells , United States Premier Mandatory Hard Court March 7-20 , 2016 Partner: Andrea Petković	5	1R	Chan Hao-ching Chan Yung-jan	6 5	N	4: 6, 3: 6
Rogers Cup Montreal , Canada Premier 5 Hard Court July 25th - 31st, 2016 Partner: Andrea Petković	6th	1R	Christina McHale Asia Muhammad	79 86	N	7: 5, 5: 7, [6:10]
Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro , Brazil Olympic Games Hard Court August 6-14, 2016 Partner: Andrea Petković	7th	1R	Sara Errani Roberta Vinci	23 107	N	2: 6, 2: 6

Woman against woman

Carla Suárez Navarro 3-1  Simona Halep 4: 1  Madison Brengle 2-0  Irina-Camelia Begu 2-0  Annika Beck 2-0  Misaki Doi 2-0  Elina Switolina 2: 1  Johanna Konta 2-0  Madison Keys 3-0  Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2-0  Petra Kvitová 2: 1  Barbora Strýcová 3: 1  Camila Giorgi 1-0  Anastassija Pavlyuchenkova 1-0  Alexandra Dulgheru 1-0  Timea Bacsinszky 1-0  Tímea Babos 1-0

Lara Arruabarrena 1-0  Kristína Kučová 1-0  Laura Siegemund 1-0  Peng Shuai 1-0  Darja Gavrilova 1: 1  Laura Robson 1-0  Varvara Lepchenko 1-0  Carina Witthöft 1-0  Venus Williams 1-0  Cornelia Lister 1-0  Darja Kassatkina 1-0  Mariana Duque Mariño 1-0  Samantha Stosur 1-0  Kristina Mladenovic 2-0  Polona Hercog 1-0  Catherine Bellis 1-0  Roberta Vinci 1-0

Caroline Wozniacki 1-0  Kiki Bertens 1: 1  Serena Williams 1-1  Eugenie Bouchard 1: 1  Karolína Plíšková 1: 1  Viktoriya Azaranka 1: 2  Belinda Bencic 0-1  Zheng Saisai 0-1  Denisa Allertová 0-1  Sloane Stephens 0-1  Mónica Puig 0-1  Kateřina Siniaková 1-0  Maria Sakkari 1-0  Louisa Chirico 1-0  Dominika Cibulková 1: 1  Agnieszka Radwańska 1-0

Prize money

singles
competition	Prize money	total
Brisbane	$ 103,850	$ 103,850
Sydney	$ 10,540	$ 114,390
Australian Open	$ 2,553,740	$ 2,668,130
Doha	$ 15,185	$ 2,683,315
Indian Wells	$ 19,530	$ 2,702,845
Miami	$ 251,500	$ 2,954,345
Charleston	$ 33,600	$ 2,987,945
Stuttgart	$ 129,551	$ 3,117,496
Madrid	$ 15,193	$ 3,132,689
Rome	$ 15,680	$ 3,148,369
French Open	$ 32,314	$ 3,180,683
Birmingham	$ 22,310	$ 3,202,993
Wimbledon	$ 1,532,910	$ 4,735,903
Båstad	$ 3,400	$ 4,739,303
Montreal	$ 121,150	$ 4,860,453
Cincinnati	$ 247,320	$ 5,107,773
US Open	$ 3,500,000	$ 8,607,773
Wuhan	$ 26,900	$ 8,572,238
Beijing	$ 62,758	$ 8,635,006
Hong Kong	$ 6,175	$ 8,641,181
WTA Championships	$ 1,200,000	$ 9,841,181
		$ 9,841,181
Double
competition	Prize money	total
Brisbane	$ 12,259	$ 12,259
Indian Wells	$ 5,930	$ 18,189
Montreal	$ 2,245	$ 20,434
		$ 20,434
Total
		$ 9,861,615

Web links

Commons : Angelique Kerber 2016  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Open: Angelique Kerber Saves Match Point To Win Round One Battle. In: vavel.com. January 19, 2016, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
2. ↑ Qualifier Kiki Bertens storms to the second career title. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. May 21, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ Shoulder hurts - Angelique Kerber does not start in Nuremberg. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. May 13, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Shoulder ok - Angelique Kerber confident ahead of the French Open. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. May 21, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ After the initial shock - Angelique Kerber between sadness and defiance. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. May 24, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ US Open 2016 - world ranking madness: Kerber virtually overtakes Serena Williams! In: eurosport.de. August 31, 2016, accessed September 16, 2016 . 
7. ↑ CAN KERBER OVERTAKE SERENA AT US OPEN? In: wtatennis.com. August 28, 2016, accessed September 6, 2016 . 
8. ↑ The match point to victory - The moment of relief for Angelique Kerber. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. September 11, 2016, archived from the original on September 16, 2016 ; accessed on September 16, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
9. ↑ Angelique Kerber - Without pressure to your favorite tournament. (No longer available online.) In: tennisnet.com. April 18, 2016, archived from the original on September 17, 2016 ; accessed on September 17, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
10. ↑ Rio Olympics 2016: Monica Puig reaches tennis final, a win away from Puerto Rico's first gold. In: Yahoo . August 12, 2016, accessed on September 16, 2016 .