2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season

2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season

Kerber playing at the 2016 Birmingham Classic.
Full name	Angelique Kerber
Country	Germany
Calendar prize money	$9,861,615 (singles & doubles)
Singles
Season record	63–18 (77.8%)
Calendar titles	3
Year-end ranking	No. 1
Ranking change from previous year	9
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	W
French Open	1R
Wimbledon	F
US Open	W
Other tournaments
Championships	F
Olympic Games
Doubles
Season record	3–4 (42.9%)
Calendar titles	0
Current ranking	No. 217
Ranking change from previous year	190
Fed Cup
Fed Cup	1R
Last updated on: 31 October 2016.

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.

Year in detail

Australian Open Series

Australian Open

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. She was also the first German of any gender to win a major since Graf at the 1999 French Open. Kerber's victory catapulted her ranking to No.2 for the first time in her career.

All matches

Key

W

F

SF

QF

#R

RR

Q#

P#

DNQ

A

Z#

PO

G

S

B

NMS

NTI

P

NH

(W) winner; (F) finalist; (SF) semifinalist; (QF) quarterfinalist; (#R) rounds 4, 3, 2, 1; (RR) round-robin stage; (Q#) qualification round; (P#) preliminary round; (DNQ) did not qualify; (A) absent; (Z#) Davis/Fed Cup Zonal Group (with number indication) or (PO) play-off; (G) gold, (S) silver or (B) bronze Olympic/Paralympic medal; (NMS) not a Masters tournament; (NTI) not a Tier I tournament; (P) postponed; (NH) not held; (SR) strike rate (events won / competed); (W–L) win–loss record.

To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 4 – 9 January 2016
	1	1R	Camila Giorgi	35	Win	5–7, 6–3, 6–0
	2	2R	Madison Brengle	40	Win	6–3, 6–3
	3	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	28	Win	6–4, 6–4
	4	SF	Carla Suárez Navarro (6)	13	Win	6–2, 6–3
	5	F	Victoria Azarenka	22	Loss (1)	3–6, 1–6
Sydney International Sydney, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 11 – 16 January 2016
	6	1R	Elina Svitolina	20	Win	4–6, 6–0, 6–3
	–	2R	Ekaterina Makarova	23	Withdrew	N/A
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 2016
	7	1R	Misaki Doi	64	Win	6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6), 6–3
	8	2R	Alexandra Dulgheru	61	Win	6–2, 6–4
	9	3R	Madison Brengle	49	Win	6–1, 6–3
	10	4R	Annika Beck	55	Win	6–4, 6–0
	11	QF	Victoria Azarenka (14)	16	Win	6–3, 7–5
	12	SF	Johanna Konta	47	Win	7–5, 6–2
	13	W	Serena Williams (1)	1	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Fed Cup World Group First Round Leipzig, Germany Fed Cup Hard, indoor 6 – 7 February 2016
	14	1R R2	Timea Bacsinszky	15	Win	6–1, 6–3
	15	1R R3	Belinda Bencic	11	Loss	6–7(5–7), 3–6
Qatar Open Doha, Qatar Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 21 – 27 February 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	16	2R	Zheng Saisai	73	Loss	5–7, 1–6
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	17	2R	Denisa Allertová	64	Loss	5–7, 5–7
Miami Open Miami, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 21 March – 3 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	18	2R	Barbora Strýcová	32	Win	6–1, 6–1
	19	3R	Kiki Bertens (Q)	108	Win	1–6, 6–2, 3–0 ret.
	20	4R	Tímea Babos	49	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
	21	QF	Madison Keys (22)	24	Win	6–3, 6–2
	22	SF	Victoria Azarenka (13)	8	Loss	2–6, 5–7
Charleston Open Charleston, United States Premier Clay, outdoor 4 – 10 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	23	2R	Lara Arruabarrena	80	Win	6–2, 5–7, 7–6(7–3)
	24	3R	Kristína Kučová (Q)	142	Win	6–2, 6–3
	25	QF	Irina-Camelia Begu (13)	34	Win	6–2, 6–3
	26	SF	Sloane Stephens (7)	25	Loss	1–6, 0–3 ret.
Fed Cup World Group play-offs Cluj-Napoca, Romania Fed Cup Clay, indoor 16 – 17 April 2016
	27	PO R1	Irina-Camelia Begu	35	Win	6–2, 6–3
	28	PO R3	Simona Halep	6	Win	6–2, 6–2
Stuttgart Open Stuttgart, Germany Premier Clay, indoor 18 – 24 April 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	29	2R	Annika Beck	41	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–1
	30	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro (7)	11	Win	6–2, 6–4
	31	SF	Petra Kvitová (5)	7	Win	6–4, 4–6, 6–2
	32	W	Laura Siegemund (Q)	71	Win (2)	6–4, 6–0
Madrid Open Madrid, Spain Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 1 – 8 May 2016
	33	1R	Barbora Strýcová	33	Loss	4–6, 2–6
Italian Open Rome, Italy Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 9 – 15 May 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	34	2R	Eugenie Bouchard	46	Loss	1–6, 7–5, 5–7
French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 23 May – 5 June 2016
	35	1R	Kiki Bertens	58	Loss	2–6, 6–3, 3–6
Birmingham Classic Birmingham, United Kingdom Premier Grass, outdoor 13 – 19 June 2016
	36	1R	Peng Shuai (PR)	266	Win	7–6(7–3), 6–3
	37	2R	Daria Gavrilova	50	Win	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
	38	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro (6)	15	Loss	4–6, 6–1, 5–7
Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 27 June – 10 July 2016
	39	1R	Laura Robson (WC)	283	Win	6–2, 6–2
	40	2R	Varvara Lepchenko	64	Win	6–4, 6–1
	41	3R	Carina Witthöft	109	Win	7–6(13–11), 6–1
	42	4R	Misaki Doi	49	Win	6–3, 6–1
	43	QF	Simona Halep (5)	5	Win	7–5, 7–6(7–2)
	44	SF	Venus Williams (8)	8	Win	6–4, 6–4
	45	F	Serena Williams (1)	1	Loss (2)	5–7, 3–6
Swedish Open Båstad, Sweden International Clay, outdoor 18 – 24 July 2016
	46	1R	Cornelia Lister (WC)	664	Win	2–6, 6–4, 6–2
	–	2R	Lara Arruabarrena	98	Withdrew	N/A
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	47	2R	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	55	Win	6–3, 4–6, 6–3
	48	3R	Elina Svitolina (17)	20	Win	1–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4
	49	QF	Daria Kasatkina	33	Win	6–2, 6–2
	50	SF	Simona Halep (5)	5	Loss	0–6, 6–3, 2–6
Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016
	51	1R	Mariana Duque Mariño (IP)	80	Win	6–3, 7–5
	52	2R	Eugenie Bouchard	40	Win	6–4, 6–2
	53	3R	Samantha Stosur (13)	17	Win	6–0, 7–5
	54	QF	Johanna Konta (10)	13	Win	6–1, 6–2
	55	SF	Madison Keys (7)	9	Win	6–3, 7–5
	56	F	Monica Puig	34	Loss (3)	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Cincinnati Masters Cincinnati, United States Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 15 – 21 August 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	57	2R	Kristina Mladenovic	37	Win	6–0, 7–5
	58	3R	Barbora Strýcová	20	Win	7–6(7–5), 6–4
	59	QF	Carla Suárez Navarro (9)	12	Win	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
	60	SF	Simona Halep (3)	4	Win	6–3, 6–4
	61	F	Karolína Plíšková (15)	17	Loss (4)	3–6, 1–6
US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 29 August – 11 September 2016
	62	1R	Polona Hercog	120	Win	6–0, 1–0 ret.
	63	2R	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	57	Win	6–2, 7–6(11–9)
	64	3R	Catherine Bellis (Q)	158	Win	6–1, 6–1
	65	4R	Petra Kvitová (14)	16	Win	6–3, 7–5
	66	QF	Roberta Vinci (7)	8	Win	7–5, 6–0
	67	SF	Caroline Wozniacki	74	Win	6–4, 6–3
	68	W	Karolína Plíšková (10)	12	Win (3)	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Wuhan Open Wuhan, China Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 September – 1 October 2016
	–	1R	Bye
	69	2R	Kristina Mladenovic	54	Win	6–7(4–7), 6–1, 6–4
	70	3R	Petra Kvitová (14)	16	Loss	7–6(12–10), 5–7, 4–6
China Open Beijing, China Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 2 – 9 October 2016
	71	1R	Kateřina Siniaková (Q)	51	Win	6–4, 6–4
	72	2R	Barbora Strýcová	21	Win	6–3, 7–6(7–4)
	73	3R	Elina Svitolina	19	Loss	3–6, 5–7
Hong Kong Tennis Open Hong Kong International Hard, outdoor 10 – 16 October 2016
	74	1R	Maria Sakkari	97	Win	6–4, 6–4
	75	2R	Louisa Chirico	60	Win	6–2, 3–6, 6–2
	76	QF	Daria Gavrilova (8)	38	Loss	3–6, 1–6
WTA Finals Singapore WTA Finals Hard, indoor 23 – 30 October 2016
	77	RR	Dominika Cibulková (7)	8	Win	7–6(7–5), 2–6, 6–3
	78	RR	Simona Halep (3)	4	Win	6–4, 6–2
	79	RR	Madison Keys (6)	7	Win	6–3, 6–3
	80	SF	Agnieszka Radwańska (2)	3	Win	6–2, 6–1
	81	F	Dominika Cibulková (7)	8	Loss (5)	3–6, 4–6

Doubles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponents (Seed or Key)	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Melbourne, Australia Premier Hard, outdoor 4 – 9 January 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic
	1	1R	Kateryna Bondarenko / Olga Savchuk	76 / 53	Win	7–6(7–2), 6–3
	2	QF	Raquel Atawo / Alizé Cornet	18 / 108	Win	6–2, 6–3
	3	SF	Anabel Medina Garrigues / Arantxa Parra Santonja	32 / 37	Win	2–6, 6–3, [10–2]
	4	F	Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza (1)	2 / 1	Loss (1)	5–7, 1–6
Indian Wells Masters Indian Wells, United States Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 7 – 20 March 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic
	5	1R	Chan Hao-ching / Chan Yung-jan (2)	6 / 5	Loss	4–6, 3–6
Canadian Open Montreal, Canada Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 25 – 31 July 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic
	6	1R	Christina McHale / Asia Muhammad	79 / 86	Loss	7–5, 5–7, [6–10]
2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Olympic Games Hard, outdoor 6 – 14 August 2016 Partner: Andrea Petkovic
	7	1R	Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci (8)	23 / 107	Loss	2–6, 2–6

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Kerber's 2016 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Tournament	City	Category	Surface	2015 result	2015 points	2016 points	Outcome
4 January 2016– 9 January 2016	Brisbane International	Brisbane	Premier	Hard	QF	100	305	Lost in the final to Victoria Azarenka
11 January 2016– 16 January 2016	Sydney International	Sydney	Premier	Hard	SF	185	55	Withdrew before second round match against Ekaterina Makarova
18 January 2016– 31 January 2016	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	1R	10	2,000	Won in the final against Serena Williams
6 February 2016– 7 February 2016	Fed Cup: Germany vs Switzerland World Group First Round	Leipzig	Fed Cup	Hard (i)	SF	—	—	Switzerland def. Germany, 3–2 Germany relegated to WG Play-offs
21 February 2016– 27 February 2016	Qatar Open	Doha	Premier 5	Hard	1R	1	1	Lost in second round against Zheng Saisai
7 March 2016– 20 March 2016	Indian Wells Masters	Indian Wells	Premier Mandatory	Hard	2R	10	10	Lost in second round against Denisa Allertová
21 March 2016– 3 April 2016	Miami Open	Miami	Premier Mandatory	Hard	3R	65	390	Lost in the semifinals against Victoria Azarenka
4 April 2016– 10 April 2016	Charleston Open	Charleston	Premier	Clay	W	470	185	Retired in the semifinals against Sloane Stephens
16 April 2016– 17 April 2016	Fed Cup: Romania vs Germany World Group play-offs	Cluj-Napoca	Fed Cup	Clay (i)	SF	—	—	Germany def. Romania, 4–1 Germany remain in World Group
18 April 2016– 24 April 2016	Stuttgart Open	Stuttgart	Premier	Clay (i)	W	470	470	Won in the final against Laura Siegemund
1 May 2016– 8 May 2016	Madrid Open	Madrid	Premier Mandatory	Clay	1R	10	10	Lost in first round against Barbora Strýcová
9 May 2016– 15 May 2016	Italian Open	Rome	Premier 5	Clay	2R	60	1	Lost in second round against Eugenie Bouchard
23 May 2016– 5 June 2016	French Open	Paris	Grand Slam	Clay	3R	130	10	Lost in first round against Kiki Bertens
13 June 2016– 19 June 2016	Birmingham Classic	Birmingham	Premier	Grass	W	470	100	Lost in the quarterfinals against Carla Suárez Navarro
27 June 2016– 10 July 2016	Wimbledon Championships	London	Grand Slam	Grass	3R	130	1,300	Lost in the final to Serena Williams
18 July 2016– 24 July 2016	Swedish Open	Båstad	International	Clay	DNS	—	30	Withdrew before second round match against Lara Arruabarrena
25 July 2016– 31 July 2016	Canadian Open	Montreal	Premier 5	Hard	3R	105	350	Lost in semifinals against Simona Halep
6 August 2016– 14 August 2016	Summer Olympics	Rio de Janeiro	Olympic Games	Hard	QF (2012)	—	—	Lost in the final to Monica Puig
15 August 2016– 21 August 2016	Cincinnati Masters	Cincinnati	Premier 5	Hard	1R	1	585	Lost in the final to Karolína Plíšková
29 August 2016– 11 September 2016	US Open	New York	Grand Slam	Hard	3R	130	2,000	Won in the final against Karolína Plíšková
25 September 2016– 1 October 2016	Wuhan Open	Wuhan	Premier 5	Hard	SF	350	105	Lost in the third round match against Petra Kvitová
2 October 2016– 9 October 2016	China Open	Beijing	Premier Mandatory	Hard	QF	215	120	Lost in the third round match against Elina Svitolina
10 October 2016– 16 October 2016	Hong Kong Tennis Open	Hong Kong	International	Hard	F	180	60	Lost in the quarterfinals against Daria Gavrilova
23 October 2016– 30 October 2016	WTA Finals	Singapore	WTA Finals	Hard (i)	RR	370	1,080	Lost in the final to Dominika Cibulková
Total year-end points							9,167

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

(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.)

• Simona Halep 4–1
• Madison Keys 3–0
• Barbora Strýcová 3–1
• Carla Suárez Navarro 3–1
• Madison Brengle 2–0
• Irina-Camelia Begu 2–0
• Annika Beck 2–0
• Misaki Doi 2–0
• Johanna Konta 2–0
• Mirjana Lučić-Baroni 2–0
• Kristina Mladenovic 2–0
• Petra Kvitová 2–1
• Elina Svitolina 2–1
• Camila Giorgi 1–0
• Anastasia 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
• Laura Robson 1–0
• Varvara Lepchenko 1–0
• Carina Witthöft 1–0
• Venus Williams 1–0
• Cornelia Lister 1–0
• Daria Kasatkina 1–0
• Mariana Duque 1–0
• Samantha Stosur 1–0
• Polona Hercog 1–0
• CiCi Bellis 1–0
• Roberta Vinci 1–0
• Caroline Wozniacki 1–0
• Kateřina Siniaková 1–0
• Maria Sakkari 1–0
• Louisa Chirico 1–0
• Agnieszka Radwańska 1–0
• Kiki Bertens 1–1
• Serena Williams 1–1
• Eugenie Bouchard 1–1
• Karolína Plíšková 1–1
• Daria Gavrilova 1–1
• Dominika Cibulková 1–1
• Victoria Azarenka 1–2
• Belinda Bencic 0–1
• Zheng Saisai 0–1
• Denisa Allertová 0–1
• Sloane Stephens 0–1
• Monica Puig 0–1

Finals

Singles: 8 (3–5)

Legend Grand Slams (2–1) WTA Tour Championships (0–1) WTA Premier Mandatory (0–0) Olympic Games (0–1) WTA Premier 5 (0–1) WTA Premier (1–1) WTA International (0–0)

Finals by surface Hard (2–4) Clay (1–0) Grass (0–1)

Finals by venue Outdoors (2–4) Indoors (1–1)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Opponent	Score
Runner-up	9 January 2016	Premier	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	3–6, 1–6
Winner	30 January 2016	Grand Slam	Australian Open, Australia	Hard	Serena Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Winner	24 April 2016	Premier	Stuttgart Open, Germany	Clay (i)	Laura Siegemund	6–4, 6–0
Runner-up	9 July 2016	Grand Slam	Wimbledon Championships, United Kingdom	Grass	Serena Williams	5–7, 3–6
Silver	13 August 2016	Olympic Games	Summer Olympics, Brazil	Hard	Monica Puig	4–6, 6–4, 1–6
Runner-up	21 August 2016	Premier 5	Cincinnati Masters, United States	Hard	Karolína Plíšková	3–6, 1–6
Winner	10 September 2016	Grand Slam	US Open, United States	Hard	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 4–6, 6–4
Runner-up	30 October 2016	Tour Championships	WTA Finals, Singapore	Hard (i)	Dominika Cibulková	3–6, 4–6

Doubles: 1 (0–1)

Legend Grand Slams (0–0) WTA Tour Championships (0–0) WTA Premier Mandatory (0–0) WTA Premier 5 (0–0) WTA Premier (0–1) WTA International (0–0)

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

Finals by venue Outdoors (0–1) Indoors (0–0)

Result	Date	Category	Tournament	Surface	Partner	Opponents	Score in the final
Runner-up	9 January 2016	Premier	Brisbane International, Australia	Hard	Andrea Petkovic	Martina Hingis Sania Mirza	5–7, 1–6

Earnings

Singles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Brisbane International	$103,850	$103,850
Sydney International	$10,540	$114,390
Australian Open	$2,553,740	$2,668,130
Qatar Open	$15,185	$2,683,315
Indian Wells Masters	$19,530	$2,702,845
Miami Open	$251,500	$2,954,345
Charleston Open	$33,600	$2,987,945
Stuttgart Open	$129,551	$3,117,496
Madrid Open	$15,193	$3,132,689
Italian Open	$15,680	$3,148,369
French Open	$32,314	$3,180,683
Birmingham Classic	$22,310	$3,202,993
Wimbledon Championships	$1,532,910	$4,735,903
Swedish Open	$3,400	$4,739,303
Canadian Open	$121,150	$4,860,453
Cincinnati Masters	$247,320	$5,107,773
US Open	$3,437,565	$8,545,338
Wuhan Open	$26,900	$8,572,238
China Open	$62,768	$8,635,006
Hong Kong Tennis Open	$6,175	$8,641,181
WTA Finals	$1,200,000	$9,841,181
		$9,841,181
Doubles
Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
Brisbane International	$12,259	$12,259
Indian Wells Masters	$5,930	$18,189
Canadian Open	$2,245	$20,434
		$20,434
Total
		$9,861,615

Figures in United States dollars (USD) unless noted.

Bold denotes tournament win

See also

• 2016 WTA Tour
• 2016 Serena Williams tennis season
• Angelique Kerber career statistics

External links

• Official website (in English, German, and Polish)
• Angelique Kerber at the Women's Tennis Association
• Angelique Kerber Archived 2019-07-08 at the Wayback Machine at the International Tennis Federation
• Angelique Kerber at the Fed Cup
• Angelique Kerber at the International Olympic Committee