Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, she made her professional debut in 2003 and rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No 92-ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on September 12, 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time.
A continually high-ranking left-handed female tennis player, Angelique Kerber has won 12 career singles titles across all surfaces on the WTA Tour, including the aforementioned three Grand Slam titles: the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open, and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She has also won an Olympic silver medal while representing Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kerber is currently ranked world No 21 as of March 9, 2020.
Angelique Kerber was born in Bremen to Polish parents. She grew up in Kiel and started playing tennis at age three, eventually joining the junior circuit. In 2012, Kerber moved to Puszczykowo; a suburb of Poznan, Poland, where her maternal grandfather owns an indoor tennis facility. She has competed for Germany since the start of her career.
Although born right-handed, she plays left-handed. Angelique Kerber has frequently cited former German tennis player Steffi Graf as her childhood idol and her motivation for pursuing tennis.
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