Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber: Biography in Details

Who is Angelique Kerber?

Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player and former world No. 1.

She has won 11 singles titles across all surfaces on the WTA Tour, including two major titles at the 2016 Australian Open and the 2016 US Open.

Additionally, she has also won an Olympic silver medal while representing Germany at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Angelique Kerber’s Early Life, Childhood, and Education

Kerber was born in Bremen, West Germany on 18, January 1988 to parents Sławomir Kerber and Beata (née Rzeźnik). Additionally, she has one sister, Jessica.

Throughout most of her early life, she grew up in  Kiel and started playing tennis at age three, eventually joining the junior circuit.

She became interested in the world of tennis during her childhood years.

She holds both German-Polish citizenship nationality. Furthermore, she belongs to a mixed ethnic background of Polish and German.

Talking about her education, there is no detailed information relating to Kerber’s educational background at present.

Angelique Kerber’s Career, Salary, and Net Worth

Kerber initially debuted in Grand Slam in 2007.

She competed in her first Grand Slam main draw at the French Open where she lost to Elena Dementieva in the opening round.

She got her first Grand Slam victory in the 2008 Australian Open by beating Maret Ani, before losing to Francesca Schiavone.

Kerber qualified for the 2010 Australian Open where she reached her first third round in a Grand Slam in 2010.

2011 was her breakthrough year as she reached her first quarterfinal of the year at the start of the season at Hobart International. She finished the year as world No. 32.

Kerber defeated Marina Erakovic in the first round in 2012. At the 2012 Australian Open, Kerber was the 30th seed.

Later, she reached the third round and lost to Maria Sharapova. As a result, Kerber rose to her career-high singles ranking of world number 27.

In addition, at 2013 Western & Southern Open, Kerber lost to Li Na in the third round.

She finished 2014 by representing Germany in the Fed Cup final.

More recently, at the 2017 Toray Pan Pacific Open, she took revenge on Naomi Osaka and defeated Daria Kasatkina and Karolina Pliskova before falling to Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.

At the 2018 Australian Open she defeated compatriot Anna-Lena Friedsam and Donna Vekic both in straight sets to advance to the third round where she was due to face former World No. 1 Maria Sharapova.

Eventually, she returned to the top 10 in 2018, ranked 9.

Kerber won the WTA Player of the Year in 2016. Previously, she won the German Sportswoman of the Year and the US Open Sportsmanship Award.

Additionally, she has also won the ITF World Champion Award.

Kerber has not revealed her current salary.

However, she has an estimated net worth of around $27 million at present.

Angelique Kerber’s Rumors and Controversy

Kerber became part of a controversy after she received death threats on Facebook.

She received threats from gamblers who lost money when she went down in the second set tie-break from 5-1 up.

There was a rumor that suggested she might be dating her coach.

This, however, still remains a rumor and nothing more.

Angelique Kerber’s Body Measurements

Talking about her body measurement, Kerber has a height of 5 feet 8 inches (1.73 m).

Additionally, she weighs around 73 kg or 161 pounds.

She has a measurement of 37-26-35 inches or 94-66-89 cm.

In addition, her hair color is blonde and her eye color is blue.

Her dress size is 10 (US) or 40 (EU) and her shoe size is 9 (US) or 39.5 (EU).

Social Media Profile

Kerber is active on social media. She has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

She has more than 340k followers on Twitter.

In addition, she has over 400k followers on Instagram.

Similarly, her Facebook page has more than 830k followers.

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