Angelique Kerber

Born: January 18, 1988 (age 27)

Birth place: Bremen, Germany

Height: 1.72 m

Weight: 68 kg

Parents: Slawomir Kerber, Beata Kerber

Siblings: Jessica Kerber (sister)

Nationality: Polish, German

Plays:Left Handed (Double Handed Backhand)

Coached by Torben Beltz

Angelique Kerber was born in Bremen, to father Sławomir Kerber and mother Beata, and has one sister, Jessica. Both of her parents are German Polish. She started playing tennis aged three and eventually joined the junior circuit. She made inroads at events in Germany and elsewhere in Europe, but did not win a junior title before 2003, at which point she had already turned qualified aged 15. Kerber communicates German, Polish and English.

Having made her qualified debut in 2003, Kerber was propelled into stardom upon suddenly reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open, at which time she was ranked 92 in the world. Since then, she has broken into the Top 5 of the WTA Rankings and currently sits at world number 10. As such, Kerber is the highest-ordered German on the WTA Tour.

She loves swimming, soccer, F1, figure skating, handball, shopping, sleeping, swimming, dancing and hanging out with friends ...her Beloved actors include Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz and Reese Witherspoon.

Awards and achievements

Kerber has won six singles titles on the WTA tour, as well as eleven singles and three doubles on the ITF tour in her career. On 22 October 2012, she reached her best singles ranking of world number 5. On 26 August 2013, she peaked at world number 103 in the doubles rankings.

Relationship status

She is currently single.