Angelique Kerber’s return to skilled tennis is sort of right here – the three-time Grand Slam champion and former No. 1 will make her comeback as a mom-on-tour on the United Cup this weekend.
As a reminder of the German’s unbelievable profession achievements to date, listed below are 5 of essentially the most spectacular stats on her resume:
She’s considered one of solely two gamers to have crushed Serena Williams in multiple Grand Slam ultimate. Kerber battled previous Serena to win the 2016 Australian Open title, 6-4, 3-6, 6-4, and once more to win the 2018 Wimbledon title, 6-3, 6-3. She defeated Karolina Pliskova to win her different Grand Slam title on the 2016 US Open, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4.
The one different participant to beat Serena in a number of Grand Slam finals is Venus Williams, within the 2001 US Open and 2008 Wimbledon finals.
She was the oldest first-time No. 1 in WTA rankings historical past. After Serena, Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka had a stranglehold on the No. 1 rating for nearly half a decade, Kerber lastly ascended to the highest spot after successful the 2016 US Open at 28 years and seven months.
She’s the third-oldest first-time No. 1 in WTA or ATP rankings historical past, after a 30-year-old John Newcombe and a 29-year-old Andy Murray.
She’s the one German girl apart from Steffi Graf to win a significant within the Open Period. And that’s some fairly, fairly good company-Graf gained 22 majors in her profession (the Australian Open 4 instances, Roland Garros six instances, Wimbledon seven instances and the US Open 5 instances).
She’s the one German apart from Graf to achieve No. 1 in WTA rankings historical past. She’s additionally considered one of solely three lefties to develop into WTA No. 1, after one other two absolute legends – Martina Navratilova and Monica Seles.
And at last, she’s considered one of solely three ladies in WTA historical past to surpass $10 million in prize cash in a single season. She earned $10,136,615 throughout her career-best 2016 season, which not solely included her first two profession Grand Slam titles on the Australian Open and US Open, but in addition reaching finals at three of the opposite largest tournaments of the yr – Wimbledon, the Olympics and the WTA Finals.
The opposite two ladies to document $10 million seasons are Serena (who did it twice in 2013 and 2015) and Ashleigh Barty (who did it in 2019). – Tennis.com