2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season

2016 Angelique Kerber tennis season

Name	Angelique Kerber
Country	Germany
Calendar prize money	$2,972,534
Singles
Season record	26–7 (78.79%)
Calendar titles	2
Current ranking	No. 2
Ranking change from previous year	4
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W
Doubles
Season record	0–0
Last updated on: 9 April 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 sixth ranked player and the defending champion at four tournaments.

All matches

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Brisbane International Melbourne, 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, 6–0
	3	QF	Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova	#28	Win	6–4, 6–4
	4	SF	Carla Suarez Navarro	#13	Win	6–2, 6–3
	5	F	Victoria Azarenka	#22	Loss	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
	7	2R	Ekaterina Makarova	#23	Walkover	N/A
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 18 – 31 January 2016	8	1R	Misaki Doi	#64	Win	6–7 (4–7), 7– 6(8–6), 6–3
	9	2R	Alexandra Dulgheru	#61	Win	6–2, 6–4
	10	3R	Madison Brengle	#49	Win	6–1, 6–3
	11	4R	Annika Beck	#55	Win	6–4, 6–0
	12	QF	Victoria Azarenka	#16	Win	6–3, 7–5
	13	SF	Johanna Konta	#47	Win	7–5, 6–2
	14	F	Serena Williams	#1	Win	6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Fed Cup WG: Switzerland vs. Germany Leipzig, Germany Fed Cup Hard, indoor 6–7 February 2016	15	-	Timea Bacsinszky	#15	Win	6-1, 6-3
	16	-	Belinda Bencic	#11	Loss	6-7 (5-7), 3-6

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Williams' 2016 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	Points	Outcome
4 January – 9 January	Brisbane International	Brisbane	WTA Premier	Hard	305	Final Lost to Victoria Azarenka, 3–6 1–6
11 January – 16 January	Sydney International	Sydney	WTA Premier	Hard	55	2nd round withdrew to Ekaterina Makarova
18 January – 31 January	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	2000	Won Serena Williams, 6–4, 3–6, 6–4
Total year-end points					2360

Team events

Fed Cup

Tournament	Round	Match	Opponents	Result	Score
Fed Cup Leipzig, Germany, Germany Single 1st Round Hard, outdoor 6–7 February 2016	1R	Singles	Timea Bacsinszky	Win	6–1

Yearly records

Finals

Singles: 2 (1–1)

Legend Grand Slams (1–0) 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 (1–1) Clay (0–0) Grass (0–0)

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

Outcome	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Runner-up	January 9, 2016	Brisbane International, Brisbane, Australia	Hard	Victoria Azarenka	6–3, 6–1
Winner	January 30, 2016	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Serena Williams	6–4, 3–6, 6–4

Earnings

#	Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
1	Brisbane International	$103,850	$103,850
2	Sydney International	$10,540	$114,390
3	Australian Open	$2,553,740	$2,667,130
			$2,667,130

See also

• 2016 WTA Tour
• Angelique Kerber career statistics