Top 9 German tennis players of all time

#3 Angelique Kerber

Angelique Kerber with the 2016 Australian Open Trophy

Angelique Kerber is the oldest ever female tennis player to be ranked the WTA World Number 1 for the first time. She achieved this feat in 2016 at the age of 28.

2016 was a breakthrough year for Kerber as she beat Serena WIlliams in the 2016 Australian Open final to grab her very first Grand Slam title. She would go on to win the silver medal at the Rio Summer Olympic Games held six months later.

Later in the year, she won the US Open after beating Karolina Pliskova in the final, and finished the year as the Number 1 ranked player.

After having become the first German player since Steffi Graf to top the WTA World rankings, the pressure of high expectations got to her in 2017 as she endured a terrible dip in form. Seeking to erase the disappointment of 2017, Kerber enjoyed considerable success in 2018 - most notably beating Serena Williams in the final of the Wimbledon Championships and finishing the year as the Number 2 ranked player.