page_title: Angelique Kerber
section_title: 2014: Steady ranking and Fed Cup final
hierarchical_section_title: Angelique Kerber / Career / 2014: Steady ranking and Fed Cup final
caption_attribution_description: Kerber MA14 (4)
context_page_description: Angelique Kerber is a German professional tennis player. A former world No. 1 and winner of three Grand Slam tournaments, she made her professional debut in 2003 and rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2011 US Open as the No. 92-ranked player in the world. She ascended to the top of the rankings on 12 September 2016, thus becoming the twenty-second and oldest player to achieve the number-one ranking for the first time.
  A continually high-ranking left-handed female tennis player, Kerber has won 12 career singles titles across all surfaces on the WTA Tour, including multiple Grand Slam titles: the 2016 Australian Open, the 2016 US Open and the 2018 Wimbledon Championships. She has also won an Olympic silver medal while representing Germany at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Kerber is currently ranked world No. 21 as of March 9, 2020.
context_section_description: Kerber's first singles event of the season was at the Brisbane International, reaching the quarterfinals. In Sydney, Kerber made the final, only to lose to Tsvetana Pironkova in straight sets. In the fourth round of the Australian Open, she was defeated by Flavia Pennetta in three sets. At the Open GdF Suez in Paris, she made it to the quarterfinals before losing to eventual tournament champion Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova.
  Kerber played for Germany in the Fed Cup in February. She contributed to defeating Slovakia by winning both of her singles rubbers, defeating Dominika Cibulková and Daniela Hantuchová respectively. Kerber then reached the final in Doha, losing to Simona Halep. She lost her opening match at the BNP Paribas Open to María Teresa Torró Flor and reached the quarterfinals in Miami, where she lost to Serena Williams in straight sets.
  Following early losses in Madrid and Rome, Kerber reached the quarterfinals at the Nürnberger Versicherungscup tournament, losing to eventual finalist Karolína Plíšková. At the French Open, Kerber lost to Eugenie Bouchard in the fourth round.
  Kerber reached the final at the Aegon International, losing to Madison Keys in three sets. At Wimbledon, Kerber was seeded 9th and defeated Urszula Radwańska, Heather Watson, and Kirsten Flipkens to reach the fourth round, where she defeated Maria Sharapova. In the quarterfinals, she lost to Eugenie Bouchard in straight sets.
  In July, Kerber participated in Stanford where she was the 3rd seed. She had a first round bye and, in her opening match, faced CoCo Vandeweghe, whom she defeated in three sets. Then she defeated Garbiñe Muguruza and Varvara Lepchenko to reach the final, her fourth final of 2014. There she faced Serena Williams and lost despite having a lead in the first set. The following week, she played in Montreal where she was the 6th seed. She received a first round bye again. Then she defeated Caroline Garcia before losing to the resurging Venus Williams in a tough three setter. Kerber was the sixth seed at the Western & Southern Open and won her second round match against Makarova in straight sets after receiving a first round bye. She then lost to Caroline Wozniacki in the third round. Kerber also lost in the third round of the US Open to unseeded 17-year-old Belinda Bencic, after having defeated Ksenia Pervak and Alla Kudryavtseva in the first and second rounds respectively.
  Kerber next participated at the Toray Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo, where she was the top seed. Again having a first-round bye, she reached the semifinals by defeating Elina Svitolina and Dominika Cibulková before losing to eventual champion Ana Ivanovic. At the Wuhan Open, Kerber defeated Zarina Diyas and Barbora Záhlavová-Strýcová to reach the quarterfinals. She then lost to Svitolina. The following week at the China Open, she lost to Svetlana Kuznetsova in round 3. Kerber did not qualify for the WTA Finals but entered the tournament as an alternate. Kerber finished 2014 by representing Germany in the Fed Cup final. She lost her first match to Lucie Šafářová in straight sets. In her next match, she faced fellow top-ten Petra Kvitová. Despite losing the first set tiebreak, she avoided a second set bagel by coming back to win it 6–4. She ended up losing the match when Kvitová launched her comeback from 1–4 down in the third set, to win it 6–4, giving the Czech team the title.
caption: Kerber at the 2014 Mutua Madrid Open
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