What a remarkable year it was for Angelique Kerber.
The 28-year-old German won the Australian and U.S. Opens, and was the runner-up at Wimbledon. She supplanted Serena Williams as the No. 1 player in the world in the process, and ended the year ranked first.
For much of the WTA Finals in Singapore, she was nearly flawless. Kerber looked head and shoulders above the rest of the field at times, going 3-0 in the round-robin stage before dismantling Agnieszka Radwanska, 6-2, 6-1, in the semifinals.