Overview
- BILD first reported that Kerber will face longtime friend Ana Ivanović in an official farewell match in Bad Homburg, with Frankfurter Rundschau echoing the one‑match comeback.
- The exhibition is planned to open the Bad Homburg WTA grass tournament, the event Kerber won in 2021 and now helps run as sport director.
- Kerber called the venue “the perfect stage for a special day with many emotions” and said there will be no favors on court in the one‑off match.
- Both women are former world No. 1 players and close friends, and their tour head‑to‑head favored Ivanović 7–2.
- Kerber stepped away around the Paris 2024 Olympics and has since played on the Legends Tour and coached at her academy in Poland, with coverage citing 683 wins in 1,061 matches.