Successful partnership – as a Premium Partner of the Deutsche Tennis Bund (DTB – German Tennis Association), Porsche has been supporting Porsche Team Germany in the Fed Cup since 2012. The sports car manufacturer thus intensified its commitment to German women’s tennis. Success was not long in coming. After a 22-year gap, the German national team – led by Angelique Kerber – once again reached the Fed Cup final in 2014. In 2021, it qualified for the finals of the Billie Jean King Cup.
Since the beginning of the close collaboration between Porsche and the DTB, German women’s tennis has enjoyed major successes. In 2016, Porsche Brand Ambassador Angelique Kerber sparked renewed interest in tennis in Germany when celebrating her first Grand Slam win at the Australian Open. After successfully defending her Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart, she also won the US Open. In 2018, she fulfilled her dream by becoming Wimbledon champion.
The new dynamism in German women’s tennis was also noticeable in the world rankings: after the 2018 Australian Open, two German players – Angelique Kerber and Julia Görges – were ranked in the world Top 10 for the first time since Steffi Graf and Anke Huber. Whilst Julia Görges called it a day on her successful career in autumn 2020, another Porsche Team Germany player caused quite a stir: Laura Siegemund secured the doubles title at the 2020 US Open.
Role models for young talents
“We’re proud of the successes of our brand ambassadors and it always gives us great pleasure when top German players are successful as a team,” says Oliver Blume, Chairman of the Executive Board of Porsche AG. “Playing tennis for the many young talented players in the clubs is far more fun when they have role models they can emulate. We want to play a part in ensuring there will continue to be such role models in the future.”
The team captained by Rainer Schüttler currently includes, Anna-Lena Friedsam, Angelique Kerber, Tatjana Maria, Andrea Petkovic and Laura Siegemund. Nastasja Schunk and Julie Niemeier, who made their Porsche Team Germany debuts in the final of the Billie Jean King Cup in November 2021, continue to be supported in the Porsche Talent Team.
