Melbourne Park.
The 28-year-old is the first German to win a major singles title
since Steffi Graf at the 1999 French Open.
Williams, 34, was beaten for just the fifth time in 26 Grand Slam
finals, and the American missed the chance to tie Graf's open-
era record of 22 titles.
Kerber, who saved a match point in her first-round win over
Misaki Doi, will move up to number two in the world rankings.
Kerber said afterwards that being able to say she was a Grand
Slam champion "sounds crazy".
"It's my dream come. I worked for this my whole life," said the
German.
"It's been such an up and down two weeks, I was match point
down in the first round and had one foot in the plane to
Germany.
"Now I have beaten Serena and won the championship. I have
so many emotions, so many thoughts, but all of them good
ones."
Williams was gracious in defeat, telling Kerber: "Angie,
congratulations. You deserve this and I'm so happy for you. I
really hope you enjoy this moment."
The runner-up added: "Would I give my performance an A? No,
but this is all I could produce.
"I'm not a robot. I do the best that I can. I try to win every point
but realistically I can't. Maybe someone else can."
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