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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. She was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time (behind Margaret Court's 24).

Along with her older sister Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1995, she won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open. From the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open, she was dominant, winning all four major singles titles (each time over Venus in the final) to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the career Grand Slam, known as the 'Serena Slam'. The next few years saw her claim two more singles majors, but suffer from injury and decline in form. Beginning in 2007, however, she gradually returned to form despite continued injuries, retaking the world No. 1 singles ranking. Beginning at the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Williams returned to dominance, claiming Olympic gold and becoming the first tennis player to achieve a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. She won eight out of thirteen singles majors, including all four in a row from 2014–15 to achieve a second "Serena Slam". At the 2017 Australian Open, she won her 23rd major singles title, surpassing Steffi Graf's Open Era record. She then took a break from professional tennis after becoming pregnant, and has reached four major finals since returning to play.

Williams also won 14 major women's doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, and the pair was unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. This includes a non-calendar year Grand Slam between the 2009 Wimbledon Championships and the 2010 French Open, which granted the sisters the doubles world No. 1 ranking. She won four Olympic gold medals, three in women's doubles—an all-time joint record shared with her sister. She has also won two major mixed doubles titles, both in 1998. In August 2022, Williams announced her impending retirement from professional tennis.

Williams is widely considered one of the greatest women's tennis players of all time. The arrival of the Williams sisters has been credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour. Serena holds the most combined major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles among active players, with 39: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. She is joint-third on the all-time list and second in the Open Era for total major titles. She is the most recent woman to simultaneously hold all four major singles titles (2002–03 and 2014–15), and the most recent woman to win the Surface Slam (major titles on hard, clay and grass courts in the same calendar year), doing so in 2015. She is also, with Venus, the most recent player to have simultaneously held all four major women's doubles titles (2009–10).

Williams was the world's highest paid woman athlete in 2016, earning almost $29 million. She repeated this feat in 2017 when she was the only woman on Forbes' list of the 100 highest-paid athletes, with $27 million in prize money and endorsements. She has won the Laureus Sportswoman of the Year award four times (2003, 2010, 2016, 2018), and in December 2015 was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine. In 2021, she was ranked 28th on Forbes' World's Highest-Paid Athletes list. She is the highest-earning woman athlete of all time.


Career Honours

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
2018

WTA Tour Womens

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
2018

WTA Tour Womens

Australian Open Women
2017

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2017

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2016

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2016

WTA Tour Womens

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
2016

WTA Tour Womens

Australian Open Women
2015

WTA Tour Womens

French Open Women
2015

WTA Tour Womens

SI SportsPerson of the year
2015

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2015

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2015

WTA Tour Womens

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
2015

WTA Tour Womens

WTA Finals
2014

WTA Tour Womens

US Open Women
2014

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2014

WTA Tour Womens

French Open Women
2013

WTA Tour Womens

US Open Women
2013

WTA Tour Womens

WTA Finals
2013

WTA Tour Womens

Associated Press Athlete of the Year
2013

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2013

ATP Womens

US Open Women
2012

WTA Tour Womens

WTA Finals
2012

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2012

WTA Tour Womens

Olympics Gold
2012

United States Tennis

Olympics Gold
2012

United States Tennis

Australian Open Women
2010

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2010

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2010

ATP Womens

Australian Open Women
2009

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2009

WTA Tour Womens

ATP World Tour Finals
2009

ATP Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2009

ATP Womens

US Open Women
2008

WTA Tour Womens

Olympics Gold
2008

United States Tennis

Hopman Cup
2008

United States Tennis

WTA No.1 Ranking
2008

ATP Womens

Australian Open Women
2007

WTA Tour Womens

Australian Open Women
2005

WTA Tour Womens

Australian Open Women
2003

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2003

WTA Tour Womens

Hopman Cup
2003

United States Tennis

WTA No.1 Ranking
2003

ATP Womens

French Open Women
2002

WTA Tour Womens

US Open Women
2002

WTA Tour Womens

Wimbledon Women
2002

WTA Tour Womens

WTA No.1 Ranking
2002

ATP Womens

ATP World Tour Finals
2001

ATP Womens

Olympics Gold
2000

United States Tennis

US Open Women
1999

WTA Tour Womens

Fed Cup
1999

United States Tennis


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