Heartbreak for Serena Williams after being forced to retire hurt following fall at Wimbledom

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Serena Williams’ hopes of an eighth Wimbledon title are over after an ankle injury forced the world No 8 to retire from her first-round match with Aliaksandra Sasnovich.

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The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club The seven-time singles’ winner at the All England Club slipped in the sixth game and left the Centre Court for treatment.

Poise and grace in the most trying of circumstances.#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/6O6dvpReXi

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2021

She returned 10 minutes later but after getting emotional at the reception afforded to her by the crowd, the pain was evident on Williams’ face as she tried to serve to her Belarusian opponent.

After the best efforts of the 39-year-old, she had to call it quits and it means her pursuit of a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam is again put on hold.

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Serena Williams retires at Wimbledon due to leg injury

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Wimbledon 2018 Quarter finals women, Serena Williams wins against Camila Giorgi, Serena Williams
Wimbledon Tennis Championships, Day 8, The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, London, UK – 10 Jul 2018

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Serena Williams will not win her record-tying 24th Grand Slam women’s singles title at Wimbledon this year after withdrawing from the tournament due to injury.

In the first set of Tuesday’s first-round match on Centre Court against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus, Williams slipped on the wet grass and appeared to injure her left ankle.

After taking a time out to get treatment from an athletic trainer, the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion gave it another shot. However, after losing two games, she was unable to continue.

The loss marked the first time Williams has ever failed to win her opening singles match at Wimbledon. Before Tuesday, she had been 19-0 in the first round.

We’re heartbroken for you, Serena.

Our seven-time singles champion is forced to retire from The Championships 2021 through injury#Wimbledon pic.twitter.com/vpcW1UN78s

— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 29, 2021

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Serena Williams falls to the ground during her first-round match against Aliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus.

The No. 6 seed wasn’t fully healthy to begin the tournament. She arrived at Centre Court with both ankles and her right thigh heavily taped. The pain was more obvious after she realized she couldn’t continue. With tears forming in her eyes, she gingerly walked off the court, waved to the fans and accepted condolences from her 27-year-old opponent.

Williams last won the women’s singles title at the All England Club in 2016, though she reached the finals and lost in both 2018 and 2019. The tournament was canceled last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles overall, one short of Margaret Court’s modern record.

Serena Williams

**Serena Williams**
Singles
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Full name	Serena Jameka Williams
Country (sports)	Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn United States
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.^[1]
Born	September 26, 1981 (age 39) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)^[1]
Turned pro	October 1995
Plays	Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach	Richard Williams (1994–present) Oracene Price Patrick Mouratoglou (2012–present)^[2]
Prize money	US$ 94,453,854^[3] 1st in all-time rankings
Official website	www.serenawilliams.com
Career record	855–151 (85.0%)
Career titles	73 (5th in overall rankings)
Highest ranking	No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
Current ranking	No. 8 (April 5, 2021)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017)
French Open	W (2002, 2013, 2015)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016)
US Open	W (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Other tournaments
Grand Slam Cup	W (1999)
Tour Finals	W (2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Olympic Games	W (2012)
Doubles
Career record	190–34 (84.8%)
Career titles	23
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 21, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 394 (June 14, 2021)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2001, 2003, 2009, 2010)
French Open	W (1999, 2010)
Wimbledon	W (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016)
US Open	W (1999, 2009)
Other doubles tournaments
Tour Finals	SF (2009)
Mixed doubles
Career record	27–4 (87.1%)
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1999)
French Open	F (1998)
Wimbledon	W (1998)
US Open	W (1998)
Team competitions
Fed Cup	W (1999), record 17–3
Hopman Cup	W (2003, 2008)

Medal record

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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981)^[1] is an American professional tennis player and former world No. 1 in women’s single tennis. She has 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 (24). The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. In total, she has been No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Graf and Martina Navratilova.

Williams is widely regarded to be one of the greatest female tennis players of all time.^[a] She holds the most Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles combined among active players. Her 39 Grand Slam titles put her joint-third on the all-time list and second in the Open Era: 23 in singles, 14 in women’s doubles, and two in mixed doubles. She is the most recent female player to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (2002–03 and 2014–15) and the third player to achieve this twice, after Rod Laver and Graf. She is also the most recent player to have won a Grand Slam title on each surface (hard, clay and grass) in one calendar year (2015). She is also, together with her older sister Venus, the most recent player to have held all four Grand Slam women’s doubles titles simultaneously (2009–10).

Williams has won a record of 13 Grand Slam singles titles on hard court. Williams holds the Open Era record for most titles won at the Australian Open (7) and shares the Open Era record for most titles won at the US Open with Chris Evert (6). She also holds the records for the most women’s singles matches won at majors with 365 matches and most singles majors won since turning 30-years-old (10). She is the only tennis player, male or female, to have won three of the four grand slams at least 6 times.

Williams has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, and the pair are unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. As a team, she and Venus have the third most women’s doubles Grand Slam titles, behind the 18 titles of Natasha Zvereva (14 with Gigi Fernández) and the record 20 titles won by Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Williams is also a five-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships in the singles division. She has also won four Olympic gold medals, one in women’s singles and three in women’s doubles—an all-time record shared with her sister, Venus. She is the only tennis player, male or female, who has won a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles. 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. She is ranked at No. 8 in the world by the WTA as of April 5, 2021.

Earning almost $29 million in prize money and endorsements, Williams was the world’s highest-paid female athlete in 2016. 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, she was named Sportsperson of the Year by Sports Illustrated magazine. In 2021, she was ranked 28th on Forbes‘ World’s Highest-Paid Athletes list. In terms of career prize money, she stands as the highest earning female athlete of all-time.

Grand Slam tournaments

At the 1999 US Open, became the second African-American woman to win a Grand Slam title at 17 years old ^[1]
By winning the 2001 Australian Open doubles championship with Venus Williams, became the fifth pair to complete a Career Doubles Grand Slam and the only pair to win a Career Doubles Golden Slam.
At the 2001 US Open, marked the first time in the Open Era, and second time in 117 years that sisters met in a Grand Slam final (with Venus Williams)
At the 2002 Roland Garros final, she became the first younger sister to defeat her older sister in a Grand Slam singles tournament.
At the 2002 Roland Garros, she defeated her older sister Venus for the first time as a Grand Slam final victory ^[1]
By winning the 2003 Australian Open, became the fifth woman to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously.
By winning the 2003 Australian Open, became the first African-American to win the championship.
By winning the 2003 Australian Open, she became the sixth player to win a Career Grand Slam.
By winning the 2003 Wimbledon ladies’ title, Williams became just the fifth woman in the Open Era to win back-to-back Wimbledon crowns. She followed Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Venus Williams. Since then, the feat has been accomplished 3 more times, once by Venus Williams and twice by Serena Williams.^[1]
By reaching the final of the 2003 Australian Open, she and sister Venus became the first players to compete in 4 consecutive slam finals.
By winning the 2005 Australian Open by defeating Mauresmo and Davenport, became the only player in tennis history to win three Grand Slam singles titles (1999 U.S. Open, 2002 Roland Garros) by beating the top two ranked players.^{[citation needed]}
By winning the 2007 Australian Open became the first unseeded player since Chris O’Neil (1978) to win a slam, she was ranked #81 in the world.
Her six-year gap between Wimbledon titles (2003–2009) is second only to Evonne Goolagong Cawley’s nine years in the Open Era.
Her eleven-year gap between Roland Garros titles (2002–2013) is the longest in the Open Era.
Only player to have won three Grand Slam singles titles after saving match points (2003 Australian Open versus Kim Clijsters, 2005 Australian Open versus Maria Sharapova, and 2009 Wimbledon versus Elena Dementieva).^[2]
Against Elena Dementieva, she played the longest recorded Wimbledon women’s semifinal (2009) in the open era: 2 hours, 49 minutes.^[1]^[3]
By winning the 2010 Roland Garros doubles with sister Venus, they became the first pair since 1998 to hold the four doubles slams at the same time.
By winning the 2010 Roland Garros doubles with sister Venus, they became the first pair in the Open Era to complete the Career Doubles Golden Slam twice (2001 & 2003 Australian Open, 1999 & 2010 Roland Garros, 2000 & 2002 Wimbledon, 1999 & 2009 U.S. Open, and 2000 & 2008 Olympic gold medalists).
In 2012 Wimbledon, in her semifinal match against Azarenka, she hit a record 24 aces in a match, which was surpassed by Sabine Lisicki at the 2015 Aegon Classic in Birmingham.
At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, she set a record for most aces served in a tournament, hitting 102 aces in the tournament, which was the most of men or women at the Championships that year.
In 2014, she won her 6th US Open title, the most in the Open Era (tied with Evert)
In 2017, she won her 7th Australian Open title, the most in the Open Era (stands alone).
Most hardcourt grand slam singles titles: 13 [7 Australian Open & 6 US Open] (stands alone).
In 2015, she won her 6th Wimbledon title. She became the only person in history, male or female, to win three of the four grand slams 6 times (AO 2003/2005/2007/2009/2010/2015, WIM 2002/2003/2009/2010/2012/2015, and USO 1999/2002/2008/2012/2013/2014).
She is only the fourth woman in the Open Era to win a tournament six or more times after Steffi Graf, Chris Evert, and Martina Navratilova. She’s won 8 Miami Masters, 7 Australian Opens, 7 Wimbledons, and 6 US Open titles.
She is also only the third player to achieve a Career Grand Slam in singles and doubles after Margaret Court and Martina Navratilova
Second player to win a slam singles titles in three decades after Martina Navratilova (USO 1999, FO 2002, AO 2010)
Winner of all four Grand Slam singles titles in two decades (along with Court and Graf)
Longest span between first (2003) and last (2017) Australian Open titles: 14 years (tied with Nancye Wynne Bolton)
Longest span between first (2002) and last (2015) Roland Garros titles: 13 years
Longest span between first (2002) and last (2016) Wimbledon titles: 14 years
Longest span between first (1999) and last (2014) US Open titles: 15 years
Roland Garros 2015, Williams became the first woman to win 50+ career matches in all four Grand Slams in the Open Era.^[4]
Roland Garros 2016, Williams became the first woman to win 60+ career matches in all four Grand Slams in the Open Era (AO 74 match wins, FO 60 match wins, WIM 79 match wins, and USO 84 match wins).
Roland Garros 2015, became first woman to win a grand slam tournament losing five sets en route to the title
Oldest player to hold all Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (2014–2015)
In 2015, Williams won 4 consecutive grand slam titles for the second time in her career, also accomplishing the feat in 2002–2003. She and Steffi Graf are the only two players in the Open Era to win 4 consecutive grand slam singles titles on 2 separate occasions.
Only player, male or female, to complete the Career Golden Slam after turning 30 years of age (WIM 2012, OLY 2012, USO 2012, FO 2013, AO 2015).
Third female player to win 70+ matches at 3 of the 4 grand slam events. She had AO 70 match wins, WIM 79 match wins, USO 84 match wins. (tied with Steffi Graf who had USO 73 match wins, WIM 75 match wins, and FO 87 match wins, and Chris Evert who had FO 72 match wins, WIM 98 match wins, and USO 103 match wins)
In 2017, Williams became the first player, male or female, to win 80+ matches at 3 of the 4 grand slam events. She had AO 81 match wins, WIM 86 match wins, USO 89 match wins.
In 2016, she won her 7th Wimbledon singles title, the 2nd most in the Open Era (tied with Steffi Graf, only behind Martina Navratilova’s 9 titles).
In 2016, won 6th Wimbledon doubles title with Venus Williams. It was the 4th time Serena Williams won the singles and doubles titles at Wimbledon in the same year (2002, 2009, 2012, 2016). Venus also accomplished this feat twice (2000, 2008).
Serena and Venus Williams improved their grand slam doubles finals record to 14-0. Only Martina Navratilova/Pam Shriver own more grand slam doubles titles as a team with 20 championships.
In 2017, by virtue of her 7th Australian Open singles title, she won her 23rd grand slam singles title and surpassed Steffi Graf’s Open Era record of 22. Williams now trails only Margaret Court’s all-time record of 24 grand slam singles titles. (During Court’s Australian Open wins from 1960–1964, there were less than 50 athletes per Australian Open. Current grand slams have 128 athletes in every main draw. This is why there is often a reference to the Open Era which started in 1968. 13 of Court’s 24 grand slam singles titles came before the Open Era.)
In 2017, as of the Australian Open, Williams holds a 316–43 singles record in grand slams, winning 114 of those since turning 30 years old. Her 316 grand slam singles match wins is equal to Roger Federer and the most in tennis history, for men and women.
Her 2017 Australian Open crown was her 10th grand slam singles title since reaching her 30th birthday. No other female player has won more than 3 grand slam singles titles after turning 30 years of age. (Note: Steffi Graf was 29 years, 11 months and 22 days when she won Roland Garros on 5 June 1999, shortly before retiring.)
As of the 2017 Australian Open, Williams has won 10 of the 12 grand slam titles to complete the Box Set (winning the singles, same gender doubles, and mixed doubles in each of the four grand slam tournaments). The only 2 she’s lacking are the mixed doubles titles at Roland Garros and the Australian Open. Her best finishes in those events were runner-up finishes at the 1998 Roland Garros and 1999 Australian Open.
As of the 2017 Australian Open, she is the only player, male or female, to win 10+ grand slam singles titles in two separate decades (10 in the 2000s and 12 in the 2010s).

Prize money and earnings

First woman to win US$6,000,000 in prize money in a single year: 2009.
First woman to win US$12,000,000 in prize money in a single year: 2013. (Record: $12,385,572)
First, and only, woman to win US$40,000,000 in career prize money (in 2012).
First, and only, woman to win US$50,000,000 in career prize money (in 2013).
First, and only, woman to win US$60,000,000 in career prize money (in 2014).
First, and only, woman to win US$70,000,000 in career prize money (in 2015).
First, and only, woman to win US$80,000,000 in career prize money (in 2016).
Holds the record for most seasons (18) earning US$1,000,000 or more. In 1999–2005 and 2007–2017.
Holds the record for most seasons (15) earning US$2,000,000 or more. In 1999, 2001–2004, 2007–2010, and 2012–2017.
Holds the record for most seasons (6) earning US$5,000,000 or more. In 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Holds the record for most seasons (6) earning US$6,000,000 or more. In 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016.
Holds the record for most seasons (5) earning US$7,000,000 or more. In 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016.
Holds the record for most seasons (3) earning US$9,000,000 or more. In 2013, 2014, 2015.
Holds the record for most seasons (2) earning US$10,000,000 or more. In 2013 and 2015.
She stands as the highest earning female athlete of all-time in terms of prize money across all sports, with $84,463,131 (as of 30 January 2017) and is about $48,000,000 ahead of the 2nd and 3rd highest women, Maria Sharapova and Venus Williams, respectively.^[5]
As of 2 February 2020, Williams has the 4th highest career earnings, $92,590,416, of any tennis player, male or female.[1] She trails Novak Djokovic ($131,040,932), Roger Federer ($123,632,204 ), and Rafael Nadal ($106,957,186 ).^[6]

Olympic Games

In 2012, after winning the singles and doubles gold in the Olympics became the most decorated tennis player in the Olympics with a record of 4 gold medals shared with sister, Venus. (Venus would go on to win a 5th Olympic medal, a silver, in the Mixed Doubles event)
At the 2012 Olympics in London, Serena Williams won gold medals in singles and doubles, joining sister Venus Williams (2000 Sydney) and Helen Wills (1924 Paris) as the only women to win a gold medal in both singles and doubles in the same year at the Olympics.
At the 2012 Olympic Games – singles in London, Williams lost the fewest games in history en route to winning the Olympic gold. She lost just 17 games over the course of 6 matches. Of the 12 sets played, 7 of them were either 6–0 or 6–1 and she lost no more than 3 games in any given set.
- R64 #20 Jelena Jankovic 6–3, 6–1
- R32 #44 Urszula Radwanska 6–2, 6–3
- R16 #14 Vera Zvonareva 6–1, 6–0
- QF #8 Caroline Wozniacki 6–0, 6–3
- SF #1 Victoria Azarenka 6–1, 6–2
- F #3 Maria Sharapova 6–0, 6–1
In 2012, she and sister, Venus, became the first team to win a record 3 doubles golds in the Olympics as a team (won 2000, 2008, 2012).
Oldest player to hold all Grand Slam titles in singles and the Olympic Gold in singles, simultaneously (Olympics 2012, US Open 2014, Wimbledon 2015).

Ranking

Oldest player to reach No.1 ranking at 35 years, 6 months and 29 days on 24 April 2017.
Oldest player to hold No. 1 ranking at 35 years, 7 months and 5 days as of 1 May 2017.
Oldest player to win a grand slam singles title at 35 years, 4 months and 2 days when she won her 7th Australian Open crown on 28 January 2017.
At 1997 Ameritech Cup in Chicago, became the lowest ranked player in tennis history (No.304) to defeat two Top-10 players, No. 4 Monica Seles and No. 7 Mary Pierce, in one tournament.
On 10 June 2002, Serena and Venus Williams became the first sisters to hold the No. 2 and No. 1 spots in the singles rankings, respectively. Serena Williams would supplant Venus Williams for the No. 1 ranking on 8 July 2002 and they would remain at No. 1 and No. 2 in the rankings until Venus fell to No. 3 on 14 April 2003.
On 7 June 2010, became the 7th player to hold the No. 1 ranking in both singles and doubles, simultaneously.
In 2012, after winning the 2010 Roland Garros doubles title, they became the co-world No. 1 players in women’s doubles.
On 21 June 2010, Serena and Venus Williams again occupied the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the singles rankings, respectively. This came almost exactly 8 years after first accomplishing this feat. At the time, Williams was three months shy of her 29th birthday and Venus had just celebrated her 30th birthday, both ages at which many of their peers had retired.
At 2007 Miami Open became lowest ranked player (No. 18) to defeat the Top-2 players in the world in the same tournament by defeating No. 1 Henin & No. 2 Sharapova
Longest winning streak against No. 1 player (years): 4 (shared with Davenport, Graf and Venus Williams).
By winning the 2008 U.S. Open she makes the longest-ever gap between stints at No. 1 (five years, one month)
During the 2002 Miami Open, became the second player, after Steffi Graf, in the Open Era to defeat the No. 1 (Jennifer Capriati), No. 2 (Venus Williams), and No. 3 (Martina Hingis) ranked players at the same tournament. Her sister, Venus Williams would become the third, and last, to accomplish this feat at the 2008 WTA Tour Championships with one of those wins being over Serena.
On 13 July 2015, became the 1st player to have more than twice as many points as anyone else on the WTA Rankings.^[7]
Held the No. 1 ranking for 186 consecutive weeks (13 February 2013 – 11 September 2016), which is tied for first place all-time (w/Steffi Graf).
On 24 April 2017, Serena ascended to the No. 1 ranking for the 8th time. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova have held the No. 1 ranking on a record 9 different occasions.
As of 3 July 2017, Serena has held the No. 1 ranking for a total of 319 weeks, which is the third best all-time. (Steffi Graf holds the record with 377 weeks and Martina Navratilova sits in second place with 332 weeks).
Serena holds the record for the longest time between first ascending to No. 1 (8 July 2002) and last holding the No. 1 position (14 May 2017), 14 years, 10 months and 6 days. (Second longest was Chris Evert, 10 years 21 days)

Other

At the 1998 Miami event became the fastest woman in tennis history to record 5 top-10 wins (in only 16 matches) by defeating Irina Spîrlea in 2nd Round.
At the 1999 Open Gaz de France in Paris marking the first time in tennis history that sisters won titles in the same week (Venus Williams won Oklahoma City)
At the 1999 Indian Wells event, she became the second non-seeded player to win a Tier I event when she beat Steffi Graf in the final.
At the 1999 Miami event, Serena and Venus became the first pair of sisters in the Open Era to meet in a tournament final with Venus the eventual victor.
At the 2001 WTA Tour Championships, Serena became the first player in tennis history to win the Season-Ending Championships on her debut.
In 2012, Serena became the first player, male or female, in history to win singles titles at (1) a Grand Slam event, (2) a Premier Mandatory event, (3) the Olympics [gold medal], and (4) the WTA Championships in the same season. (In 2016, Andy Murray joined Serena as the only two players in history to accomplish this feat.)
Only player, male or female, to ever accomplish a Career Golden Slam in singles and doubles [Singles: US Open 1999, Roland Garros 2002, Wimbledon 2002, Australian Open 2003, Olympic gold 2012. Doubles: Roland Garros 1999, US Open 1999, Wimbledon 2000, Australian Open 2001, Olympic gold 2000]. A second Olympic gold in singles would have her complete the Career Golden Slam for a second time.
24 March 2015, Serena won a record 8th Miami Masters title from her record 10th appearance in a Miami final. No male or female has more than 6 Miami Masters singles titles (Andre Agassi & Novak Djokovic each own 6 titles).
Since the turn of the millennium, Serena and her sister, Venus Williams have dominated the Wimbledon singles title. They won 12 of the last 17 Wimbledon singles crowns with Venus winning in 2000 & 2001, Serena winning 2002 & 2003, Venus won in 2005, 2007, and 2008, with Serena winning in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2016. Additionally, they have partnered to win the 2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, and 2016 women’s doubles titles.
Since returning in 2011, from a medical break, Serena has made at least 1 grand slam final in each year and has won at least 1 grand slam title in each of the last six years. In two of those years, 2012 & 2013, she won 2 grand slam titles, while in 2015 she won 3 grand slam titles.
In 2020, Serena became the first player in the Open era (male or female) to win a title in 4 different decades after winning the 2020 Auckland Open.^{[citation needed]}

Awards

1998

WTA Newcomer of the Year
Tennis Magazine/Rolex Rookie of the Year

1999

WTA Most Improved Player of the Year
Tennis Magazine Player of the Year

2000

WTA Doubles Team of the Year (with Venus Williams)
Teen Choice Awards – Extraordinary Achievement Award
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.68)
Women’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year for team sports (with Venus Williams)

2001

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.71)

2002

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
WTA Player of the Year
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.72)
Gazzetta dello Sport Sportswoman of the Year
United States Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Year

2003

34th NAACP Image Awards President’s Award
Best Female Athlete ESPY Award
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Avon Foundation Celebrity Role Model Award
BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.60)

2004

WTA Comeback Player of the Year
Family Circle/Prudential Financial Player Who Makes a Difference Award
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.63)
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.2)
Teen Choice Awards – Female Athlete Award
Glamour Magazine Sportswoman of the Year

2005

BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.62)
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.2)
Dirty Awards – Best Sports Athlete Female

2006

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.87)
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.2)

2007

BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Laureus World Comeback of the Year
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.69)

2008

WTA Player of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.69)
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.2)

2009

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
SI.com Best Female Athlete of the Decade
Glamour Magazine Women of the Year Award
BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion
ITF Women’s Doubles World Champion (with Venus Williams)
ESPN Second Best Tennis Player of the Decade (with Roger Federer at No.1)
WTA Player of the Year
WTA Doubles Team of the Year (with Venus Williams)
WTA Fan Favorite Doubles Team of the Year (with Venus Williams)
Doha 21st Century Leaders Awards – Outstanding Leadership
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.67)

2010

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
TIME The World’s 100 Most Influential People
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.61)
BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)^[8]
WTA Fan Favorite Doubles Team of the Year (with Venus Williams)
Forbes 30 Utterly Inspiring Role Models
Teen Choice Awards – Female Athlete Award
Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women in the World (No.55)

2011

BET Award for Female Athlete of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.84)
TIME 30 Legends of Women’s Tennis
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
US Open Series Champion
Forbes Most Powerful Black Women in the U.S. (No.10)
The Root 100 2011: Influencers and Iconoclasts (No.41)
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)

2012

Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.77)
BET Award for Sportswoman of the Year
WTA Player of the Year^[9]
WTA Fan Favorite Doubles Team of the Year (with Venus Williams)
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion^[10]
L’Équipe Champion of Champions
United States Sports Academy Female Athletes of the Year Award
Teen Choice Awards – Female Athlete Award
International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete

2013

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.56)
Best Female Athlete ESPY Award
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)
US Open Series Champion
WTA Player of the Year
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion
L’Équipe Champion of Champions
espnW Impact 10 (No.1)
International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete
Gazzetta dello Sport Sportswoman of the Year

2014

BET Sportswoman of the Year
TIME 100 Most Influential People
Forbes The Celebrity 100 (No.69)
Teen Choice Awards – Female Athlete Award
US Open Series Champion
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)
WTA Player of the Year
ESPN Tennis WTA Player of the Year
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion
International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete

2015

Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
BET Sportswoman of the Year
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
ESPN Tennis WTA Player of the Year
Woman’s Sports Foundation Sportswoman of the Year
Harris Poll Top 10 Favorite Female Sports Star (No.1)
Harris Poll Top 10 Athletes of All-Time (No.4)
Harris Poll Top 10 Greatest Tennis Player (No.1)
WTA Player of the Year
WTA Social Fan Favorite – Post of the Year
WTA Social Fan Favorite – Aww of the Year
WTA Social Fan Favorite – Womance of the Year (with Caroline Wozniacki)
ITF Women’s Singles World Champion
Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year^[11]
United States Sports Academy Female Athlete of the Year
L’Équipe Champion of Champions
International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete
Nickelodeon Kid’s Choice Awards- Queen of Swag

2016

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year^[12]
BET Sportswoman of the Year
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50 Athletes (No.4)
WTA Best Dressed of the Year (Wimbledon)
Nielsen Most Marketable Athletes in the U.S. (No.4)

2017

BET Sportswoman of the Year
Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Nielsen Most Marketable Athletes in the U.S. (No.1)
International Sports Press Association (AIPS) Best Female Athlete

2018

Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year

2019

Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award
Sports Illustrated Fashionable 50
The Independent’s Women of the Decade
Tennis Magazine The Women’s Player of the Decade
Sky Sports Sportsperson of the Decade
Associated Press Female Athlete of the Decade

Serena Williams, “THE GOAT OF TENNIS”, was forced to retire from first-round Wimbledon match due to injury. get well serena williams, we love you, the u.s. open is all yours, just get there.

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Serena Williams retires at Wimbledon due to leg injury

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