THE MYBOYSAYNATION’S TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS WISHES “THE GOAT OF TENNIS”, “SERENA WILLIAMS”, A WONDERFUL 40TH BIRTHDAY

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THE MYBOYSAYNATION’S TENNIS ENTHUSIASTS WISHES “THE GOAT OF TENNIS”, “SERENA WILLIAMS”, A WONDERFUL 40TH BIRTHDAY
Serena Williams turns 40 today and we have 10 facts about the tennis great. We have one or two of the usual “stats” based facts, but we promise most of them are very interesting.
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1. Mmmbop, ba duba dop

Let’s start with a fun one to get you going. She once told espnW.com that the song she is most embarrassed to have on her phone is Mmmbop from Hanson.

We are not sure if that is still the case, but here you go Serena.

And you will now be singing that song for the rest of the day.

2. Some serious stats

– Has 23 Grand Slam singles titles to her name (most in the Open Era)

– Won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles (all with sister Venus Williams)

– Has two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles (both with Max Mirnyi)

– She spent 319 weeks top of the WTA Rankings (third behind Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova)

– Was ranked No 1 for 186 consecutive weeks (tied with Graf in first place)

– Is the oldest player to be ranked at No 1 at 35 years, seven months and five days

– The oldest player to win a Grand Slam at 35 years, four months and two days when she won the 2017 Australian Open

– She has won 73 WTA singles titles (fifth in the overall ranking) and 23 WTA doubles trophies

– Has four Olympic gold medals (one singles and three doubles with sister Venus) to her name

3. Closing in on the $100,000,000 mark for career prize money

Serena has earned a staggering $ 94,518,971 (up to date until September 26, 2021) in tennis prize money. Naturally she is No 1 on the list and her earnings are more than double what the person in second place, her sister Venus, has earned ($42,280,541 ).

If that’s not already making you sit up and take note, then how about this. The American has not won a major since 2017 yet she continues to rack up the sponsorship money as she earned $36 million in the 2019/2020 year to sit second behind Naomi Osaka in the Forbes rich list for highest-earning female athletes.

Her net worth is more than $200 million and her sponsors include Nike, Intel, Wilson Sporting Goods, Gatorade, JPMorgan Chase and Beats Electronics.

4. Dr Serena Williams?

She started playing tennis at a very young age and juggling between school and practice was always a mission so her parents opted to home school her along with Venus. Serena, though, did enrol in high school and graduated from Driftwood Academy in 1999.

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© A young Venus Williams and Serena Williams Back in 2015 she revealed she was studying for a pre-med degree at the University of Massachusetts.

She told Telegraph Sport that it “was prompted by the auto-immune condition – Sjogren’s syndrome – that has afflicted her sister Venus”.

5. Friends with royalty

She is, of course, “pals” with Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, and she even attended the royal wedding in 2018. Her other friends include American royalty like Eva Longoria, Ciara, Alicia Keys, Beyonce, Kim Kardashian…although we are not sure if they are just fans. She is Serena Williams after all.

6. She owns a stake in the Miami Dolphins

Serena, along with sister Venus, became the first African American women to own a stake in a professional NFL franchise when they became minority shareholders in the Miami Dolphins in 2009.

“We’re really honored,” Serena told ESPN. “Venus and I in tennis have tried to do so much for the sport. We’re really excited to even have this opportunity.”

7. Movie star, TV star and voice over artist

She had cameos in movies like Oceans 8, Pixels and 7 Days In Hell (of course) to name a few while her TV credits include ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Legend of Korra. She has also done voice overs for Avatar: The Last Airbender and Disney Channel’s Higglytown Heroes.

Here’s her scene from Pixels with Peter Dinklage.

 

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8. Fashionista

She has been known to make fashion statements on court. She first wore a catsuit during the 2002 US Open, but then reinvented it at Roland Garros in 2018. Her other on-court attire include boots, trench coats, leg warmers and Serena earrings.

In 2004 she launched a fashion line called “Aneres” (her name spelled backwards) and in 2018 she introduced her new clothing line Serena.

9. She nails everything!

We know you usually watch her for the tennis, but surely you will have noticed that her nails always look great. Back in 2010 she enrolled to become a nail technician and wrote a blog post for Globalgrid.com about how it was a “no brainer”.

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© Serena Williams hand/nails We are not sure if she completed the 240 hours to earn her certificate, but this is Serena so she probably did it in record time.

10. Doing her part

She has been a United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) International Goodwill Ambassador since 2011 and also has her own charity the Serena Williams Foundation.

Her foundation supports charities like Build African Schools, Common Ground Foundation, Elton John AIDS Foundation, Eva Longoria Foundation, Global Goals, Great Ormond Street Hospital and many more.

Alexis Ohanian gushes over ‘incomparable’ Serena Williams in birthday post

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Alexis Ohanian gushed over wife Serena Williams in celebration of her 40th birthday Sunday.

“✨ the incomparable @serenawilliams – grateful for every minute I get with my amazing wife & Olympia’s mama,” Ohanian, 38, wrote on Instagram, referring to their 4-year-old daughter.

Along with the sweet note, the Reddit co-founder posted a black-and-white photo of himself with Williams at the 2021 Met Gala earlier this month.

Friends and fans flocked to the comments section of Ohanian’s sweet post to mirror his sentiments and swoon over their relationship.

“I love the way you love her the way she deserves. She’s so f–king amazing and you’re appreciative rather than intimidated. It’s wonderful!” one person wrote.

“You are both so lucky. Such an amazing love. Sweet parents to a lovely little girl. She is blessed. As are you. 💗,” another fan commented.

“This is the sweetest shout out to your wife. Great hubby/dad and supporting women in general 🙌,” a third Instagram user agreed.

“A beautiful and blessed couple. Congratulations YOU BOTH HIT THE JACKPOT ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️,” another added.

The tennis champ and Ohanian tied the knot in New Orleans in November 2017 with a star-studded wedding including guests Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian and Anna Wintour.

They had been dating since 2015 and got engaged in December 2016 while vacationing in Rome, which Williams fittingly announced in the Reddit subthread “/isaidyes.”

“This time he made it not by chance / But by choice,” she gushed at the time. “Down on one knee / He said 4 words / And I said yes.”

Williams accidentally revealed that she was pregnant with her first child with Ohanian in April 2017. They welcomed daughter Olympia that September that.

Serena Williams’ Husband Alexis Ohanian Honors His ‘Incomparable’ Wife on Her 40th Birthday

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Serena Williams is feeling the love on her 40th birthday!

The tennis superstar’s husband Alexis Ohanian, 38, penned a romantic tribute to his wife on Sunday to mark the special occasion.

“✨ the incomparable @serenawilliams – grateful for every minute I get with my amazing wife & Olympia’s mama,” he wrote on Instagram, alongside a photo of the pair looking into each other’s eyes.

Williams and Ohanian, who wed in 2017, share daughter Olympia, 4.

In an interview with CBS This Morning in May, Ohanian praised Williams for her ability to balance work and family life, explaining he used to have a “warped view of the path to excellence and the path to greatness being a direct result of just pure work.”

“That is obviously core to it, but one thing that I’m still working on is balancing that with time off, time away, time to reset and recharge,” he added. “Something [Williams] is really good at is shutting it off and focusing on family time and personal time.”

Williams previously opened up about her relationship with the Reddit co-founder in March, admitting to Bumble’s The Question Game that “marriage is not bliss, but it can be if you work at it.”

The 23-time Grand Slam winner also revealed that motherhood was always in the cards for her, adding in Bumble’s video, “I always knew I wanted kids. I never knew when but I always knew I wanted kids at some point.”

She concluded the segment with some words of wisdom. “I learned that love is an amazing feeling. And if you have an opportunity to feel it, then it’s a special thing,” she said.

 

Williams previously gave PEOPLE a glimpse at her home life in July 2020, revealing that daughter Olympia “dresses me and her father” every day.

“She’ll set up before bed what we need to wear in the morning,” she said. “And she says, ‘Blue shirt, blue shirt, blue shirt.’ And then she goes, ‘Mama wear this or these shoes.’ She always tells me to [wear] heels. She’s currently wearing heels.”

She and Olympia have frequently been twinning on her Instagram, looking adorable in matching tennis outfits and Disney Princess costumes. “We even have jammies. So now if she sees me in something, and she has the same thing, she immediately wants to change so we’re twins,” Williams added.

Serena Williams’ 30s surpassed nearly every other players’ careers

The 23-time Grand Slam champion won 10 of her majors after turning 30.

Serena Williams is very much her own woman: driven, focused, as formidable a competitor as tennis has ever seen. Throughout her nearly quarter-century long career, Serena has been a clutch performer, never easy to beat no matter the score. She has the greatest serve in the history of women’s tennis, forceful groundstrokes off both sides, and a remarkable ability to play her best when the chips are down. All of those assets have allowed her to rewrite the history books, including an Open era record tally of Grand Slam singles titles.

Her excellence has also upped the ante among her peers. As Serena has frequently pointed out, her opponents typically play their very best tennis when facing her. That, of course, is a tribute to the high standards she demands from her rivals. Bring anything less and you will be walking off the court quickly.

The last major title Serena won, at the 2017 Australian Open, is seen by many as her most impressive.
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The last major title Serena won, at the 2017 Australian Open, is seen by many as her most impressive.

But while Serena’s considerable skills inside the lines are highly visible, the underrated key to her success and longevity in such a ruthlessly individual sport as tennis comes from a strong attachment to family. One of the most endearing images of 2021 was a clip of Serena teaching tennis to her daughter, Alexis Olympia, who turned 4 on September 1. “You know what Grandpa taught me?” Serena asked. There it was: a three-generation thread, from the acknowledgment of Richard Williams’ expertise, to Serena seeking to pass on that wisdom.

Serena’s spirit of collaboration and community has always run deep, alongside husband Alexis Ohanian, sister/best friend Venus and mother Oracene, as well as frequent visits during tournaments from their sisters and friends. The Williams family has always treated tennis as a team sport, supporting one another through the wins and the losses—and all that has made their journey the most amazing story in the history of sports.

Serena Turns 40

Serena’s Slams: Williams storms past chief rival Victoria Azarenka to claim second Serena Slam

As the superstar moves into her 40s, we conclude a four-part countdown of her most significant Grand Slam victories at Wimbledon.

To commemorate Serena Williams’ 40th birthday on September 26, we’re looking back at four matches that define the power, precision and unshakeable persistence that took her to an Open Era record of 23 Grand Slam titles and 319 weeks atop the WTA rankings.

Last up: a signature face-off with chief rival Victoria Azarenka at the 2015 Wimbledon Championships.

Serena Williams continued her march towards a second "Serena Slam" after an epic with Azarenka.
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Serena Williams continued her march towards a second “Serena Slam” after an epic with Azarenka.

THE MOMENT: In a sport that thrives on the premise of evenly matched competitors battling for the biggest titles, the question of rivalries comes up when discussing Serena Williams. As any other athlete on the WTA tour, how do you compare to the incomparable?

It’s a challenge no player has been able to consistently meet throughout Williams’ 20+ years on tour: aside from sister Venus, Serena has outlasted nearly all of her early- and mid-career rivals.

Enter Victoria Azarenka, arguably Williams’ closest competitor in the last decade, and the player to most consistently catalyze classic matches out of the 23-time Grand Slam champion, belying their 18-5 head-to-head. Comfortable dominant against heavy hitters like Maria Sharapova, Ana Ivanovic, or Petra Kvitova, Williams can find herself on the other side of the coin against the scrappy Belarusian. An aggressive counterpuncher, Azarenka can rely on her athleticism to make Serena play the extra ball and turn scrambling defense to striking offense.

Their rivalry began in earnest Down Under, where Azarenka took a set from the eventual champion before wilting in the Melbourne heat. She came even closer the following year, but where 2009 came down to physicality, 2010’s would prove mental when Williams roared back from a set and 4-0 down to advance through in three.

Though Serena long held the edge on Azarenka at major tournaments, the rivalry grew more equal on the tour level, with the latter scoring championship victories in both Doha and Cincinnati in 2013 in between a pair of thrilling US Open finals.

Williams and Azarenka met for the first time since becoming mothers at the 2019 BNP Paribas Open.

“I’m a big Victoria fan,” she said after the narrow Western & Southern Open loss. “Whenever I’m not at a tournament, I root for her. For me, I think she’s just the ultimate competitor on the court and just really nice. She just leaves everything on the court and nothing personal, and everything off the court, she’s just so, so professional and so nice. I mean, I really get along with her. She’s just a great person.”

The top two players of that season, Williams and Azarenka took divergent paths in the two years that followed such that, by 2015, one was in hot pursuit of a Calendar Year Grand Slam while the other was working her way back from an extended period off court due to injuries.

Those circumstances meant the two were no longer meeting in finals, but rather for intense early-round scrimmages in both Madrid and Paris, where Williams would win in three sets.

Their quarterfinal Wimbledon clash came with added significance for Serena, who was not only undefeated at majors in 2015, but also three wins from a second “Serena Slam,” dating back to her 18th major win at the US Open the previous summer.

Where 2002-2003 was a masterclass of pace and precision, 2014-2015 saw Serena in her share of scraps, needing five three-setters to capture a third Roland Garros title two weeks earlier. Barring an epic meeting with home favorite Heather Watson, things had gone more smoothly at SW19, and she arrived in the last eight fresh off a decisive win over Venus.

I’m a big Victoria fan. Whenever I’m not at a tournament, I root for her. For me, I think she’s just the ultimate competitor on the court and just really nice. She just leaves everything on the court and nothing personal, and everything off the court, she’s just so, so professional and so nice. I mean, I really get along with her. She’s just a great person. Serena Williams on Victoria Azarenka

With Williams’ former hitting partner Sascha Bajin cheering from the stands, Azarenka looked to repeat her near-success in Paris when she surged through the opening set, taking the opportunities out of the American’s hands to edge within four games of victory.

On a surface that rewards Williams’ awe-inspiring pace, the top seed began injecting it more and more in the second-set rallies—seemingly out of frustration and a refusal to play the match on Azarenka’s terms.

The match turned on a break point for Serena, who pulled off an audacious passing shot she knew she’d made before Azarenka could even miss the reply, bringing the Centre Court crowd to its feet.

Though Azarenka would force a break point in the following game, little appeared in doubt once Williams was on the ascendency, ultimately securing a 26th straight major match win, 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 behind some scintillating tennis.

“It was really fun out there. I found myself smiling out there and I even saw Victoria smiling as well,” Serena said after the match. “It was such a great atmosphere to be out there playing and doing the best we can. I think we both really enjoyed it.”

The party continued for Serena through the end of the fortnight with a straightforward win over Sharapova and after a tense two-setter over finals debutante Garbiñe Muguruza. A second “Serena Slam” was finally in the books.

Williams' head-to-head with Azarenka currently stands at 18-5.
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Williams’ head-to-head with Azarenka currently stands at 18-5.

THE MEANING: Both Serena and “Vika” would become mothers in the two years that followed, reducing their rivalry down to four matches in the last six years. Azarenka at last upset Williams at a major last summer at the US Open, rallying from a set down in a rare reversal for the two friends.

As for Serena, the quest for a Calendar Year Grand Slam would end just two matches from the finish line in an unforgettable defeat to an inspired Roberta Vinci, but there were still more worlds for Williams to conquer. She would tie Steffi Graf’s Open Era record with a 22nd major title at the 2016 Wimbledon Champions and surpass the German in Melbourne six months later before going on maternity leave in 2017.

Her 2018 comeback is too often overshadowed by major final defeats that would match the mirage set by Margaret Court back before 128-draws and meaningful participation at the Australian Open. To best answer the GOAT question, one is best served by a holistic approach: majors won, but also impact felt. Serena Williams made a seismic shift on women’s tennis and pop culture. She is cited in academic essays, TV shows, and chart-topping hits; she is the athlete those who follow her aspire to be.

As the clock strikes on her 40th birthday, Serena need not celebrate herself, and instead allow us to give her the flowers she so richly deserves.

Tennis news – The best 40 stats, from Grand Slam wins to records, to celebrate Serena Williams’s 40th birthday

As Serena Williams celebrates her 40th birthday on September 26, 2021, we look at some of the 40 best stats and moments from her legendary career. Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles, one short of Margaret Court’s all-time record, but hasn’t played since Wimbledon due to injury and when she will return to the court is unclear.

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Serena Williams turns 40 today.
One of the greatest tennis players of all time, Williams has won 23 singles Grand Slam titles, four Olympic gold medals, spent 319 weeks as world No 1, and holds a number of WTA records.
As Williams celebrates a landmark birthday, we look at some of the 40 best stats and moments from her legendary career so far.
40 – In winning the Auckland Classic in January 2020, Williams became the first player in the Open Era to win singles titles across four decades. Her first singles title was at the Open Gaz de France in Paris in 1999 when she beat Amelie Mauresmo in the final.
39 – Williams holds the most combined Grand Slam titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles among active players. Her 39 major titles (23 singles, 14 women’s doubles, two mixed doubles) puts her joint-third on the all-time list and second in the Open Era.
38 – Williams has 38 wins combined against Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka. Her record against Sharapova is 20-2 and she is 18-5 against Azarenka – sandwiched between these two is her sister Venus, over whom she holds a head-to-head record of 19-12.
Serena Williams of the United States holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the runner up plate after their women's final match
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Serena Williams of the United States holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the runner up plate after their women's final match
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Serena Williams of the United States holds the Daphne Akhurst Memorial Cup and Maria Sharapova of Russia holds the runner up plate after their women’s final match

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37 – By reaching the Wimbledon final in 2019, aged 37 years and 291 days, Williams became the oldest woman in the Open Era to reach a Grand Slam final, beating Martina Navratilova’s record from Wimbledon in 1994. Williams set a new record a few months later as she made the US Open final aged 37 years and 346 days.
36 – Williams’ age when she reached her first Grand Slam final after giving birth, at Wimbledon in 2018.
35 – Williams became the oldest player to win a Grand Slam singles title when she won the 2017 Australian Open aged 35 years, four months and two days.
34 – The longest winning streak of Williams’ career is 34 matches. It started with victory over Flavia Pennetta in March 2018 and ended with a surprise fourth-round loss to Sabine Lisicki at Wimbledon. Williams was the defending champion and led 3-0 and 4-2 in the final set against Lisicki.
33 – The number of Grand Slam singles finals reached by Williams, second only to Chris Evert (34). Williams record in finals is 23-10.
32 – At the age of 32, Williams won the most recent of her five WTA Finals titles, bagelling Simona Halep in the second set of the 2014 final.
Serena Williams celebrates winning the WTA Finals in 2014
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Serena Williams celebrates winning the WTA Finals in 2014

31 – The number of meetings between the Williams sisters. Serena leads Venus in the head-to-head record 19-12, and won their most recent match at the Top Seed Open in 2020 by a scoreline of 3-6 6-3 6-4.
30 – By winning majors in the ’90s, ‘00s and ’10s, Williams is the first player to ever win a major in three different decades.
29 – Williams won her first match at a major since giving birth to her daughter Alexis on May 29, 2018 at the French Open. She had given birth eight months earlier and played her first competitive match as a mother on December 30, 2017.
28 – Williams went unbeaten in 28 clay matches in 2013. She won titles in Charleston, Madrid, Rome, Paris and Bastad and dropped only three sets in the entire run. In Rome she was particularly spectacular as she lost just 14 games all week.
27 – Wang Qiang, the 27th seed, beat Williams in the third round of the 2020 Australian Open. It was Williams’ earliest exit at Melbourne Park in 14 years and her earliest loss at any hard-court Grand Slam since the same moment.
26 – Of the current top 50 players in the world, 26 were not born when Williams played her first professional match in September 1995.
25 – Williams made 25 unforced errors when she suffered the heaviest defeat of her career against Johanna Konta in 2018. Williams had never lost a match without winning at least two games since turning professional, but was beaten 6-1 6-0 by Konta in San Jose.
24 – The magic number. A 24th Grand Slam title would equal Margaret Court’s all-time record.
23 – Just 23 players have beaten Williams multiple times.
22 – Williams has beaten 22 of the other 26 women who have been ranked No 1 in history. The other four players – Martina Navratilova, Tracy Austin, Evonne Goolagong Cawley, Chris Evert – retired before her professional career began.
21 – In clinching her 21st Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon 2015, Williams completed her second “Serena Slam” of winning all four majors in succession. She had accomplished the feat for the first time in 2002/03. Williams and Graf are the only two players in the Open Era to win four consecutive majors on two separate occasions.
Serena Williams celebrates winning Wimbledon in 2015
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20 – Williams has had six unbeaten streaks of 20 or more matches in her career.
19 – Williams has won her last 19 matches in a row against Maria Sharapova, after losing two of her first three. Williams leads the head to head 20-2, with Sharapova’s wins coming in the 2004 Wimbledon final and WTA Finals later that year.
18 – Williams went 18 years between her first Grand Slam title (1999 US Open) and her most recent at the 2017 Australian Open. The previous record was 12 years, held by Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf.
17 – The age that Williams won her first Slam, beating Martina Hingis 6-3 7-6(4) in the 1999 US Open final.
Serena Williams beat Martina Hingis in the 1999 US Open final
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Serena Williams beat Martina Hingis in the 1999 US Open final

16 – In November 1997, Williams, who was 16 years old and ranked No 304 in the world, won her first main-draw match on the WTA Tour, beating Elena Likhovtseva in Chicago.
15 – Williams played 15 Fed Cup singles matches for USA, with her only loss coming in her most recent outing against Anastasija Sevastova in 2020.
14 – Williams has won 14 women’s major doubles titles. Serena and Venus are the only doubles team to win their first 14 Grand Slam doubles finals and have never lost a Grand Slam doubles final.
13 – Williams holds the record for most hard-court Grand Slam singles titles of 13 (seven Australian Open titles and six at the US Open).
12 – Since 2010, Williams has 12 Grand Slam titles. Naomi Osaka is the next best with four.
11 – The most titles Williams won in a season was 11 in 2013.
A true trailblazer – re-live Serena's best Australian Open moments
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A true trailblazer – re-live Serena’s best Australian Open moments

10 – Williams’ victory at the 2017 Australian Open was her 10th Grand Slam singles title since turning 30. No other female player has won more than three after turning 30.
9 – The number of Grand Slam singles finals where Serena has played Venus. Serena won seven, with Venus winning the US Open in 2001 and Wimbledon in 2008.
8 – On April 24 2017, Williams became world No 1 for the eighth time. Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova have held the No 1 ranking on a record nine different occasions.
7 – Williams has won seven matches by a 6-0 6-0 scoreline. They are against: Carla Suarez Navarro, Edina Gallovits-Hall, Andrea Hlavackova, Anastasia Rodionova, Zuzana Ondraskova, Barbara Schett and Larisa Neiland.
6 – Williams has six Grand Slam victories without dropping a single set, which is tied with Martina Navratilova for the best record in history.
5 – Williams has won five year-end WTA Championship titles, level with Steffi Graf and second only to Martina Navratilova (8).
4 – Four Olympic gold medals won by Williams, one in singles (2012) and three in doubles (2000, 2008 and 2012).
3 – Williams is the 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 – Only two world No 1’s have a winning record against Williams. Arantxa Sanchez Vicario won four of their seven matches and Naomi Osaka has won three of their four meetings, including in the 2018 US Open final and Australian Open semi-finals earlier this year.
1 – Williams has held the No 1 ranking for a total of 319 weeks, which is the third best all-time behind Steffi Graf (377) and Martina Navratilova (332). Williams holds the record for the longest time between first getting to No 1 (July 8, 2002) and last holding the No 1 position (May 14, 2017), of 14 years, 10 months and six days.
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Full name Serena Jameka Williams
Country (sports)
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 United States
Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.[1]
Born September 26, 1981 (age 40)
Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1]
Turned pro October 1995
Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand)
Coach
Prize money US$ 94,518,971[3]
Official website www.serenawilliams.com
Singles
Career record 855–152 (84.9%)
Career titles 73 (5th in overall rankings)
Highest ranking No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
Current ranking No. 41 (September 13, 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. 412 (August 9, 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)
Olympic Games W (2000, 2008, 2012)
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
Representing
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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. 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 singles world No. 1 on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. On her sixth occasion, she held the ranking for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. In total, she has been WTA No. 1 for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era behind Graf and Martina Navratilova.

Williams is widely regarded to be one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. 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).

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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 is also a five-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships in the singles division.

Williams has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, and the pair are unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals.[20] 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. She and Venus are the only tennis players in history with four Olympic gold medals, as well as the only ones to win Olympic gold in the same event on three occasions. She and Venus are the only Open Era female tennis players to win Olympic Gold in both the singles and doubles categories. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, Williams became only the third player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at one Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody at the 1924 Summer Olympics and Venus at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Williams is the only player, male or female, to accomplish a Career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.[22][23] 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.[24][25][26][27]

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.[29] 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.

#98 Serena Williams

2021 America’s Self-Made Women NET WORTH

$240M
as of 8/4/21
Impact Investor
  • The tennis star has nearly 20 corporate partners, and her $94 million in career prize money is twice as much as any other female athlete has made.
  • She has investments in 66 startups through Serena Ventures and sits on the boards of Poshmark and SurveyMonkey’s parent, Momentive.
  • She was among the prominent investors in the NFT platform Bitski in a funding round announced in May 2021.
  • In April 2021, Williams signed a first-look TV deal with Amazon Studios that includes a docuseries about her.
  • She launched a direct-to-consumer clothing line, S by Serena, in 2018. She also owns an estimated 0.5% stake in the Miami Dolphins.
On forbes lists
#98
America’s Self-Made Women 2021
#28
The World’s Highest-Paid Athletes 2021
#98
Celebrity 100 2020
#81
Power Women 2019Dropped off in 2020
Stats
Age40
Source of WealthTennis, Investments, Self Made
Self-Made Score9
Salary/Winnings$1.5 M
Endorsements$40 M
ResidenceJupiter, Florida
CitizenshipUnited States
Marital StatusMarried
Children1
AgentJill Smoller
AgencyWME-IMG
SponsorsAbbVie, Anheuser-Busch InBev, AT&T, Audemars Piguet, Away, Beats Electronics, Bumble, Ford Motor, Gatorade, Gucci, Hanesbrands, JPMorgan Chase, Nike, Procter & Gamble, Tapestry, Upper Deck, Wilson Sporting Goods

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