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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) [1] is an American former professional tennis player. Widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, [a] 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.
This is a list of the main career statistics of professional American tennis player Serena Williams. Williams at the 2015 Australian Open. Performance timelines
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.
The following day, Serena played Kim Clijsters in the final. As Richard Williams and Venus made their way to their seats, the crowd booed, and some spectators yelled verbal jabs. [2] Serena was booed often during the match, which she won 4–6, 6–4, 6–2, and the booing continued into the presentation ceremony. [2]
In her match, Williams advanced when her opponent South African Joannette Kruger retired with a back injury in the seventh game when Williams was leading by a double break. [20] In the following round she faced 8th seed Conchita Martínez and won with ease in straight sets, losing two games in each. [ 21 ]
The Williams sisters rivalry was a tennis rivalry between sisters Venus Williams and Serena Williams (born June 17, 1980, and September 26, 1981, respectively), regarded as two of the best tennis players for over two decades. They met 31 times in professional tournaments between 1998 and 2020, with Serena leading their head-to-head 19–12.
The Sharapova–S. Williams rivalry was a tennis rivalry between Maria Sharapova and Serena Williams, who met 22 times between 2004 and 2019. Their overall head-to-head was 20–2 favoring Williams, Williams leading 8–1 in Grand Slam meetings, and 3–1 in Grand Slam finals. [ 1 ]
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