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Serena Williams Williams at the 2020 US Open Full name Serena Jameka Williams Country (sports) United States Residence Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S. Born (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981 (age 43) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) Turned pro October 1995 Retired September 2022 Plays Right-handed (two-handed backhand) Prize money US$94,816,730 1st in all-time rankings Official ...
Williams's first professional event was in October 1995, at the age of 14, at the Bell Challenge in Quebec City. She lost in the first round of qualifying to world no. 149 Annie Miller in less than an hour of play and earned US$240 in prize money. Williams did not play a tournament in 1996.
Serena Williams defeated Martina Hingis in the final, 6–3, 7–6 (7–4) to win the women's singles tennis title at the 1999 US Open. It was her first major singles title, the first of an eventual Open Era joint-record six US Open titles, and the first of an eventual Open Era record 23 major singles titles.
During the US Open, since the inclusion of the professional tennis players, Chris Evert (1975–1978) holds the record for most consecutive women's singles titles at four and the record for most overall titles at six (1975–1978, 1980, 1982) with Serena Williams (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012–2014).
Williams has won an Open Era record 23 Grand Slam singles titles. To win those titles, she has beaten 12 different players who have been ranked No. 1, including her sister, Venus Williams , seven times.
Serena Williams / Venus Williams defeated Chanda Rubin / Sandrine Testud, 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 It was Serena Williams' 5th career Grand Slam title and her 3rd US Open title. It was Venus Williams' 4th career Grand Slam title and her 1st US Open title.v
At the Australian Open, Williams lost in the third round to Sandrine Testud despite holding two match points. [1] After two losses in tight three-setters in Australia, at the hands of Testud in Melbourne and Steffi Graf in Sydney, Williams won her first professional singles title when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris, thus becoming the 13th unseeded ...
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.