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Venus won the match and her fourth Grand Slam singles title. Williams also became only the sixth woman in history to win the singles titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in consecutive years, the others being Martina Navratilova (twice), Steffi Graf (twice), Althea Gibson, Maureen Connolly Brinker, and Helen Wills Moody (twice).
Won: Lost: Total: WR Singles: Grand Slam: 7: 9: 16: 0.44 ... This is a list of the main career statistics of professional tennis player Venus Williams. Williams in 2018.
It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Roger Federer won his fourth consecutive Wimbledon title, defeating Rafael Nadal in what was to be the first of three consecutive Wimbledon finals played between the pair. Venus Williams was unsuccessful in her title defence, losing in the third round against Jelena Janković.
In 1965, Margaret Court won a record nine titles out of twelve available to a player in the same year: the singles, doubles and mixed doubles at all four Grand Slam tournaments. [ citation needed ] In 1985, Martina Navratilova reached the final in all Grand Slam events held that year, equaling the record of eleven final appearances set by Court ...
It was the third Grand Slam tennis event of the year. Spanish player Rafael Nadal won the first Wimbledon title of his career; the first Grand Slam tournament he had won other than the French Open. Nadal defeated five-time defending champion Roger Federer in the final in what many regard as the greatest tennis match of all time.
Serena Williams: 1999 US Open: 26 September 1981: 11 September 1999: 1st of 23 20 years, 21 days Venus Williams: 2000 Wimbledon: 17 June 1980: 8 July 2000: 1st of 7 24 years, 304 days Jennifer Capriati: 2001 Australian Open: 29 March 1976: 27 January 2001: 1st of 3 21 years, 6 days Justine Henin: 2003 French Open: 1 June 1982: 7 June 2003: 1st ...
The Grand Slam tournaments are the annual four major tennis events played in the Open Era, which began in 1968, superseding the Amateur Era. The Australian and U.S. tournaments were officially recognized by the ILTF in 1924, and the French Championships followed a year later in 1925 when it became open to all international players.
Nadal is also the only player to beat Djokovic in multiple finals at two different grand slams, defeating him 3 times at the French Open (2012, 2014, and 2020) and 2 times at the US Open (2010 & 2013), accounting for 5 of Djokovic’s 13 losses in grand slam finals. He has won six hard-court majors (two Australian Open & four US Open titles ...