Serena Williams

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Serena Williams

Country	United States
Residence	Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, USA
Date of birth	September 26, 1981 (age 25)
Place of birth	Saginaw, Michigan, USA
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)[1]
Weight	143 lbs (65 kg)
Turned Pro	1995
Plays	Right; Two-handed backhand
Career Prize Money	US$17,291,307
Singles
Career record:	335-68
Career titles:	28
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2005, 2007)
French Open	W (2002)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2003)
U.S. Open	W (1999, 2002)
Doubles
Career record:	94-15
Career titles:	11
Highest ranking:	No. 5 (October 11, 1999)
Infobox last updated on: April 5, 2007.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Gold	2000 Sydney	Doubles

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is the younger sister of another professional female tennis player, Venus Williams. She currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States.

Contents 1 Early life 2 1991-1997 3 1998 4 1999 5 2000-2002 6 2003 7 2004-2005 8 2006 9 2007 10 Fashion 11 Entertainment 12 Quotes 13 Grand Slam singles finals 13.1 Wins (8) 13.2 Runner-ups (2) 14 Titles (39) 14.1 Singles (28) 14.2 Doubles (11) 15 Singles performance timeline 16 See also 17 Notes 18 External links

[edit] Early life

Serena was born in Saginaw, Michigan. When she and her four sisters were young, their parents, Richard and Oracene (also called Brandy), lived in the poor Los Angeles suburb of Compton. Her father dreamed of making at least one of his daughters a tennis superstar, hoping that involvement in sports would give them a way out of that neighborhood.

When Serena was four and a half, she won her first tournament, and she entered 49 tournaments before the age of 10, winning 46 of them. At one point, she replaced her sister Venus as the number one ranked tennis player aged 12 or under in California. Serena never bragged about all her winnings.

[edit] 1991-1997

In 1991, Richard Williams, saying that he hoped to prevent his daughters from facing racism, stopped sending them to national junior tennis tournaments, and Serena attended a tennis school run by professional player Rick Macci in Florida instead. Macci had already helped the careers of Jennifer Capriati and Mary Pierce, among others. Soon Richard, who had struck a deal on behalf of his daughters with a major clothing company, was able to move the rest of the Williams family to West Palm Beach, to be near Serena and Venus.

Serena became a professional in September 1995 at the age of 14. Because of her age, she had to participate in non-WTA events at first. Her first professional event was the Bell Challenge in Quebec, and she was ousted in less than an hour of play.

By 1997, ranked number 304 in the world, she upset both Monica Seles and Mary Pierce at the Ameritech Open in Chicago, Illinois, recording her first career wins over top 10 players. She finished 1997 at No. 99 in the world.

[edit] 1998

1998 was the first year that Williams finished in the WTA top 20. She began the season in Sydney as a qualifier, ranked no. 96, and beat world no. 3 Lindsay Davenport in a quarterfinal. With her top 20 ranking, Williams was then expected to do well in her first Grand Slam tournament. However, she lost in the second round of the Australian Open to sister Venus. [1]

Williams reached six other quarterfinals during the season. She won the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open with Max Mirnyi, completing the Williams family's sweep of the 1998 mixed doubles Grand Slams. Williams won her first pro title in doubles at Oklahoma City with sister Venus, becoming the third pair of sisters to win a WTA tour women's doubles title. She earned U.S. $2.6 million in prize money during the year.

[edit] 1999

In 1999, Serena defeated Amélie Mauresmo in a final the same day that Venus won in Oklahoma City, marking the first time in professional tennis history that two sisters had won titles in the same week.

Ranked number 21, Williams defeated three top 10 players at the Indian Wells tournament: world no. 2 Lindsay Davenport in the second round, world no. 8 Mary Pierce in a quarterfinal, and world no. 7 Steffi Graf in the final.

Williams became the focus of many ad campaigns, including one with shoe and clothes maker PUMA, which signed her to a U.S. $12 million agreement.

On September 11, 1999, Williams won her first Grand Slam tournament when she became US Open champion, becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam singles tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958. The next day, she and sister Venus won the doubles championship. She finished 1999 ranked no. 4 in just her third full season.

[edit] 2000-2002

In 2000, Williams won the doubles gold medal at the Sydney Olympics with her sister Venus.

Williams finished 2001 in the top ten for the third consecutive year. She reached her first Grand Slam singles final in two years, losing to her older sister Venus at the U.S. Open 6-2, 6-4. Later that year, Serena won the WTA Tour Championships after saving eight match points in the semifinals against Jennifer Capriati.

In 2002, Serena won the French Open, Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open (where she wore her famous black catsuit) by defeating Venus in the finals of all three. She also reached the final of the WTA Tour Championships for the second time, where she lost to Kim Clijsters. She finished the year with a 56-5 record, eight singles titles, and the World No. 1 ranking. She also won the Wimbledon doubles title with Venus for the second time.

[edit] 2003

Williams beat her sister Venus to win the 2003 Australian Open, her fourth straight Grand Slam singles title, becoming only the ninth woman ever to win all four Grand Slam events. She named this feat the "Serena Slam". This was only the sixth time that a woman had held all four of tennis' major championships within 12 months. This accomplishment was also remarkable in that Williams faced off against her sister each time. The Williams sisters are the only two siblings in Grand Slam history to square off in four consecutive finals.

For the first time since January 2002, a Grand Slam final did not read Williams-Williams. Venus lost to Vera Zvonareva in the fourth round of the French Open. Among boos and catcalls, Serena lost to Justine Henin in an acrimonious and controversial semifinal match. With Serena leading 4-2 (30-0), she hit her first serve into the net. Henin had raised her hand during Serena's service motion to indicate to hold the serve, but the chair umpire incorrectly ruled that Serena should be allowed only a second serve. The crowd then booed and hissed, continuing throughout Williams's service motion. Serena went on to lose the game and eventually the match. In her post-match interview, Serena expressed disappointment in Henin's behavior during the third set incident.

Williams successfully defended her Wimbledon title, defeating Henin en route.

Williams' older sister, Yetunde Price, was murdered on the morning of September 14, 2003, by gunshots as she passed by in a car driven by a man in the Compton area.

[edit] 2004-2005

Williams withdrew from the 2004 Australian Open to continue rehabilitating her left knee. After eight months away from the tour, Williams began her comeback in Miami, where she defeated Elena Dementieva in the final 6-1, 6-1. She then lost in the French Open quarterfinals to Jennifer Capriati 6-3, 2-6, 6-3. She reached the final of Wimbledon but lost to the 17-year-old Russian player Maria Sharapova. On July 30, Williams withdrew from her quarterfinal match in San Diego against Russia's Vera Zvonareva with another left knee injury. On August 1, she announced her withdrawal from the Rogers Cup due to the same injury. The injury also forced her to pull out of the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Williams's next tournament was the U.S. Open, where she lost a quarterfinal match to Capriati. The match was marred by a horrendous line call. Instant replay on television clearly showed the ball was two inches inside the line; however, the chair umpire ruled it out. Many attribute the introduction of player challenges and instant replay to this match.

At the China Open in Beijing, Williams defeated the newly crowned U.S. Open champion, Svetlana Kuznetsova, in the final. Williams earned enough points there to reach the WTA Tour Championships, where she again lost to Sharapova in the final. Williams suffered a stomach muscle strain during the match and after leading 4-0 in the third set, lost the next six games. She finished the year ranked number 8 in the world.

Controversy has arisen over Williams's level of dedication to the sport. Some believe that she is far too concerned with her fashion and acting careers and has not focused enough recently on her tennis. Disappointing performances during 2004 had been cited as proof of this lack of focus. However, in 2005, she won her seventh Grand Slam event, winning the Australian Open. She defeated three of the tournament's top 4 seeds (#2 Amélie Mauresmo, #4 Sharapova, and #1 Lindsay Davenport) en route to the title. Like her 2003 Australian Open title, Williams saved match points against Sharapova in the semifinals.

Her participation in 2005 Wimbledon ended in the third round when she was beaten by fellow American Jill Craybas (ranked 85th in the world) 6-3, 7-6(4). Williams broke down in tears in the subsequent press conference. She had come into the tournament with a stress fracture in her ankle (which forced her to place extra strain onto her right knee) and a severe lack of conditioning. She also had not played a competitive match for six weeks, missing the French Open.

At the 2005 U.S. Open, Williams made it through the first three rounds but was defeated by her sister Venus in the fourth round 7-6, 6-2. This was the earliest the two sisters had met in a Grand Slam tournament since their first meeting at the 1998 Australian Open.

Williams then was forced to take a break for the rest of 2005 because of ankle and knee injuries.

In 2005, TENNIS Magazine put her in 17th place in its list of 40 Greatest Players of the TENNIS era.

[edit] 2006

Williams went into the Australian Open with no warm-up tournaments or exhibitions due to injury, except for a 6-3, 6-1 loss to Elena Dementieva at the Watsons Water Challenge in Hong Kong. Williams was the defending champion at the Australian Open but fell to Daniela Hantuchová 6-1, 7-6(7-5) in the third round. In earlier rounds, Williams defeated Na Li of China (6-3, 6-7, 6-2) and Camille Pin of France (6-3, 6-1). Her early exit provoked media reports that Williams had lost her enthusiasm for the sport, which she denied. She then fell out of the top 50 for the first time in many years. She then pulled out of the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, the Dubai Duty Free Women's Open, and the Nasdaq 100 Open.

After withdrawing from the Charleston, South Carolina Family Circle Cup, Williams fell out of the top-100 players in the world for the first time in almost a decade. Shortly after, on May 3, she announced that she would miss both the French Open and Wimbledon as a result of her nagging chronic knee injury. She revealed that she would not be able to compete before "the end of the summer," on doctors' orders.

Williams, however, made a return to the game earlier than expected, accepting wildcards into events in Cincinnati and Los Angeles. She admitted that her six-month break from competitive tennis was as much for a "mental break" as for urgent rehabilitation for her knee injury.

Ranked No. 139 due to her inactivity, Williams made a successful comeback by defeating the Cincinnati tournament's No. 2 seed and No. 11-ranked Anastasia Myskina 6-2, 6-2, in the first round. She then defeated Bethanie Mattek 6-3, 6-1 and Amy Frazier 6-2, 6-2 before losing to a resurgent and the eventual champion Vera Zvonareva 6-2, 6-3 in a semifinal. Williams ranking rose to No. 108 as a result of this tournament.

In Los Angeles, Williams defeated world No. 21 Maria Kirilenko 6-2, 6-1 in the first round. In the second round, Williams defeated fellow American Ashley Harkleroad 6-3, 6-2. Williams then faced Daniela Hantuchová, the woman responsible for her early Australian Open exit. Williams had this to say about the rematch, "I'm a much better player than I was in Australia," and "I'm much more fit; I'm much more ready. I'm in a better place. It's a whole different ball game." She beat Hantuchová 1-6, 6-3, 6-3 and then beat Meghann Shaughnessy 6-7(4), 6-1, 6-3 to set up a semifinal match against Jelena Janković. Williams lost the match 6-4, 6-3.

Williams was granted a wildcard into the US Open, as her ranking prevented her from gaining direct entry into the tournament. She was ranked 79th in the main draw and was unseeded in a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 1998. Williams lost to Amelie Mauresmo in the fourth round 6-4, 0-6, 6-2.

At the end of 2006, she was ranked 95th.

[edit] 2007

Williams began the year by stating that she had no doubt she would be number one again. She competed in the Moorilla Hobart International in Tasmania as a warm-up for the 2007 Australian Open.^[2] However, she lost to Sybille Bammer of Austria in the quarterfinals.

At the Australian Open, the unseeded Williams defeated fifth seeded Nadia Petrova of Russia in the third round 1-6, 7-5, 6-3. It was Williams's first win over a top 10 player since her defeat of Lindsay Davenport in the 2005 Australian Open final. In the fourth round, Williams defeated the eleventh-seeded Jelena Janković of Serbia 6-3, 6-2. She then defeated sixteenth seeded Shahar Peer in the quarterfinals 3-6, 6-2, 8-6 and tenth seeded Nicole Vaidišová 7-6(5), 6-4 in the semifinals. In the final, Williams defeated top seeded and then second ranked Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-2 in 63 minutes to take her third Australian Open singles title and her eighth Grand Slam singles title. The victory elevated her ranking from 81st to 14th in the world and it also marked the first time either Williams sister had won a Grand Slam singles title in the absence of the other's participation in the same tournament. Williams dedicated the win to her deceased sister, Yetunde Price. It was Williams's 16th career Grand Slam title, including 6 women's doubles titles and a career Grand Slam[2] with her sister Venus, 2 mixed doubles titles, and 8 singles titles.

Williams then withdrew from her next two scheduled tournaments in February, the Sony Ericsson International in Bangalore, India and the Dubai Tennis Championships. She stated that she was unable to play either event because of the flu.

Her next tournament was the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami, where she won the title in 2002, 2003, and 2004. In her third round match against Czech teenager Lucie Safarova, a heckler allegedly hurled what Williams called "derogatory" remarks at her. Donald Winton of Cocoa Beach was removed from the stands towards the conclusion of the second set, at Williams's request. Williams won the match 6-3, 6-4 but was visibly shaken by the experience. In the fourth round, Williams defeated second ranked Sharapova 6-1, 6-1, and in the quarterfinals, Williams defeated eighth ranked Vaidišová 6-1, 6-4. In the Semi-Final match, Williams met with world number 16 Israeli Shahar Peer, defeating her 7-6, 6-1. In the final against world number 1 Justine Henin, Williams defeated her 0-6, 7-5, 6-3. After losing the first set in under half an hour, Williams didn't give up and fought shot for shot in the second set. However, trailing 4-5 (15-40) on Justine's serve, Serena boldly went for her shots to force errors from Henin. After saving 2 championship points, Serena went on a roll as she won the next 3 games, as well as the first 3 games of the third set. Leading 3-1, Serena saved 3 break points against Henin and had a couple of points for 4-1, but she couldn't convert as Justine crawled her way back into the match to level it at 3-3. Serena held easily for 4-3, before another long game with a Henin error gave Serena the chance to serve for the match. After recovering from 0-40 down, triple break point, Serena clinched the win on her first match point through a mishit return of serve from Justine. She now has a 41-5 record in Miami, and is 15-1 this year. On April 2nd, 2007 she will move to 11th in the world. She is on a 13 match win streak and her next tournament is scheduled to be Charleston.

[edit] Fashion

Williams is known for her unusual and colorful outfits on court. In 2002, Williams created an on-court stir when she wore a leather-looking catsuit at the U.S. Open. Again at the U.S. Open, in 2004, Williams wore denim skirts and boots. Williams had a special line at Puma and has a current one at Nike. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}

Outside the tennis courts, Williams was also the center of attention when in November 2004, she reached a new level of exposure at the London premiere of Pierce Brosnan's new film, After the Sunset. In an outfit that had a near-topless effect, Williams wore a red gown with strips of sheer fabric that revealed more than just cleavage.

Williams has her own line of designer clothing called Aneres — her first name spelled backward — that she plans to sell in boutiques in Miami and Los Angeles. Venus also appeared as one of her models, showing her latest designs.

[edit] Entertainment

In 2001, Serena along with her sister, Venus appeared on The Simpsons tennis themed episode after Bart and Lisa boycott to play against each other in the family. She has also posed for a Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue and has had a lucrative career in advertisements. ^[7][8][9]

In April 2005, MTV announced plans to broadcast a reality show around the lives of Serena and Venus Williams, but ABCFamily aired the show.

Williams was the fifth victim and the ninth star ever to be on Punk'd more than once. Her first appearance was when Williams had to save a Punk'd problem kid played by Rob Pinkston until Kutcher exposed the set-up. Her second is when Serena passed the prank on her sister Venus after both Serena and Venus were fighting with a fraud during a photoshoot with some handicapped people. She is also a supporter of literacy. ^[10]

In 2002, Williams played Miss Wiggins in the season 3 episode "Crouching Mother, Hidden Father" of My Wife and Kids. In 2005, Serena guest starred in an episode of the twelfth season of ER. She also guest starred on an episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.

Welsh indie band, Super Furry Animals, sang a track on their 2003 album Phantom Power called "Venus and Serena" - dedicated to the sisters.

[edit] Quotes

Williams explains her defeat of Maria Sharapova in the final of the 2007 Australian Open: "I've said from the beginning when I'm playing well it's difficult for anyone to beat me because I have a unique style, a unique game. Tennis is what I was born to do."

Williams explains how her deceased sister inspired her to win her third Australian Open singles title in 2007: "I just said, 'Serena, this has to be motivating. This has to be more than enough to motivate me,' and I think it was."[3]

Williams explains why she believes her fitness is questioned repeatedly: "I think it's all because I have a large bosom and a large ass. I have a large ass and it always just looks like I'm bigger than the rest of the girls." She later says, "I've been the same weight for I don't know how long and I could lose 20 pounds and I'm still going to have these knockers and I'm going to have this ass and that's just the way it is."[4]

[edit] Grand Slam singles finals

[edit] Wins (8)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	U.S. Open	Martina Hingis	6-3, 7-6
2002	French Open	Venus Williams	7-5, 6-3
2002	Wimbledon	Venus Williams	7-6, 6-3
2002	U.S. Open (2)	Venus Williams	6-4, 6-3
2003	Australian Open	Venus Williams	7-6, 3-6, 6-4
2003	Wimbledon (2)	Venus Williams	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2005	Australian Open (2)	Lindsay Davenport	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
2007	Australian Open (3)	Maria Sharapova	6-1, 6-2

[edit] Runner-ups (2)

Year	Championship	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	U.S. Open	Venus Williams	6-2, 6-4
2004	Wimbledon	Maria Sharapova	6-1, 6-4

[edit] Titles (39)

[edit] Singles (28)

Legend Grand Slam (8) WTA Championships (1) Tier I Event (8) WTA Tour (11)

Titles by Surface Hard (20) Clay (2) Grass (2) Carpet (4)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1.	Feb 22, 1999	Paris, France	Carpet	Amélie Mauresmo	2-6, 6-3, 7-6(4)
2.	Mar 1, 1999	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Steffi Graf	6-3, 3-6, 7-5
3.	Aug 9, 1999	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	6-1 6-4
4.	Aug 30, 1999	US Open, New York, USA	Hard	Martina Hingis	6-3, 7-6(4)
5.	Sep 27, 1999	Munich, Germany (Grand Slam Cup)	Hard	Venus Williams	6-1, 3-6, 6-3
6.	Feb 14, 2000	Hanover, Germany	Carpet	Denisa Chladkova	6-1, 6-1
7.	Aug 7, 2000	Los Angeles, USA	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	4-6, 6-4, 7-6(1)
8.	Oct 2, 2000	Tokyo, Japan (Princess)	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	7-5, 6-1
9.	Mar 1, 2001	Indian Wells, USA	Hard	Kim Clijsters	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
10.	Aug 13, 2001	Toronto, Canada	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6-1, 6-7(7), 6-3
11.	Oct 29, 2001	WTA Tour Championships, Munich, Germany	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	Walkover
12.	Feb 25, 2002	Scottsdale, USA	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
13.	Mar 18, 2002	Miami, USA	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	7-5, 7-6(4)
14.	May 13, 2002	Rome, Italy	Clay	Justine Henin-Hardenne	7-6(6), 6-4
15.	May 27, 2002	French Open, Paris, France	Clay	Venus Williams	7-5, 6-3
16.	Jun 24, 2002	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Venus Williams	7-6(4), 6-3
17.	Aug 26, 2002	US Open, New York, USA	Hard	Venus Williams	6-4, 6-3
18.	Sep 16, 2002	Tokyo, Japan (Princess)	Hard	Kim Clijsters	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
19.	Sep 9, 2002	Leipzig, Germany	Carpet	Anastasia Myskina	6-3, 6-2
20.	Jan 13, 2003	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Venus Williams	7-6(4), 3-6, 6-4
21.	Feb 3, 2003	Paris, France	Carpet	Amélie Mauresmo	6-3, 6-2
22.	Mar 17, 2003	Miami, USA	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-4, 6-1
23.	Jun 23, 2003	Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom	Grass	Venus Williams	4-6, 6-4, 6-2
24.	Mar 22, 2004	Miami, USA	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6-1, 6-1
25.	Sep 20, 2004	Beijing, China	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4-6, 7-5, 6-4
26.	17 January 2005	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	2-6, 6-3, 6-0
27.	27 January 2007	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6-1, 6-2
28.	31 March 2007	Miami, USA	Hard	Justine Henin	0-6, 7-5, 6-3

[edit] Doubles (11)

Legend Grand Slam (6) WTA Championships (0) Olympic Gold (1) Tier I Event (1) WTA Tour (3)

No.	Date	Tournament	Partnering	Opponents in Final	Score in Final
1.	February 23, 1998	Oklahoma City, USA	Venus Williams	Catalina Cristea Kristine Kunce	7-5, 6-2
2.	October 12, 1998	Zurich Open, Switzerland	Venus Williams	Mariaan De Swardt Elena Tatarkova	5-7, 6-1, 6-3
3.	February 15, 1999	Hamburg, Germany	Venus Williams	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	5-7, 6-2, 6-2
4.	May 24, 1999	French Open, Paris	Venus Williams	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6
5.	August 30, 1999	U.S. Open, New York City	Venus Williams	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
6.	June 26, 2000	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Venus Williams	Julie Halard Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
7.	September 18, 2000	Summer Olympic Games, Sydney, Australia	Venus Williams	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6-1, 6-1
8.	January 15, 2001	Australian Open, Melbourne	Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
9.	June 24, 2001	Wimbledon, United Kingdom	Venus Williams	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	6-2, 7-5
10.	September 24, 2002	Leipzig, Germany	Alexandra Stevenson	Janette Husárová Paola Suárez	6-3, 7-5
11.	January 13, 2003	Australian Open, Melbourne	Venus Williams	Virginia Ruano Pascual Paola Suárez	4-6, 6-4, 6-3

[edit] Singles performance timeline

To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the Miami Masters in Florida, which ended on April 1, 2007.

Tournament	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Career SR	Career Win-Loss
Australian Open	A	A	A	2R	3R	4R	QF	A	W	A	W	3R	W	3 / 8	33-5
French Open	A	A	A	4R	3R	A	QF	W	SF	QF	A	A		1 / 6	25-5
Wimbledon	A	A	A	3R	A	SF	QF	W	W	F	3R	A		2 / 7	33-5
U.S. Open	A	A	A	3R	W	QF	F	W	A	QF	4R	4R		2 / 8	36-6
Grand Slam SR	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 0	0 / 4	1 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 4	3 / 3	2 / 3	0 / 3	1 / 3	0 / 2	1 / 1	8 / 29	N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	0-0	8-4	11-2	12-3	18-4	21-0	19-1	14-3	12-2	5-2	7-0	N/A	127-21
WTA Tour Championships	A	A	A	A	A	A	W	F	A	F	A	A		1 / 3	9-3
Tokyo	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	0 / 0	0-0
Indian Wells	A	A	LQ	A	W	QF	W	A	A	A	A	A	A	2 / 4	14-2
Miami	A	A	A	QF	F	4R	QF	W	W	W	QF	A	W	4 / 9	41-5
Charleston	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	F	3R	A	A		0 / 3	7-2
Berlin	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A	F	A	A	A	A		0 / 2	5-2
Rome	A	A	A	QF	QF	A	A	W	SF	SF	2R	A		1 / 6	16-5
San Diego	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	QF	A	A		0 / 1	2-0
Montreal/Toronto	A	A	A	A	A	F	W	A	A	A	3R	A		1 / 3	10-1
Moscow	A	A	1R	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 1	3-12
Zurich	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A	A		0 / 0	0-0
Tournaments Played	1	0	5	11	12	11	10	13	7	12	10	4	3	N/A	99
Finals Reached	0	0	0	0	6	5	4	10	5	5	1	0	2	N/A	38
Tournaments Won	0	0	0	0	5	3	3	8	4	2	1	0	2	N/A	28
Hardcourt Win-Loss	0-1	0-0	2-2	19-7	29-4	25-5	30-5	25-2	13-0	23-5	16-4	12-4	15-1	N/A	209-40
Clay Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	0-0	6-2	6-3	0-1	4-1	17-2	12-3	10-3	2-2	0-0	0-0	N/A	57-17
Grass Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-2	0-0	5-1	4-1	7-0	7-0	6-1	2-1	0-0	0-0	N/A	35-6
Carpet Win-Loss	0-0	0-0	7-3	0-0	5-0	7-1	0-0	7-1	4-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	N/A	31-5
Overall Win-Loss	0-1	0-0	9-5	29-11	40-7	37-8	38-7	56-5	36-3	39-9	21-7	12-4	15-1	N/A	332-681
Year End Ranking	-	-	99	20	4	6	6	1	3	7	11	95		N/A	N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament

¹ If Fed Cup (3-0) participation is included, overall win-loss record stands at 335-68.

² Won 3 matches in the 1997 qualifying tournament to reach the main draw.

[edit] See also

• Serena Slam
• List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions
• List of Grand Slam Women's Doubles champions
• List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions
• List of celebrities who have been Punk'd on Seasons 1 to 5
• Venus Williams

[edit] Notes

1. ^ http://www.usopen.org/en_US/bios/profile/ws/wtaw234.html
2. ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6236551.stm
3. ^ http://www.tomjamison.co.uk/photography/pnov/images/Serena-Williams_jpg.jpg
4. ^ http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/serena.jpg
5. ^ http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/pg2/2002/0710/photo/swilliams_i.jpg
6. ^ http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031105/s5.jpg
7. ^ http://www.darrenwestlund.com/PeoplePage1/SerenaM.jpg
8. ^ http://www.africanamericans.com/images2/SerenaWilliams.jpg
9. ^ http://www.milknewsroom.com/images/ad_serena.jpg
10. ^ http://www.ala.org/Images/Graphics/Serena.gif

[edit] External links

• Official web site of Serena Williams
• WTA Tour profile for Serena Williams
• Serena Williams at the Internet Movie Database
• Serena Williams 2006 Interview on Sidewalks Entertainment

Preceded by Venus Williams	World No. 1 July 8, 2002 – August 10, 2003	Succeeded by Kim Clijsters
Preceded by Venus Williams	WTA Newcomer of the Year 1998	Succeeded by Kim Clijsters
Preceded by Patty Schnyder	WTA Most Improved Player 1999	Succeeded by Elena Dementieva
Preceded by Jennifer Capriati	WTA Player of The Year 2002	Succeeded by Justine Henin
Preceded by Jennifer Capriati	ITF World Champion 2002	Succeeded by Justine Henin
Preceded by Jennifer Capriati	Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year 2002	Succeeded by Annika Sörenstam
Preceded by Amelie Mauresmo	WTA Comeback Player of the Year 2004	Succeeded by Kim Clijsters

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Australian Open women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1969-70-71) Margaret Smith Court | (1972) Virginia Wade | (1973) Margaret Smith Court | (1974-75-76-1977[Dec]) Evonne Goolagong | (1977[Jan]) Kerry Reid | (1978) Chris O'Neil | (1979) Barbara Jordan | (1980) Hana Mandlíková | (1981) Martina Navrátilová | (1982) Chris Evert | (1983) Martina Navrátilová | (1984) Chris Evert | (1985) Martina Navrátilová | (1987) Hana Mandlíková | (1988-89-90) Steffi Graf | (1991-92-93) Monica Seles | (1994) Steffi Graf | (1995) Mary Pierce | (1996) Monica Seles | (1997-98-99) Martina Hingis | (2000) Lindsay Davenport | (2001-02) Jennifer Capriati | (2003) Serena Williams | (2004) Justine Henin | (2005) Serena Williams | (2006) Amélie Mauresmo | (2007) Serena Williams

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French Open women's singles champions*

* Open Era | Nancy Richey (1968) | Margaret Smith Court (1969–70, 1973) | Evonne Goolagong (1971) | Billie Jean King (1972) | Chris Evert (1974–75, 1979–80, 1983, 1985–86) | Sue Barker (1976) | Mima Jaušovec (1977) | Virginia Ruzici (1978) | Hana Mandlíková (1981) | Martina Navrátilová (1982, 1984) | Steffi Graf (1987–88, 1993, 1995–96, 1999) | Arantxa Sánchez Vicario (1989, 1994, 1998) | Monica Seles (1990–92) | Iva Majoli (1997) | Mary Pierce (2000) | Jennifer Capriati (2001) | Serena Williams (2002) | Justine Henin (2003, 2005–06) | Anastasia Myskina (2004)

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Wimbledon women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1968) Billie Jean King | (1969) Ann Haydon-Jones | (1970) Margaret Smith Court | (1971) Evonne Goolagong | (1972-73) Billie Jean King | (1974) Chris Evert | (1975) Billie Jean King | (1976) Chris Evert | (1977) Virginia Wade | (1978-79) Martina Navrátilová | (1980) Evonne Goolagong | (1981) Chris Evert | (1982-83-84-85-86-87) Martina Navrátilová | (1988-89) Steffi Graf | (1990) Martina Navrátilová | (1991-92-93) Steffi Graf | (1994) Conchita Martínez | (1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1997) Martina Hingis | (1998) Jana Novotná | (1999) Lindsay Davenport | (2000-01) Venus Williams | (2002-03) Serena Williams | (2004) Maria Sharapova | (2005) Venus Williams | (2006) Amélie Mauresmo

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US Open women's singles champions*

* Open Era | (1968) Virginia Wade | (1969-70) Margaret Smith Court | (1971-72) Billie Jean King | (1973) Margaret Smith Court | (1974) Billie Jean King | (1975-78) Chris Evert | (1979) Tracy Austin | (1980) Chris Evert | (1981) Tracy Austin | (1982) Chris Evert | (1983-84) Martina Navrátilová | (1985) Hana Mandlíková | (1986-87) Martina Navrátilová | (1988-89) Steffi Graf | (1990) Gabriela Sabatini | (1991-92) Monica Seles | (1993) Steffi Graf | (1994) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario | (1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1997) Martina Hingis | (1998) Lindsay Davenport | (1999) Serena Williams | (2000-01) Venus Williams | (2002) Serena Williams | (2003) Justine Henin | (2004) Svetlana Kuznetsova | (2005) Kim Clijsters | (2006) Maria Sharapova

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WTA Tour Championships singles champions

(1972-73, 1975, 1977) Chris Evert | (1974, 1976) Evonne Goolagong | (1978-79, 1981, 1983-1986) Martina Navratilova | (1980) Tracy Austin | (1982) Sylvia Hanika | (1987, 1993, 1995-96) Steffi Graf | (1988, 1994) Gabriela Sabatini | (1990-1992) Monica Seles | (1997) Jana Novotná | (1998, 2000) Martina Hingis | (1999) Lindsay Davenport | (2001) Serena Williams | (2002-03) Kim Clijsters | (2004) Maria Sharapova | (2005) Amélie Mauresmo | (2006) Justine Henin |

Women's Tennis Association | World No. 1's in Women's tennis
Tracy Austin • Jennifer Capriati • Kim Clijsters • Lindsay Davenport • Chris Evert • Steffi Graf • Justine Henin • Martina Hingis • Amélie Mauresmo • Martina Navrátilová • Arantxa Sánchez Vicario • Monica Seles • Maria Sharapova • Serena Williams • Venus Williams
Female tennis players who have won 3 or more Grand Slam singles titles in one season
1928–29: Helen Wills Moody (3) | 1953: Maureen Connolly (4) | 1962–65–69–70–73: Margaret Court (3–3–3–4–3) | 1972: Billie Jean King (3) | 1983–84: Martina Navratilova (3–3) | 1988–89–93–95–96: Steffi Graf (4–3–3–3–3) | 1991–92: Monica Seles (3) | 1997: Martina Hingis (3) | 2002: Serena Williams (3)

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Tennis Players who have completed a career Grand Slam in singles

Career Grand Slam champions-women Maureen Connolly Brinker (United States) | Doris Hart (United States) | Shirley Fry Irvin (United States) | Margaret Smith Court (Australia) | Billie Jean King (United States) | Chris Evert (United States) | Martina Navratilova (Czech Republic / United States) | Steffi Graf (West Germany) | Serena Williams (United States) Career Grand Slam champions-men Fred Perry (United Kingdom) | Don Budge (United States) | Rod Laver (Australia) | Roy Emerson (Australia) | Andre Agassi (United States) Calendar year Grand Slam champions Don Budge (United States) (1938) | Maureen Connolly Brinker (United States) (1953)* | Margaret Smith Court (Australia) (1970) | Steffi Graf (West Germany) (1988)** | Rod Laver (Australia) (1962) *Maureen Connolly Brinker did not drop a set in any of her Grand Slam finals in 1953. **Steffi Graf also won a singles gold metal at the 1988 Summer Olympics, becoming the only woman ever to complete a "Golden Slam."