Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player. She’s 40 years-old. She has competed on the WTA Tour since 1995. She has won 23 major singles titles in her career. She has 4 Olympic Gold Medals. She has competed for the United States Fed Cup Team. Serena has an older sister Venus who is also a professional tennis player.
Serena Williams made her WTA Tour debut in 1995. She won her first career WTA singles title at the 1999 Open Gaz de France. She also won singles titles at the 1999 Evert Cup, and the 1999 JP Morgan Chase Open. Serena made her WTA top-10 debut in 1999. Williams won 8 singles titles in 2002 and finished as the year-end number one tennis player in the WTA rankings. Serena has won 73 WTA singles titles in her career with 856 match victories. She is the highest-earning WTA player all-time having amassed a total of $94.5 million in prize money.
Serena Williams has dominated Grand Slam tournaments at a historical level. She has a total of 23 major singles titles. She has won the French Open 3 times (2002, 2013, 2015). She won the Australian Open 7 times (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, and 2017) and Wimbledon 7 times (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, and 2016). Williams has also won the U.S. Open a remarkable 6 times (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, and 2014). Williams’ 23 major singles titles are the most by a woman in the Open Era ahead of Steffi Graf (22). Those 23 major singles titles are also the second most all-time by a woman trailing only Margaret Court (24).
Serena Williams has represented the United States at the Summer Olympics. She won the singles Gold in 2012 over Maria Sharapova. She also won the doubles Gold at the 2000, 2008, and 2012 Olympics partnered with her sister Venus.
Serena Williams played for the United States Fed Cup Team that won the Fed Cup in 1999. She also played for the U.S. at the Hopman Cup. The U.S. won the Hopman Cup in 2003 and 2008.
Serena Williams won the year-end WTA Tour Finals five times (2001, 2009, 2012, 2013, and 2014).
Serena Williams is playing in her last U.S. Open. She won her first round match against Danka Kovinic of Montenegro. She will face Estonia’s Anett Kontaveit in the second round.
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