Serena Williams
Tennis Player
1981 –
Who is Serena Williams?
Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is currently ranked No. 1 in women's singles tennis. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013, becoming the oldest world no. 1 player in WTA's history. Williams is also widely regarded to be one of the greatest female tennis players in history. She is the only female player to have won over $50 million in prize money. Williams is the reigning US Open, WTA Tour Championships and Olympic ladies singles champion.
Williams holds the most Major singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles combined amongst active players, male or female. Her record of 32 Major titles puts her seventh on the all-time list: 17 in singles, 13 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously, and only the fifth woman ever to do so.
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- Born
- Sep 26, 1981
Saginaw - Also known as
- Serena Jameka Williams
- Parents
- Siblings
- Religion
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
Fashion design
- The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale
- Lived in
- Compton
- Palm Beach Gardens
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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