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Serena Williams Info Overview

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Date of birth: September 26, 1981
Location of birth: Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
Height (always show in cm/inches): 1.75m (5ft9in)
Weight (always show in kg/lbs): 84kg (185lbs)
Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
Plays: Right-handed, two-handed backhand
Turned Pro: 1995
Career Prize Money: US$21,774,846

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Serena Williams Biography

Serena Jameka Williams, born on September 26, 1981, is one-half of the famous Williams Sisters who has dominated women's tennis his decade. With 9 grand Slam Singles titles,she has the most Slam titles of her generation. She's won the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007) and US Open (1999, 2002, 2008) thrice each, Wimbledon twice (2002, 2003) and French Open (2002). She became the first woman to hold all four Grand Slams simultaneously since Steffi Graf won all four in 1988 by winning the Frecnh Open, Wimbledon and US Open in 2002 and the Australian Open in 2003. Overall, she has won 18 Grand Slams, 9 singles and 7 doubles, all with her sister Venus, and 2 mixed doubles titles. She, along with her sister, is a two-time Olympic Gold Medalist after winning the women's doubles in the 2000 Sydney Games and the 2008 Beijing Games.

Serena Williams Facts

Career Summary

Singles
Career record:	398-83
Career titles:	32
Highest ranking:	No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
Grand Slam results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2005, 2007)
French Open	W (2002)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2003)
US Open	W (1999, 2002, 2008)
Doubles
Career record:	110-17
Career titles:	13
Highest ranking:	No. 5 (October 11, 1999)
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	W (2001, 2003)
French Open	W (1999)
Wimbledon	W (2000, 2002, 2008)
US Open	W (1999)

Grand Slam Singles Finals

Wins

Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
1999	US Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–6(4)
2002	French Open	Clay	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
2002	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	7–6(4), 6–3
2002	US Open	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–3
2003	Australian Open	Hard	Venus Williams	7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
2003	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
2005	Australian Open	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
2007	Australian Open	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–2
2008	US Open	Hard	Jelena Jankovic	6–4, 7–5

Runner-ups

Year	Championship	Surface	Opponent in Final	Score in Final
2001	US Open	Hard	Venus Williams	2-6, 4-6
2004	Wimbledon	Grass	Maria Sharapova	1-6, 4-6
2008	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	5-7, 4-6

Singles Titles

Legend

Grand Slam (9)

Grand Slam Cup (1)

WTA Championships (1)

Tier I (10)

Tier II (11)

Tier III (0)

Tier IV & V (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score
1	36219	Open Gaz de France	Carpet	Amelie Mauresmo	2–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
2	36233	Evert Cup	Hard	Steffi Graf	6–3, 3–6, 7–5
3	36387	Acura Classic	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	6–1 6–4
4	36415	US Open	Hard	Martina Hingis	6–3, 7–6(4)
5	36436	Grand Slam Cup	Hard	Venus Williams	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
6	36577	Faber Grand Prix	Carpet	Denisa Chladkova	6–1, 6–1
7	36751	estyle.com Classic	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	4–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
8	36807	Toyota Princess Cup	Hard	Julie Halard-Decugis	7–5, 6–1
9	36967	Tennis Masters Series	Hard	Kim Clijsters	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
10	37122	Rogers and AT&T Cup	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–1, 6–7(7), 6–3
11	37199	Sanex Championships	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	walkover
12	37318	State Farm Classic	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
13	37347	NASDAQ-100 Open	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	7–5, 7–6(4)
14	37395	Italian Open	Clay	Justine Henin	7–6(6), 6–4
15	37416	French Open	Clay	Venus Williams	7–5, 6–3
16	37444	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	7–6(4), 6–3
17	37507	US Open	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–3
18	September 22, 2002	Toyota Princess Cup	Hard	Kim Clijsters	2–6, 6–3, 6–3
19	37528	Sparkassen Cup	Carpet	Anastasia Myskina	6–3, 6–2
20	37647	Australian Open	Hard	Venus Williams	7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
21	37661	Open Gaz de France	Carpet	Amelie Mauresmo	6–3, 6–2
22	37709	NASDAQ-100 Open	Hard	Jennifer Capriati	4–6, 6–4, 6–1
23	37808	Wimbledon	Grass	Venus Williams	4–6, 6–4, 6–2
24	38081	NASDAQ-100 Open	Hard	Elena Dementieva	6–1, 6–1
25	September 26, 2004	China Open	Hard	Svetlana Kuznetsova	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
26	38381	Australian Open (2)	Hard	Lindsay Davenport	2–6, 6–3, 6–0
27	January 27, 2007	Australian Open	Hard	Maria Sharapova	6–1, 6–2
28	39172	Sony Ericsson Open	Hard	Justine Henin	0–6, 7–5, 6–3
29	39516	Bangalore Open	Hard	Patty Schnyder	7–5, 6–3
30	39543	Sony Ericsson Open	Hard	Jelena Jankovic	6–1, 5–7, 6–3
31	39558	Family Circle Cup	Hard	Vera Zvonareva	6–4, 3–6, 6–3
32	39698	US Open	Hard	Jelena Jankovic	6–4, 7–5

Doubles Titles

Legend

Grand Slam (7)

Olympic Gold (2)

WTA Championships (0)

Tier I (1)

Tier II (2)

Tier IV & V (0)

No.	Date	Tournament	Surface	Partnering	Opponent in the final	Score
1	35849	IGA Tennis Classic		Venus Williams	Catalina Cristea	7–5, 6–2
					Kristine Kunce
2	36080	European Championships/ Swisscom Challenge		Venus Williams	Mariaan de Swardt	5–7, 6–1, 6–3
					Elena Tatarkova
3	36206	Faber Grand Prix		Venus Williams	Alexandra Fusai	5–7, 6–2, 6–2
					Alexandra Fusai
4	36304	French Open		Venus Williams	Martina Hingis	6–3, 6–7(2), 8–6
					Anna Kournikova
5	36402	US Open		Venus Williams	Chanda Rubin	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
					Sandrine Testud
6	36703	Wimbledon		Venus Williams	Julie Halard	6–3, 6–2
					Ai Sugiyama
7	36787	Summer Olympic Games		Venus Williams	Kristie Boogert	6–1, 6–1
					Miriam Oremans
8	36906	Australian Open		Venus Williams	Lindsay Davenport	6–2, 4–6, 6–4
					Corina Morariu
9	37431	Wimbledon		Venus Williams	Virginia Ruano Pascual	6–2, 7–5
					Paola Suarez
10	37523	Sparkassen Cup		Venus Williams	Janette Husarova	6–3, 7–5
					Paola Suarez
11	37634	Australian Open		Venus Williams	Virginia Ruano Pascual	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
					Paola Suarez
12	39634	Wimbledon		Venus Williams	Lisa Raymond	6–2, 6–2
					Samantha Stosur
13	39677	Summer Olympic Games		Venus Williams	Anabel Medina Garrigues	6–2, 6–0
					Virginia Ruano Pascual