SERENA

WILLIAMS
 CAREER TIMELINE
Professional debut aged 14 at the Bell Challenge in
1995
Quebec City, lost to Annie Miller in straight sets

Made Grand Slam main draw Won 1st Grand Slam

debut at Australian Open aged doubles title at
1998
16. Beat sixth-seed Irina Spirlea Wimbledon in mixed
but lost in the 2nd round to doubles with Croatia’s
sister Venus Williams Max Mirnyi

Beat Grand Slam champions and Swiss legend Martina

1999 STAY
Hingis in straight sets to win her 1st Grand Slam singles
title at the US Open
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Bagged 1st Olympic Gold along with sister Venus
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Recorded 1st French hottestandcoming spring
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both finals. The new world No. 1

Completed career Grand Slam

(winning all four Grand Slams at least
2003 once) by winning her 1st Australian
Open singles title at the age of 22.
 2005
Won 2nd Australian Open after being
out with injury and not winning a Grand
Slam since Wimbledon 2003

2009
Penalised on match point for her
behaviour with a lineswoman, Lost US
Open final to Kim Clijsters

Won Olympic Gold in singles

and doubles, completed
career Golden Slam
2012
Exited Wimbledon in the 3rd
round for the first time since
2014 2005, withdrew from doubles
match alongside sister Venus

Won 3rd French Open and 20th

Grand Slam title.
2015
Became the 3rd person to win each Grand Slam 3 times
Only player to win all 4 Grand
Slams in a row for the 2nd time.

Won her 7th and last Wimbledon singles

Equalled Steffi Graf’s

186-week record on top 2016
of WTA rankings

Partnered sister Venus to win their 6th

Wimbledon doubles and 14th overall
Grand Slam title together
 Won her 23rd Grand Slam and Gave birth to
7th Australian Open title by 2017 daughter Alexis
defeating sister Venus in the final.
Returned to Grand Slam tennis
at French Open but withdrew
in the 4th round due to injury.
Reached the Wimbledon final
but lost in straight sets.
Lost the US Open
2018 Final, given a
penalty for accusing
the chair umpire.

Lost finals at Wimbledon

2019 and US Open.
Won her 1st title as a
2020 mother at the Auckland
Open
Suffered injury at
2021 Wimbledon, withdrew
from US Open

Announced retirement plans in a magazine article,

making the US Open her last tournament 2022
Plays her last US Open match, losing to Ajla Tomljanovic