Introduction

Serena Williams is one of the most renowned and established names in the world tennis circle.
Immensely talented and skilled player, she throws away a power packed performance every
time she is in the tennis court and leaves her opponents spell bounded. In her career spanning
two and a half decades, she first gained the world no 1 ranking in 2002 and later regained the
same on five more occasions. In her career so far, she has won 39 Grand Slam titles: 23 in
singles, 14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. In 2002-03 and 2014—15, she achieved
the rare feat of holding all the four Grand Slam titles simultaneously. What gives her the edge
over other players of her generation is her fastest power-packed serve, followed by forceful
groundstrokes from both her forehand and backhand swings and aggressive high playing style.
She is also known for her mental toughness and her ability to strike back when the chips are
down. The Williams sisters have changed the face of women's tennis with their power play and
athleticism. Serena Williams is considered among all-time great women tennis players.
Serena Williams was born on 26 September 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Richard Williams
and Oracene Price. She was the youngest among the five siblings, all sisters. She had three half-
sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price from her mother's side and one full-sister Venus
Williams.

Serena Williams, (born September 26, 1981, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.), American tennis player
who revolutionized women's tennis with her powerful style of play and who won more Grand
Slam singles titles (23) than any other woman or man during the open era.
Williams grew up in Compton, California. The family included her parents—Oracene Price, a
nurse, and Richard Williams, who founded a security service—and Venus Williams, her older
sister. Price also had three daughters from a previous marriage. While both parents encouraged
Serena and Venus Williams to play tennis, it was Richard Williams who largely taught them the
sport, taking the two girls to the public courts in the area. He was known as a strict coach, and
the sisters spent long hours practicing. In 1991 the family moved to Florida so that Serena and
Venus Williams could attend a tennis academy.
Serena Williams turned professional in 1995, one year after her older sister. Possessing
powerful serves and ground strokes and superb athleticism, they soon attracted much
attention. Many predicted that Venus would be the first Williams sister to win a Grand Slam
singles title, but it was Serena who accomplished the feat, winning the 1999 U.S. Open.

Fun Facts About Serena Williams

 Her middle name is Jameka.
 She has played in 60 Grand Slam tournaments in her career and has won 21 of them.
  Her favorite city in the world is Rome.
 Her favorite sport to watch other than tennis is gymnastics.
Age: 41 Years, 41 Year Old Females
Family:
Spouse/Ex-: Alexis Ohanian
Father: Richard Williams
Mother: Oracene Price
Siblings: Isha Price, Lyndrea Price, Venus Williams, Yetunde Price
Children: Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Born Country: United States
Quotes By Serena Williams Tennis Players
Height: 5'9" (175 cm), 5'9" Females
Grouping Of People: Black Tennis Players
U.S. State: Michigan, African-American From Michigan
Founder/Co-Founder: Aneres

Childhood & Early Life

A prodigious child, young Williams took to playing tennis at the age of four along
with her sister Venus Williams. Soon thereafter, they attended the tennis
academy of Rick Macci, who polished their in-born skills and talent.
By 1991, she had scored 46-3 on the United States Tennis Association Junior Tour
and ranked first in the 10-and-under division. The family moved to Florida.
However, her father pulled the sisters out of playing tennis, with a view that the
demanding schedule may burn them out too quickly.

Career
Serena became professional at the age of 14, against her parents’ wish.  At that
age, she entered her first professional tournament after some setbacks by the
WTA because of age issues in a prior event. Serena was ousted out of her first
professional tournament after winning just two games.
In 1995, she became a professional tennis player. Starting from the 304 rank, she
zoomed up her way to make place for herself in the top 100, at the 99th rank,
beating world No. 7 and world No. 4, before losing the semi-finals to world no. 5.
Year 1998 started what became a legacy in her tennis playing career as she
recorded a victory at the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the US Open.
The sisters went on to win two more doubles titles. She finished the year ranking
in the 20th spot.
In 1999, she partnered with her sister to record a victory at the doubles in the
French Open & Us Open. Furthermore, she outplayed Martina Hingis to emerge as
the winner in the finals of the US Open Grand Slam singles tournament, thus
becoming the second African-American woman ever to record the victory. She
ended the year with the world no. 4 ranking.
In 2000, the William sisters not only won their first Wimbledon title, but teamed
up for their first victory at the Sydney Olympics, wherein they bagged a gold
medal in doubles. In the following year, they created history by winning the
doubles title in the Australian Open, thus becoming the fifth doubles team to win
all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles. She lost the US Open to her sister
Venus the year 2002 was a spectacular year for Serena as she went on to win the
French Open, the Wimbledon and the U.S Open. In the finals of all these three
Grand Slam championships, she defeated her sister Venus Williams. As a result of
these victories, she bagged the world no. 1 ranking, dethroning her sister from
the top spot. She paired up with Venus Williams to win the women's doubles title
at Wimbledon.
In 2003, she won the Australian Open, and once again she defeated her sister in
the finals. By winning the Australian Open, she became only the fifth woman to
achieve the rare feat of holding all the Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously.
The others to achieve this feat were Maureen Connolly Brinker, Margaret Court,
Steffi Graf, and Martina Navratilova. This feat was hailed as 'Serena Slam’ by the
press. She also won the doubles titles at the Australian Open in partnership with
her sister.
The super-successful career graph met with a resounding halt as she succumbed
to injuries which took a toll on her performance for a couple of years. She could
neither defend her title nor her world ranking as she slipped past the world top
10. By the end of the year, her ranking stood at world no. 6.

In the year 2007 marked the year of revival as she came over her physical,
psychological and emotional pressure to record a victory at the Australian Open
against Maria Sharapova, her third Australian Open and eighth Grand Slam singles
title overall. By the end of the year, she scaled to the world number seven rank.
Working her way through the tournaments, she went on to record a victory at the
2008 US Open singles tournaments, outplaying Jelena Jankovic. She emerged as
the runner up in the Wimbledon singles tournament against her sister. In the
same year, she partnered with her sister to record a victory at the Wimbledon
doubles tournament. Additionally, the duo won a gold medal at the Olympics too.
She ended the year at world no. 2 and four singles titles, her best ever since her
comeback.
Year 2009 saw the sisters bag all the limelight as they went on to record a victory
at the Wimbledon, the US Open and the Australian Open doubles tournament.
The same year, she outplayed Dinara Safina at the Australian Open and her sister
at the Wimbledon to get hold of the two singles title as well. She won five Grand
Slam titles, putting her total Grand Slam titles at 23. She finished the year at world
no. 1 rank, for the second time in her career
The sisters repeated their success streak at the 2010 the Australian Open and the
French Open, thus defending their titles. They, however, lost the Wimbledon title.
As for her singles victory, she outperformed Justin Henin and Vera Zvonareva at
the finals of the Australian Open and the Wimbledon. She ended the year ranked
no. 4 in singles, despite having played only six tournaments.
In 2011, she took a break, following a series of health issues as doctors found a
blood clot in one of her lungs. Due to the same, she kept away from playing tennis
for several months.
Not the one to remain idle for long, she returned to the court in 2012 and
recorded a victory each at the Wimbledon and US Open singles tournament. She
even went on to win the singles gold medal at the 2012 Olympics games. The
same year, she paired with her sister to win the doubles title at the Wimbledon.
In 2013, she outclassed Maria Sharapova and Victoria Azarenka to record a victory
at the French Open and the US Open singles tournament. With this, she became
the oldest US Open champion. Additionally she became the oldest person to win
the WTA Championships and the fourth player to win the event four times or
more.
In 2015, she defeated Maria Sharapova to win her 6th Australian Open singles
title. She then went on to win the French Open and Wimbledon and thereby
completed her second 'Serena Slam' (holding all four Grand Slam titles
simultaneously)
In 2016, she lost to Angelique Kerber in the final of the Australian Open. In the
French Open too, she lost in the finals. She bounced back to win the Wimbledon
and equaled Steffi Graf's record of 22 Grand Slams in the Open Era. In the U.S
Open, she lost to Karolína Plíšková in the semifinals and in the process lost her
No. 1 ranking.
The year 2017 started on a promising note for Serena Williams. She defeated her
sister Venus Williams to win the Australian Open. It was the 23rd Grand Slam
singles title of her career. Later it was revealed that she was eight-weeks pregnant
when she won the Australian Open. On account of her pregnancy, she took a
break from tennis.
Serena Williams made her grand slam comeback with the 2018 French Open. She
reached the fourth round but withdrew due to an injury. In July 2018, she entered
the Wimbledon Championships; she reached the final of the tornament, but lost
in the final to Angelique Kerber of Germany.
Serena Williams entered the 2019 Australian Open after skipping the previous
edition. She, however, lost in the quarterfinals to Karolína Plíšková. In August-
September 2019, she entered the US Open, where she surprised everyone by her
performance. She reachedthe final, where she faced 15th seed Bianca Andreescu,
who defeated Serena in a close-fought match.
In the 2020 Australian Open, Serena marched to the third round, but lost to Wang
Qiang in three tight sets. In the 2020 US Open, she advanced into the semifinals,
where she lost to Victoria Azarenka in three sets. In the 2020 French Open,
Williams withdrew before her second round match due to an achilles injury.
In the 2021 Australian Open, Serena advanced to the semifinal after defeating
Simona Halep and Aryna Sabalenka, but lost to the 4th seed, Naomi Osaka.
Apart from playing tennis, she has expanded her brand power to films, television
and fashion. She starred and did voice roles for a couple of television shows and
also appeared on the cover pages of various magazines. She launched her own
line of clothing, ‘Aneres’ in 2004 and her signature collection of handbags and
jewellery
The sisters have also come up with a couple of publications. They penned their
first book, titled ‘Venus & Serena: Serving From The Hip: 10 Rules For Living,
Loving and Winning’ along with author Hilary Beard in 2005. In 2009, she released
her first solo autobiography entitled ‘On the Line’
They had one another, and we watched them both. The sisters faced off 16
times in major tournaments, almost always in late rounds. Venus won five of
those matches.

Awards & Achievements

She is the only tennis player to ever accomplish a golden career grand slam in
singles and doubles.
She has won 39 Grand Slam titles: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and 2 in
mixed doubles. Her record of Grand Slam wins puts her third on the all-time list
and second in the open era.
Grand Slam Single Wins: Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015,
2017), French Open (2002, 2013, 2015), Wimbledon (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010,
2012, 2015, 2016), US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014)
Grand Slam Doubles Wins: Australian Open (2001, 2003, 2009, 2010), French
Open (1999, 2010), Wimbledon (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016), US Open
(1999, 2009)
Along with sister Venus, she won a record 3 doubles gold in the Olympics as a
team.
In 2013, she became the oldest no. 1 player at the age of 31 years and 4 months.
She is the only tennis player in history (man or woman) to have won singles titles
at least six times in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open,
Wimbledon and the U.S. Open)
She holds the record of winning the most women's singles matches at the Grand
Slams.
In 2016, she earned $28.9 million in prize money and endorsements and thus
became the highest paid female athlete in year.

Personal Life & Legacy

She was romantically involved with rapper Common until the two broke up in
2010.
In 2016, she announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian.
She gave birth to a girl on September 1, 2017. She named her Alexis Olympia.
On 17 November 2017, Serena Williams tied the knot with her long time fiancé
and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian. The wedding festivities were held at New
Orleans Contemporary Arts Center and was attended by host of A-list celebrities
including singer Beyonce, legendary Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna
Wintour, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, actress Eva Longoria and singer Ciara.
On 17 November 2017, Serena Williams tied the knot with her long-time fiancé
and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian. The wedding festivities were held at New
Orleans Contemporary Arts Center and was attended by host of A-list celebrities
including singer Beyonce, legendary Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna
Wintour, reality TV star Kim Kardashian, actress Eva Longoria and singer Ciara.

Education
 Richard Williams, decided to homeschool both of them and invest them entirely
in the sport. He was also their primary coach of tennis until esteemed coach Rick
Macci came into the picture.
However, soon after, the Williams sisters took admission in Driftwood Academy, a
private school in Florida. Serena graduated from high school the same year she
won her first Grand Slam title, the 1999 US Open.
Serena Williams went to college at The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale in Florida;
she studied fashion there. In fact, she even dragged Venus with her.
After that, the future-mother of Olympia Jr. enrolled in Isenberg School of
Management, UMass Amherst for Business Management. But later on, she
changed her major to Pre-Med.
Her subjects in Pre-Med were nutrition and holistic medicine. Conversely, Venus
launched a plant-based diet company, Happy Viking, and a fashion company
called ElevenbyVenus.
On the other hand, Serena founded a fashion company S by Serena, an
investment firm, with many small other investments on the side. Apart from
business and tennis, the Williams sisters are both vegan and inspiring role models
for millions.
Accomplishments
Has won 73 career singles titles, 23 doubles titles and two mixed doubles titles.
This includes 39 Grand Slam titles - 23 singles titles, 14 doubles titles and two
mixed doubles titles. Four-time Olympic gold medalist

Obstacle and disease

For 11 years, Williams had known of her high-risk tendency to blood clots. In
2011, the tennis ace suffered from her first pulmonary embolism
Life Today
It was also the place where Serena Williams, one of the finest tennis players of all
time, decided to put up the tennis racket and retire. Over an outstanding 27-year
career, Williams has amassed 23 Grand Slam titles and four Olympic Gold Medals,
and she held the No. 1 ranking for a total of 319 weeks.
 Serena Williams' booming business, Serena Ventures, backs a bunch of diverse
companies, such as the weight-loss app Noom, crypto company Nestcoin Holding
Ltd. and nude barre, which produces bodywear for all. She also deals with a
marketing partnership with Cash App.