Serena Williams is an American professional tennis player who, as of 2017, has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles. She has also earned three Olympic gold medals in women’s doubles and one Olympic gold medal in women’s singles.

Serena Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan, United States. Her full name is Serena Jameka Williams. She lives in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States, together with her sister Venus Williams. Her father, Richard Williams, is also her coach, while her mother, Oracene Price, is a tennis coach as well. Her parents divorced in 2002. She has siblings named Venus Williams, Yetunde Price, Isha Price, Lyndrea Price, Richard Williams III, Dylan Starr Williams, and Ronner Williams.

Over the years, her numerous victories and championships have made her one of the most successful and important tennis players of modern times. Her sister Venus Williams is also a professional tennis player.

Serena Williams began playing professional tennis at the age of 14 on September 24, 1995. In 1999, she won her first Grand Slam title at the US Open. On January 25, 2003, she won the Australian Open tennis championship.

In 2005, a world-renowned tennis magazine ranked her as the 17th greatest player of the last 40 years. Entering professional tennis at a young age alongside her sister Venus Williams, she quickly became world number one and the highest-paid female athlete in the world.

In June 2013, she defeated Maria Sharapova in the final of the French Open and claimed the Grand Slam title at Roland Garros for the first time in 11 years.

Serena Williams married internet entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian on November 16, 2017. The couple has a daughter named Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr. (born September 1, 2017).

As a fashion designer, Serena Williams owns her own clothing brand named Aneres, which is her name spelled backward.

In 2007, Forbes Magazine announced that her annual earnings were 14 million dollars.

In 2014, at the season’s first Grand Slam tournament, the Australian Open, Serena Williams was defeated by Serbian player Ana Ivanovic in women’s singles. She won the Australian Open titles in 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010. After not competing in 2011, she was eliminated in the fourth round in 2012 by Russian player Ekaterina Makarova and in the quarterfinals in 2013 by American player Sloane Stephens. In 2015, she defeated Maria Sharapova in the final to win the championship.

In 2017, while pregnant, Serena Williams competed in the Australian Open and won the women’s singles title by defeating her sister Venus Williams in the final.

After giving birth to her daughter on September 1, 2017, Serena Williams decided not to participate in the Australian Open that began on January 15, 2018, as she was not ready to return.

She withdrew from the Madrid Open held between May 4–17, 2018, due to injury. After returning to the courts in March 2018 following childbirth and playing only four matches, her world ranking dropped to 449.

On September 7, 2018, Serena Williams reached the women’s singles final of the 2018 season’s last Grand Slam tournament, the US Open, held in New York City, United States, where she faced Naomi Osaka. On September 8, 2018, she finished as runner-up after losing to Naomi Osaka in the final.

Books:
2004 – How to Play Tennis (with her sister Venus Williams)

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