Serena Williams
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US Open meltdown: Serena Williams faces million dollar fineMelbourne, Nov.27 : American tennis star Serena Williams faces the possibility of being fined a million dollars for her ugly US Open meltdown. Industry sources indicated the International Tennis Federation''s Grand Slam committee was... In this article: Serena Williams, US Open, Australian Open, Wimbledon, and Fox Sports |
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Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on four separate occasions; as of July 27, 2009, she is ranked World No. 2. She is the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon singles champion and has won 23 Grand Slam titles: 11 in singles, ten in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. In addition, she has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles. She also has won more Grand Slam titles than any other active female player and has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. In 2005, Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player in 40 years.
Williams breached the top ten on the WTA world rankings for the first time in 1999 when she won several tournaments, including her first Grand Slam victory at the US Open at the age of 17. Between 2002 and 2003, Williams won five of the six Grand Slam events she entered, becoming the fifth woman in history to hold all four Grand Slam titles simultaneously. She became the World No. 1 for the first time in July 2002.
- Birth Date:
- September 26, 1981
- Birthplace:
- Saginaw, Michigan, U.S.
- Residence:
- Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
- Highest Ranking - Singles:
- No. 1 (8 July 2002)
- Highest Ranking - Doubles:
- No. 3 (September 14, 2009)
- Career Record - Doubles:
- 135–18 (87.3%)
- Wimbledon Results:
- W (2002, 2003, 2009)
- French Open Results:
- W (2002)
- Fench Open Results (Doubles):
- W (1999)
- Australian Open Results:
- W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009)
- Australian Open Results (Doubles):
- W (2001, 2003, 2009)
- US Open Results (Doubles):
- W (1999, 2009)
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