Biography for serena williams
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Serena Williams
American tennis player (born 1981)
Williams at the 2013 US Open | |
| Full name | Serena Jameka Williams |
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| Country (sports) | United States |
| Residence | Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.[1] |
| Born | (1981-09-26) September 26, 1981 (age 43) Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)[1] |
| Turned pro | October 1995 |
| Retired | September 2022 |
| Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
| Prize money | US$94,816,730[2] |
| Official website | www.serenawilliams.com |
| Career record | 858–156 |
| Career titles | 73 (5th in overall rankings) |
| Highest ranking | No. 1 (July 8, 2002) |
| Australian Open | W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017) |
| French Open | W (2002, 2013, 2015) |
| Wimbledon | W (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) |
| US Open | W (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014) |
| Grand Slam Cup | W (1999) |
| Tour Finals | W • Serena Williams holds the most major singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles combined among all active tennis players. Her father, Richard Williams, a former sharecropper from Louisiana determined to see his two youngest girls succeed, used books and videos to instruct Serena and Venus on how to play the game. Serena began practicing at three years old on a court near her home in Compton, California. Williams became a professional tennis player in 1995 and won the French Open, the U.S. Open, and Wimbledon in 2002, defeating Venus in the finals of each tournament. She won her first Australian Open in 2003, making her one of only six women in the Open era to complete a Career Grand Slam. In 2008, she won the U.S. Open and teamed with Venus to capture a second women’s doubles Olympic gold medal at the Beijing Games. Williams is also the only professional tennis player to accomplish a Career Golden Slam in singles & doubles. In December 2015 she was na • Considered the greatest women’s tennis player of all time, and perhaps the greatest athlete of all time, Serena Williams has revolutionized women’s tennis since the 1990s. With 23 Grand Slam titles, Williams rose from the public courts of Compton, California to shatter records and dominate the field. Serena Jameka Williams was born to parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. Williams is the youngest of Price's five daughters, who include fellow tennis superstar Venus Williams. Richard Williams, a former sharecropper from Louisiana, was determined that daughters Serena and Venus would succeed in life. Seeing opportunity in tennis, he and Oracene taught themselves the game from books and videos so that they could coach their children. Richard moved the family to Compton, California, where Williams began intensive tennis training with her father and older sister around the age of three. The Williams sisters practiced for hours every day o |