Serena Williams Biography

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and the current World number 1 ranked female player. She has been ranked [list of WTA number 1 ranked players|World number 1] by the [Women's Tennis Association] (WTA) on five separate occasions. She regained this ranking for the fifth time in her career on the November 2, 2009. She is the reigning champion in both singles and women's doubles at the [Australian Open] and [The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon] and in doubles at the [US Open (tennis)|US Open]. In total, she has won 25 [Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam] titles: 12 in singles, 11 in women's doubles and 2 in mixed doubles. In addition, she has won two [Olympic gold medals] in women's doubles.[3] 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.[4]

Williams reached 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 Number 1 for the first time in July 2002.

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