How old is serena williams 2017

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There is no way I would be at one without her. She is my inspiration, she is the only reason. I am standing here today and the only reason that the Williams sisters exist. In Serena turned pro. Two years later, she was already No. In , Serena won the French Open, the U.

Open, and Wimbledon, defeating sister Venus in the finals of each tournament. She captured her first Australian Open in , making her one of only six women in the Open era to complete a career Grand Slam. The win also fulfilled her desire to hold all four major titles simultaneously to comprise what she'd dubbed "The Serena Slam. Three years later, Serena seemed burned out. Plagued by injuries, and just a general lack of motivation to stay fit or compete at the same level she once had, Serena saw her tennis ranking slump to Serena credited her faith as a Jehovah's Witness, as well as a life-changing journey she made to West Africa, for renewing her pride and competitive fire.

In , she won the U. By , Williams reclaimed her place atop the world's rankings, winning both the Australian Open singles for the fourth time and Wimbledon singles for the third time. She also won the doubles matches at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon that year. Williams made headlines in September , when she blasted a lineswoman for a foot-fault called near the end of a semifinal loss to eventual champion Kim Clijsters at the U.

The profanity-laced outburst included finger pointing and, according to the lineswoman, an alleged threat from Serena against her life. Williams downplayed what happened, refuting the allegation that she'd threatened the woman. But the incident did not go over well with the tennis-viewing public, nor the U. By early , Senena was back on track, winning the Australian Open singles and doubles matches as well as her fourth Wimbledon singles championship.

In , Serena suffered a series of health scares after doctors found a blood clot in one of her lungs, which kept her away from tennis for several months. Following several procedures, including one to remove a hematoma, speculation rose as to whether Williams would retire from the sport. Open before falling to Samantha Stosur in the finals. Williams stumbled badly at the French Open, enduring a first-round loss for the first time at a major tournament.

But she was back in top form in London in July , defeating year-old Agnieszka Radwanska in an emotional three sets to claim her fifth Wimbledon singles title and first major championship in two years. Serena continued her winning streak to her next Grand Slam event.

In September , she beat out rival Victoria Azarenka to take the singles title at the U. I was really preparing my runner-up speech, because I thought, 'Man, she's playing so great. But I don't think I could ever reach something like a Martina Navratilova — I don't think I'd ever play that long — but who knows? I think I'll leave a mark regardless. In June , Serena took her second French Open title — as well as her 16th Grand Slam singles title — in a , victory over defending champion Sharapova.

I think I've always said a champion isn't about how much they win, but it's about how they recover from their downs, whether it's an injury or whether it's a loss. Nearly one month later, Serena competed at Wimbledon, where she suffered a shocking loss , , in the fourth round to Germany's Sabine Lisicki, the No. Her career-best match winning streak over, Serena told Sports Illustrated , "I don't think it's a huge shock. Her ranking has no effect on what she should be.

She should be ranked higher. She just has a super, super game to play well on grass. Open, Serena made a strong showing. She knocked out her younger rival Sloane Stephens in the fourth round before upending Azarenka to clinch the U. It was the second year in a row that the pair had faced off in the finals.

Serena clinched her third straight and sixth overall U. Open singles title in by defeating her good friend Caroline Wozniacki. Her winning ways carried into the new year, as she beat Sharapova to claim the Australian Open championship. At the French Open in June, Serena managed to overcome illness to win the tournament for the third time and claim her 20th Grand Slam singles title, good for third place all-time.

Serena opened by advancing to the Australian Open final, where she lost in three sets to Angelique Kerber. After notching career WTA title No. The American has been sidelined by injury since her withdrawal from her first-round match at Wimbledon and will probably not return to competition in See her ranking history on the WTA website.

Serena Williams is the only player to have won three Grand Slam singles titles after saving match points. She did this at the Australian Open match point saved against Kim Clijsters in the semi-finals , Australian Open match point saved against Maria Sharapova in the semis , and Wimbledon match point saved against Elena Dementieva, also in the semis.

Serena Williams and her sister Venus are the only tennis players in history with four Olympic gold medals. The sisters are also the only female tennis players in the Open Era to win the Olympic Gold in both singles and doubles. Serena claimed the singles gold at the London Games, and the doubles gold with sister Venus at the , and Games.

She also finished runner-up on two occasions — and — and only failed to make it past the round-robin on two other occasions where she did play the tournament. Williams has won the US Open singles title on six occasions , , , , , She won the title in , , , , , and Serena Williams has won the Miami Open — one of the biggest events outside of the four Slams and the season-ending WTA Finals, a record eight times — that is the most by any player, male or female, at the event.

Serena has won nine indoor singles titles in her career. No other player has won as many in the history of the sport in their fourth decade. In fact, no other female player has won more than three Grand Slam singles titles after turning Serena Williams has reached 11 Wimbledon singles finals in her career — the only female player with more in the Open era is Martina Navratilova who reached 12 singles finals at The All England Club.

It remains the highest amount earned in a single season by a player in WTA history.