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Serena Williams Hot Images Biography
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player currently ranked no. 1 in women's singles tennis. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013.[3] She is the only female player to have won over $40 million in prize money.[4]
Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 30 Grand Slam titles ties her for eighth on the all-time list: 15 in singles, 13 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously ('02–'03) and only the fifth woman ever to do so. Her total of 15 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list,[5] and fourth in the open era, behind Steffi Graf (22 titles) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (18 titles each).[5] Among active players, male or female, she holds the most Major titles amid singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She has won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals.[6] Serena Williams is also a three time winner of the WTA Tour Championships[7]
Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in women's singles and three in women's doubles.[8][9]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Playing style
3 Professional career
3.1 1995–98: Professional debut
3.1.1 1999
3.1.2 2000
3.1.3 2001
3.1.4 2002
3.1.5 2003
3.1.6 2004
3.1.7 2005
3.1.8 2006
3.1.9 2007
3.1.10 2008
3.1.11 2009
3.1.12 2010
4 Grand Slam tournaments
4.1 Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
4.2 Grand Slam tournament finals
4.2.1 Singles: 19 (15 titles, 4 runner-ups)
4.2.2 Women's doubles: 13 finals (13 titles)
4.2.3 Mixed doubles: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
4.3 Rivalry with Venus Williams
4.4 Controversies
4.4.1 2004 US Open
4.4.2 2009 US Open
4.4.3 2011 US Open
5 Off-court activities
5.1 Education
5.2 Fashion
5.3 Entertainment
5.4 Miami Dolphins venture
5.5 Charity work
5.6 Writing
5.7 Security
5.8 Personal life
6 Records and achievements
7 Awards
8 Recognition
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
[edit]Early life
Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. She is of African American heritage and is the youngest of Price's five daughters: half-sisters Yetunde (1972–2003), Lyndrea and Isha Price, and full sister Venus.[1] When the children were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where Serena started playing tennis at the age of five.[10] Her father home-schooled Serena and her sister Venus[11] and to this day, Serena Williams was and remains coached by both her parents.[1]
Williams' family moved from Compton to West Palm Beach[12] when she was nine so that she could attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci, who would provide additional coaching. Macci spotted the exceptional talents of the sisters. He did not always agree with Williams' father, but respected that "he treated his daughters like kids, allowed them to be little girls".[13] Richard stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments when Williams was 10, since he wanted them to take it slow and focus on school work. Another motivation was racial, as he had allegedly heard parents of white players talk about the Williams sisters in a derogatory manner during tournaments.[14] At that time, Williams had a 46–3 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked No. 1 among under-10 players in Florida.[15] In 1995, when Serena was in the ninth grade, Richard pulled his daughters out of Macci's academy, and from then on took over all coaching at their home. When asked in 2000 whether having followed the normal path of playing regularly on the junior circuit would have been beneficial, Williams responded: "Everyone does different things. I think for Venus and I, we just tried a different road, and it worked for us."[15]
[edit]Playing style
Williams is primarily a baseline player, with a serve that critics, pundits and tennis experts consider the greatest serve in the history of women's tennis.[16] Her game is built around taking immediate control of rallies with her powerful and consistent serve,[17] return of serve, and forceful groundstrokes from both her forehand and backhand swings. Williams' forehand is considered to be among the most powerful shots in the women's game as is her double-handed backhand. Williams strikes her backhand groundstroke using an open stance, and uses the same open stance for her forehand. Williams's aggressive play, a "high risk" style, is balanced in part by her serve, which combines great power and placement with very high consistency. Her serve has been hit as hard as 129 mph (207.6 km/h), the third-fastest all-time among female players (Venus and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy both recorded the fastest with 130 mph) and is generally considered the greatest female serve of all time. At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Serena hit a tournament record of 102 aces which was more than any of the men hit during the two weeks. [18] Serena also possesses a very solid volley and powerful overhead which is very useful for her net game. Although many think of Williams as only an offensive player, she also plays a strong defensive game.[19]
Serena Williams Hot Images Biography
Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player currently ranked no. 1 in women's singles tennis. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on six separate occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the sixth time on February 18, 2013.[3] She is the only female player to have won over $40 million in prize money.[4]
Regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 30 Grand Slam titles ties her for eighth on the all-time list: 15 in singles, 13 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously ('02–'03) and only the fifth woman ever to do so. Her total of 15 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list,[5] and fourth in the open era, behind Steffi Graf (22 titles) and Chris Evert and Martina Navratilova (18 titles each).[5] Among active players, male or female, she holds the most Major titles amid singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She has won 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals.[6] Serena Williams is also a three time winner of the WTA Tour Championships[7]
Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in women's singles and three in women's doubles.[8][9]
Contents [hide]
1 Early life
2 Playing style
3 Professional career
3.1 1995–98: Professional debut
3.1.1 1999
3.1.2 2000
3.1.3 2001
3.1.4 2002
3.1.5 2003
3.1.6 2004
3.1.7 2005
3.1.8 2006
3.1.9 2007
3.1.10 2008
3.1.11 2009
3.1.12 2010
4 Grand Slam tournaments
4.1 Grand Slam tournament performance timeline
4.2 Grand Slam tournament finals
4.2.1 Singles: 19 (15 titles, 4 runner-ups)
4.2.2 Women's doubles: 13 finals (13 titles)
4.2.3 Mixed doubles: 4 finals (2 titles, 2 runner-ups)
4.3 Rivalry with Venus Williams
4.4 Controversies
4.4.1 2004 US Open
4.4.2 2009 US Open
4.4.3 2011 US Open
5 Off-court activities
5.1 Education
5.2 Fashion
5.3 Entertainment
5.4 Miami Dolphins venture
5.5 Charity work
5.6 Writing
5.7 Security
5.8 Personal life
6 Records and achievements
7 Awards
8 Recognition
9 See also
10 References
11 External links
[edit]Early life
Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. She is of African American heritage and is the youngest of Price's five daughters: half-sisters Yetunde (1972–2003), Lyndrea and Isha Price, and full sister Venus.[1] When the children were young, the family moved to Compton, California, where Serena started playing tennis at the age of five.[10] Her father home-schooled Serena and her sister Venus[11] and to this day, Serena Williams was and remains coached by both her parents.[1]
Williams' family moved from Compton to West Palm Beach[12] when she was nine so that she could attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci, who would provide additional coaching. Macci spotted the exceptional talents of the sisters. He did not always agree with Williams' father, but respected that "he treated his daughters like kids, allowed them to be little girls".[13] Richard stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments when Williams was 10, since he wanted them to take it slow and focus on school work. Another motivation was racial, as he had allegedly heard parents of white players talk about the Williams sisters in a derogatory manner during tournaments.[14] At that time, Williams had a 46–3 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked No. 1 among under-10 players in Florida.[15] In 1995, when Serena was in the ninth grade, Richard pulled his daughters out of Macci's academy, and from then on took over all coaching at their home. When asked in 2000 whether having followed the normal path of playing regularly on the junior circuit would have been beneficial, Williams responded: "Everyone does different things. I think for Venus and I, we just tried a different road, and it worked for us."[15]
[edit]Playing style
Williams is primarily a baseline player, with a serve that critics, pundits and tennis experts consider the greatest serve in the history of women's tennis.[16] Her game is built around taking immediate control of rallies with her powerful and consistent serve,[17] return of serve, and forceful groundstrokes from both her forehand and backhand swings. Williams' forehand is considered to be among the most powerful shots in the women's game as is her double-handed backhand. Williams strikes her backhand groundstroke using an open stance, and uses the same open stance for her forehand. Williams's aggressive play, a "high risk" style, is balanced in part by her serve, which combines great power and placement with very high consistency. Her serve has been hit as hard as 129 mph (207.6 km/h), the third-fastest all-time among female players (Venus and Brenda Schultz-McCarthy both recorded the fastest with 130 mph) and is generally considered the greatest female serve of all time. At the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Serena hit a tournament record of 102 aces which was more than any of the men hit during the two weeks. [18] Serena also possesses a very solid volley and powerful overhead which is very useful for her net game. Although many think of Williams as only an offensive player, she also plays a strong defensive game.[19]
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