Serena Williams

Serena Williams Timeline July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 February 2010 January 2010 November 2009 October 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009

Country: United States of America Birthdate: September 26, 1981 Birthplace: Saginaw, MI, USA Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, FL, USA

Height: 5' 9" (1.75 m) Weight: 150 lbs. (68 kg)

Current WTA Singles Rank: 1 Current WTA Singles Points: 7,895	Current WTA Doubles Rank: 2 Current WTA Doubles Points: 8,190
Tennis Equipment: Wilson KBlade Team rackets, Nike Air Max Smash shoes, Nike clothing

Profile

Serena Jameka Williams is the current World No. 1 tennis player. She has been ranked No. 1 by WTA on five separate occasions. Serena Williams has won 23 Grand Slam titles: 11 in women's singles, ten in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. In addition, she has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles in 2000 and 2008. Serena Williams 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. Williams reached the top ten on the WTA world rankings for the first time in 1999 when she won 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.

Williams had a knee tendon surgery in 2003 and this ended Serena Williams' domination. She returned back on the tour in 2004 and her results were noticeably less consistent than previously. She won her next Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2005, her first in 18 months. However she could play only 13 tounaments in the next two years as she stuggled with a string of injuries. Her standing in the world rankings suffered as a result as she was ranked World No. 140 in July 2006, leading to widespread speculation that she had passed her peak. However, Serena won another Grand Slam title at the Australian Open in 2007, despite being ranked World Number 81 at the time. Williams returned to the top ten later that year and has since competed in every Grand Slam event. She became the World No. 1 for the first time in five years in September 2008, lost the ranking to Dinara Safina in April 2009, but regained the title after a win at the China Open in October 2009.

Serena Williams is the younger sister Venus Williams, who was a World No. 1 WTA player. The sisters have played each other in 21 professional matches dating back to 1998, with Serena winning 11 matches played between them as of July 2009. Their meeting in the final of the 2001 US Open was the first Grand Slam final contested by two sisters in the open era. As of July 2009, they have met in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six of those. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, the sisters met in all four Grand Slam finals, the first time in the open era that the same two players had contested four consecutive Grand Slam finals.

2010

French Open 2010
Serena Williams entered the French Open grand slam as the No. 1 seed. She defeated Stefanie Voegele, Julia Goerges, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Shahar Peer to reach the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, Serena Williams lost to the eventual finalist Samantha Stosur 2-6, 7-6(2), 6-8. She won the doubles title partnering sister Venus Williams. They defeated Kveta Peschke and Katarina Srebotnik 6-2, 6-3 in the final.

Wimbledon 2010
Serena Williams was seeded No. 1 at Wimbledon 2010 where she is also the defending champion. In the first round, Serena beat Michelle Larcher De Brito of Portugal 6-0, 6-4. With this win, Serena has improved her record to 43-0 in the first round at Grand Slam tournaments. She has never lost a first round match in the Grand Slam tournaments in her career. Serena beat Anna Chakvetadze and Dominika Cibulkova in straight sets to advance to the fourth round. She beat No. 16 seed Maria Sharapova 7-6(9), 6-4 to reach the quarterfinal. Serena Williams beat No. 9 seed Na Li of China 7-5, 6-3 in the quarterfinal. Serena beat Petra Kvitova 7-6(5), 6-2 to reach the Wimbledon final. In the final, she beat No. 21 seed Vera Zvonareva of Russia 6-3, 6-2 to win her fourth Wimbledon title. This is also Serena's 13th Grand Slam title.

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Wimbledon 2010

She reached the final defeating Petra Kvitova 7-6 (7-5), 6-2. Serena Williams won the Wimbledon 2010 Women's Singles title defeating Vera Zvonareva 6-3, 6-2.

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Serena Williams in 2010

Women's Singles

Date	Tournament	Result
January 16	Medibank International Sydney 2010	Runner-up
January 30	Australian Open 2010	Winner
May 07	Internazionali BNL d'Italia 2010	Semifinals
May 12	Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open 2010	Third Round
June 02	French Open 2010	Quarterfinals
July 03	Wimbledon 2010	Winner

Women's Doubles

Month	Tournament	Partner	Result
January 29	Australian Open 2010	Venus Williams	Winner
May 15	Mutua Madrilena Madrid Open 2010	Venus Williams	Winner
June 04	French Open 2010	Venus Williams	Winner
June 30	Wimbledon 2010	Venus Williams	Quarterfinals

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Ranking and Points History

Serena Williams Titles

Partial list of titles won by Serena Williams

Year	Tournaments
2009	Wimbledon
2008	US Open
2003	Wimbledon
2002	French Open, Wimbledon, US Open
1999	US Open

Serena Williams Finalist

Partial list of tournaments where Serena Williams is the finalist.

Year	Tournaments
2008	Wimbledon
2004	Wimbledon
2001	US Open