Serena Williams - professional tennis player

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and now ranked World No. 2 in singles and No. 5 in doubles with sister Venus Williams. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five part occasions. She is measured to be one of the greatest women's tennis players of all time in a profession hampered from numerous injuries. She regains this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She became the World No. 1 for the primary time on July 8, 2002. On July 3, 2010, she becomes 6th on the all time greatest champions list. Williams is the reign champion in together singles and women's doubles at the Australian Open, the reigning singles champion at Wimbledon, and in women's doubles at the French Open.

Williams has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles. Williams has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. Williams is the younger sister of past World No. 1 Venus Williams. They have played every other in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 13 of these matches as of October 2009. As of July 2009, they have meet in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six times. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, they meet in all four Grand Slam singles finals, the first time in the open era that the same two players had contest four successive Grand Slam finals. The join up have won 12 Grand Slam double titles together.

Date of birth	September 26, 1981
Place of birth	Saginaw, Michigan
Country	United States
Height	1.78 m
Weight	78kg
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 33,773,004