2012 Serena Williams tennis season - wikipedia 2012 Serena Williams tennis season 2012 Serena Williams tennis season Serena Williams at the Wimbledon Championships Name Serena Jameka Williams Country United States Calendar prize money $7,045,975 Singles Season record 58 -- 4 ( 93.55 % ) Calendar titles 7 Year - end ranking No. 3 Ranking change from previous year 9 Grand Slam results Australian Open 4R French Open 1R Wimbledon US Open Tour Finals Olympic Games Gold Medal Doubles Season record 13 -- 1 ( 92.86 % ) Calendar titles Year - end ranking No. 35 Ranking change from previous year NR Grand Slam Doubles results Wimbledon US Open 3R Olympic Games Gold Medal Mixed Doubles Season record 0 -- 1 ( 0.0 % ) Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results French Open 1R Fed Cup Fed Cup WG Play - offs ( Adv. to 2013 WG ) Last updated on : 29 October 2012. Main article : Serena Williams The 2012 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 2 January with the start of the 2012 WTA Tour. Williams won the most WTA singles titles of the season with seven titles which included two grand slam titles at Wimbledon and the US Open. She also won the WTA Championships and her first singles Olympics gold. She suffered her first first round loss in a slam at the French Open losing to Virginie Razzano. In doubles, Williams, partnering with sister Venus, dominated the grass court season by triumphing at Wimbledon and winning women 's doubles gold medal at the Summer Olympics. Serena Williams was voted WTA Player of the Year for 2012, the fourth time she has won this award. Based on her brilliant show in 2012, Serena was named as International Tennis Federation world champion. Contents 1 Year in detail 1.1 Early hard court season and Australian Open 1.1. 1 Brisbane International 1.1. 2 Australian Open 1.1. 3 Sony Ericsson Open 1.2 Clay court season and French Open 1.2. 1 Family Circle Cup 1.2. 2 Mutua Madrid Open 1.2. 3 Internazionali BNL d'Italia 1.2. 4 French Open 1.3 Grass court season : Wimbledon Championships and the Olympics 1.3. 1 Wimbledon Championships 1.3. 2 London Olympics 1.4 US Open Series 1.4. 1 Bank of the West Classic 1.4. 2 Western & Southern Open 1.4. 3 US Open 1.5 WTA Tour Championships 1.6 Fed Cup 2 All matches 2.1 Singles matches 2.2 Doubles matches 2.3 Mixed Doubles matches 3 Tournament schedule 3.1 Singles schedule 3.2 Doubles schedule 3.3 Mixed Doubles schedule 4 Yearly records 4.1 Head - to - head matchups 4.2 Finals 4.2. 1 Singles : 7 ( 7 -- 0 ) 4.2. 2 Doubles : 2 ( 2 -- 0 ) 4.3 Earnings 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Year in detail Early hard court season and Australian Open Brisbane International Williams began her 2012 season at the Brisbane International where she defeated Chanelle Scheepers in the first round in straight sets. At the second round, she faced Bojana Jovanovski and served for the match when she twisted her left ankle. She eventually won the match breaking the Serbians serve in the tenth game. However, the next day, she withdrew in her quarterfinals match against Daniela Hantuchová due to the same injury. Australian Open Williams then played the Australian Open where she was on a 14 - match winning streak after winning the event in 2009 and 2010 but missing the 2011 edition. She was able to cruise pass the first three rounds. She beat Austrian Tamira Paszek in straight sets hitting 34 winners but also made 26 unforced error, in a first round match that started 30 minutes to 12 midnight. At the second round, she defeated Barbora Záhlavová - Strýcová winning the first set at love and breaking serve once and by doing so, she earned her 500th tour win. She then cruise pass Hungarian Gréta Arn with a loss of only 2 games to make through the fourth round. The match ended with 2 double faults and 59 minutes. At the fourth round, she suffered a surprising loss to Russian Ekaterina Makarova at the fourth match point of the Russian. At the time, Makarova was the lowest ranked player left in the draw. Williams hit 37 unforced errors and 7 double faults in 2 sets. The loss ended her 17 match winning streak at the Open. She originally was set to participate in mixed doubles partnering with Andy Roddick. The team withdrew before their first round match due to Roddick 's hamstring injury. Sony Ericsson Open Serena Williams at the Sony Ericsson Open. Coming into the Sony Ericsson Open, Williams was attempting to break the record she shares with Steffi Graf of 5 titles and 7 finals at the event. She was also returning after a two - year hiatus with the 2009 edition was the latest edition she participated in. As the tenth seed, she received a bye in the first round. In the second round, she faced China 's Zhang Shuai and won easily with 6 aces. She followed it up with a loss of only three games over Roberta Vinci. In the fourth round, she faced Samantha Stosur. Avenging her loss at the final of the 2011 US Open, she beat the Australian in two tight sets, while also serving 20 aces in the win, the most aces she has served in a match. Coming into her quarterfinals match - up against Caroline Wozniacki, she was the favorite as she had never lost to the Dane with a 3 -- 0 record. However, she lost winning four games in both sets in an error - stricken match where she committed 34 winners and 36 unforced errors to Wozniacki 's 12 winners and 13 unforced errors. Clay court season and French Open Family Circle Cup Williams started her clay season campaign at the Family Circle Cup, having not played on clay since the 2010 French Open. As the fifth seed, she received a bye in the first round. In the second round, she faced Elena Vesnina and won with a break lead in each set, closing out the match win her 11th ace. In the next round, she faced New Zealand 's Marina Erakovic and won with a double fault from Erakovic and with Serena winning 10 of the last 12 games. In her quarterfinals match, her opponent, Sabine Lisicki, had to retire after twisting her left ankle at 3rd game. In the semifinals, she faced Samantha Stosur whom just outlasted Venus Williams in her quarterfinals match. Williams dominated the match with a double breadstick win in just under an hour and breaking the Aussie five times. In the final, she met Lucie Šafářová for her first title of 2012. Williams dominated the match winning the first 9 games before the Czech got a game to avoid a double bagel defeat, it was the only game the Czech won in the match. With the win, she remained undefeated against the Czech. This was Williams ' 40th singles title, second on Charleston and only her fourth on clay. Mutua Madrid Open Williams then played at the blue clay courts of the Mutua Madrid Open. In the first round she met Russian Elena Vesnina and won with 13 aces and 40 winners. In the second round she faced another Russian in Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and swept pass the Russian with a straight sets victory. She then faced Caroline Wozniacki. Having lost their last match - up at Miami, a sluggish start from Williams looked similar to Miami as Wozniacki won the first set easily losing only one game. However, Williams avenged her loss at Miami and got back, winning the next two sets with 43 winners. In the quarterfinals she faced her third Russian opponent in the tournament, Maria Sharapova, with whom she had a 7 -- 2 lead against Sharapova. Williams continued her streak with a victory and 11 aces. In the semifinals she ended the run of Czech qualifier, Lucie Hradecká. The first set was a tight contest with Williams edging Hradecká in the tie - break. The second set was a contrast with Williams winning with a bagel. In the final, she faced world no. 1, Victoria Azarenka, and dominated the match losing only four games in the victory. Williams hit 13 aces in the match and she also improved her record against Belorussian to 7 -- 1. This was her 41st title putting her second in most titles among active players along with Kim Clijsters and behind her sister, Venus Williams, with 43. The win also moved her from 9th to 6th in the rankings. Internazionali BNL d'Italia Williams and Bob Bryan during their mixed doubles match pairing at the French Open. Williams then played the Internazionali BNL d'Italia for her final preparation for the French Open. In the first round, she faced Kazakhstan 's Galina Voskoboeva for the first time and won with 24 winners in a late match that started at 10.30 PM. In the next round, she faced a tough match - up in the form of Nadia Petrova where their last four meetings went to deciding set. Williams led their head - to - head 6 -- 3, but Petrova won their last 2 meetings. In the first set, the Russian edged it out winning it with a single break. In the second set being down triple break point on serve in the third game, Williams came back and took control of the match winning the final two sets. In the third round she defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues in straight sets. In the quarterfinals she faced Italian Flavia Pennetta but had an easy pass as Pennetta retired after being down 4 -- 0, 40 -- 0 on Williams serve due to a right wrist injury. Heading into the semifinals Williams led her opponent Li Na 5 -- 1. However, Williams was forced to withdraw with a lower back injury as a precaution heading into the French Open. French Open Williams came to the French Open as the heavy favorite for the title. In the first round, the fifth seeded Williams was drawn against local player ranked 111th in the world, Virginie Razzano. She, surprisingly, lost to the Frenchwoman in three sets, marking the first time she lost in a grandslam opener in her career. Williams was two points away from victory nine times in the second set including leading 5 -- 1 in the tiebreak. However, she failed to capitalize her chances and Razzano took the set and forced a third set to be played. Razzano quickly took control of the third set and, even though Williams managed to save seven match points, she fell to Razzano. Williams also returned to mixed doubles competition for the first time since the 1999 Australian Open. She played with Bob Bryan and was drawn against Gisela Dulko and Eduardo Schwank in the first round. The pair lost to the Argentinians in a third set match tie - break. Grass court season : Wimbledon Championships and the Olympics Wimbledon Championships Williams won both the singles and doubles title for the first time since the 2010 Australian Open. Williams ' came into the championships as a co-favorite with world no. 1 and top seed Maria Sharapova. Williams chose to come into the championships with no grass preparation. In the first round, she faced Barbora Záhlavová - Strýcová in No. 2 Court, where older sister Venus fell the day before. After her first - round loss at the French Open, Williams looked nervous but still cruised through the first set, winning it with a double break. In the second set, she served for the match in the ninth game just to be broken, but she was able to break back in the next game to win. Her next opponent was Melinda Czink of Hungary ; the American breezed pass the Hungarian with 7 aces to take the first set in 19 minutes. The second set was tighter, but Williams prevailed, breaking in the ninth game and then serving it out to advanced to the third round against China 's Zheng Jie. Zheng kept toe - to - toe with Williams by holding her serve to force a tie - break, which Zheng won with the aid of a few errors from the American. However, Williams dominated the second set, winning it at two including winning the final 13 points of the set to force it to a decider. Both player kept their serve until the 4th game where Williams had to save 3 break points. The match went on serve until Williams broke in the 14th game and served it out. Williams also recorded 23 aces in the match, which was the most aces in a match by a female tennis player, breaking her own record of 20 aces which she set in her semifinal match against Elena Dementieva in Wimbledon 2009. Her next opponent was the first woman ever to score a ' Golden Set ' in a Grand Slam event in the Open Era, Wild Card Yaroslava Shvedova of Kazakhstan. Williams dominated the first set, taking the first five games before Shvedova took a game, Williams eventually won the set. However, Shvedova came back in the second set, breaking the Williams serve twice to take the second. The third set came on serve until the tenth game, where Williams ' broke and served out for the match on her first match point. In the quarterfinals, Williams faced defending champion Petra Kvitová. In the first set, Williams took the only break of the set at the sixth game and eventually took the set. The second set was tighter as Kvitová had set point at tenth game on the Williams serve ; however, Williams saved it and broke in the next game to serve it out and advance to the semifinals. In the semifinals, she faced 2012 Australian Open champion Victoria Azarenka. Williams took care of the first set, winning it with a single break. In the second set, Williams broke early at the third game ; however, the Belorussian broke back in the sixth game, as both players held serve to push the second set into a tie - break, which Williams won with her 24th ace in her second match point and first on her own serve. Williams broke her own record set in the third round of 23 aces. It was her fifth win in a row against Azarenka. Williams ' opponent in the final was first - time Slam finalist Agnieszka Radwańska. Williams dominated the first set, winning it, winning the first five games and closing it out in the seventh game. Williams led by a break against the Polish no. 3 seed before a rain - delay. In the resumption of the match, Radwańska took advantage of a sloppy Williams, coming back and winning the set. In the final and deciding set, Williams took the final five games to take the match. It was Williams ' fifth Wimbledon singles title, tying her with sister Venus ; this is also her 14th Slam singles title and her first since 2010 Wimbledon. She also recorded 102 aces in the entire tournament, the most of any men and women. After the win she moved to number 4 in rankings. After she won the Wimbledon singles title, former world no. 1 John McEnroe described Williams as the greatest female player who has ever played the game. Serena Williams also played doubles with sister Venus. The sisters were playing in their first doubles tournament since Wimbledon 2010. In the first round, they cruised past Vesna Dolonc and Olga Savchuk. In the second round they faced the Russian pairing and 4th seeds Nadia Petrova and Maria Kirilenko ; the Williams sisters lost the first, but came back to take the second. The match was postponed once and was suspended twice ; the match continued 3 days after the completion of the first two sets ; the Russians took a 4 -- 2 lead, but the American broke back and won the match. Later that same day, they played Bethanie Mattek - Sands and Sania Mirza and won. In their quarterfinal match, they faced compatriots Raquel Kops - Jones and Abigail Spears, dominating them by winning with a double breadstick. In the semifinals, they faced another American pairing, top seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond ; after losing the first set, they came back and dominated the next two. In the final they faced the Czech pairing and 2011 French Open champions Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká and won, claiming their fifth Wimbledon doubles and 13th slam as a team. London Olympics Williams won the singles medal after dominating the women 's singles field at the Summer Olympics with the loss of just 17 games. She completed the Career Golden Slam in singles ; making her only the second woman to do so after Steffi Graf. Williams then came back to Wimbledon, one month after winning the title to represent the United States in the Olympics. In the first round she faced former number one Jelena Janković and won the match in just 61 minutes. She served 8 aces and did not face a single break point. She then competed against Poland 's Urszula Radwańska in the second round. Williams won the first set with a break, and won the second set with a single break. Williams served 8 aces and had 26 winners in her one - hour - and - 13 - minute victory. Her third round match was a repeat of the 2010 Wimbledon Championships final, as she faced Vera Zvonareva. The American dominated the Russian as she won the first five games before the Russian won a game. Williams then won the last seven games to win the match in just 51 minutes. In the quarterfinals, she faced former number one Caroline Wozniacki of Denmark. Williams dominated the proceedings winning the first eight games before the Dane stopped her fifteen - game winning streak and won the ninth game of the match. However, Wozniacki could not break Williams ' serve and the American closed out the match in 77 minutes. In the semifinals, she faced world number one Victoria Azarenka for the third time in 2012. Despite Azarenka 's number one ranking, Williams dominated the match winning one and two and served 16 aces and did not face a single break point. In the final she faced Russian Maria Sharapova for the gold medal. Williams dominated the match taking the first nine games in just 45 minutes before her Russian opponent won a game. Williams then took the next three games to win for her 8th consecutive win against Sharapova. Williams served ten aces and two double faults to Sharapova 's one and five. Williams also hit 24 winners to 7 unforced errors compared to Sharapova 's six winners, and ten unforced errors. This win gave Serena a Career Golden Slam in Singles, only the second woman to do so. Serena paired with sister Venus at the London Olympics in Women 's Doubles, they are the defending champion from winning in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In the first round, they defeated the Romanian pairing of Sorana Cîrstea and Simona Halep. They then won their next matches against German 5th seeds Angelique Kerber and Sabine Lisicki and the second seeds Italians Roberta Vinci and Sara Errani. In the medal rounds they faced the Russian pairing of Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova who were the third seeds and won with a break lead in each set. In the final they defeated 4th seeds Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká of the Czech Republic at four in each set for the Gold Medal. This is the third Gold Medal in doubles for Serena and Venus making the sisters the only players to have won four gold medals in tennis. Venus won the Singles Gold Medal in 2000 in Sydney, Serena won the Singles Gold Medal in 2012 in London and they won the Doubles Gold Medals in 2000 in Sydney, 2008 in Beijing and 2012 in London. Serena has a Golden Slam in singles and doubles and is the only player with that distinction. US Open series Bank of the west classic Williams played Stanford directly after winning Wimbledon. Williams is coming in the tournament as the defending champion and top seed. She received a bye in the first round and faced American wild card Nicole Gibbs in the second round, despite looking sluggish due to jet - lag, the 14 - time slam champion came through comfortably. In the quarterfinals she faced Chanelle Scheepers, the first set Williams ' broke the South African 's serve three times, while being broken twice herself and took the set. The second set was a lot easier, Williams took it without losing a game. She then faced Sorana Cîrstea, despite serving only 37 % of first serves in, she routed the Romanian losing only 3 games. In the final she faced Lucky Loser Coco Vandeweghe, the first lucky loser to reach the final in 5 years. This also the first All - American final since the WTA Tour Championships in 2009. Williams took an early break lead in the first set but struggled serving on the sun and fell down with Vandeweghe serving for the set and had a set point but Williams came back to win the set in the twelfth game. Williams took an early break in the 4th game of the second set with a double fault from Vandeweghe and took the set and the title. WESTERN & SOUTHERN Open After her Olympics victory, Williams then played at Cincinnati as her warm - up to the US Open. She received a bye into the second round, where she faced Greek player Eleni Daniilidou and won in straights despite making 44 unforced errors She then faced Urszula Radwańska in the round of 16 and took the first set after breaking late in the set. The second set saw Williams down a double break until she took the next 6 games to book her quarterfinal spot. In the quarterfinals she faced German Angelique Kerber, but lost at four in both sets after Kerber converted in her 3rd match point. This loss ended the American 's third longest winning streak of 19 wins. US Open Williams won her 15th slam of her career at the US Open. Williams came into the US Open trying to be the only third woman after Steffi Graf and sister Venus Williams to win Wimbledon - Olympics - US Open in the same year. She was the 4th seed in the event. In the first round she face compatriot Coco Vandeweghe and won in under an hour with Vandeweghe only managing to hold serve and break only once in the match. She then faced María José Martínez Sánchez in the next round, Williams won the first set quite comfortably, however in the second set she fell down by an early break until she came back and won the set. In the third round she faced the woman who beat her in the fourth round of the Australian Open this year Ekaterina Makarova, the first set was toe - to - toe and was on serve until Williams broke in the tenth game of the first set to take it, the American then won the second set in a bagel. In the next round Williams faced Andrea Hlaváčková, and won without dropping a game, earning her first double bagel in the US Open. Williams hit 31 winners to only 7 unforced errors. In the quarterfinals, she faced former number 1 Ana Ivanovic, where Williams saw her 23 - game winning streak ended when Ivanovic won the 4th game of the first set. However, Williams cruised passed the Serbian winning the match in just 58 minutes. In the semifinals, the 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani was awaiting. Errani did n't take a game until the sixth game of the match, with Williams closing it out the set in the next game. In the second set, the American broke the Italian twice to serve it out and advance to the Final. Williams did n't face a single break point in the match. In her sixth final, she faced world no. 1 and first time US Open finalist Victoria Azarenka. Williams lead their head - to - head 9 -- 1. The first set saw the Serena Williams of the tournament and won the set with a double break by breaking the Azarenka serve. However, in the second set Azarenka broke in the very first game and took advantage winning the set. They then headed to the first 3 - set women 's final since 1995. Azarenka then took an early break advantage just to see Williams break right back. Azarenka however broke in the 7th game of the second set and held to serve for the title in the tenth game, but just to get broken. Azarenka then was serving to stay in the match at the twelfth game and was up 40 -- 30 but got broken to hand the title to Williams. This is Williams ' 4th US Open and 15th Slam. Serena Williams also played doubles with sister Venus. In the first two - round they faced the team of Lindsay Lee - Waters and Megan Moulton - Levy, and the team of 15th seeds Klaudia Jans - Ignacik and Kristina Mladenovic. They won against the two teams in the same scoreline. In the third round they faced 4th seeds Maria Kirilenko and Nadia Petrova for the third time in the year. The Russian team gave the upset of the Women 's doubles defeating the Williams Sisters. WTA Tour Championships Williams ' came into the WTA Championships with no warm - up events having withdrawn from the Asian Swing. Williams ended in the red group with Victoria Azarenka, Angelique Kerber and Li Na. She played the first match of the tournament facing Kerber, to whom she lost their last encounter. Williams took the first three - game then lead but was pegged back by the German by taking the next 3 games. Williams then broke Kerber to take the set. Williams then took the last 5 games of the match to take the second set and the match. Williams made 26 winners and 20 unforced errors in the match. Her next opponent was China 's Li. The match began with Williams breaking Li 's serve. However Li was quick to strike back reeling off four games only to see Williams comeback to take four straight games herself. In the next four games the two traded breaks to send the set into a tie - breaker. Williams won it with ease. The second began by Li breaking WIlliams only to see Williams again reel off four games. The rest of the set went on serve until Williams closed out the match. Williams ended with 22 winners and 31 unforced errors in the match. In her final Round Robin match it was a rematch of the 2012 US Open finals against Azarenka. The match began with seven straight holds of serve until Williams broke in the ninth game just to broken back but Williams broke again when Azarenka double - fauled to give away the set. Azarenka began the second by reeling of three straight games. However she was unable to hold on as Williams won four straight games herself. Williams broke Azarenka in the tenth game to take the match with a double - fault. Williams have now improved her record against Azarenka to 11 -- 1 and advancing into semifinals as the Red Groups top player with a 3 -- 0 match win record and without the loss of a set. In the semifinals Williams ' faced world no. 4 Agnieszka Radwańska. Williams reeled off an eight - game winning streak from the 4th game in the first set. Williams won the match and was accompanied by 39 winners. In the final, Williams faced Maria Sharapova in a rematch of the 2004 WTA Tour Championships. The first set was close with Williams winning the set 6 -- 4. Williams started the first set by breaking the Sharapova serve and then broke Sharapova again to win the match. Williams did n't face a single break points and made 40 winners -- 14 unforced errors to Sharapova 's 13 -- 12 Williams also made 11 aces in the match. This is Williams ' third Year - End title and is the oldest woman to hold win the title. This win also meant that she has won the most titles in the season with 7. Williams playing for the first time a Fed Cup tie outside US since 1999. Fed Cup Williams ' represented her team for their World Group II match against Belarus. This is the first time that Serena is playing Fed Cup since 2007. In her first rubber she faced Olga Govortsova and won in two sets. In her second rubber she faced Anastasia Yakimova, she struggled in the first set, however Williams ' came back winning the last two sets easily. This win secured the United States Fed Cup team a spot in the 2012 Fed Cup World Group Play - offs. She then represented the US Fed Cup Team at the World Group Play - offs against Ukraine. This is the first time since 1999 that she represented Fed Cup outside of the United States. In both her rubbers she defeated Elina Svitolina and Lesia Tsurenko. With her teammates Christina McHale winning both her ties, and Liezel Huber and Sloane Stephens winning the doubles, the US Fed Cup team swept Ukraine 5 -- 0 to advance to the 2013 Fed Cup World Group. All matches Singles matches Tournament Match Round Opponent Rank Result Score Brisbane International Brisbane, Australia WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 1 -- 9 January 2012 601 1R Chanelle Scheepers # 38 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 3 602 2R Bojana Jovanovski # 76 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 4 -- QF Daniela Hantuchová # 24 Withdrew N / A Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16 -- 29 January 2012 603 1R Tamira Paszek # 45 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 604 2R Barbora Záhlavová - Strýcová # 49 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 4 605 3R Gréta Arn # 92 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 606 4R Ekaterina Makarova # 56 Loss 2 -- 6, 3 -- 6 Fed Cup WG II : United States vs. Belarus Massachusetts, United States Fed Cup Hard, indoor February 4 -- 5, 2012 607 -- Olga Govortsova # 97 Win 7 -- 5, 6 -- 0 608 -- Anastasiya Yakimova # 65 Win 5 -- 7, 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 Sony Ericsson Open Miami, United States WTA Premier Mandatory Hard, outdoor 19 March -- 1 April 2012 -- 1R Bye 609 2R Zhang Shuai # 171 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 3 610 3R Roberta Vinci # 21 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 611 4R Samantha Stosur # 5 Win 7 -- 5, 6 -- 3 612 QF Caroline Wozniacki # 6 Loss 4 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Family Circle Cup Charleston, United States WTA Premier Clay ( Green ), outdoor 2 -- 8 April 2012 -- 1R Bye 613 2R Elena Vesnina # 56 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 4 614 3R Marina Erakovic # 45 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 2 615 QF Sabine Lisicki # 13 Win 4 -- 1, Ret. 616 SF Samantha Stosur # 5 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 617 Lucie Šafářová # 26 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 Fed Cup Play - offs : Ukraine vs. United States Kharkiv, Ukraine Fed Cup Clay, outdoor April 21 -- 22, 2012 618 -- Lesia Tsurenko # 110 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 619 -- Elina Svitolina # 171 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid, Spain WTA Premier Mandatory Clay, outdoor 7 -- 13 May 2012 620 1R Elena Vesnina # 68 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 1 621 2R Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova # 24 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 622 3R Caroline Wozniacki # 6 Win 1 -- 6, 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 623 QF Maria Sharapova # 2 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 3 624 SF Lucie Hradecká # 105 Win 7 -- 6, 6 -- 0 625 Victoria Azarenka # 1 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 3 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome, Italy WTA Premier 5 Clay, outdoor 14 -- 20 May 2012 626 1R Galina Voskoboeva # 46 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 3 627 2R Nadia Petrova # 30 Win 4 -- 6, 6 -- 2, 6 -- 3 628 3R Anabel Medina Garrigues # 31 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 1 629 QF Flavia Pennetta # 21 Win 4 -- 0, Ret -- SF Li Na # 9 Withdrew N / A French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May -- 10 June 2012 630 1R Virginie Razzano # 111 Loss 6 -- 4, 6 -- 7, 3 -- 6 Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June -- 8 July 2012 631 1R Barbora Záhlavová - Strýcová # 62 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 4 632 2R Melinda Czink # 98 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 4 633 3R Zheng Jie # 27 Win 6 -- 7, 6 -- 2, 9 -- 7 634 4R Yaroslava Shvedova # 65 Win 6 -- 1, 2 -- 6, 7 -- 5 635 QF Petra Kvitová # 4 Win 6 -- 3, 7 -- 5 636 SF Victoria Azarenka # 2 Win 6 -- 3, 7 -- 6 637 Agnieszka Radwańska # 3 Win 6 -- 1, 5 -- 7, 6 -- 2 Bank of the West Classic Stanford, United States WTA Premier Hard, outdoor 9 -- 15 July 2012 -- 1R Bye 638 2R Nicole Gibbs # 403 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 639 QF Chanelle Scheepers # 42 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 0 640 SF Sorana Cîrstea # 43 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 641 Coco Vandeweghe # 120 Win 7 -- 5, 6 -- 3 2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 27 July -- 5 August 2012 642 1R Jelena Janković # 18 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 1 643 2R Urszula Radwańska # 45 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 3 644 3R Vera Zvonareva # 13 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 0 645 QF Caroline Wozniacki # 8 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 3 646 SF Victoria Azarenka # 1 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 647 Maria Sharapova # 3 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati, United States WTA Premier 5 Hard, outdoor 13 -- 19 August 2012 -- 1R Bye 648 2R Eleni Daniilidou # 121 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 4 649 3R Urszula Radwańska # 46 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 3 650 QF Angelique Kerber # 7 Loss 4 -- 6, 4 -- 6 US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August -- 9 September 2012 651 1R Coco Vandeweghe # 75 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 652 2R María José Martínez Sánchez # 108 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 4 653 3R Ekaterina Makarova # 42 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 0 654 4R Andrea Hlaváčková # 82 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 0 655 QF Ana Ivanovic # 13 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 3 656 SF Sara Errani # 10 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 657 Victoria Azarenka # 1 Win 6 -- 2, 2 -- 6, 7 -- 5 WTA Tour Championships Istanbul, Turkey Year - End Championship Hard, indoor 23 -- 28 October 2012 658 RR Angelique Kerber # 5 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 1 659 RR Li Na # 8 Win 7 -- 6, 6 -- 3 660 RR Victoria Azarenka # 1 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 4 661 SF Agnieszka Radwańska # 4 Win 6 -- 2, 6 -- 1 662 Maria Sharapova # 2 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 3 Doubles matches Tournament Match Round Partner Opponents Rank Result Score Wimbledon Championships London, United Kingdom Grand Slam Grass, outdoor 25 June -- 8 July 2012 174 1R Venus Williams Vesna Dolonc Olga Savchuk # 119 # 92 Win 6 -- 0, 6 -- 3 175 2R Venus Williams Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova # 7 # 10 Win 3 -- 6, 6 -- 3, 9 -- 7 176 3R Venus Williams Bethanie Mattek - Sands Sania Mirza # 53 # 12 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 3 177 QF Venus Williams Raquel Kops - Jones Abigail Spears # 24 # 25 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 178 SF Venus Williams Liezel Huber Lisa Raymond # 1 # 1 Win 2 -- 6, 6 -- 1, 6 -- 2 179 Venus Williams Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká # 17 # 13 Win 7 -- 5, 6 -- 4 2012 Summer Olympics London, United Kingdom Olympic Games Grass, outdoor 27 July -- 5 August 2012 180 1R Venus Williams Sorana Cîrstea Simona Halep # 115 # 163 Win 6 -- 3, 6 -- 2 181 2R Venus Williams Angelique Kerber Sabine Lisicki # 213 # 131 Win 6 -- 2, 7 -- 5 182 QF Venus Williams Sara Errani Roberta Vinci # 3 # 4 Win 6 -- 1, 6 -- 1 183 SF Venus Williams Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova # 7 # 9 Win 7 -- 5, 6 -- 4 184 Venus Williams Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká # 12 # 8 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 4 US Open New York City, United States Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 27 August -- 9 September 2012 185 1R Venus Williams Lindsay Lee - Waters Megan Moulton - Levy # 88 # 87 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 0 186 2R Venus Williams Klaudia Jans - Ignacik Kristina Mladenovic # 29 # 37 Win 6 -- 4, 6 -- 0 187 3R Venus Williams Maria Kirilenko Nadia Petrova # 11 # 7 Loss 1 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Mixed Doubles matches Tournament Match Round Partner Opponents Rank Result Score French Open Paris, France Grand Slam Clay, outdoor 28 May -- 10 June 2012 24 1R Bob Bryan Gisela Dulko Eduardo Schwank # 14 # 25 Loss 5 -- 7, 6 -- 3, ( 6 -- 10 ) Tournament schedule Singles schedule Williams ' 2012 singles tournament schedule is as follows : Date Championship Location Category Surface Points Outcome 2 January 2012 -- 7 January 2012 Brisbane International Brisbane ( AUS ) WTA Premier Hard 120 Quarterfinals Withdrew before against Daniela Hantuchová 16 January 2012 -- 29 January 2012 Australian Open Melbourne ( AUS ) Grand Slam Hard 280 Fourth Round lost to Ekaterina Makarova, 2 -- 6, 3 -- 6 4 February 2012 -- 5 February 2012 Fed Cup WG II : United States vs. Belarus Massachusetts ( USA ) Fed Cup Hard ( i ) United States def. Belarus, 5 -- 0 United States Advanced to 2012 WG Play - offs 19 March 2012 -- 1 April 2012 Sony Ericsson Open Miami ( USA ) WTA Premier Mandatory Hard 250 Quarterfinals lost to Caroline Wozniacki, 4 -- 6, 4 -- 6 2 April 2012 -- 8 April 2012 Family Circle Cup Charleston ( USA ) WTA Premier Clay ( Green ) 470 Winner defeated Lucie Šafářová, 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 21 April 2012 -- 22 April 2012 Fed Cup World Group Play - offs : Ukraine vs. United States Kharkiv ( UKR ) Fed Cup Clay ( Red ) United States def. Ukraine, 5 -- 0 United States Advanced to 2013 Fed Cup WG 7 May 2012 -- 13 May 2012 Mutua Madrid Open Madrid ( ESP ) WTA Premier Mandatory Clay ( Blue ) 1000 Winner defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6 -- 1, 6 -- 3 14 May 2012 -- 20 May 2012 Internazionali BNL d'Italia Rome ( ITA ) WTA Premier 5 Clay ( Red ) 395 Semifinals Withdrew before match against Li Na 28 May 2012 -- 10 June 2012 French Open Paris ( FRA ) Grand Slam Clay ( Red ) 5 First Round lost to Virginie Razzano, 6 -- 4, 6 -- 7, 3 -- 6 25 June 2012 -- 8 July 2012 The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon ( GBR ) Grand Slam Grass 2000 Winner defeated Agnieszka Radwańska, 6 -- 1, 5 -- 7, 6 -- 2 9 July 2012 -- 15 July 2012 Bank of the West Classic Stanford ( USA ) WTA Premier Hard 470 Winner defeated Coco Vandeweghe, 7 -- 5, 6 -- 3 27 July 2012 -- 5 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics London ( GBR ) Olympic Games Grass 685 Gold Medal defeated Maria Sharapova, 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 13 August 2012 -- 19 August 2012 Western & Southern Open Cincinnati ( USA ) WTA Premier 5 Hard 225 Quarterfinals lost to Angelique Kerber, 4 -- 6, 4 -- 6 27 August 2012 -- 9 September 2012 US Open New York ( USA ) Grand Slam Hard 2000 Winner defeated Victoria Azarenka, 6 -- 2, 2 -- 6, 7 -- 5 1 October 2012 -- 7 October 2012 China Open Beijing ( CHN ) WTA Premier Mandatory Hard 0 Withdrew 23 October 2012 -- 28 October 2012 WTA Tour Championships Istanbul ( TUR ) Year - End Championships Hard ( i ) 1500 Winner defeated Maria Sharapova, 6 -- 4, 6 -- 3 Total year - end points 9400 Doubles schedule Williams ' 2012 doubles tournament schedule is as follows : Date Championship Location Category Partner Surface Points Outcome 25 June 2012 -- 8 July 2012 The Championships, Wimbledon Wimbledon ( GBR ) Grand Slam Venus Williams Grass 2000 Winner defeated Hlaváčková / Hradecká, 7 -- 5, 6 -- 4 27 July 2012 -- 5 August 2012 2012 Summer Olympics London ( GBR ) Olympic Games Venus Williams Grass -- Gold Medal defeated Hlaváčková / Hradecká, 6 -- 4, 6 -- 4 27 August 2012 -- 9 September 2012 US Open New York ( USA ) Grand Slam Venus Williams Hard 280 Third Round lost to Kirilenko / Petrova, 1 -- 6, 4 -- 6 Total year - end points 2280 Mixed Doubles schedule Williams ' 2012 mixed doubles tournament schedule is as follows : Date Championship Location Category Partner Surface Outcome 28 May 2012 -- 10 June 2012 French Open Paris ( FRA ) Grand Slam Bob Bryan Clay ( Red ) First Round lost to Dulko / Schwank, 5 -- 7, 6 -- 3, ( 6 -- 10 ) Yearly records Head - to - head matchups Ordered by percentage of wins, as of WTA Tour Championships Victoria Azarenka 5 -- 0 Maria Sharapova 3 -- 0 Samantha Stosur 2 -- 0 Elena Vesnina 2 -- 0 Barbora Záhlavová - Strýcová 2 -- 0 Chanelle Scheepers 2 -- 0 Agnieszka Radwańska 2 -- 0 Urszula Radwańska 2 -- 0 Coco Vandeweghe 2 -- 0 Caroline Wozniacki 2 -- 1 Bojana Jovanovski 1 -- 0 Tamira Paszek 1 -- 0 Gréta Arn 1 -- 0 Anastasia Yakimova 1 -- 0 Anabel Medina Garrigues 1 -- 0 Flavia Pennetta 1 -- 0 Roberta Vinci 1 -- 0 Marina Erakovic 1 -- 0 Sabine Lisicki 1 -- 0 Lucie Šafářová 1 -- 0 Lesya Tsurenko 1 -- 0 Elina Svitolina 1 -- 0 Nadia Petrova 1 -- 0 Olga Govortsova 1 -- 0 Zhang Shuai 1 -- 0 Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 1 -- 0 Lucie Hradecká 1 -- 0 Galina Voskoboeva 1 -- 0 Melinda Czink 1 -- 0 Zheng Jie 1 -- 0 Yaroslava Shvedova 1 -- 0 Petra Kvitová 1 -- 0 Nicole Gibbs 1 -- 0 Sorana Cîrstea 1 -- 0 Jelena Janković 1 -- 0 Vera Zvonareva 1 -- 0 Eleni Daniilidou 1 -- 0 Ana Ivanovic 1 -- 0 Andrea Hlaváčková 1 -- 0 María José Martínez Sánchez 1 -- 0 Sara Errani 1 -- 0 Li Na 1 -- 0 Ekaterina Makarova 1 -- 1 Angelique Kerber 1 -- 1 Virginie Razzano 0 -- 1 Finals Singles : 7 ( 7 -- 0 ) Legend Grand Slam tournaments ( 2 -- 0 ) WTA Tour Championships ( 1 -- 0 ) Olympics Gold ( 1 -- 0 ) WTA Premier Mandatory ( 1 -- 0 ) WTA Premier ( 2 -- 0 ) Finals by surface Hard ( 3 -- 0 ) Clay ( 2 -- 0 ) Grass ( 2 -- 0 ) Finals by venue Outdoors ( 6 -- 0 ) Indoors ( 1 -- 0 ) Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 40. April 8, 2012 Charleston, United States ( 2 ) Clay ( Green ) Lucie Šafářová 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 Winner 41. May 13, 2012 Madrid, Spain ( 1 ) Clay ( Blue ) Victoria Azarenka 6 -- 1, 6 -- 3 Winner 42. July 7, 2012 Wimbledon, London, U.K. ( 5 ) Grass Agnieszka Radwańska 6 -- 1, 5 -- 7, 6 -- 2 Winner 43. July 15, 2012 Stanford, United States ( 2 ) Hard Coco Vandeweghe 7 -- 5, 6 -- 3 Winner 44. August 5, 2012 Summer Olympics ( 1 ) Grass Maria Sharapova 6 -- 0, 6 -- 1 Winner 45. September 9, 2012 US Open, New York, United States ( 4 ) Hard Victoria Azarenka 6 -- 2, 2 -- 6, 7 -- 5 Winner 46. October 8, 2012 Istanbul, Turkey ( 3 ) Hard ( i ) Maria Sharapova 6 -- 4, 6 -- 3 Doubles : 2 ( 2 -- 0 ) Legend Grand Slam tournaments ( 1 -- 0 ) Olympics Gold ( 1 -- 0 ) Finals by surface Grass ( 2 -- 0 ) Finals by venue Outdoors ( 2 -- 0 ) Outcome No. Date Championship Surface Partner Opponent in the final Score in the final Winner 21. July 7, 2012 Wimbledon, London, U.K. ( 5 ) Grass Venus Williams Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 7 -- 5, 6 -- 4 Winner 22. August 5, 2012 Summer Olympics ( 3 ) Grass Venus Williams Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká 6 -- 4, 6 -- 4 Earnings # Event Prize money Year - to - date Brisbane International $16,000 $16,000 Australian Open A $ 109,250 $131,423 Sony Ericsson Open $79,000 $210,423 Family Circle Cup $115,000 $325,423 5 Mutua Madrid Open € 631,000 $1,197,465 6 Internazionali BNL d'Italia $70,175 $1,267,640 7 French Open € 18,000 $1,291,960 French Open ( mixed doubles ) € 1,750 $1,294,379 8 Wimbledon Championships £ 1,150,000 $3,081,446 Wimbledon Championships ( doubles ) £ 130,000 $3,283,458 9 Bank of the West Classic $96,000 $3,379,458 10 2012 Summer Olympics $0 $3,379,458 2012 Summer Olympics ( doubles ) $0 $3,379,458 11 Western & Southern Open $45,750 $3,425,208 12 US Open $1,858,054 $5,283,262 US Open ( doubles ) $12,713 $5,295,975 13 WTA Championships $1,750,000 $7,045,975 $7,045,975 Figures in United States dollars ( USD ) unless noted. 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Sporting positions Preceded by Venus Williams Ana Ivanovic Jelena Janković Dinara Safina Dinara Safina Victoria Azarenka Angelique Kerber World No. 1 July 8, 2002 -- August 10, 2003 September 8, 2008 -- October 5, 2008 February 2, 2009 -- April 19, 2009 October 12, 2009 -- October 25, 2009 November 2, 2009 -- October 10, 2010 February 18, 2013 -- September 11, 2016 January 30, 2017 -- March 19, 2017 April 24, 2017 -- May 14, 2017 Succeeded by Kim Clijsters Jelena Janković Dinara Safina Dinara Safina Caroline Wozniacki Angelique Kerber Angelique Kerber Preceded by Caroline Wozniacki Petra Kvitová US Open Series Champion 2011 2013, 2014 Succeeded by Petra Kvitová Karolína Plíšková Awards and achievements Preceded by Venus Williams WTA Newcomer of the Year 1998 Succeeded by Kim Clijsters Preceded by Patty Schnyder WTA Most Improved Player 1999 Succeeded by Elena Dementieva Preceded by Martina Hingis & Anna Kournikova Cara Black & Liezel Huber WTA Doubles Team of the Year 2000 ( with Venus 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1975 ) Chris Evert ( 1976 ) Sue Barker ( 1977 ) Mima Jaušovec ( 1978 ) Virginia Ruzici ( 1979 ) Chris Evert ( 1980 ) Chris Evert ( 1981 ) Hana Mandlíková ( 1982 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1983 ) Chris Evert ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1985 ) Chris Evert ( 1986 ) Chris Evert ( 1987 ) Steffi Graf ( 1988 ) Steffi Graf ( 1989 ) Arantxa Sánchez ( 1990 ) Monica Seles ( 1991 ) Monica Seles ( 1992 ) Monica Seles ( 1993 ) Steffi Graf ( 1994 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1995 ) Steffi Graf ( 1996 ) Steffi Graf ( 1997 ) Iva Majoli ( 1998 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1999 ) Steffi Graf ( 2000 ) Mary Pierce ( 2001 ) Jennifer Capriati ( 2002 ) Serena Williams ( 2003 ) Justine Henin ( 2004 ) Anastasia Myskina ( 2005 ) Justine Henin ( 2006 ) Justine Henin ( 2007 ) Justine Henin ( 2008 ) Ana Ivanovic ( 2009 ) Svetlana Kuznetsova ( 2010 ) Francesca Schiavone ( 2011 ) Li Na ( 2012 ) Maria Sharapova ( 2013 ) Serena Williams ( 2014 ) Maria Sharapova ( 2015 ) Serena Williams ( 2016 ) Garbiñe Muguruza ( 2017 ) Jeļena Ostapenko ( 2018 ) Simona Halep Wimbledon ( Open era ) ladies ' singles champions ( 1968 ) Billie Jean King ( 1969 ) Ann Haydon - Jones ( 1970 ) Margaret Court ( 1971 ) Evonne Goolagong ( 1972 ) Billie Jean King ( 1973 ) Billie Jean King ( 1974 ) Chris Evert ( 1975 ) Billie Jean King ( 1976 ) Chris Evert ( 1977 ) Virginia Wade ( 1978 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1979 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1980 ) Evonne Goolagong ( 1981 ) Chris Evert ( 1982 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1983 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1985 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1986 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1988 ) Steffi Graf ( 1989 ) Steffi Graf ( 1990 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1991 ) Steffi Graf ( 1992 ) Steffi Graf ( 1993 ) Steffi Graf ( 1994 ) Conchita Martínez ( 1995 ) Steffi Graf ( 1996 ) Steffi Graf ( 1997 ) Martina Hingis ( 1998 ) Jana Novotná ( 1999 ) Lindsay Davenport ( 2000 ) Venus Williams ( 2001 ) Venus Williams ( 2002 ) Serena Williams ( 2003 ) Serena Williams ( 2004 ) Maria Sharapova ( 2005 ) Venus Williams ( 2006 ) Amélie Mauresmo ( 2007 ) Venus Williams ( 2008 ) Venus Williams ( 2009 ) Serena Williams ( 2010 ) Serena Williams ( 2011 ) Petra Kvitová ( 2012 ) Serena Williams ( 2013 ) Marion Bartoli ( 2014 ) Petra Kvitová ( 2015 ) Serena Williams ( 2016 ) Serena Williams ( 2017 ) Garbiñe Muguruza ( 2018 ) Angelique Kerber US Open women 's singles champions ( 1968 ) Virginia Wade ( 1969 ) Margaret Court ( 1970 ) Margaret Court ( 1971 ) Billie Jean King ( 1972 ) Billie Jean King ( 1973 ) Margaret Court ( 1974 ) Billie Jean King ( 1975 ) Chris Evert ( 1976 ) Chris Evert ( 1977 ) Chris Evert ( 1978 ) Chris Evert ( 1979 ) Tracy Austin ( 1980 ) Chris Evert ( 1981 ) Tracy Austin ( 1982 ) Chris Evert ( 1983 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1985 ) Hana Mandlíková ( 1986 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova ( 1988 ) Steffi Graf ( 1989 ) Steffi Graf ( 1990 ) Gabriela Sabatini ( 1991 ) Monica Seles ( 1992 ) Monica Seles ( 1993 ) Steffi Graf ( 1994 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1995 ) Steffi Graf ( 1996 ) Steffi Graf ( 1997 ) Martina Hingis ( 1998 ) Lindsay Davenport ( 1999 ) Serena Williams ( 2000 ) Venus Williams ( 2001 ) Venus Williams ( 2002 ) Serena Williams ( 2003 ) Justine Henin ( 2004 ) Svetlana Kuznetsova ( 2005 ) Kim Clijsters ( 2006 ) Maria Sharapova ( 2007 ) Justine Henin ( 2008 ) Serena Williams ( 2009 ) Kim Clijsters ( 2010 ) Kim Clijsters ( 2011 ) Samantha Stosur ( 2012 ) Serena Williams ( 2013 ) Serena Williams ( 2014 ) Serena Williams ( 2015 ) Flavia Pennetta ( 2016 ) Angelique Kerber ( 2017 ) Sloane Stephens Women 's doubles Australian Open women 's doubles champions ( 1969 ) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1970 ) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1971 ) Evonne Goolagong / Margaret Court ( 1972 ) Kerry Harris / Helen Gourlay Cawley ( 1973 ) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade ( 1974 ) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel ( 1975 ) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel ( 1976 ) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley ( 1977 ( Jan ) ) Dianne Fromholtz Balestrat / Helen Gourlay Cawley ( 1977 ( Dec ) ) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Helen Gourlay Cawley & Mona Schallau Guerrant / Kerry Melville Reid ( 1978 ) Betsy Nagelsen / Renáta Tomanová ( 1979 ) Judy Connor Chaloner / Diane Evers Brown ( 1980 ) Martina Navratilova / Betsy Nagelsen ( 1981 ) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith ( 1982 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1983 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1985 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1988 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1989 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1990 ) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková ( 1991 ) Patty Fendick / Mary Joe Fernández ( 1992 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková ( 1993 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1994 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1995 ) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1996 ) Chanda Rubin / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1997 ) Martina Hingis / Natalia Zvereva ( 1998 ) Martina Hingis / Mirjana Lučić ( 1999 ) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova ( 2000 ) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs ( 2001 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2002 ) Martina Hingis / Anna Kournikova ( 2003 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2004 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2005 ) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Alicia Molik ( 2006 ) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie ( 2007 ) Cara Black / Liezel Huber ( 2008 ) Alona Bondarenko / Kateryna Bondarenko ( 2009 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2010 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2011 ) Gisela Dulko / Flavia Pennetta ( 2012 ) Svetlana Kuznetsova / Vera Zvonareva ( 2013 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ( 2014 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ( 2015 ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands / Lucie Šafářová ( 2016 ) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza ( 2017 ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands / Lucie Šafářová ( 2018 ) Tímea Babos / Kristina Mladenovic French Open women 's doubles champions ( 1968 ) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon - Jones ( 1969 ) Françoise Dürr / Ann Haydon - Jones ( 1970 ) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr ( 1971 ) Gail Chanfreau / Françoise Dürr ( 1972 ) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve ( 1973 ) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade ( 1974 ) Chris Evert / Olga Morozova ( 1975 ) Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova ( 1976 ) Fiorella Bonicelli / Gail Chanfreau ( 1977 ) Regina Maršíková / Pam Teeguarden ( 1978 ) Mima Jaušovec / Virginia Ruzici ( 1979 ) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull ( 1980 ) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith ( 1981 ) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Tanya Harford ( 1982 ) Martina Navratilova / Anne Smith ( 1983 ) Rosalyn Fairbank Nideffer / Candy Reynolds ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1985 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1986 ) Martina Navratilova / Andrea Temesvári ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1988 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1989 ) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva ( 1990 ) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková ( 1991 ) Gigi Fernández / Jana Novotná ( 1992 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1993 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1994 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1995 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1996 ) Lindsay Davenport / Mary Joe Fernández ( 1997 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1998 ) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná ( 1999 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2000 ) Martina Hingis / Mary Pierce ( 2001 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2002 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2003 ) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama ( 2004 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2005 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2006 ) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur ( 2007 ) Alicia Molik / Mara Santangelo ( 2008 ) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2009 ) Anabel Medina Garrigues / Virginia Ruano Pascual ( 2010 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2011 ) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká ( 2012 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ( 2013 ) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina ( 2014 ) Hsieh Su - wei / Peng Shuai ( 2015 ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands / Lucie Šafářová ( 2016 ) Caroline Garcia / Kristina Mladenovic ( 2017 ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands / Lucie Šafářová ( 2018 ) Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková Wimbledon ( Open Era ) ladies ' doubles champions ( 1968 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King ( 1969 ) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1970 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King ( 1971 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King ( 1972 ) Billie Jean King / Betty Stöve ( 1973 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King ( 1974 ) Evonne Goolagong Cawley / Peggy Michel ( 1975 ) Ann Kiyomura / Kazuko Sawamatsu ( 1976 ) Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova ( 1977 ) Helen Gourlay Cawley / JoAnne Russell ( 1978 ) Kerry Melville Reid / Wendy Turnbull ( 1979 ) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova ( 1980 ) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith ( 1981 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1982 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1983 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1985 ) Kathy Jordan / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie ( 1986 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1987 ) Claudia Kohde - Kilsch / Helena Suková ( 1988 ) Steffi Graf / Gabriela Sabatini ( 1989 ) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková ( 1990 ) Jana Novotná / Helena Suková ( 1991 ) Larisa Savchenko Neiland / Natalia Zvereva ( 1992 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1993 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1994 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1995 ) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1996 ) Martina Hingis / Helena Suková ( 1997 ) Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva ( 1998 ) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná ( 1999 ) Lindsay Davenport / Corina Morariu ( 2000 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2001 ) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs ( 2002 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2003 ) Kim Clijsters / Ai Sugiyama ( 2004 ) Cara Black / Rennae Stubbs ( 2005 ) Cara Black / Liezel Huber ( 2006 ) Yan Zi / Zheng Jie ( 2007 ) Cara Black / Liezel Huber ( 2008 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2009 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2010 ) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova ( 2011 ) Květa Peschke / Katarina Srebotnik ( 2012 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2013 ) Hsieh Su - wei / Peng Shuai ( 2014 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ( 2015 ) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza ( 2016 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2017 ) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina ( 2018 ) Barbora Krejčíková / Kateřina Siniaková US Open women 's doubles champions ( 1968 ) Maria Bueno / Margaret Court ( 1969 ) Françoise Dürr / Darlene Hard ( 1970 ) Margaret Court / Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1971 ) Rosemary Casals / Judy Tegart Dalton ( 1972 ) Françoise Dürr / Betty Stöve ( 1973 ) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade ( 1974 ) Rosemary Casals / Billie Jean King ( 1975 ) Margaret Court / Virginia Wade ( 1976 ) Delina Boshoff / Ilana Kloss ( 1977 ) Martina Navratilova / Betty Stöve ( 1978 ) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova ( 1979 ) Betty Stöve / Wendy Turnbull ( 1980 ) Billie Jean King / Martina Navratilova ( 1981 ) Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith ( 1982 ) Rosemary Casals / Wendy Turnbull ( 1983 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1984 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1985 ) Claudia Kohde - Kilsch / Helena Suková ( 1986 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver ( 1988 ) Gigi Fernández / Robin White ( 1989 ) Hana Mandlíková / Martina Navratilova ( 1990 ) Gigi Fernández / Martina Navratilova ( 1991 ) Pam Shriver / Natalia Zvereva ( 1992 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1993 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Helena Suková ( 1994 ) Jana Novotná / Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( 1995 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1996 ) Gigi Fernández / Natalia Zvereva ( 1997 ) Lindsay Davenport / Jana Novotná ( 1998 ) Martina Hingis / Jana Novotná ( 1999 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2000 ) Julie Halard - Decugis / Ai Sugiyama ( 2001 ) Lisa Raymond / Rennae Stubbs ( 2002 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2003 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2004 ) Virginia Ruano Pascual / Paola Suárez ( 2005 ) Lisa Raymond / Samantha Stosur ( 2006 ) Nathalie Dechy / Vera Zvonareva ( 2007 ) Nathalie Dechy / Dinara Safina ( 2008 ) Cara Black / Liezel Huber ( 2009 ) Serena Williams / Venus Williams ( 2010 ) Vania King / Yaroslava Shvedova ( 2011 ) Liezel Huber / Lisa Raymond ( 2012 ) Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci ( 2013 ) Andrea Hlaváčková / Lucie Hradecká ( 2014 ) Ekaterina Makarova / Elena Vesnina ( 2015 ) Martina Hingis / Sania Mirza ( 2016 ) Bethanie Mattek - Sands / Lucie Šafářová ( 2017 ) Chan Yung - jan / Martina Hingis Mixed doubles Wimbledon ( Open Era ) mixed doubles champions ( 1968 ) Ken Fletcher / Margaret Court ( 1969 ) Fred Stolle / Ann Haydon - Jones ( 1970 ) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals ( 1971 ) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King ( 1972 ) Ilie Năstase / Rosemary Casals ( 1973 ) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King ( 1974 ) Owen Davidson / Billie Jean King ( 1975 ) Marty Riessen / Margaret Court ( 1976 ) Tony Roche / Françoise Dürr ( 1977 ) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens ( 1978 ) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve ( 1979 ) Bob Hewitt / Greer Stevens ( 1980 ) John Austin / Tracy Austin ( 1981 ) Frew McMillan / Betty Stöve ( 1982 ) Kevin Curren / Anne Smith ( 1983 ) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull ( 1984 ) John Lloyd / Wendy Turnbull ( 1985 ) Paul McNamee / Martina Navratilova ( 1986 ) Ken Flach / Kathy Jordan ( 1987 ) Jeremy Bates / Jo Durie ( 1988 ) Sherwood Stewart / Zina Garrison ( 1989 ) Jim Pugh / Jana Novotná ( 1990 ) Rick Leach / Zina Garrison ( 1991 ) John Fitzgerald / Elizabeth Sayers Smylie ( 1992 ) Cyril Suk / Larisa Savchenko Neiland ( 1993 ) Mark Woodforde / Martina Navratilova ( 1994 ) Todd Woodbridge / Helena Suková ( 1995 ) Jonathan Stark / Martina Navratilova ( 1996 ) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková ( 1997 ) Cyril Suk / Helena Suková ( 1998 ) Max Mirnyi / Serena Williams ( 1999 ) Leander Paes / Lisa Raymond ( 2000 ) Donald Johnson / Kimberly Po ( 2001 ) Leoš Friedl / Daniela Hantuchová ( 2002 ) Mahesh Bhupathi / Elena Likhovtseva ( 2003 ) Leander Paes / Martina Navratilova ( 2004 ) Wayne Black / Cara Black ( 2005 ) Mahesh Bhupathi / Mary Pierce ( 2006 ) Andy Ram / Vera Zvonareva ( 2007 ) Jamie Murray / Jelena Janković ( 2008 ) Bob Bryan / Samantha Stosur ( 2009 ) Mark Knowles / Anna - Lena Grönefeld ( 2010 ) Leander Paes / Cara Black ( 2011 ) Jürgen Melzer / Iveta Benešová ( 2012 ) Mike Bryan / Lisa Raymond ( 2013 ) Daniel Nestor / Kristina Mladenovic ( 2014 ) Nenad Zimonjić / Samantha Stosur ( 2015 ) Leander Paes / Martina Hingis ( 2016 ) Henri Kontinen / Heather Watson ( 2017 ) Jamie Murray / Martina Hingis ( 2018 ) Alexander Peya / Nicole Melichar US Open mixed doubles champions ( 1968 ) Mary Ann Eisel / Peter Curtis ( 1969 ) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen ( 1970 ) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen ( 1971 ) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson ( 1972 ) Margaret Court / Marty Riessen ( 1973 ) Billie Jean King / Owen Davidson ( 1974 ) Pam Teeguarden / Geoff Masters ( 1975 ) Rosemary Casals / Dick Stockton ( 1976 ) Billie Jean King / Phil Dent ( 1977 ) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan ( 1978 ) Betty Stöve / Frew McMillan ( 1979 ) Greer Stevens / Bob Hewitt ( 1980 ) Wendy Turnbull / Marty Riessen ( 1981 ) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren ( 1982 ) Anne Smith / Kevin Curren ( 1983 ) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / John Fitzgerald ( 1984 ) Manuela Maleeva / Tom Gullikson ( 1985 ) Martina Navratilova / Heinz Günthardt ( 1986 ) Raffaella Reggi / Sergio Casal ( 1987 ) Martina Navratilova / Emilio Sánchez Vicario ( 1988 ) Jana Novotná / Jim Pugh ( 1989 ) Robin White / Shelby Cannon ( 1990 ) Elizabeth Sayers Smylie / Todd Woodbridge ( 1991 ) Manon Bollegraf / Tom Nijssen ( 1992 ) Nicole Provis / Mark Woodforde ( 1993 ) Helena Suková / Todd Woodbridge ( 1994 ) Elna Reinach / Patrick Galbraith ( 1995 ) Meredith McGrath / Matt Lucena ( 1996 ) Lisa Raymond / Patrick Galbraith ( 1997 ) Manon Bollegraf / Rick Leach ( 1998 ) Serena Williams / Max Mirnyi ( 1999 ) Ai Sugiyama / Mahesh Bhupathi ( 2000 ) Arantxa Sánchez Vicario / Jared Palmer ( 2001 ) Rennae Stubbs / Todd Woodbridge ( 2002 ) Lisa Raymond / Mike Bryan ( 2003 ) Katarina Srebotnik / Bob Bryan ( 2004 ) Vera Zvonareva / Bob Bryan ( 2005 ) Daniela Hantuchová / Mahesh Bhupathi ( 2006 ) Martina Navratilova / Bob Bryan ( 2007 ) Victoria Azarenka / Max Mirnyi ( 2008 ) Cara Black / Leander Paes ( 2009 ) Carly Gullickson / Travis Parrott ( 2010 ) Liezel Huber / Bob Bryan ( 2011 ) Melanie Oudin / Jack Sock ( 2012 ) Ekaterina Makarova / Bruno Soares ( 2013 ) Andrea Hlaváčková / Max Mirnyi ( 2014 ) Sania Mirza / Bruno Soares ( 2015 ) Martina Hingis / Leander Paes ( 2016 ) Laura Siegemund / Mate Pavić ( 2017 ) Martina Hingis / Jamie Murray Others Grand Slam / non-calendar year / career Grand Slam - winning singles / doubles tennis players Grand Slam Men 's singles 1938 : Don Budge 1962 : Rod Laver 1969 : Rod Laver Women 's singles 1953 : Maureen Connolly 1970 : Margaret Court 1988 : Steffi Graf Men 's doubles 1951 : Ken McGregor / Frank Sedgman Women 's doubles 1960 : Maria Bueno 1984 : Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1998 : Martina Hingis Mixed doubles 1963 : Margaret Court / Ken Fletcher 1965 : Margaret Court 1967 : Owen Davidson Non-calendar year Grand Slam Men 's singles 2015 -- 16 : Novak Djokovic Women 's singles 1983 -- 84 : Martina Navratilova 1993 -- 94 : Steffi Graf 2002 -- 03 : Serena Williams 2014 -- 15 : Serena Williams Men 's doubles 2012 -- 13 : Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan Women 's doubles 1949 -- 50 : Louise Brough 1986 -- 87 : Martina Navratilova / Pam Shriver 1992 -- 93 : Gigi Fernández / Natasha Zvereva 1996 -- 97 : Natasha Zvereva 2009 -- 10 : Serena Williams / Venus Williams Mixed doubles 1967 -- 68 Billie Jean King Career Grand Slam Men 's singles 1933 -- 34 -- 35 : Fred Perry 1937 -- 38 : Don Budge 1960 -- 61 -- 62 : Rod Laver 1961 -- 63 -- 64 : Roy Emerson 1992 -- 94 -- 95 -- 99 : Andre Agassi 2003 -- 04 -- 09 : Roger Federer 2005 -- 08 -- 09 -- 10 : Rafael Nadal 2008 -- 11 -- 16 : Novak Djokovic Women 's singles 1951 -- 52 -- 53 : Maureen Connolly 1949 -- 50 -- 51 -- 54 : Doris Hart 1951 -- 56 -- 57 : Shirley Fry Irvin 1960 -- 62 -- 63 : Margaret Court 1966 -- 67 -- 68 -- 72 : Billie Jean King 1974 -- 75 -- 82 : Chris Evert 1978 -- 81 -- 82 -- 83 : Martina Navratilova 1987 -- 88 : Steffi Graf 1999 -- 2002 -- 03 : Serena Williams 2004 -- 06 -- 08 -- 12 : Maria Sharapova Men 's doubles 1935 -- 36 -- 39 : Adrian Quist 1948 -- 50 -- 51 Frank Sedgman 1951 : Ken McGregor 1953 -- 56 : Lew Hoad / Ken Rosewall 1957 -- 58 -- 59 : Neale Fraser 1959 -- 60 -- 62 : Roy Emerson 1965 -- 67 : John Newcombe / Tony Roche 1962 -- 64 -- 67 -- 77 : Bob Hewitt 1982 -- 84 -- 86 -- 89 : John Fitzgerald 1983 -- 87 -- 89 : Anders Järryd 1994 -- 95 -- 98 : Jacco Eltingh / Paul Haarhuis 1989 -- 92 -- 93 -- 2000 : Mark Woodforde 1992 -- 93 -- 95 -- 2000 : Todd Woodbridge 1998 -- 2002 -- 03 -- 05 : Jonas Björkman 2003 -- 05 -- 06 : Bob Bryan / Mike Bryan 2002 -- 04 -- 07 -- 08 : Daniel Nestor 1999 -- 2006 -- 12 : Leander Paes Women 's doubles 1942 -- 46 -- 50 : Louise Brough Clapp 1947 -- 48 -- 50 -- 51 : Doris Hart 1950 -- 51 -- 57 : Shirley Fry Irvin 1958 -- 60 : Maria Bueno 1961 -- 64 : Lesley Turner Bowrey 1961 -- 63 -- 64 : Margaret Court 1964 -- 66 -- 69 -- 70 : Judy Tegart Dalton 1980 -- 81 : Kathy Jordan / Anne Smith 1975 -- 76 -- 77 -- 80 : / Martina Navratilova 1981 -- 82 -- 83 -- 84 : Pam Shriver 1989 -- 90 -- 93 : Helena Suková 1988 -- 90 -- 91 -- 92 : Gigi Fernández 1989 -- 90 -- 91 -- 93 : / Natasha Zvereva 1989 -- 90 -- 94 : Jana Novotná 1996 -- 97 -- 98 : Martina Hingis 1999 -- 2000 -- 01 : Serena Williams / Venus Williams 2000 -- 01 -- 06 : Lisa Raymond 2012 -- 13 -- 14 : Sara Errani / Roberta Vinci Mixed doubles 1925 -- 26 -- 27 -- 28 Jean Borotra 1949 -- 51 : Doris Hart / Frank Sedgman 1961 -- 1963 : Margaret Court 1962 -- 1963 : Ken Fletcher 1965 -- 66 -- 67 : Owen Davidson 1967 -- 68 : Billie Jean King 1969 -- 75 : Marty Riessen 1961 -- 70 -- 77 -- 79 : Bob Hewitt 1992 -- 93 -- 95 : Mark Woodforde 1990 -- 93 -- 94 -- 95 : Todd Woodbridge 1974 -- 85 -- 2003 : Martina Navratilova 2001 -- 02 -- 05 : Daniela Hantuchová 1997 -- 99 -- 2005 -- 06 : Mahesh Bhupathi 2002 -- 04 -- 08 -- 10 : Cara Black 1999 -- 2003 -- 08 -- 16 : Leander Paes 2006 -- 15 -- 16 : Martina Hingis Women 's tennis players who won two or more Grand Slam singles titles in one calendar year Four wins 1953 : Maureen Connolly Brinker 1970 : Margaret Court 1988 : Steffi Graf Three wins 1928 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI&US ) 1929 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI&US ) 1962 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1965 : Margaret Court ( AO&WI&US ) 1969 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1972 : Billie Jean King ( FO&WI&US ) 1973 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO&US ) 1983 : Martina Navratilova ( AO&WI&US ) 1984 : Martina Navratilova ( FO&WI&US ) 1989 : Steffi Graf ( AO&WI&US ) 1991 : Monica Seles ( AO&FO&US ) 1992 : Monica Seles ( AO&FO&US ) 1993 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1995 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1996 : Steffi Graf ( FO&WI&US ) 1997 : Martina Hingis ( AO&WI&US ) 2002 : Serena Williams ( FO&WI&US ) 2015 : Serena Williams ( AO&FO&WI ) Two wins 1925 : Suzanne Lenglen ( FO&WI ) 1927 : Helen Wills Moody ( WI&US ) 1930 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI ) 1931 : Cilly Aussem ( FO&WI ) 1932 : Helen Wills Moody ( FO&WI ) 1939 : Alice Marble ( WI&US ) 1946 : Pauline Betz Addie ( WI&US ) 1949 : Margaret Osborne duPont ( FO&US ) 1950 : Louise Bough Clapp ( AO&WI ) 1952 : Maureen Connolly Brinker ( WI&US ) 1954 : Maureen Connolly Brinker ( FO&WI ) 1956 : Shirley Fry Irvin ( WI&US ) 1957 : Althea Gibson ( WI&US ) 1958 : Althea Gibson ( WI&US ) 1959 : Maria Bueno ( WI&US ) 1960 : Darlene Hard ( FO&US ) 1963 : Margaret Court ( AO&WI ) 1964 : Margaret Court ( AO&FO ) 1964 : Maria Bueno ( WI&US ) 1967 : Billie Jean King ( WI&US ) 1968 : Billie Jean King ( AO&WI ) 1971 : Evonne Goolagong Cawley ( FO&WI ) 1974 : Chris Evert ( FO&WI ) 1975 : Chris Evert ( FO&US ) 1976 : Chris Evert ( WI&US ) 1980 : Chris Evert ( FO&US ) 1982 : Martina Navratilova ( FO&WI ) 1982 : Chris Evert ( AO&US ) 1985 : Martina Navratilova ( AO&WI ) 1986 : Martina Navratilova ( WI&US ) 1987 : Martina Navratilova ( WI&US ) 1994 : Arantxa Sánchez Vicario ( FO&US ) 2000 : Venus Williams ( WI&US ) 2001 : Jennifer Capriati ( AO&FO ) 2001 : Venus Williams ( WI&US ) 2003 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2003 : Justine Henin ( FO&US ) 2006 : Amélie Mauresmo ( AO&WI ) 2007 : Justine Henin ( FO&US ) 2009 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2010 : Serena Williams ( AO&WI ) 2012 : Serena Williams ( WI&US ) 2013 : Serena Williams ( FO&US ) 2016 : Angelique Kerber ( AO&US ) AO = Australian Open, FO = French Open, WI = Wimbledon, US = US Open Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2012_Serena_Williams_tennis_season&oldid=847612893 '' Categories : Serena Williams tennis seasons 2012 tennis player seasons 2012 in American tennis Hidden categories : All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from April 2014 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links 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Question: who did serena williams beat in the olympics
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