IV 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. RES. 720 

Commending Serena Williams for her victory in the 2009 Wimbledon Women’s 

Singles Championship and the 2009 Wimbledon Doubles Championship. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 31, 2009 

Ms. WATSON (for herself, Mr. ROHRABACHER, Ms. HIRONO, Mr. 

MCDERMOTT, Mr. DINGELL, Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts, Ms. ZOE

LOFGREN of California, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. GRAYSON, Mr. SCOTT of 

Georgia, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. CONYERS, Mr. BACA, Ms. 

WOOLSEY, Ms. SHEA-PORTER, Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland, Mr. MOORE

of Kansas, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. COSTA, Mr. JACKSON

of Illinois, Mr. PALLONE, Ms. SUTTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Ms. ESHOO, Mrs. 

NAPOLITANO, Mr. SIRES, Ms. VELA ́ZQUEZ, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. GEORGE

MILLER of California, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Ms. SPEIER, Ms. CORRINE

BROWN of Florida, Mr. ISSA, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr. DAVIS

of Illinois, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. LEE of California, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. BALDWIN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. KILPATRICK of Michigan, Ms. CLARKE, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Mr. 

BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. KUCINICH, Mr. HOYER, Mr. 

HARE, Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia, Mr. KILDEE, Mr. HASTINGS of Florida, and Ms. HARMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

RESOLUTION 

Commending Serena Williams for her victory in the 2009 

Wimbledon Women’s Singles Championship and the 2009 

Wimbledon Doubles Championship. 

Whereas, on July 4, 2009, the No. 2 ranked player in the 

world, Serena Williams, won the Wimbledon Women’s 

Singles Championship with a 7–6 (7–3), 6–2 victory over 


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her sister the No. 3 ranked player in the world, Venus 

Williams; 

Whereas, on July 4, 2009, Serena Williams and Venus Williams won Wimbledon’s Doubles Championship with a 7– 

6 (7–4), 6–4 victory over Australian pair Sam Stosur and 

Rennae Stubbs; 

Whereas Serena and Venus Williams have won 8 of the women’s singles championship titles at Wimbledon in the past 

10 years; 

Whereas Serena and Venus Williams have played in their 

fourth all Williams finals at Wimbledon; 

Whereas Serena and Venus Williams are the reigning Australian Open and Wimbledon doubles champions; 

Whereas Serena Williams has won 22 Grand Slam titles, 11 

singles, 9 in women’s doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles; 

Whereas Serena Williams has won 2 Olympic gold medals in 

women’s doubles in the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing 

Olympic Games; 

Whereas, in early 2003, Serena Williams won the Australian 

Open Women’s Singles Championship and the victory 

made her the fifth woman in history to win all 4 Grand 

Slams consecutively; 

Whereas by winning the 2003 Australian Open, Serena Williams became the first African-American to win the 

championship; 

Whereas Serena Williams has won more Grand Slams than 

any active female player; and 

Whereas Serena Williams has won more career prize money 

than any other female athlete in history: Now, therefore, 

be it 


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1 Resolved, That the House of Representatives com2 mends Serena Williams for winning the 2009 Wimbledon 

3 Women’s Singles Championship and the 2009 Wimbledon 

4 Doubles Championship. 

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