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. BALD-
WIN, Ms. FUDGE, Mr. HONDA, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. KIL-
PATRICK 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 Flor-
ida, and Ms. HARMAN) submitted the following resolution; which was re-
ferred 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 Wil-
liams 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 wom-
en’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 Aus-
tralian 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 Wil-
liams 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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Resolved, That the House of Representatives com-
mends Serena Williams for winning the 2009 Wimbledon 
Women’s Singles Championship and the 2009 Wimbledon 
Doubles Championship. 
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