page_title: Williams sisters rivalry
section_title: Analysis
hierarchical_section_title: Williams sisters rivalry / Analysis
caption_attribution_description: Pam Shriver event Baltimore on left ....Wash D.C. Charity on right Copyright John Mathew Smith 2001
context_page_description: Venus Williams and Serena Williams are professional tennis players and sisters who have faced off 31 times in professional tournaments, most recently at the 2020 Top Seed Open. Serena leads their head-to-head 19–12.
  Both Williams sisters have been ranked World No. 1: Venus for a total of 11 weeks, beginning in February 2002; Serena for a total of 316 weeks, beginning in July 2002.
  The Williams sisters are the only two women during the open era to play each other in four consecutive Grand Slam finals: from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open. Serena won all four of these finals.
  Venus has won 49 singles titles over the course of her career, and Serena has won 73.
  The two sisters remain personally very close. They have won 22 titles when playing doubles together, including 14 Grand Slam titles and 3 Olympic gold medals.
caption: Williams sisters at a charity event in 2001
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