Serena Williams

**Serena Jameka Williams** (an haife ta a watan Satumba 26, 1981) tsohuwar 'yar wasan tennis ce. An yi la'akari da ita a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin manyan 'yan wasan tennis na kowane lokaci, an sanya ta a matsayi na 1 a duniya a cikin ƙwararrun mata ta Ƙungiyar Tennis ta Mata (WTA) na tsawon makonni 319, ciki har da rikodin haɗin gwiwa 186 makonni a jere, kuma gama a matsayin karshen shekara mai lamba 1 sau biyar. Williams ta lashe kofuna 73 na WTA Tour-level, gami da manyan kambun na mata guda 23 - mafi yawa a cikin Bude Era, kuma na biyu-mafi yawan lokuta. Ita ce 'yar wasa tilo da ta cim ma wannan sana'a ta Golden Slam a cikin guda ɗaya da na biyu.

## Rayuwar farko
An haifi Williams a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1981, a Saginaw, Michigan, ga Oracene Price da Richard Williams. Ita ce ƙaramar 'ya'ya mata biyar na Price, bayan ƴan'uwan Yetunde, Lyndrea, da Isha Price, da kuma babbar 'yar'uwar Venus. Haka nan tana da aƙalla ƴan uwan uba guda bakwai. Lokacin da yaran suke ƙanana, dangin sun ƙaura zuwa Compton, California, inda ta fara buga wasan tennis tun tana ɗan shekara huɗu. Mahaifinta ya yi karatu a gida ita da Venus.[m Yayin da shi da mahaifiyarta suka kasance masu horar da ita a hukumance, sauran mashawarta sun hada da Richard Williams, mutumin Compton wanda ya raba sunan mahaifinta sannan ya kafa The Venus da Serena Williams Tennis Tutorial Academy.

Lokacin da Williams ke da shekaru tara, ita da danginta sun ƙaura daga Compton zuwa West Palm Beach, Florida don ta iya halartar makarantar wasan tennis ta Rick Macci, wanda ya ba ta ƙarin horo. Macci ba koyaushe ya yarda da mahaifin Williams ba, amma yana mutunta cewa "ta dauki 'ya'yanta mata kamar yara, ya ba su damar zama kananan yara". Ta hanyar 1991, Williams tana da rikodin 46 – 3 akan ƙaramin yawon shakatawa na Ƙungiyar Tennis ta Amurka kuma an sanya shi matsayi na 1 a tsakanin 'yan wasan ƙasa da 10 a Florida. Lokacin da Williams ta kai shekaru 10, Richard ta daina tura 'ya'yanta mata zuwa gasan wasan tennis na kasa, saboda yana son su "tafi sannu a hankali" su mai da hankali kan makaranta, saboda yana son tabbatar da cewa ba za su kone ba kafin su zama kwararru. Kwarewar wariyar launin fata kuma ya yi tasiri a kan wannan shawarar, saboda ya ji iyayen farar fata suna magana game da ƴan uwan Williams a cikin hanyar wulakanci a lokacin gasa. A shekara ta 1995, lokacin da Williams ke aji tara, mahaifinta ya fitar da 'ya'yansa mata daga makarantar Macci kuma ya dauki nauyin horar da su a gidansu. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi a cikin 2000 ko zai kasance mafi fa'ida a gare su don bin hanyar yau da kullun na yin wasa akai-akai a kan ƙaramin da'ira, Richard ta amsa, "Kowa yana yin abubuwa daban-daban. Ina tsammanin Venus da ni, mun gwada hanya ta daban. kuma ta yi mana aiki.”

## Aiki

### 1995–1998: Aiki na Farko
Da farko iyayen Williams sun so 'yarsu ta jira har sai ta kai shekaru 16 don shiga gasar kwararru. A cikin 1995, bayan ta cika shekara 14, Williams ta yi shirin yin ƙwararriyarta ta halarta ta farko a matsayin shigar da katin daji a Bankin West Classic a Oakland, California, amma an hana ta saboda ƙuntatawa shekarun cancanta. Daga baya ta shigar da kara a kan WTA, amma ta janye ta bisa bukatar iyayenta. Bikin ƙwararrunta na farko shine a cikin Oktoba 1995 a Bell Challenge a Quebec, inda ta yi amfani da shigar da katin daji don kauce wa ƙa'idodin cancantar shekaru. Ta yi rashin nasara a zagayen farko na cancantar zuwa ga Ba’amurke Annie Miller mai shekaru 18.

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