Serena Williams

**Serena Jameka Williams** (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions; as of April 20, 2009, she was ranked World No. 2. She is the reigning US Open and Australian Open singles champion and has won 20 Grand Slam titles: 10 in singles, 8 in doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles.

## Biography

She is the most recent female player to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. She is also the only active female player to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career (one French Open, two Wimbledon, four Australian and three US Opens). She also has won more Grand Slams than any other active female player. Additionally, Williams has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. In 2005, *Tennis Magazine* ranked her as the 17th-best player in 40 years.

She is the younger sister of former World No. 1 professional female tennis player Venus Williams; the sisters have played each other in 20 professional matches dating back to 1998, with matches played between them tied at 10–10 as of May 2009. They are the only women during the open era to have played each other in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.

### Language fluency

In addition to English as her native language, Williams also speaks conversational French and knows some Spanish and Italian. At the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2018 French Open she gave her on-court interviews in French much to the crowd's delight.

### Miami Dolphins venture

In August 2009, Williams and her sister Venus became minority owners of the Miami Dolphins after purchasing a small stake in the team. They live near each other in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, which is about an hour's drive from the Dolphins' stadium. They are the first black women to hold any amount of ownership in an NFL franchise.

## Family/Personal life

Williams is married to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian. Ohanian proposed to Williams on December 10, 2016 in Rome. On December 30, 2016, Williams announced her engagement to Ohanian in a Reddit post. They were married on November 16, 2017, in New Orleans. Guests at the wedding included Beyoncé, Anna Wintour, Kelly Rowland and Kim Kardashian West. She planned to move to San Francisco with Ohanian after the wedding.

In September 2017, Williams gave birth to a daughter, Olympia Ohanian

## Notes/References

1. ↑ Williams sisters net gold in doubles, beating Spaniards in final. ESPN (August 17, 2008). Retrieved on April 22, 2009.
2. ↑ Serena sets career prize money mark. ESPN (January 30, 2009). Retrieved on April 22, 2009.
3. ↑ 40 Greatest Players of the Tennis Era (17-20). *Tennis Magazine* (May 17, 2006). Retrieved on April 22, 2009.
4. ↑ Serena Williams is a regular Francophile. *USA Today* (June 5, 2013). Retrieved on June 14, 2015.
5. ↑ "Real First-Round Foe for Women's No. 1: Microphone", *The New York Times*, May 26, 2013. Retrieved on June 14, 2015. “On they went — at Williams's insistence — in the language of Molière, Charles de Gaulle and Yannick Noah. And as Williams bravely worked her way through the banter — with the odd grammatical error but a respectable flow and accent — it was clear once again how much this tournament and this city meant to her.”
6. ↑ "Williams sisters buy into Dolphins group", ESPN, August 25, 2009.
7. ↑ Nast, Condé. Cover Story: Serena Williams's Love Match (en).
8. ↑ r/isaidyes – I said yes (en-US).
9. ↑ A Perfect Match! Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian Are Married (November 16, 2017). Retrieved on November 16, 2017.
10. ↑ Serena Williams Welcomes Her First Child! (September 1, 2017). Retrieved on October 17, 2017.
11. ↑ Solé, Elise (September 13, 2017). Serena Williams's baby girl and the meaning behind her name. Yahoo!. Retrieved on January 4, 2019.

## Biblography

* Edmondson, Jacqueline (2005). *Venus and Serena Williams: A Biography*. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 0-313-33165-0.

## External links

* Serena Williams links at FreeOnes
* Serena Williams at Babepedia
* Serena Williams article at *Wikipedia*
* Serena Williams photo gallery
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