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samantha stosur

samantha `` sam '' jane stosur -lrb- ; born 30 march 1984 -rrb- is an australian professional tennis player .
she is a former world no. 1 in doubles , a ranking which she held for 61 weeks , and a former world no. 4 in singles .
stosur won the 2011 u.s. open , defeating serena williams in the final and becoming the first australian woman since evonne goolagong cawley in 1980 to win a grand slam singles tournament .
stosur has won five other grand slam titles to date : the 2005 us open and 2006 french open in women 's doubles ; and the 2005 australian open , 2008 and 2014 wimbledon championships in mixed doubles .
she was also the runner-up at the singles event at the 2010 french open , defeating four-time champion justine henin , world no. 1 serena williams , and world no. 4 jelena janković en route to the final .
