Serena Williams Biography

Born in 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan, Serena Williams began intensive tennis training at age 3. Along with her individual success, Serena has teamed with sister Venus Williams to win a series of doubles titles. American tennis player Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan. The youngest of Richard and Oracene Williams's five daughters, Serena Williams, along with her sister Venus, would grow up to become one of the sport's great champions. In 2011, Williams suffered a series of health scares, after doctors found a blood clot in one of her lungs, which kept her away from tennis for several months. Her health had improved by September 2011 and Williams looked like her old dominant self at the U.S. Open before …show more content…
[Lisicki] is a great player. Her ranking has no effect on what she should be. She should be ranked higher. She just has a super, super game to play well on grass." At the U.S. Open, Williams made a strong showing. Williams clinched her third straight and sixth overall U.S. Open singles title in 2014 by defeating her good friend Caroline Wozniacki. At the French Open in June, Williams managed to overcome illness to win the tournament for the third time and claim her 20th Grand Slam singles title, good for third place all-time. Williams opened the next calendar year by advancing to the Australian Open final, where she lost in three sets to Angelique Kerber. On July 9, 2016, Williams found her way back to victory, defeating Kerber 7-5, 6-3 at Wimbledon and winning her 22nd grand slam title. With her historic win, Williams tied Steffi Graf for the most major championships in the Open era of professional tennis, which started in 1968. The Williams sisters had originally been seeded as no. Williams came back with a historic victory at the 2017 Australian Open, winning her 23rd Gram Slam title after defeating her sister Venus, 6-4