Serena Williams Biography | American professional tennis player.

Serena Williams. She is a tennis player. She was born in Saginaw, Michigan, United States, on September 26, 1981. Her father's name is Richard Williams and mother's name is Oracene Price. Her parents are tennis coach. Young Williams took to playing tennis at the age of four, along with her sister Venus Williams. Soon thereafter, they attended the tennis academy of Rick McSy. By 1991, she had scored 46-3 on the United States Tennis Association Junior Tour and ranked first in the 10 and under division. In 1995, she turned to become a professional tennis player. Starting from the 304 rank, she zoomed up to her way to make a place for herself in the top 100. In 1998, she recorded a victory at the mixed doubles titles at Wimbledon and the U.S. Open. She finished the year ranking at the 20th spot. In 1999, she partnered with her sister to record a victory at the doubles in the French Open and a U.S. Open. She ended the year with the world No. 4 ranking. In 2000, the Williams sisters not only won their first Wimbledon title, but teamed up for their first victory at the Sydney Olympics, wherein they bagged the gold medal in doubles. In the following year, they won the doubles title in the Australian Open. She lost the U.S. Open to her sister Venus in the finals. By the end of the year, her ranking stood at world No. 6. In 2002, she went on to win the French Open, the Wimbledon, and the U.S. Open. In the finals of all these three Grand Slam championships, she defeated her sister Venus Williams. As a result of these victories, she bagged the world No. 1 ranking, dethroning her sister from the top spot. She paired up with Venus Williams to win the women's doubles title at Wimbledon. In 2003, she won the Australian Open, and once again she defeated her sister in the finals. She also won the doubles titles at the Australian Open, in partnership with her sister. By the end of the year 2007, she scaled to the world No. 7 rank. She made record a victory at the 2008 U.S. Open singles tournaments. She emerged as the runner-up in the Wimbledon singles tournament, against her sister. In the same year, she partnered with her sister to record a victory at the Wimbledon doubles tournament. Additionally, the duo won a gold medal at the Olympics too. She ended the year at world No. 2 and four singles titles. In 2009, they went on to record a victory at the Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the Australian Open doubles tournament. She won five Grand Slam titles, putting her total Grand Slam titles at 23. She finished the year at world No. 1 rank, for the second time in her career. She was romantically involved with rapper Common, until the two broke up in 2010. The sisters repeated their success streak, at 2010 the Australian Open and the French Open, thus defending their titles. They, however, lost the Wimbledon title. In 2012, she recorded a victory each at the Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles tournament. She even went on to win the singles gold medal, at the 2012 Olympics Games. The same year, she paired with her sister to win the doubles title, at the Wimbledon. In 2013, she became the oldest U.S. Open champion, along with became the oldest person to win the WTA championships, and the fourth player to win the event four times or more. In 2016, she announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Evhanian. She gave birth to a girl on September 1, 2017. The year 2017 she defeated her sister Venus Williams, to win the Australian Open. It was the 23 Grand Slam singles title of her career. Williams and Evhanian were married, on November 16, 2017, in New Orleans. She later involved at media, ladies' accessories, publications. She has won 39 Grand Slam titles, 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. Along with sister Venus, she won a record three doubles gold, in the Olympics as a team. In 2013, she became the oldest No. 1 player, at the age of 31 years and four months. I always believe I can beat the best, achieve the best. I always see myself in the top position. said, Serena Williams.