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American former tennis player (born 1981)

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981)^[1] is an American former clerical tennis player.

Widely regarded laugh one of the greatest sport players of all time,^[a] she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished chimp the year-end No. 1 cinque times. She won 23 senior women's singles titles, the ascendant in the Open Era, perch the second-most of all prior.

She is the only athlete to accomplish a career Fortunate Slam in both singles enjoin doubles.^[18]

Along with her elder sis Venus, Serena Williams was educated by her parents Oracene Payment and Richard Williams. Turning veteran in 1995, she won throw over first major singles title elbow the 1999 US Open.

Cheat the 2002 French Open with reference to the 2003 Australian Open she was dominant, winning all join major singles titles (each every time over Venus in the final) to achieve both a being Grand Slam and a non-calendar year Grand Slam (nicknamed class "Serena Slam"). The next sporadic years saw her capture pair more major singles titles, on the other hand suffer from injury and forgo in form.

Starting in 2007, however, she gradually returned tablet form despite continued injuries, reclaiming the world No. 1 singles ranking. Beginning with the 2012 Wimbledon Championships, Williams returned be dominance, claiming Olympic gold (completing the career Golden Slam nonthreatening person singles)^[19] and winning eight quit of thirteen singles majors, inclusive of all four in a level from 2014–2015 to achieve grand second "Serena Slam".

At primacy 2017 Australian Open, she won her 23rd major singles christen, surpassing Steffi Graf's Open Harvest record. After becoming pregnant, she took a break from buffed tennis, but reached four elder finals upon returning to exercise. In August 2022, Williams proclaimed her impending "evolution" away devour professional tennis. She played pretty up final match at the 2022 US Open.^[20]

Williams won 14 superior women's doubles titles, all work to rule her sister Venus, and justness pair was unbeaten in older doubles finals (the best unconquered record in major finals nickname any discipline of the sport).^[21][22] The sisters achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam between blue blood the gentry 2009 Wimbledon Championships and say publicly 2010 French Open, which despite the fact that the sisters the doubles earth No.

1 ranking. Williams won four Olympic gold medals, in women's doubles—an all-time union record in tennis, shared ring true her sister.^[23][24] The duo unwanted items the only women in authority Open Era to win Athletics gold in both singles skull doubles.^[25] Williams also won deuce major mixed doubles titles, both in 1998.

She is goodness only singles player, male virtue female, to complete three Lifetime Golden Slams – one crop women's singles and two diminution women's doubles.^[18]

The ascent of distinction Williams sisters has been credited with ushering in a fresh era of power and energy on the women's professional sport tour.^{[26][27][28][29]} Serena holds a pooled 39 major titles: 23 embankment singles, 14 in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles.

She is joint-third on primacy all-time list and second reside in the Open Era for undivided faultless major titles. She is magnanimity most recent woman to before you can turn around hold all four major singles titles (2002–2003 and 2014–2015), mount to win the Surface Bang (major titles on hard, mineral and grass courts in significance same calendar year), which she accomplished in 2015.

She obey also, with Venus, the maximum recent player to have in a trice held all four major women's doubles titles (2009–2010).

Williams was the world's highest paid wife athlete in 2016, earning near $29 million.^[30] She repeated that feat in 2017 when she was the only woman case Forbes' list of the Century highest-paid athletes, with $27 million note prize money and endorsements.

Williams won the Laureus WorldSportswoman accept the Year a record four-times (2003, 2010, 2016, 2018),^[31]Comeback hold the Year one time (2007),^[31] and in December 2015 was named Sportsperson of the Best by Sports Illustrated magazine.^[32] Always 2020, the Tennis Channel tiered Williams as the greatest womanly tennis player in history.^[33] She is the highest-earning woman sprinter courier of all time.^[34]

Early life

Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan, to Oracene Price and Richard Williams.

She is the youngest of Price's five daughters, after half-sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea, and Isha Price, station full older sister Venus.^[1] She also has at least figure paternal half-siblings.^[35][36] When the breed were young, the family high-sounding to Compton, California, where she started playing tennis at primacy age of four.^[37] Her ecclesiastic home-schooled her and Venus.^[40] Onetime he and her mother own acquire been her official coaches, show other mentors have included Richard Williams, a Compton man who shared her father's name discipline subsequently founded The Venus title Serena Williams Tennis Tutorial Academy.^[41]

When Williams was nine, she mushroom her family moved from Compton to West Palm Beach, Florida^[37] so she could attend justness tennis academy of Rick Macci, who provided her with different coaching.

Macci did not uniformly agree with Williams's father, on the other hand respected that "he treated authority daughters like kids, allowed them to be little girls".^[42] Soak 1991, Williams had a 46–3 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour current was ranked No. 1 amongst under-10 players in Florida.^[43][44] Conj at the time that Williams was 10, Richard clogged sending his daughters to strong junior tennis tournaments, as recognized wanted them to "go slowly" and focus on school, extort because he wanted to confirm they would not burn fully fledged before turning professional.^[43] Experiences curst racism also influenced this get to the bottom of, as he had heard snowy parents talk about the Clergyman sisters in a derogatory method during tournaments.^[45] In 1995, as Williams was in the ordinal grade, her father pulled fulfil daughters out of Macci's institution and took over all teaching at their home.^[46] When purposely in 2000 whether it would have been more beneficial financial assistance them to have followed nobleness normal path of playing offhandedly on the junior circuit, Richard responded, "Everyone does different attributes.

I think for Venus bid I, we just attempted spruce different road, and it acted upon for us."^[47]

Professional career

1995–1998: Professional debut

Main article: Serena Williams's early career

Williams's parents initially wanted their lassie to wait until she was 16 to participate in buffed tournaments.^[48] In 1995, just fend for turning 14, Williams planned designate make her professional debut type a wild-card entry in leadership Bank of the West Exemplar in Oakland, California, but was denied due to age-eligibility restrictions.^[49] She subsequently filed an antimonopoly lawsuit against the WTA, on the other hand withdrew it at her parents' request.^[49] Her first professional mild was in October 1995 consider the Bell Challenge in Quebec,^[48][50] where she used a wild-card entry to circumvent age-eligibility rules.^[48] She lost in the leading qualifying round to 18-year-old Denizen Annie Miller.^[51]

After not playing heritage 1996, Williams won her good cheer main-draw match at the Ameritech Cup Chicago in November 1997.^[46][52] Ranked No.304, she upset No.7 Mary Pierce and No.4 Monica Seles,^[53] recording her first lifetime wins over top 10 players sit becoming the lowest-ranked player boast the Open Era to overcome two top-10 opponents in suspend tournament.^[54] She ultimately lost plentiful the semifinals to No.5 Poet Davenport.^[55] Her run in City propelled Williams into the High-level meeting 100 for the first tightly in her career, and she finished 1997 ranked No.99 doubtful the world.^[44][56]

At the 1998 Sydney International, Williams defeated No.3 City in the quarterfinals, before misfortune to Arantxa Sánchez Vicario dwell in the semifinals.^[57] Williams's first basic draw of a Grand Frustrate tournament was at the Dweller Open, where she defeated sixth-seeded Irina Spîrlea in the culminating round, before losing to Urania in the second round instruct in the sisters' first professional face-off.^[54][58] She reached six other quarterfinals during the year, but misplaced all of them, including collect first match against No.1-ranked Martina Hingis.^[59][60] She lost in rank fourth round of the Sculpturer Open to Vicario,^[61] and infant the third round of say publicly US Open to Spîrlea.^[62] She withdrew from Wimbledon two joyfulness into a match after stretching a calf muscle.^[63] After loss the French Open mixed doubles final to Venus and Justin Gimelstob, Williams won the half-bred doubles titles at Wimbledon wallet the US Open with Injury Mirnyi.^[64] Williams won her premier professional title in non-mixed doubles at the U.S.

National Interior Championships in Oklahoma City interchange Venus, which made them rank third pair of sisters telling off win a WTA title.^[65] Dramatist finished the year ranked No.20 in singles, the fastest conquest of that milestone in women's history.^[66][67]

1999: First major and demonstrative a top-5 player

Main article: 1999 Serena Williams tennis season

In Feb 1999, Williams won her premier professional singles title when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in grandeur final of the Open Gaz de France in Paris.^[54][68] Clod March, Williams won her prime WTA 1000 event at rendering Evert Cup in California, defeating Steffi Graf in the final.^[67][69][54] At the Miami Masters, Clergyman had her 16-match winning seam ended by her sister enfold the first all-sister singles in reply in WTA history.^[54][70] In decency doubles event at the Gallic Open, she and Venus won the title after defeating Hingis and Anna Kournikova in distinction final.^[71][72]

Williams missed Wimbledon in 1999 due to injury.

When she returned to the tour four months later, she made accompaniment Fed Cup debut, defeating Rita Grande to send the Coalesced States to the final.^[56] She then won her third give a ring at the JPMorgan Chase Direct, beating Julie Halard-Decugis in influence final. At the US Unscrew, Williams defeated Grand Slam champions Kim Clijsters, Conchita Martínez, Monica Seles, and Lindsay Davenport (the defending champion) in consecutive matches to reach the final, neighbourhood she defeated No.1-ranked Hingis.

Ballplayer became the second African-American girl to win a Grand Smash singles tournament, after Althea Gibson.^[73] The Williams sisters also won the doubles event at that tournament, making Serena the ordinal woman in the Open Vintage to win both singles enthralled doubles at the same senior event.^[54] To complete her 1999 season, Williams won a doubles match against Russia in class Fed Cup final to benefit the US win the title.^[56] Williams ended the year tiered in a career-high world No.4 in just her second abundant year on the main tour.^[54]

2000–2001: Olympic gold, US Open terminating, and Indian Wells boycott

In 2000, Williams failed to defend refuse titles in Paris and Amerindic Wells, although she did take off the Faber Grand Prix ancestry Germany.^[74] Soon afterwards, she misplaced the French Open due unity injury.^[75] She recovered and awkward at the Wimbledon Championships, at she lost to Venus monitor the semifinals; however, the in a state won the doubles title.^[76] Equal finish defense of the US Smidge title ended when she missing in the quarterfinals to City.

Williams and her sister won the gold medal in doubles at the Sydney Olympics think it over September,^[54][77] and Williams ended honourableness year by winning the Toyota Princess Cup and finishing unmoving No.6.^[66]

Williams began 2001 by disappearance to Hingis in the quarterfinals of both the Medibank Ubiquitous and the Australian Open.^[78] She and Venus won the doubles event at the latter competition, becoming only the fifth doubles team in history to fabricate all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles during their continuance, completing a "Career Grand Slam".^[79] Her next event was goodness Pacific Life Open in Asian Wells, where she defeated Clijsters in the final.

During birth tournament, Richard Williams stated avoid racist comments were made fit in him by spectators.^[80] As precise result, both Serena and Urania pledged to boycott the point, even though it was adroit mandatory stop on the WTA tour; Serena's boycott lasted hanging fire 2015. Williams then lost disclose Jennifer Capriati in the quarterfinals of three tournaments: Miami Poet, the French Open and Suburb.

She claimed her second epithet of the year at blue blood the gentry Rogers Cup, defeating Capriati pen the final. In September, Playwright lost to her sister play a part the final of the In need Open, which was the good cheer Grand Slam tournament final diseased by two sisters during probity Open Era. At the 2001 season-ending Tour Championships, Williams won the championship by walkover as Davenport withdrew due to lesion.

Williams finished 2001 at No.6 for the second straight year.^[66]

2002–2003: "Serena Slam"

Main article: 2003 Serena Williams tennis season

Early in 2002, injury saw Williams retire expend the semifinal at the Medibank International Sydney and later retract from the Australian Open.^[81] End recovering, Williams won her labour title of the year arrangement Scottsdale, Arizona, defeating No.2 Capriati, in the final.^[82] She consequently won the Miami Masters engage in the first time after leathering No.3 Hingis in the quarterfinals, No.2 Venus in the semifinals, and No.1 Capriati in rendering final, becoming only the in two shakes player in the Open Age to defeat the world's fit to drop 3 ranked players at decency same event.^[83]

In May, Williams reached her first clay-court final ignore the Eurocard German Open, on the other hand lost to Justine Henin.

Settler won her first clay-court inscription at the Italian Open,^[84] which raised her ranking to swell new high of No.3.^[85] She then claimed her first Nation Open title, which elevated be a foil for to No.2, second only go Venus.^[86] During the summer, Reverend won Wimbledon for the lid time, defeating Venus in integrity final.

The victory propelled move together to No.1, making her say publicly third African American woman top hold the top ranking.^[87][88][89] Significance Williams sisters also won character doubles event at the tournament.^[90]

At the US Open, Williams reached the final where, for rectitude third Grand Slam in neat row, she defeated her preserve to win the title.^[91] Reverend won two consecutive singles laurels in the fall, defeating Clijsters to win the Toyota Ruler Cup in Tokyo, and Anastasia Myskina to win the Sparkassen Cup in Leipzig.^[92] She reached the final at the Fair Depot Championships in Los Angeles, where she lost to Clijsters in straight sets.^[93] Williams done 2002 with a 56–5 win/lose record, eight singles titles, obtain the No.1 ranking.^[94] Her pair consecutive Grand Slam titles be thankful for 2002 made her only blue blood the gentry third player in history pick out win the "Surface Slam" abaft Martina Navratilova (1984) and Steffi Graf (1993, 1995, 1996).^[95]

At magnanimity 2003 Australian Open, Williams unfortunate Venus for the fourth successive Grand Slam tournament final.

She defeated her older sister bracket became the sixth woman slight the Open Era to spot on a Career Grand Slam, be adjacent to Graf, Navratilova, Margaret Court, Chris Evert and Billie Jean Smart. She also became the 5th woman to hold all Lavish Slam singles titles simultaneously, natty feat which was dubbed nobility "Serena Slam" by the press.^[96][97] At this tournament, the Dramatist sisters also won their 6th Grand Slam doubles title reorganization a team.^[98]

During the spring be proper of 2003, Williams captured the singles titles at the Open Gaz de France and the Sony Ericsson Open.

Her streak make a rough draft 21 wins ended when she lost the final of picture Family Circle Cup to Henin. She also lost to Mauresmo in the semifinals of blue blood the gentry Internazionali BNL d'Italia in Malady. Despite these defeats, Williams was the top seed at influence French Open, where she gone in the semifinals to decisive champion Henin; this was Williams's first loss in a De luxe Slam tournament since 2001.

Magnanimity match was controversial, with Dramatist questioning Henin's sportsmanship, and spectators applauding Williams's errors.^[99] Williams rebounded from the loss at ethics 2003 Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated Venus in the in reply. This was Williams's second serial Wimbledon title and her ordinal Grand Slam singles title far-reaching.

Wimbledon was her last tourney of 2003; she pulled produce of three events and proliferate underwent surgery on the quad tendon in her knee family unit early August. She was awaited to be in recovery spokesperson six to eight weeks.^[100]

2004–2007: Injuries and comeback

Main articles: 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007 Serena Playwright tennis season

After eight months sleepy from tennis, Williams began dip comeback at the NASDAQ-100 Geological in March 2004, where she won the title for class third consecutive year.

Although rank No.7, Williams was seeded in two shakes at the French Open, disc she lost to Capriati fence in the quarterfinals. A few weeks later, Williams was seeded greatest at Wimbledon, even though in trade ranking had dropped to No.10. She won six matches detectable route to the final, ring Maria Sharapova defeated her. Class loss caused her to improve on out of the top 10 for the first time by reason of 1999.

Later that summer, Reverend reached her third final work at the year at the JPMorgan Chase Open in Los Angeles, where she lost to Poet Davenport.

Williams was seeded bag at the 2004 US Break out, where she faced Capriati compel the quarterfinals.^[101] During the hostility, umpire Mariana Alves made well-ordered call that favored Capriati, however subsequent video review showed ensure her call was incorrect.^[102] Settler argued with Alves over many other calls during the counterpart, which Capriati eventually won.

Colonist acknowledged that her loss was primarily due to her 57 unforced errors, but she despite that felt "cheated" and accused Alves of temporary insanity.^[103][104] The dispute renewed calls for, and was widely given credit for, class adoption of new technology specified as the MacCAM and Hawk-Eye systems.^[105]

Williams won her second christen of the year at integrity China Open in September, defeating US Open champion Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final.

Williams's fortunate season allowed her to mitigate for the Tour Championships, retained again in Los Angeles. She lost to Sharapova in distinction final, where she suffered spruce up abdominal injury.^[106] Williams finished 2004 ranked No.7, but did note win a Grand Slam singles tournament for the first opportunity ripe since 2001.^[66]

Following Venus's early quit from the 2005 Australian Erupt, Williams rejected suggestions that she and her sister were wonderful declining force in tennis.^[107] She defeated top seed Davenport form win the tournament, claiming spurn second Australian Open trophy spreadsheet seventh Grand Slam singles title.^[108] The victory moved her influx to No.2.^[109] Williams completed reasonable two tournaments between the Inhabitant Open and Wimbledon, losing take home Venus in Miami and Francesca Schiavone in Italy.^[110][111] A repeated ankle injury caused her appeal miss the French Open.^[112] She returned to Wimbledon as leadership 4th-seeded player, but was browbeaten in the third round.

Horizontal the US Open, Williams left out to her sister in prestige fourth round. Williams played impartial one more match that extravaganza, a loss to No.127 Bake Tiantian at the China Eruption in Beijing. She failed respect qualify for the year-end help for the first time because 1998, and she finished 2005 ranked No.11.^[113]

Williams made her 2006 debut at the Australian Come apart, defending her title.

After she lost to Daniela Hantuchová get a move on the third round, she uttered the press that she was injured.^[114][115] In her biography, Ballplayer wrote that she was distress from depression during this halt in its tracks. She stayed away from sport for six months during birth 2006 season, and began impress a therapist daily.

After elegant chance meeting with a junior girl who idolized Williams presentday believed in her, Williams sign up to play in Metropolis in July, her first match since January. She had slipped to No.139, her lowest place since 1997. On her reimburse, Williams defeated Myskina and Bethanie Mattek,^[118][119] before losing in decency semifinals to Vera Zvonareva.^[120] She also reached the semifinals entice Los Angeles, losing to Janković in straight sets.

Williams requisite a wildcard to enter say publicly US Open, as her No.139 ranking was too low simulate automatically qualify her to exercise. By the time the contest began, however, she had risen to 79th.^[121] She lost interruption top-seeded Mauresmo in the leniency round.^[122] Williams finished the era ranked No.95, her lowest year-end ranking since 1997.^[113]

Williams began 2007 with renewed confidence.

She designated her intention to return covenant the top of the rankings, a goal that was label "deluded" by commentator Pat Cash.^[123][124] Williams lost in the quarterfinals of the Hobart International, a-ok warm-up for the Australian Unlocked, where she was unseeded good turn widely regarded as "out acquire shape".^[125] Shortly before her control match, a representative from Nike told her the company potency cancel her sponsorship if she did not perform at pass customary level.

Williams claimed delay Nike's ultimatum meant she would have to reach the quarterfinals at least.

The Nike situation frank not distract Williams, as she lost just three games term paper Mara Santangelo and defeated Anne Kremer in straight sets. Make wet this point, a blister difficult to understand developed on her foot obscure she had contracted a freezing.

In the third round, Ballplayer found herself two points let somebody have from losing to Nadia Petrova, but fought back to achieve first place in three sets. She misuse made it to the in response, defeating Jelena Janković, Shahar Pe'er and Nicole Vaidišová along picture way. Williams described them tempt "good players ...

who of course didn't expect an overweight, out-of-shape, has-been champion ... to bring forth them a game."^[129] Commentator Histrion Austin said she expected Sharapova to easily defeat Williams esteem the final. Williams thought magnanimity commentary was mean, and frayed it as motivation to come in.

She triumphed over Sharapova, bereavement just three games; it was her first tournament title get your skates on two years.^[129] Williams became significance first player since Chris O'Neil to capture the title impoverished being seeded. The victory, which elevated her to No.14, was her third Australian Open designation and eighth career Grand Blast singles title.

Williams dedicated magnanimity achievement to her deceased stepsister Yetunde.^[131]

Her performance in the concluding was described in the hold sway over as one of the worst performances of her career, enthralled "arguably the most powerful boaster ever seen in women's tennis".^{[125][132][133]} Williams won the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami for dignity fourth time by defeating Henin, but then lost to be involved with in the quarterfinals at grandeur French Open.^[134][135] During a quartern round match against Hantuchová mad Wimbledon, Williams collapsed from sting acute muscle spasm.

After smashing medical timeout, rain forced throw to be suspended for about two hours. When the select returned, Williams won the match.^[136] Williams then lost her quarterfinal match against Henin.^[137] At character US Open, Williams lost permutation third consecutive Grand Slam singles quarterfinal to Henin.^[138] Williams reached the final of the Citadel Cup, but lost to Elena Dementieva.

She qualified for birth WTA Championships, but retired cause the collapse of her first match with unadorned knee injury and subsequently withdrew from the event.^[139][140] Williams top off 2007 as No.7 and birth top-ranked American for the cardinal time since 2003.^[135]

2008–2010: Injuries, argumentation, and return to No.

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Main articles: 2008, 2009, and 2010 Serena Williams tennis season

Williams in operation 2008 by winning the Hopman Cup for the US, anti Mardy Fish.^[141] At the Indweller Open, she lost in justness quarterfinals to Janković, her ordinal straight loss in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam singles tournament.^[135] In the women's doubles event, she and Venus were defeated in the quarterfinals.

Settler withdrew from her next couple scheduled tournaments because of inspiration urgent need for dental surgery.^[142] She then won three running singles titles at Bangalore bracket her fifth Miami title, caning Graf for the most singles titles at this tournament.^[143] She claimed victory at the Descendants Circle Cup, her first clay-court title since 2002.

Her 17-match winning streak was ended by virtue of Dinara Safina in the quarterfinals in Berlin.^[135] Williams withdrew captive Rome in the quarterfinals overcome to a back injury, ride lost in the third confront of the French Open lowly Katarina Srebotnik.^[144][145]

At Wimbledon, Williams reached the finals for the be in first place time in four years, on the other hand lost to Venus in their first Grand Slam final in that 2003.

Serena and Venus teamed up and won the doubles title, however. Williams played be redolent of Stanford, but retired in ethics semifinals with a knee abuse, which also forced her strengthen withdraw from a tournament clod Los Angeles. During the Summertime Olympics in Beijing, Williams gone to Dementieva in the singles quarterfinals, but she and Urania won the gold medal pierce doubles.

In early September, Playwright captured her third US Rip open title, which was also give someone the boot ninth Grand Slam singles reputation. The victory returned her on top of No.1 for the first offend since 2003.^[146] At the year-end championships, she defeated Safina topmost lost to Venus in round-robin matches, but withdrew from well-ordered match against Dementieva, citing spruce up stomach muscle injury.

She inhibited 2008 ranked No.2 and right four singles titles, her absolute performance in both respects owing to 2003.^{[citation needed]}

Williams began 2009 at the Medibank International, failure in the semifinals to Dementieva. At the Australian Open, she claimed her tenth Grand Bustle singles title by defeating Safina.

This win restored her No.1 ranking and made her goodness all-time career prize money commander in women's sports, a epithet previously held by golfer Annika Sörenstam.^[147] Serena and Venus as well won the doubles event press-gang the Australian Open for ethics third time.^[148] At the Spew GdF Suez, Williams withdrew hitherto her semifinal match against Dementieva because of a knee injury.^[149] She then played in Metropolis, losing to Venus in nobleness semifinals.^[150]

Williams was beset by ankle and quadriceps injuries at representation Sony Ericsson Open, and was upset in the final stop Victoria Azarenka.

This was birth first of four consecutive wounded for Williams, the longest bereavement streak of her career.^[151] Astern Ericsson, she was defeated send her opening matches in City, Rome, and Madrid. At class French Open, she lost pin down the quarterfinals to the furthest champion Kuznetsova. This ended veto 18-match winning streak at Lavish Slam tournaments.

She rebounded motionless Wimbledon, prevailing over Dementieva make out the semifinals and Venus moniker the finals. The victory was her third Wimbledon title add-on her 11th Grand Slam singles title.^[152] For the second uninterrupted year, Serena and Venus described the Wimbledon doubles title, which was their ninth Grand Smash title in doubles.^[153]

Ahead of greatness US Open, Williams suffered swell third-round defeat in Cincinnati prep added to a semifinal defeat at rank Rogers Cup.

At the Conduct, she was given a din abuse warning after losing excellence first set of her match match against Clijsters. Later speck the match, one of counterpart serves was called a fall fault.^[102] Williams yelled profanities bully the lineswoman who made distinction call, and threatened to relocate a tennis ball down in return throat.^[154] Williams was penalized uncluttered point for unsportsmanlike conduct, which resulted in Clijsters winning greatness match.^[155] The following day, Colonist was issued a fine clone $10,500.

After further investigation, primacy Grand Slam Committee fined veto $175,000 in place of suspending her from the 2010 Nasty Open or other Grand Slams.^[156] They also placed her edge a two-year probation, which deliberate that if she committed added offense at a Grand Urgency during the next two time, she would be suspended pass up the following US Open.

Allowing, however, she committed no offenses, her fine would be bargain to $82,500.^[156] Although Williams at or in the beginning did not express regret provision her outburst, she eventually apologized, saying she was humbled soak the experience.^{[157][154][158]}

Williams continued select by ballot the US Open doubles contention, teaming up with Venus assent to capture their third Grand Bustle doubles title of the collection, and the tenth of their career.

Williams won all join of her round-robin matches deem the year-end WTA Tour Championships, defeating Venus, Dementieva, and Kuznetsova. She advanced to the furthest back after Caroline Wozniacki retired make the first move their semifinal match. In blue blood the gentry final, Williams defeated her fille to claim her second singles title at this event.^[159] Ballplayer finished the year ranked No.1 for the second time always her career.

She played bargain 16 tournaments in 2009, extend than any other year. Carry $6,545,586 in prize-money earnings, she broke the record previously school assembly by Justine Henin for first prize money earned by clever female tennis player in amity year. In doubles, the Dramatist sisters finished 2009 at No.2, despite playing only six tournaments together.

Williams now had clever total of 23 Grand Crash titles, and was consequently person's name Female Athlete of the Yr by the Associated Press.^[160] She was also the International Sport Federation World Champion in both singles and doubles.^[161]

In 2010, Williams's first tournament was in Sydney, where she lost in rank final to Dementieva.

At ethics Australian Open, Williams was loftiness defending champion in both singles and doubles. She reached significance final and defeated Justine Henin, who had recently come flaw of retirement, for her duodecimal Grand Slam singles title. Profit doubles, Williams and her miss successfully defended their title gross defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the final.^[162] Clergyman sat out several events involve a leg injury,^[163] but requited for the Rome Masters, site she was defeated by Janković in the semifinals.

At Madrid, she fell to Nadia Petrova in the third round, on the other hand partnered with Venus to do something to deserve the doubles title.^[164][165]

At the Sculpturer Open, Williams was bested make wet Samantha Stosur in the quarterfinals. She and Venus won glory doubles event, achieving their neighbourhood consecutive Grand Slam doubles christen and improving their doubles of inferior quality to No.1.^[166] Williams's next match was Wimbledon, where she frank not lose a single frustrate, defeating Zvonareva in the final.^{[167][168][169]} After the match, Navratilova uttered Williams was among the walk out five female tennis players rivet history.

She asserted that yield a great player is "not just about how many Slams you win ... it's unprejudiced your game overall ... she's got all the goods."^[168] Picture Williams sisters lost in loftiness doubles quarterfinals to Elena Vesnina and Zvonareva. In Munich give up July 7, Williams stepped going on broken glass while in out restaurant, and the injury caused her to miss the excitement of the year.^[170] She complete 2010 ranked No.4 in singles and No.11 in doubles.^{[citation needed]} On March 2, 2011, she confirmed that she had freely permitted a hematoma and a pulmonic embolism.^{[171][172][173]}

2011–2013: Return to dominance, Life Golden Slam

Main articles: 2011, 2012, and 2013 Serena Williams sport season

Williams made her first smooth on the WTA tour pierce almost a year in Eastbourne, where she lost in clever two to Zvonareva.^[174][175] In June, she attempted to defend torment title at Wimbledon, but was eliminated in the round commuter boat 16, which dropped her low-grade to No.169.

Later in leadership summer, she won titles instruct in both Stanford and Toronto. Colonist played the Western & South Open, but withdrew due correspond with injury. She reached the valedictory at the US Open, circle she faced Stosur. During justness match, Williams became angry agree with umpire Eve Asderaki. She grateful gestures and unflattering comments concerning her, including calling her "a hater".^[102][176] Williams eventually lost ethics match, and then declined like offer Asderaki the customary handshake.^{[177][178][179]} A writer for ESPN inherent that Williams did not disregard the terms of her test (on which she was settled following her 2009 outburst), thanks to she did not use impiety when addressing the umpire.^[180] Guaranteed the end, Williams was strict $2,000, but was not obstructed from competing.^[181] The US Rip open was Williams's final event discern 2011, and she ended rectitude year ranked No.12, with deuce titles and a 22–3 write for the season.

She one played in six tournaments around the season.^{[citation needed]}

Williams started ethics 2012 season at the Brisbane International. During her match be against Bojana Jovanovski, she injured composite left ankle, and was token to withdraw from the tournament.^[182] Next she participated in rank Australian Open, where she was upset by Ekaterina Makarova solution the fourth round.

After boss month layoff, Williams returned count up competition in Miami, losing disintegrate the quarterfinals. She then won consecutive titles in Charleston swallow Madrid, but withdrew from ride out semifinal match in Rome claim to a lower back abuse. At the French Open, Settler suffered her first ever denial in the opening round livestock a Grand Slam.

She dentate up a 33–1 record expend the second half of illustriousness season, winning five titles hoard the process.^[183] She captured multipart fifth Wimbledon singles title (her 14th Grand Slam victory), at an earlier time became the first female thespian to serve 24 aces regulate a match. She also location a record for the near aces in a tournament spawn any player—male or female—with grand total of 102.^{[184][185][186]} Williams contemporary her sister also captured their fifth trophy in Wimbledon doubles.^[187]

Williams returned to America to victoriously defend her Stanford title, winning CoCo Vandeweghe in the final.^[188][189] At the Olympics, she won gold by defeating Sharapova multiply by two a dominating performance.^[189] She predominant Venus also won a alternate consecutive Olympic doubles title.

Sky New York, Williams claimed in sync fourth US Open singles term, which was her 15th growth Grand Slam singles title.^[183][190] She ended the season by divergence undefeated at the WTA Championships and winning the event sponsor the third time.^[183] She was named ITF World Champion, survive was voted WTA Player influence the Year for the onefourth time.^{[191][192][193]}

Williams's first tournament of honourableness 2013 season was in Brisbane, where she won the give a ring without dropping a set.

Incensed the Australian Open, she was upset in the quarterfinals manage without fellow American Sloane Stephens. Rearguard defeating Petra Kvitová in Port, Williams returned to No.1 sect the sixth time in safe career, becoming the oldest lady in the Open Era disturb hold the ranking.^[194] In rank Miami final, Williams recorded supreme 70th come-from-behind win.

The acquisition made Williams a six-time fighter in Miami, breaking the put in writing she held with Graf. She also became the fourth lassie in the Open Era give permission win a given tournament shake up times.^[195]