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Tennis Biography

Serena Williams

American · Born 1981

23 Grand SlamsGOAT WomenRole Model
Professional Tennis Player
23
grand slams
4
olympic gold
319
weeks no1

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23-time Grand Slam champion and the greatest female athlete of her generation — transformed tennis and redefined possibility.

Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slam titles across three decades of professional tennis — the most by any player (male or female) in the Open Era. She won her final Grand Slam, the 2017 Australian Open, while eight weeks pregnant. A cultural figure as much as a sporting one, she campaigned tirelessly for equal pay and racial justice throughout her career.

She won the 2017 Australian Open while eight weeks pregnant — a feat that left the sporting world astonished.

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Career Honours

  • Grand Slams: 23
  • Wimbledon 7x
  • US Open 6x
  • Australian Open 7x
  • Olympic Gold 4x