Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player and a former world no. 1. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her world no. 1 in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002 and regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She is considered to be one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all time.
She, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Margaret Court, and Maureen Connolly are the only women in tennis history to hold all four Slam singles titles at the same time (2002).
Was the 1999 US Open champion
Is the youngest of 5 girls
Her other sisters are Lyndrea, Isha & Yetunde
Daughter of Richard Williams and Oracene Williams.
Dad Richard is her coach
Won the 2000 Olympics doubles competition with her sister Venus
Her scenes of her first movie Black Knight (2001) were cut.
Among her pets was a Yorkshire terrier by the name of Petey (named after one of her tennis heroes, Pete Sampras), Jackie the Jack Russell Terrier; and Bambi the pitbull.
Younger sister of Venus Williams.
Elder sister Yetunde Price was murdered in Compton, California in Fall of 2003
Born on the same day as actress Christina Milian.
On 25 January 2003, she won the Australian Open tennis championship, completing the ‘grand slam’ of women’s tennis. “The Serena Slam Completed” was ranked #10 in TV Guide’s list of the “25 Most Awesome Sports Moments (of the last 15 years)”. [17 July 2005 issue]
She is a certified Fashion Designer and has her own clothing line called “Aneres” which is her name spelled backwards.
In 2007, Forbes Magazine estimated her earnings for the year at $14 million.
Measurements: 36DD-29-38 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine).
























