SERENA WILLIAMS

Serena Jameka Williams, (born September 26, 1981) is an American former World No. 1 ranked female tennis player who has won eight Grand Slam singles titles and an Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. Height : 5-foot-10

Plays : Right-handed

Birthdate : Sept. 26, 1981

Beat Martina Hingis for 1999 U.S. Open championship becoming the first African American woman to win a Grand Slam title since Althea Gibson in 1958.

Won doubles title at the 1999 U.S. and French Opens with sister Venus.

The sisters also paired to win the doubles title at Wimbledon in 2000. In 2005, Tennis magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years.



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