Super Serena!

There are no dearths of sportsperson those excel in their own field but a few are there who achieved something beyond expectation. To find an example we don’t have to travel far as we have a genius like Sachin Tendulkar at home. If we look into the broader area then a few others name which always will grace the history book. The list is huge but a few name immediately comes to my mind  – Michael Schumacher, Pele, Maradona,  Messi, Muller, Pete Sampras, Roger Federer, Margaret Court, Steffi Graff, Martina Navratilova and now I can include Serena Williams into the hall of fame.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams was born in Saginaw, Michigan, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price and is the youngest of Price's five daughters: half-sisters Yetunde, Lyndrea and Isha Price, and full sister Venus. Later, the family moved to California, where Serena started playing tennis at the age of four. Initially she and Venus coached by their parents.

When she was nine attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci. Macci spotted the exceptional talents of the sisters. Richard stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments when Williams was 10, since he wanted them to take it slow and focus on school work. Another factor was racial, as he had heard white parents talk about the Williams sisters in a derogatory manner during tournaments. At that time, Serena Williams had a 46–3 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked No. 1 among under-10 players in Florida.In 1995, when Serena was in the ninth grade, Richard pulled his daughters out of Macci's academy, and from then on took over all coaching at their home.

Williams' first professional event was in September 1995, at the age of 14 to counteract the forthcoming changes to age-eligibility rules, at the Bell Challenge. She lost in the first round of qualifying to Anne Miller, winning just two games. Williams won her first professional singles title, when she defeated Amélie Mauresmo in the final of the Open Gaz de France. Her first Grand Slam title came in 1999 in USOPEN where she beat Martina Hingis. She also holder of current Olympic gold for ladies single and doubles. With 17 grand slam singles titles, she also  own 22 doubles title along with her sister Venus and 3 Olympic gold medal in ladies doubles.

Singles
Career record	621–112
Career titles	55 WTA
Highest ranking	No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
Current ranking	No. 1 (August 12, 2013)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian Open	W (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010)
French Open	W (2002, 2013)
Wimbledon	W (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012)
US Open	W (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013)
Doubles
Career record	169-22 (89.1%)
Career titles	22
Highest ranking	No. 1 (June 7, 2010)
Current ranking	No. 27 (May 27, 2013)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian Open	W (2001, 2003, 2009, 2010)
French Open	W (1999, 2010)
Wimbledon	W (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012)
US Open	W (1999, 2009)
Mixed Doubles
Career record	27–3
Career titles	2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian Open	F (1999)
French Open	F (1998)
Wimbledon	W (1998)
US Open	W (1998)
Team Competitions
Fed Cup	W (1999)
Hopman Cup	W (2003, 2008)

Olympic medal record
Gold	2000 Sydney	Doubles
Gold	2008 Beijing	Doubles
Gold	2012 London	Singles
Gold	2012 London	Doubles

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