Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on four separate occasions; as of July 4, 2009, she is ranked World No. 2. She is the reigning US Open, Australian Open and Wimbledon singles champion and has won 22 Grand Slam titles: 11 in singles, 9 in doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. She is also the only active female player to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments during her career (one French Open, three Wimbledon, four Australian and three US Opens). She also has won more Grand Slams than any other active female player. Additionally, Williams has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. In 2005, Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player in 40 years. She is the younger sister of former World No. 1 professional female tennis player Venus Williams; the sisters have played each other in 21 professional matches dating back to 1998, with Serena winning 11 matches played between them as of July 2009. They are the only women during the open era to have played each other in four consecutive Grand Slam singles finals.
Finally wrestling the title from her older sister, Serena Williams is now the Wimbledon 2009 Finals Ladies Singles Champion!
Serena took her older sister, Venus Williams, down with straight sets in 87 minutes with scores of 7-6 (7-3), 6-2. Serena felt that it was her time to win the Wimbledon after Venus won the title 5 times. sarena william is always stay on the top position in the women tennis ,she is a great tennis player for ever .
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