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Serena Williams - Grand Slam singles finals, Titles (37)

Tennis player, born in Saginaw, Michigan, USA, the sister of Venus Williams. Coached by her father, her achievements include the US Open singles title in 1999. She partnered her sister to gain doubles titles in the US Open (1999), French Open (1999), Wimbledon (2000, 2002), and Australian Open (2001, 2003). Further successes include singles titles at the French Open (2002), Wimbledon (2002, 2003), the US Open (2002), and the Australian Open (2003, 2005). At the start of 2006 she was ranked world number 15 but was out of the game for six months through injury.

Olympic medal record
Women's Tennis
Gold 2000 Sydney Doubles

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is a professional women's tennis player who has won seven Grand Slam singles titles and is a former World No.

Grand Slam singles finals

Wins (7)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
1999 U.S. Open Martina Hingis 6-3, 7-6
2002 French Open Venus Williams 7-5, 6-3
2002 Wimbledon Venus Williams 7-6, 6-3
2002 U.S. Open (2) Venus Williams 6-4, 6-3
2003 Australian Open Venus Williams 7-6, 3-6, 6-4
2003 Wimbledon (2) Venus Williams 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
2005 Australian Open (2) Lindsay Davenport 2-6, 6-3, 6-0

Runner-ups (2)

Year Championship Opponent in Final Score in Final
2001 U.S. Open Venus Williams 6-2, 6-4
2004 Wimbledon Maria Sharapova 6-1, 6-4

Titles (37)

Singles (26)

Legend
Grand Slam (7)
WTA Championships (1)
Tier I Event (7)
WTA Tour (11)
Titles by Surface
Hard (18)
Clay (2)
Grass (2)
Carpet (4)
No. Date Tournament Surface Opponent in the final Score
1. This table is current through the WTA Tour Championships, which ended on November 12, 2006.

Tournament 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Career SR Career Win-Loss
Australian Open A A A 2R 3R 4R QF A W A W 3R 2 / 7 26-5
French Open A A A 4R 3R A QF W SF QF A A 1 / 6 25-5
Wimbledon A A A 3R A SF QF W W F 3R A 2 / 7 33-5
U.S. Open A A A 3R W QF F W A QF 4R 4R 2 / 8 36-6
Grand Slam SR 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 2 7 / 28 N/A
Grand Slam Win-Loss 0-0 0-0 0-0 8-4 11-2 12-3 18-4 21-0 19-1 14-3 12-2 5-2 N/A 120-21
WTA Tour Championships A A A A A A W F A F A A 1 / 3 9-3
Tokyo A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0
Indian Wells A A LQ A W QF W A A A A A 2 / 4 14-2
Miami A A A QF F 4R QF W W W QF A 3 / 8 35-5
Charleston A A A A A A A QF F 3R A A 0 / 3 7-2
Berlin A A A A QF A A F A A A A 0 / 2 5-2
Rome A A A QF QF A A W SF SF 2R A 1 / 6 16-5
San Diego A A A A A A A A A QF A A 0 / 1 2-0
Montreal/Toronto A A A A A F W A A A 3R A 1 / 3 10-1
Moscow A A 1R A A A A A A A A A 0 / 1 3-12
Zurich A A A A A A A A A A A A 0 / 0 0-0
Tournaments Played 1 0 5 11 12 11 10 13 7 12 10 4 N/A 96
Finals Reached 0 0 0 0 6 5 4 10 5 5 1 0 N/A 36
Tournaments Won 0 0 0 0 5 3 3 8 4 2 1 0 N/A 26
Hardcourt Win-Loss 0-1 0-0 2-2 19-7 29-4 25-5 30-5 25-2 13-0 23-5 16-4 12-4 N/A 194-39
Clay Win-Loss 0-0 0-0 0-0 6-2 6-3 0-1 4-1 17-2 12-3 10-3 2-2 0-0 N/A 57-17
Grass Win-Loss 0-0 0-0 0-0 4-2 0-0 5-1 4-1 7-0 7-0 6-1 2-1 0-0 N/A 35-6
Carpet Win-Loss 0-0 0-0 7-3 0-0 5-0 7-1 0-0 7-1 4-0 0-0 1-0 0-0 N/A 31-5
Overall Win-Loss 0-1 0-0 9-5 29-11 40-7 37-8 38-7 56-5 36-3 39-9 21-7 12-4 N/A 317-671
Year End Ranking - - 99 20 4 6 6 1 3 7 11 95 N/A N/A

A = did not participate in the tournament

SR = the ratio of the number of singles tournaments won to the number of those tournaments played

LQ = lost in the qualifying tournament

1 If Fed Cup (3-0) participation is included, overall win-loss record stands at 320-67.

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