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{{Infobox Tennis biography
|playername= Serena Williams
|image= [[Image:Serena Williams July 2008.jpg|240 px]] <br>Williams playing [[World Team Tennis]] in 2008
|country= United States
|residence= [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]], [[U.S.]] <ref name="WTA profile">{{cite web |author=WTA |publisher = WTA |url=http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/Playerbio.asp?PlayerID=230234 |title=Serena Williams Bio on WTA Tour website |accessdate=2008-04-01}}</ref>
|datebirth= {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1981|9|26}}
|placebirth= [[Saginaw, Michigan]], [[U.S.]]
|height= {{convert|5|ft|9|in|abbr=on|sigfig=3}}<ref name="WTA profile"/>
|weight = {{convert|150|lb|abbr=on}}<ref name="WTA profile"/>
|turnedpro= 1995
|plays= Right; Two-handed backhand
|careerprizemoney= [[US$]]23,517,642<br>(1st in all-time rankings)<ref>http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus09/news/story?id=3870020</ref>|
|singlesrecord= 409–86 (82.6%)
|singlestitles= 33
|highestsinglesranking= No. 1 (July 8, 2002)
|currentsinglesranking= No. 1 (as of February 2, 2009)
|AustralianOpenresult= '''W''' ([[2003 Australian Open - Women's Singles|2003]], [[2005 Australian Open - Women's Singles|2005]], [[2007 Australian Open - Women's Singles|2007]], [[2009 Australian Open - Women's Singles|2009]])
|FrenchOpenresult= '''W''' ([[2002 French Open - Women's Singles|2002]])
|Wimbledonresult= '''W''' ([[2002 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles|2002]], [[2003 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles|2003]])
|USOpenresult= '''W''' ([[1999 US Open - Women's Singles|1999]], [[2002 US Open - Women's Singles|2002]], [[2008 U.S. Open - Women's Singles|2008]])
|Othertournaments = Yes
|WTAChampionshipsresult= '''W''' ([[2001 WTA Tour Championships|2001]])
|Olympicsresult= QF ([[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Singles|2008]])
|doublesrecord= 117–17 (87.3%)
|doublestitles= 14
|highestdoublesranking= No. 5 (October 11, 1999)
|grandslamsdoublesresults = 8
|AustralianOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (2001, 2003, [[2009 Australian Open - Women's Doubles|2009]])
|FrenchOpenDoublesresult = '''W''' (1999)
|WimbledonDoublesresult = '''W''' (2000, 2002, [[2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles|2008]])
|USOpenDoublesresult ='''W''' (1999)
|updated= February 2, 2009
}}
{{MedalTop}}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Tennis]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's doubles|Doubles]]}}
{{MedalBottom}}

'''Serena Jameka Williams''' (born September 26, 1981) is an American professional tennis player who, as of February 2, 2009, is ranked World No. 1 by the [[Women's Tennis Association]], having now held that ranking on four different occasions. She is the current [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and [[Australian Open]] singles champion and has won 20 [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] titles: ten in singles, eight in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. She also has won two [[Olympic Games|Olympic]] gold medals in women's doubles.<ref>[http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/tennis/news/story?id=3539310 Williams sisters net gold in doubles, beating Spaniards in final]</ref> She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously. Williams has won more career prize money than any other woman, in any sport.<ref> [http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/aus09/news/story?id=3870020 Serena sets career prize money mark]</ref> In 2005, ''[[TENNIS Magazine|Tennis]]'' magazine ranked her as the 17th-best player of the preceding forty years. She is the younger sister of a former [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]] professional female tennis player, [[Venus Williams]].

==Playing style==
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Williams is primarily a baseline player. Her game is built around taking immediate control of rallies with her powerful and consistent serve, return of serve, and forceful groundstrokes that can come from both the forehand and backhand wing.

Her serve is widely regarded as the best in the women's game. She is known for having a very smooth motion and her serve is one of the most highly respected on the [[WTA Tour|WTA tour]]. For example, [[Lindsay Davenport]] has said that Williams's serve is the best serve that she has faced on the WTA tour. Williams frequently hits serves over 120 mph and often varies the placement of her serve; in 2006 at Cincinnati she struck a serve which measured at 127 mph and in 2008 at Charleston she recorded 129 mph, a speed which only two other female players have exceeded.<ref>[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=2806 'Harder, Better, Faster...' Article discussing the serve speeds of women in 2008 - Nov 28]</ref> She can hit flat, slice, and topspin serves to both corners of the service box. Williams is capable of overpowering her opponents when returning serve, off both second and first serve.

Williams is also effective at the net, employing solid [[volley (tennis)|volleys]] (being especially effective on the drive volley) and powerful overheads. She also can produce good [[drop shot|drop volleys]], a shot that not many players use.

Although Williams's forehand is among the most powerful shots in the women's game, her [[backhand]] is considered to be one of the best, if not the best, on the [[Women's Tennis Association]] tour. Williams can often hit a winning [[backhand]] shot in any position or place on the court down the line or cross court albeit on the defence or under pressure. Williams strikes her backhand [[groundstroke]] using an open stance. She also uses the same open stance for her [[forehand]].

Because of her aggressive style of play, Williams hits a relatively high number of unforced errors. This is tempered, however, by the fact that she typically hits more outright winners than her opponents. Other times her number of unforced errors are tempered by her powerful strokes forcing her opponents to commit errors.

Although many think of Williams as only an offensive player, she also has a good defensive game. Williams is quick around the court, and her core strength enables her to hit the ball efficiently from difficult positions. Williams has more variety in her game than the typical offensive baseline player. Although she normally dictates play from the baseline with heavy strokes, Williams occasionally slices her backhand or hits heavy [[topspin]] groundstrokes or [[drop shot]]s to change the pace of the ball.

==Career==
===Early years===
Serena was born in [[Saginaw, Michigan]] into an [[African American]] family. When she, her sister, and her three half sisters were young, their parents, [[Richard Williams (tennis)|Richard]] and Oracene (also called Brandy), moved to the [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] suburb of [[Compton, California|Compton]]. Her father dreamed of making at least one of his daughters a [[tennis]] superstar, hoping that involvement in [[sports]] would give them an opportunity for a better life. The children were homeschooled.<ref>[http://sharebradenton.homestead.com/Famous.html Successful & Famous People that were Homeschooled]</ref>

When Serena was four and a half, she won her first [[tournament]], and she entered 49 tournaments by the age of 10, winning 46 of them. At one point, she replaced her sister Venus as the number one ranked tennis player aged 12 or under in [[California]].

In 1991, Richard Williams, saying that he hoped to prevent his daughters from facing racism, stopped sending them to national junior tennis tournaments, and Serena attended a tennis school run by professional player [[Rick Macci]] in Haines City, Florida at Greneleaf Resort and Conference Center instead. Macci had already helped the careers of [[Jennifer Capriati]] and [[Mary Pierce]], among others. During that time period, Serena would sometimes train with [[Andy Roddick]]. Both players recall that Serena beat him in a practice match, although the two dispute the score, with Serena saying it was 6–1 and Roddick claiming it was 6–4.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/tennis/01/25/roddick.serena.ap/index.html Roddick Admits Defeat to Serena When They Were PreTeens] SI.com, January 25, 2009</ref> Soon Richard, who had struck a deal on behalf of his daughters with a major clothing company, was able to move the rest of the Williams family to [[West Palm Beach, Florida|West Palm Beach]], to be near Serena and Venus.

===1995–1998===
Williams became a professional in September 1995 at the age of 14. Because of her age, she had to participate in non-WTA events at first. Her first professional event was the tournament in [[Bell Challenge|Quebec City]], where she was ousted in less than an hour of play, with 240 dollars in winnings.

Williams's biggest achievement of 1997 was her run in [[Ameritech Cup Chicago|Chicago]]; ranked World No. 304, she upset both [[Monica Seles]] and [[Mary Pierce]], recording her first career wins over top 10 players. She finished 1997 at World No. 99.

1998 was the first year that Williams finished ranked in the [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] top 20. She began the year in [[N.S.W Open/Medibank International|Sydney]] as a qualifier, ranked World No. 96, and defeated World No. 3 [[Lindsay Davenport]] in a quarterfinal. Williams was then expected to do well in her first [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament, but lost in the second round of the [[1998 Australian Open|Australian Open]] to sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]].

Williams reached six other quarterfinals during the year. She won the mixed doubles titles at [[1998 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] and the [[1998 US Open|US Open]] with [[Max Mirnyi]], completing the Williams family's sweep of the 1998 mixed doubles Grand Slams. Williams won her first pro title in doubles at [[Oklahoma City, Oklahoma|Oklahoma City]] with sister Venus, becoming the third pair of sisters to win a WTA tour women's doubles title. She earned U.S. $2.6 million in prize money during the year.

===1999===
In 1999, Serena defeated [[Amélie Mauresmo]] in the final of the [[Open Gaz de France]] tournament in Paris, the same day that Venus won the tournament in [[Oklahoma City]]. This was the first time in professional tennis history that two sisters had won titles in the same week.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}

In March, Williams won the [[Tier I]] [[Pacific Life Open]] in [[Indian Wells, California]], becoming the second of only five unseeded Tier I champions in [[Women's Tennis Association|WTA]] history. Williams (ranked 21st) defeated the World No. 2 [[Lindsay Davenport]] in the second round, the World No. 8 [[Mary Pierce]] in a quarterfinal, and the World No. 7 [[Steffi Graf]] in the three-set final.

At the Tier I [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]], sister Venus halted Serena's 16-match winning streak in the final. This was the first all-sister singles final during the [[open era]].{{Fact|date=January 2008}} Serena defeated World No. 3 [[Monica Seles]] and World No. 1 [[Martina Hingis]] en route to the final.

On April 5, 1999, Serena made her top 10 debut at World No. 9. Venus was ranked sixth the same week, marking the first time that two sisters appeared in the top ten simultaneously since April 22, 1991, when [[Manuela Maleeva|Manuela]] and [[Katerina Maleeva]] were in the top ten.

Williams teamed with sister Venus to win the women's doubles title at the [[French Open]] but lost in the third round in singles at that tournament. Williams missed [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] because of an injury.

In the summer, Williams won the [[hard court]] tournament in [[JPMorgan Chase Open|Los Angeles]], defeating World No. 8 [[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]], World No. 1 Hingis, and [[Julie Halard-Decugis]].

At the [[1999 U.S. Open|US Open]], the seventh-seeded Williams defeated World No. 4 Seles, World No. 2 Davenport, and World No. 1 Hingis to become the lowest seed to win the title{{Fact|date=January 2008}} and the second African-American woman (after [[Althea Gibson]] in 1958) to win a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles tournament. Williams said about Hingis, "She just speaks her mind. I guess it has a little bit to do with not having a formal education. But you just have to think more ... use your brain a little more in the tennis world."<ref name="usatoday.com">[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/tennis/99open/usofs16.htm Truce declared for Hingis, Williams family]</ref>

Williams went on to take the [[Grand Slam Cup]] in Munich, defeating Venus in the final.

Williams won her singles match and doubles match during the tie between the [[United States Fed Cup team|United States]] and [[Russia Fed Cup team|Russia]] in the final of the [[1999 Fed Cup|Fed Cup]]. The U.S. won four of the five matches and its 16th title overall. In their doubles match, Serena and Venus defeated [[Elena Dementieva]] and [[Elena Makarova]] 6–2, 6–1.

Williams finished the year at World No. 4 in just her second full year on the main tour.

Williams became the focus of many ad campaigns, including one with shoe and clothes maker [[Puma AG|Puma]], which signed her to a U.S.$12 million agreement.

===2000===
Following her breakthrough season, Williams's results declined slightly in 2000. Her best Grand Slam showing was a run to the semifinals at Wimbledon, before losing to sister and eventual champion Venus. Her defense of the US Open title came to a disappointing end when she fell to [[Lindsay Davenport]] in straight sets in the quarterfinals.

Perhaps the highlight of Williams's year was picking up the gold medal at the [[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney Olympics]] for women's doubles, along with Venus. The Williams sisters also teamed up to take the women's doubles title at Wimbledon, while Serena picked up singles titles in Hanover, Los Angeles and Tokyo. She finished the year at number six, a slight decline on her finish the year before.

===2001===
Williams reached the quarterfinals of the [[Australian Open]] for the first time before falling to World No. 1 [[Martina Hingis]]. Serena and her sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]] won the women's doubles title there, becoming only the fifth women's doubles team in history to win all four [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] doubles titles during their career, a "Career Grand Slam".

Williams then won the [[Tier I]] [[Pacific Life Open|Tennis Masters Series]] in [[Indian Wells, California]].

Williams reached the quarterfinals at both the [[French Open]] and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]].

During the North American summer [[hard court]] season, Williams captured her second title of the year at the Tier I [[Canada Masters|Rogers Cup]] in [[Toronto]], defeating World No. 3 and top-seeded [[Jennifer Capriati]] in the final. At the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], Williams defeated Hingis in the semifinals to reach her second Grand Slam final before losing to sister Venus.

At the year-ending [[WTA Tour Championships|Sanex Championships]], Williams defeated [[Silvia Farina Elia]], [[Justine Henin]], and [[Sandrine Testud]] en route to the final. She then won the championship by default when [[Lindsay Davenport]] withdrew.

Williams finished the year at World No. 6 for the second straight year.

===2002===
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Williams was forced to withdraw from the [[2002 Australian Open|Australian Open]] due to injury but won her first event of the year in Scottsdale, defeating World No. 1 [[Jennifer Capriati]] in the final. She then won the [[Tier I]] [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]], again defeating Capriati in the final. She then captured her first career title on clay at the Tier I [[Internazionali BNL d'Italia]] in Rome, defeating [[Justine Henin]] in the final.

Williams was the third-seeded player at the [[2002 French Open|French Open]] and dropped just two sets en route to the final. She then defeated sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]] in straight sets. At [[2002 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], Williams won the title without dropping a set, defeating Venus once again in the final. This win earned Williams the World No. 1 ranking (dethroning her sister and becoming the second African-American woman to hold that ranking on the [[Women's Tennis Association]] computer). The Williams sisters also won the doubles title at this event.

Williams captured her third straight [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title at the [[2002 US Open|US Open]], once again not dropping a set en route, and defeated Venus yet again in the final in straight sets. Williams then won back-to-back titles in Leipzig and Tokyo. She reached the final at the year-ending [[WTA Tour Championships|Home Depot Championships]] but lost to 19-year-old [[Kim Clijsters]] in straight sets.

Williams finished 2002 with a 56–5 record, eight singles titles, and the World No. 1 ranking.

===2003===
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At the [[2003 Australian Open|Australian Open]], Williams dropped only one set while reaching the semifinals. She then defeated [[Kim Clijsters]] 4–6, 6–3, 7–5, recovering from a 5–1 deficit in the third set and saving two match points. She then faced her sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]] for the fourth consecutive [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] final and won in three sets, to become the sixth woman in the [[open era]] to complete a Career Grand Slam, joining [[Billie Jean King]], [[Chris Evert]], [[Martina Navratilova]], [[Steffi Graf]] and [[Margaret Court]]. She also became the first woman since Steffi Graf to hold all four of the grand slam titles at one time. The [[Williams sisters]] won their sixth Grand Slam doubles title together at this event.

Williams then captured titles at the [[Open Gaz de France]] in Paris and the [[Tier I]] [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]] and went into the [[2003 French Open|French Open]] trying to capture her fifth consecutive Grand Slam singles title. However, she lost to eventual champion [[Justine Henin]] in the semifinals 6–2, 4–6, 7–5 (having led by a break in the third set) in a match marred by controversy, in which Williams was booed. Two weeks later, however, Williams won her sixth Grand Slam singles title at [[2003 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], defeating Henin in the semifinals 6–3, 6–2 before defeating Venus in the final.

Wimbledon was Williams's last event of the year, as a knee injury forced her to withdraw from all other events (including the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]). As a result, she lost her World No. 1 ranking to Clijsters in August, having held it for 57 weeks. Williams finished the year ranked World No. 3, despite having played only seven tournaments plus [[Fed Cup]].

Williams's older sister, [[Yetunde Price]], was murdered on the morning of September 14, 2003, by gunshots as she passed by in a car driven by a man in the Compton area.

===2004===
[[Image:Serena serving.jpg|thumb|160px|Williams delivering a serve in 2004.]]
Williams withdrew from the [[2004 Australian Open|Australian Open]] to continue rehabilitating her left knee. After eight months away from the tour, Williams began her comeback at the [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]], where she defeated [[Elena Dementieva]] in the final. She then lost in the [[French Open]] quarterfinals to [[Jennifer Capriati]] 6–3, 2–6, 6–3, which was the first time she had lost before the semifinals at a Grand Slam singles tournament since [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] in 2001. She reached the final of [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], but in one of the most surprising upsets in the tournament's history, the 17-year old Russian player, [[Maria Sharapova]], defeated Williams in straight sets.

On July 30, Williams withdrew from her quarterfinal match in [[Acura Classic|San Diego]] against [[Russia|Russia's]] [[Vera Zvonareva]] with another left knee injury. On August 1, she announced her withdrawal from the [[Rogers Cup (tennis)|Rogers Cup]] due to the same injury. The injury also forced her to pull out of the [[2004 Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]].{{Fact|date=April 2008}}

Williams's next tournament was the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], where she lost a quarterfinal match to Capriati. The match was plagued by disputes over calls with the umpire. Williams protested later on the Ellen show by wearing a bright orange shirt with white capital letters, stating "THE BALL WAS IN!"{{Fact|date=April 2008}}

At the [[China Open (tennis)|China Open]] in [[Beijing]], Williams defeated the newly crowned US Open champion, [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]], in the final. Williams earned enough points there to reach the [[2004 WTA Tour Championships|WTA Tour Championships]], where she again lost to Sharapova in the final. Williams suffered a stomach muscle strain during the match after leading 6–4, 2–1,{{Fact|date=April 2008}} consequently Williams began delivering serves barely reaching the 100 mph mark and Sharapova eventually won the match, 4–6, 6–2, 6–4. Despite the loss, Williams finished the year at World No. 7.

===2005===
Williams won the [[Australian Open]], her seventh [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title. She defeated three of the tournament's top four seeds (#2 [[Amélie Mauresmo]], #4 [[Maria Sharapova]], and #1 [[Lindsay Davenport]]) en route to the title. Williams saved three match points against Sharapova in the semifinals. The win moved her up to World No. 2, and Williams stated she was now targeting the number one spot in the foreseeable future.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4217997.stm Williams eyes return to top spot]</ref>

Williams did not reach the final at any of her next five tournaments. This period included a loss to sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]] - her first since 2001 - in the quarterfinals of the [[Tier I]] [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]].

An ankle injury forced Williams to miss the [[French Open]]. At [[2005 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]], Williams was defeated in the third round by fellow American [[Jill Craybas]] (ranked World No. 85) 6–3, 7–6(4).

At the [[2005 U.S. Open|US Open]], Williams lost to her sister Venus in the fourth round 7–6, 6–2. This was the earliest the sisters had met in a Grand Slam tournament since their first meeting at the [[1998 Australian Open]]. Williams played just one more match during the remainder of the year, a loss to World No. 127 [[Sun Tiantian]] in [[China Open|Beijing]].

Williams finished the year ranked World No. 11 and with just one singles title.

===2006===
[[Image:Serena Volley.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Williams hitting a return at the US open in 2006.]]
Williams did not participate in any of the official warm-up tournaments for the [[Australian Open]].<ref name="2006activity"/> Williams was the defending champion at the Australian Open but fell to [[Daniela Hantuchová]] 6–1, 7–6(5) in the third round,<ref name="2006activity">[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp Serena Williams Playing Activity] (2006 results can be accessed by selecting the year from the drop-down menu), WTA Tour official website. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> provoking media reports that Williams had lost enthusiasm for the sport, which she denied. Her world ranking then fell out of the top 50 for the first time in many years, and she withdrew from the tournaments in [[Proximus Diamond Games|Antwerp]], the [[Dubai Duty Free Women's Open|Dubai]], and the [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]].

After withdrawing from the [[Tier I]] [[Family Circle Cup]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], Williams's world ranking fell out of the top 100 for the first time in almost nine years.<ref name="injury">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/4971008.stm Serena targets late-summer return]</ref> Shortly after, she announced that she would miss both the [[French Open]] and [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] because of a chronic knee injury.<ref name="injury"/> She said that she would not be able to compete before "the end of the summer", on doctor's orders.<ref name="injury"/>

Williams, however, returned to the game earlier than expected, accepting [[wildcard]]s to summer [[hard court]] tournaments in [[Cincinnati Masters|Cincinnati]] and [[JPMorgan Chase Open|Los Angeles]]. Ranked World No. 139 because of her inactivity, Williams upset the Cincinnati tournament's second seed and World No. 11 [[Anastasia Myskina]] 6–2, 6–2 in the first round before losing in the semifinals to the eventual champion [[Vera Zvonareva]] 6–2, 6–3.<ref name="2006activity"/> Williams's ranking rose to World No. 108 after Cincinnati. In Los Angeles, Williams defeated Hantuchová in the third round but lost in the semifinals to [[Jelena Janković]] 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="2006activity"/>

Williams was granted a wildcard into the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]], as her ranking prevented her from gaining direct entry into the tournament. She was unseeded in a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournament for the first time since 1998. However, she defeated [[US Open Series]] champion [[Ana Ivanović]] in the third round before losing to top seed [[Amélie Mauresmo]] in the fourth round 6–4, 0–6, 6–2.<ref name="2006activity"/> Williams did not play again for the rest of the year.

Williams ended the year ranked World No. 95, her lowest end-of-year ranking since 1997 when she finished World No. 99.

===2007===
Williams finished 2007 ranked World No. 7 and won two singles titles, her best performance in both aspects since 2004. She was also the top-ranked American for the first time since 2003.

Williams began the year by stating that she had no doubt she would be World No. 1 again,<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6236551.stm Serena targets number one ranking]</ref> a comment that attracted criticism in the press from [[Pat Cash]].<ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/tennis/article1292868.ece Williams is lost cause]</ref>

Williams competed at the tournament in [[Moorilla Hobart International|Hobart, Tasmania, Australia]] as a warm-up for the [[2007 Australian Open|Australian Open]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6236551.stm Serena targets number one ranking]</ref> However, she lost to unseeded [[Sybille Bammer]] of Austria in the quarterfinals. Williams was unseeded at the [[Australian Open]] because of her World No. 81 ranking and was widely regarded as "out of shape".<ref name="shape">[http://www.tennis.com/tournaments/2008/australianopen/australianopen.aspx?id=110906 New Mindset: Serena Playing for Herself], TENNIS.com. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> In the third round, however, Williams defeated fifth-seeded [[Nadia Petrova]],<ref name="2007activity">[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp Serena Williams Playing Activity] (2007 results can be accessed by selecting the year from the drop-down menu), WTA Tour official website. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> which was her first win over a top 10 player since defeating [[Lindsay Davenport]] in the [[2005 Australian Open]] final. In the quarterfinals, Williams was two points from losing to [[Shahar Pe'er]] before prevailing<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6289351.stm Williams battles to win over Peer], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> and then defeated tenth-seeded [[Nicole Vaidišová]] in the semifinals in straight sets.<ref name="2007activity"/> In the final, Williams defeated top-seeded [[Maria Sharapova]] in straight sets<ref name="ausopen07">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6299369.stm Superb Williams wins Aussie title], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> to win her third Australian Open singles title, her eighth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title, and her sixteenth Grand Slam title overall. Williams dedicated the title to her deceased sister Yetunde.<ref name="ausopen07"/> Her performance in the final was described by TENNIS.com as "one of the best performances of her career"<ref name="shape"/> and by BBC Sport as "arguably the most powerful display ever seen in women's tennis".<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6669051.stm Resurgent Serena targets Paris], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> Williams explained how her deceased older sister Yetunde inspired her to win this title: "I just said, 'Serena, this has to be motivating. This has to be more than enough to motivate me,' and I think it was."<ref name="Aussie Open day 13 quotes">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/6304713.stm Aussie Open day 13 quotes]</ref> Her ranking rose to World No. 14 as a result of the win.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6283845.stm Champion Serena soars up rankings]</ref>

Williams next played at the [[Tier I]] [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]]. In the fourth round, Williams again defeated World No. 2 Sharapova 6–1, 6–1.<ref name="2007activity"/> She went on to reach the final, where she defeated World No. 1 [[Justine Henin]] in three sets after Williams saved two match points in the second set.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6514957.stm Serena takes title in epic final], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>

At the Tier I [[Family Circle Cup]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]] on [[clay courts]], Williams received a first round bye and then retired from her second round match due to a groin pull. The following week, Williams won her first singles match in the first round [[2007 Fed Cup|Fed Cup]] tie against [[Belgium Fed Cup team|Belgium]] on [[hard court]]s<ref name="2007activity"/> but withdrew from the second singles match to rest her knee.

Williams played only one clay court tournament in Europe before the [[French Open]]. In Rome at the Tier I [[Internazionali BNL d'Italia]], Williams lost to fourteenth-seeded [[Patty Schnyder]] of Switzerland 6–3, 2–6, 7–6(5).<ref name="2007activity"/> After the tournament, however, she re-entered the top 10, moving up to World No. 9. As the eighth seed at the [[2007 French Open|French Open]], Williams lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Henin 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="2007activity"/> Following the match, Williams said her performance was "hideous and horrendous" and worse than ever.<ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/06/sports/tennis/06tennis.html Serena Williams Falters and Henin Capitalizes]</ref> She also said that she felt "violated."<ref>[http://itn.co.uk/news/adc8cfc4e6dc17da6d406bde8af5ef40.html Serena felt 'violated' by Henin defeat]</ref>

[[Image:Serena Williams Roland Garos 2007.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Williams at the French Open in 2007]]

Despite this loss, Williams was one of the favorites for the [[2007 Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]] title.<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/tennis/serena-ready-to-reclaim-top-billing-454447.html Serena ready to reclaim top billing], The Independent. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> During her fourth round match against [[Daniela Hantuchová]], Williams collapsed from an acute muscle spasm at 5–5 in the second set. After a medical timeout and holding serve to force a tiebreak, the rain came and play was suspended for nearly two hours. When the players returned to the court, Williams won the match 6–2, 6–7(2), 6–2.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6262654.stm Injured Serena seals amazing win], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> <ref name="2007activity"/> Williams then lost her quarterfinal match with World No. 1 Henin 6–4, 3–6, 6–3. Williams started the match with a heavily taped calf and was forced to use a one-handed backhand slice because of an injury to her left thumb. Williams drew criticism when she claimed after the match that she would have beaten Henin had Williams been healthy.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/6271780.stm Serena hits out at Stich comments]</ref> After Wimbledon, Williams moved up to World No. 7, her highest ranking since 2005.

Because of the thumb injury, Williams did not play a tournament between Wimbledon and the [[2007 U.S. Open (tennis)|US Open]].<ref name="2007activity"/> At the US Open itself, she beat 2007 Wimbledon runner-up [[Marion Bartoli]] in the fourth round,<ref name="2007activity"/> setting up her third consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal with Henin. Williams lost again, 7–6(3), 6–1,<ref name="2007activity"/> her third straight loss to Henin in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam event.

In October, Williams lost in the quarterfinals of the tournament in [[Porsche Tennis Grand Prix|Stuttgart]] to World No. 2 [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] 6–3, 6–3.<ref name="2007activity"/> Williams then reached her third final of the year at the [[Kremlin Cup]] in Moscow, defeating Kuznetsova in the semifinals.<ref name="2007activity"/> In the final, however, she lost to [[Elena Dementieva]].<ref name="2007activity"/> Nevertheless, Williams's performances at these tournaments increased her ranking to World No. 5 and qualified her for the year-ending [[2007 WTA Tour Championships|Sony Ericsson Championships]] in [[Madrid]]. Williams's participation there was short. Because of injury, she retired from her first match with [[Anna Chakvetadze]] after losing the first set and then withdrew from the tournament.<ref name="Justine Reaches Semis; Injury Forces Serena Out">{{cite news | url = http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/1/newsroom/stories/?ContentID=1887 | author = [[Women's Tennis Association]] | title = Justine Reaches Semis; Injury Forces Serena Out | date = 2007-11-07 | accessdate = 2001-11-07 | publisher | Women's Tennis Association }}</ref>

===2008===
Williams started the year by participating on the U.S. team that won the [[Hopman Cup]] for the fifth time in [[Perth, Western Australia|Perth, Australia]].<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7170304.stm USA beat Serbia to take Hopman Cup], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>

Williams entered the [[2008 Australian Open]] as the defending champion and seventh seed but lost in the quarterfinals to World No. 4 and third-seeded [[Jelena Janković]] 6–3, 6–4.<ref name="2008activity">[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players/playerprofiles/PlayerActivity.asp Serena Williams Playing Activity], WTA Tour official website. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref> This was her fourth straight loss in the quarterfinals of a [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles tournament. In the women's doubles event, Serena and her sister [[Venus Williams|Venus]] lost in the quarterfinals to the seventh-seeded team, [[Zheng Jie]] and [[Yan Zi]].

Williams then withdrew from the [[Open Gaz de France|Open Gaz de France in Paris]], the [[Proximus Diamond Games|Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp]], and the [[Dubai Duty Free Women's Open]] due to an urgent need for dental surgery.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7279958.stm Serena returns to action with win], BBC News. Accessed August 19, 2008.</ref>

Upon her return to the tour, Williams won three consecutive singles titles. At the Tier II [[Bangalore Open|tournament in Bangalore, India]], Serena defeated sister Venus in the semifinals 6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4)<ref name="2008activity"/> after Serena saved a match point 6–5 in the third set. This was the first time they had played each other since the fourth round of the [[2005 US Open]]. Serena then defeated [[Patty Schnyder]] of Switzerland in the final.<ref name="2008activity"/> At the [[Tier I]] [[Sony Ericsson Open]] in [[Key Biscayne, Florida]], Williams won her fifth career singles title there, tying [[Steffi Graf]] for the most singles titles at this tournament. Williams defeated World No. 1 [[Justine Henin]] in the quarterfinals, World No. 3 [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] in the semifinals, and World No. 4 Janković in the final.<ref name="2008activity"/> This was Williams's 30th career singles title. At the [[clay court]] Tier I [[Family Circle Cup]] in [[Charleston, South Carolina]], Williams defeated, for the fourth consecutive time, second-seeded [[Maria Sharapova]] in the quarterfinals 7–5, 4–6, 6–1.<ref name="2008activity"/> In the final, Williams defeated [[Vera Zvonareva]]<ref name="2008activity"/> to capture her tenth career Tier I title and first clay court title since the [[2002 French Open]].

Williams's 17-match winning streak was ended by [[Dinara Safina]] in the quarterfinals of the Tier I [[Qatar Telecom German Open]] in Berlin 2–6, 6–1, 7–6(5).<ref name="2008activity"/> Williams was the fifth-seeded player at the Tier I [[Internazionali BNL d'Italia]] in Rome and made it to the quarterfinals, where [[Alizé Cornet]] received a walkover over Williams<ref name="2008activity"/> because of a back injury.
Williams was the fifth-seeded player at the [[2008 French Open|French Open]]. Although she was the only former winner of this tournament in this year's draw, she lost in the third round to 27th-seeded [[Katarina Srebotnik]] 6–4, 6–4.<ref name="2008activity"/>

[[Image:SerenaStretchWimbledon.jpg|thumb|250px|Williams stretching for a ball at Wimbledon 2008.]]
At [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], the sixth-seeded Williams reached the semifinals for the first time in four years. She defeated former World No. 1 and 2006 Wimbledon champion [[Amélie Mauresmo]] in the third round 7–6(5), 6–1.<ref name="2008activity"/> She then defeated [[Agnieszka Radwańska]] in the quarterfinals and [[Zheng Jie]], a Chinese wild card, in the semifinals.<ref name="2008activity"/> Williams, however, lost the final to her older sister Venus in straight sets.<ref name="2008activity"/> Serena and Venus then teamed to win the women's doubles title without dropping a set the entire tournament, defeating [[Lisa Raymond]] and [[Samantha Stosur]] in the final.

Williams then played four [[World Team Tennis]] matches for the [[Washington Kastles]],<ref>[http://www.wtt.com/teams/kastles/PDF/Kastles%202008%20schedule%20announce%20-%203%2019%2008.pdf Washington Kastles Announce 2008 Team Schedule Featuring Serena Williams and the Addition of John McEnroe and Anna Kournikova]</ref> contributing 49 points for her team.
Williams was seeded first at the [[Bank of the West Classic|tournament in Stanford, California]]. After defeating fifth-seeded Schnyder in the quarterfinals, Williams retired from her semifinal match against qualifier [[Aleksandra Wozniak]] while trailing 6–2, 3–1<ref name="2008activity"/> because of a left knee injury. That injury caused Williams to withdraw from the [[East West Bank Classic|tournament in Los Angeles]] the following week.

At the [[Beijing Olympics]], Williams was the fourth-seeded player in singles but lost to fifth-seeded and eventual gold-medalist [[Elena Dementieva]] in the quarterfinals 3–6, 6–4, 6–3.<ref name="2008activity"/> Serena and her sister Venus were the second-seeded team in doubles. They won the gold medal, beating the Spanish team of [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] and [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] in the final.

Williams was seeded fourth at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] and defeated her seventh-seeded sister Venus in the quarterfinals 7–6(6), 7–6(7). Serena trailed 5–3 in both sets and saved two set points in the first set and eight set points in the second set. Williams then defeated Safina in the semifinals 6–3, 6–2. She went on to win the title, her ninth career Grand Slam, defeating second-seeded Janković in the final, and became the new World No. 1.<ref>[http://usopen.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/match-tracking-jelena-jankovic-vs-serena-williams/?hp Serena Williams Wins to Regain No. 1 Ranking]</ref>

At the Tier II [[Porsche Tennis Grand Prix]] in [[Stuttgart]], Williams was the top seed but lost to World No. 30 [[Li Na (tennis)|Li Na]] in the second round 0–6, 6–1, 6–4. Serena also played doubles in Stuttgart with her sister Venus, but they withdrew after winning their first round match because of a left ankle injury to Serena.

On October 3, 2008, Williams announced her withdrawal from the Tier I [[Kremlin Cup]] in Moscow, citing a continuing left ankle injury and a desire to give her body time to recover from a packed 2008 playing schedule.<ref>[http://www.tennis.com/news/ticker.aspx The Ticker]</ref> Because of her withdrawal, she lost the World No. 1 ranking to Janković.

Williams defeated [[Dinara Safina]] in her first round robin match at the year-ending [[Sony Ericsson Championships]] in Doha 6–4, 6–1 before losing to her sister Venus 5–7, 6–1, 6–0 in her second round robin match. She then withdrew from her match against [[Elena Dementieva]] citing a stomach muscle injury. She ended the year ranked World No. 2.

===2009===
At the [[2009 Sydney International|Medibank International]] in Sydney, top-seeded Williams defeated Australian [[Samantha Stosur]] in the first round 6–3, 6–7(4), 7–5 after saving four match points when Stosur served for the match at 5–4 in the third set. Williams then defeated [[Sara Errani]] in the second round 6–1, 6–2. In the quarterfinals against Danish player [[Caroline Wozniacki]], Williams won 6–7(5), 6–3, 7–6(3) after saving three match points when Wozniacki served for the match at 6–5 in the third set. In the semifinals against Russian [[Elena Dementieva]], Williams was defeated 6–3, 6–1. This was Williams's third consecutive loss to Dementieva.

Williams was the second-seeded player at the [[2009 Australian Open|Australian Open]]. She defeated [[Yuan Meng]] of [[China]] in the first round, [[Gisela Dulko]] in the second round (saving six set points in second set), [[Peng Shuai]] of China in the third round, and [[Victoria Azarenka]] in the fourth round after Azarenka was forced to retire from the match in the second set. Williams twice was three points from defeat before beating eighth-seeded [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] in the quarterfinals and and then defeated fourth-seeded Dementieva in the semifinals. She went on to defeat [[Dinara Safina]] in the final to claim her tenth [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] singles title, ranking her seventh on the list of female players with the most Grand Slam singles titles. The win also returned her to the World No. 1 ranking and resulted in her becoming the all-time career prize money leader in women's sports. In women's doubles, Serena and her sister Venus captured the title for the third time, defeating [[Daniela Hantuchová]] and [[Ai Sugiyama]] in the final.

Williams's next scheduled tournaments are the [[Open GDF Suez]] in Paris and the [[Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships]].

==Off-court activities==
===Fashion===
Williams is known for her unusual and colorful outfits on court. In 2002, Williams created an on-court stir when she wore a [[leather]]-looking [[catsuit]] at the [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]].<ref>http://www.gibbsmagazine.com/serena.jpg</ref> Again at the US Open, in 2004, Williams wore [[denim]] [[skirt]]s and [[boot]]s. At the 2008 [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]], Serena donned a white [[trench coat]] while warming up for her opening match against [[Kaia Kanepi]]. The trench coat created a buzz since Williams wore it despite the perfect and sunny weather. Serena ended up wearing the trench coat for the remainder of the tournament. Williams formerly had a special line with [[Puma AG|Puma]] and currently has a line with [[Nike, Inc.|Nike]].<ref>http://www.tomjamison.co.uk/photography/pnov/images/Serena-Williams_jpg.jpg</ref><ref>http://sportsmed.starwave.com/media/pg2/2002/0710/photo/swilliams_i.jpg</ref><ref>http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20031105/s5.jpg</ref> The deal with Nike is worth [[US$]]40 million dollars and was signed in April 2004.<ref>http://www.allbusiness.com/specialty-businesses/minority-owned-businesses/767050-1.html</ref>

Outside the tennis courts, Williams was also the center of attention when in November 2004, she reached a new level of exposure at the London premiere of [[Pierce Brosnan]]'s new film, ''[[After the Sunset]]''. In an outfit that had a near-topless effect, Williams wore a red gown with strips of sheer fabric.<ref>http://shop.rexfeatures.com/image/AFTER-THE-SUNSET-FILM-PREMIERE-LONDON-BRITAIN-02-NOV-2004_497909.jpg?mediatype=2&mediaid=497909&fitfill=fit&pvw=676</ref>

Williams has her own line of designer clothing called '''Aneres''' — her first name spelled backward — that she plans to sell in boutiques in Miami and Los Angeles. Venus also appeared as one of her models, showing her latest designs.

===Entertainment===
In 2001, Serena appeared in ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Tennis the Menace]]"; after Bart and Lisa are dropped by parents Marge and Homer respectively to play against each other. She has also posed for a [[Sports Illustrated]] swimsuit issue and has had a lucrative career in advertisements.<ref>http://www.darrenwestlund.com/PeoplePage1/SerenaM.jpg</ref> <ref>http://www.africanamericans.com/images2/SerenaWilliams.jpg</ref> <ref>http://www.milknewsroom.com/images/ad_serena.jpg</ref>

In April 2005, [[MTV]] announced plans to broadcast a [[reality show]] around the lives of Serena and [[Venus Williams]]; however, [[ABC Family]] ended up airing the show.

Williams was the fifth victim and the ninth star ever to be on ''[[Punk'd]]'' more than once. Her first appearance was when Williams had to save a ''Punk'd'' problem kid played by [[Rob Pinkston]] until Kutcher exposed the set-up. Her second is when Serena passed the prank on her sister Venus after both Serena and Venus were fighting with a fraud during a photoshoot with some handicapped people.

In 2002, serena played ''Miss Wiggins'' in the season 3 episode "Crouching Mother, Hidden Father" of ''[[My Wife and Kids]]''. In 2005, Williams guest starred in an episode of the twelfth season of ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]''. She also guest starred on an episode of ''[[Law & Order: Special Victims Unit]]''.

Welsh [[indie (music)|indie]] band, [[Super Furry Animals]], sang a track on their 2003 album [[Phantom Power]] called "Venus and Serena" - dedicated to the sisters.

In 2007, Williams appeared in the ABC reality television series ''[[Fast Cars and Superstars: The Gillette Young Guns Celebrity Race]]'', featuring a dozen celebrities in a [[stock car]] racing competition. In the first round of competition, Williams matched up against [[surfer]] [[Laird Hamilton]] and former [[National Football League|NFL]] [[quarterback]] [[John Elway]]. That same year, Williams appeared on ''[[Late Night with Conan O'Brien]]'', where he challenged Williams to a tennis match on the [[Wii]] video game console.<ref>[http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/levelup/archive/2007/02/02/double-life-serena-williams-conan-o-brien-nintendo-wii-need-we-say-more.aspx Double Life: Serena Williams. Conan O'Brien. Nintendo Wii. Need We Say More?]</ref> Conan overcame a break point to win the match.<ref>[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8266797288451201272&q=Conan+O%27Brien+Serena+Wii+clip&hl=en CONAN O'BRIAN VS SERENA WILLIAM ON WII TENNIS]</ref>

On the fourteenth page of a January 2007 issue of [[TV Guide]], it is stated that "Tennis star Serena Williams will provide a guest voice on the [[Nickelodeon (TV channel)|Nickelodeon]] cartoon ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' next season." Williams herself has gone as far to state that ''Avatar'' is her favorite show.<ref>[http://women.webmd.com/features/serena-williams-gets-back-game Serena Williams Gets Back in the Game]</ref>

She was previously a guest voice on the Playhouse Disney animated kids show, ''[[Higglytown Heroes]]'' as the snow plough driver hero.

Williams appears in the July issue of ''[[Jane Magazine]]'' along with [[Eva Mendes]], [[Joss Stone]], and five other famous faces.<ref>[http://www.whudat.com/newsblurbs/more/serena_williams_takes_it_off_in_jane_magazine_1680721071/ Serena Williams Takes it Off in Jane Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

Williams appears in an American music video for the [[Conscious hip hop|conscious rapper]] [[Common (rapper)|Common]], along with [[Alicia Keys]], and rapper [[Kanye West]] called "I Want You", released on November 2007.<ref>[http://www.yahoo.com/s/731183 Yahoo! Music Videos]</ref>

==Charity work==
Serena funded the construction of a secondary school in Kenya during in November 2008. The school is named after her.<ref>[http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90783/91323/6534327.html Serena Williams in Kenya on charity tour]</ref><ref>[http://www.kbc.co.ke/story.asp?ID=53717 Serena Williams to Visit Kenya on Charity cause ]</ref>

Serena received Celebrity Role Model Award from Avon Foundation in 2003 for work in breast cancer.

==Personal life==
From 2004 to 2005, Williams dated [[Brett Ratner]]. In 2007 she was linked to Miami Heat Forward [[Udonis Haslem]] and actor [[Jackie Long]] of "ATL" & "Idlewild" fame. She dated rapper [[Common (entertainer)|Common]] in 2008.

Both Serena and [[Venus Williams|Venus]] are [[Jehovah's Witnesses]].<ref>[http://www.tsn.ca/story/?id=264015 Sports Figures Take In Obama Inauguration ]</ref>

Serena currently resides at [[Ballen Isles]] in [[Palm Beach Gardens, Florida]].<ref name="WTA profile"/>

==Awards==

:''See: [[WTA Awards]]
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
;1998
* WTA Newcomer of the Year
* Tennis Magazine/Rolex Rookie of the Year
;1999
* WTA Most Improved Player of the Year
* Tennis Magazine Player of the Year
;2000
* WTA Doubles Team of the Year Award (with Venus Williams)
;2002
* WTA Player of the Year
* ITF Women's Singles World Champion
* Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year
;2003
* 34th NAACP Image Awards President's Award
* ESPY Award Best Female Athlete
* ESPY Award Best Female Tennis Player
* Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
* Avon Foundation Celebrity Role Model Award
* BET's Best Female Athlete of the Year
{{col-2}}
;2004
* WTA Comeback Player of the Year
* Family Circle/Prudential Financial Player Who Makes a Difference Award
* ESPY Award Best Female Tennis Player
* BET's Best Female Athlete of the Year
;2005
* BET's Best Female Athlete of the Year
;2007
* Laureus World Comeback of the Year
* Harris Poll Most Favorite Female Sports Star
{{col-end}}

==Quotations==

Williams explains how her deceased older sister Yetunde inspired her to win her third Australian Open singles title in 2007: "I just said, 'Serena, this has to be motivating. This has to be more than enough to motivate me,' and I think it was."<ref name="Aussie Open day 13 quotes"/>

At the [[1999 US Open]], Williams said about [[Martina Hingis]], "She just speaks her mind. I guess it has a little bit to do with not having a formal education. But you just have to think more ... use your brain a little more in the tennis world."<ref name="usatoday.com"/>

==Grand Slam finals (23)==
===Singles (13)===
====Wins (10)====
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|width="175"|'''Opponent in Final
|width="120"|'''Score in Final
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|[[1999 US Open|1999]] ||[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] ||{{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] || 6–3, 7–6(4)
|-bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
|[[2002 French Open|2002]]||[[French Open]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] || 7–5, 6–3
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[2002 Wimbledon Championships|2002]] ||[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || 7–6(4), 6–3
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|[[2002 US Open|2002]] ||US Open <small>(2) ||{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || 6–4, 6–3
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|[[2003 Australian Open|2003]] ||[[Australian Open]]||{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
|[[2003 Wimbledon Championships|2003]] || Wimbledon <small>(2)||{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|[[2005 Australian Open|2005]] || Australian Open <small>(2)||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] || 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|[[2007 Australian Open|2007]] || Australian Open <small>(3)||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] || 6–1, 6–2
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
|[[2008 US Open|2008]] ||US Open <small>(3) ||{{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]] || 6–4, 7–5
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
|[[2009 Australian Open|2009]] ||Australian Open <small>(4) ||{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]] || 6–0, 6–3
|}

====Runner-ups (3)====
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|-
|width="50"|'''Year
|width="175"|'''Championship
|width="175"|'''Opponent in Final
|width="120"|'''Score in Final
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| [[2001 US Open|2001]] || [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] ||{{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] || 6–2, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[2004 Wimbledon Championships|2004]] || [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] ||{{flagicon|Russia}} [[Maria Sharapova]] || 6–1, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| [[2008 Wimbledon Championships|2008]] || Wimbledon <small>(2) ||{{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || 7–5, 6–4
|}

===Women's doubles (8)===
====Wins (8)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width="50"|'''Year
|width="200"|'''Championship
|width="200"|'''Partnering
|width="230"|'''Opponents in Final
|width="100"|'''Score in Final
|-bgcolor="#EBC2AF"
| 1999 || [[French Open]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] || {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]<br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]] || 6–3, 6–7, 8–6
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| 1999 || [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chanda Rubin]]<br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Testud]] || 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2000 || [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]] || 6–3, 6–2
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 2001 || [[Australian Open]] || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Corina Morariu]] || 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2002 || Wimbledon <small>(2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]]<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]] || 6–2, 7–5
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 2003 || Australian Open <small>(2) || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual<br />{{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez || 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 2008 || Wimbledon <small>(3) || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]]<br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]] || 6–2, 6–2
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 2009 || Australian Open <small>(3) || {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams || {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]]<br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]] || 6–3, 6–3
|}

===Mixed doubles (4)===
====Wins (2)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width="50"|'''Year
|width="200"|'''Championship
|width="200"|'''Partnering
|width="230"|'''Opponents in Final
|width="100"|'''Score in Final
|-bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1998 || [[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]] || {{flagicon|IND}} [[Mahesh Bhupathi]]<br />{{flagicon|CRO}} [[Mirjana Lučić]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#FFFFCC"
| 1998 || [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} Max Mirnyi || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Patrick Galbraith]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] || 6–2, 6–2
|}

====Runner-ups (2)====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width="50"|'''Year
|width="200"|'''Championship
|width="200"|'''Partnering
|width="230"|'''Opponents in Final
|width="100"|'''Score in Final
|-bgcolor="EBC2AF"
| 1998 || [[French Open]] || {{flagicon|ARG}} [[Luis Lobo]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Justin Gimelstob]]<br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]] || 6–4, 6–4
|-bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| 1999 || [[Australian Open]] || {{flagicon|BLR}} [[Max Mirnyi]] || {{flagicon|RSA}} [[David Adams (tennis player)|David Adams]] <br />{{flagicon|RSA}} [[Mariaan de Swardt]]|| 6–4, 4–6, 7–6(5)
|}

==WTA Tour Championships singles finals (3)==
===Win (1)===
{| class="wikitable"
|width="60"|'''Year
|width="175"|'''Championship
|width="175"|'''Opponent in Final
|width="150"|'''Score in Final
|-
| [[2001 WTA Tour Championships|2001]] || [[Munich]] || {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] || walkover
|}

===Runner-ups (2)===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|width="60"|'''Year
|width="175"|'''Championship
|width="175"|'''Opponent in Final
|width="175"|'''Score in Final
|-
| [[2002 WTA Tour Championships|2002]] || Los Angeles || {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]] || 7–5, 6–3
|-
| [[2004 WTA Tour Championships|2004]] || Los Angeles || {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Maria Sharapova]] || 4–6, 6–2, 6–4
|}

==Career finals==
===Singles (45)===
====Wins (33)====
{| width=43%
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|'''Legend'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments (10)
|-
| [[Grand Slam Cup]] (1)
|- bgcolor="#FF6666"
| WTA Championships (1)
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| Tier I (10)
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| Tier II (11)
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| Tier III (0)
|- bgcolor="#66CCFF"
| Tier IV & V (0)
|}
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|'''Titles by Surface'''
|-
| Hard (24)
|-
| Clay (3)
|-
| Grass (2)
|-
| Carpet (4)
|}
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''No.'''
|'''Date'''
|'''Tournament Name'''
|'''Tournament Location'''
|'''Surface'''
|'''Opponent in Final'''
|'''Score in Final'''
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 1.
| February 28, 1999
| [[Open Gaz de France]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Amélie Mauresmo]]
| 2–6, 6–3, 7–6(4)
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2.
| March 14, 1999
| [[Pacific Life Open|Evert Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Indian Wells, California|Indian Wells]], [[California]], [[U.S.]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|GER}} [[Steffi Graf]]
| 6–3, 3–6, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 3.
| August 15, 1999
| [[East West Bank Classic|Acura Classic]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]]
| 6–1, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 4.
| September 12, 1999
| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Flushing Meadows]], [[New York]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]]
| 6–3, 7–6(4)
|-
| 5.
| October 3, 1999
| [[Grand Slam Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Munich]], [[Germany]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]
| 6–1, 3–6, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 6.
| February 21, 2000
| [[:fr:Grand Prix d'Allemagne|Faber Grand Prix]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Hanover]], Germany
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|CZE}} [[Denisa Chládková]]
| 6–1, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 7.
| August 13, 2000
| estyle.com Classic <small>(2)</small>
| Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 7–6(1)
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 8.
| October 8, 2000
| [[Toyota Princess Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Tokyo]], [[Japan]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Julie Halard-Decugis
| 7–5, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 9.
| March 17, 2001
| Tennis Masters Series <small>(2)</small>
| Indian Wells, California, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Kim Clijsters]]
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 10.
| August 19, 2001
| [[Rogers Cup (tennis)|Rogers AT&T Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Toronto]], [[Canada]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Jennifer Capriati]]
| 6–1, 6–7(7), 6–3
|- bgcolor="#FF6666"
| 11.
| November 4, 2001
| [[WTA Tour Championships|Sanex Championships]] <small>(1)</small>
| Munich, Germany
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport
| walkover
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 12.
| March 3, 2002
| [[:fr:Classic de Scottsdale|State Farm Classic]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Scottsdale, Arizona|Scottsdale]], [[Arizona]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Capriati
| 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 13.
| April 1, 2002
| NASDAQ-100 Open <small>(1)</small>
| [[Key Biscayne, Florida]], U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Capriati
| 7–5, 7–6(4)
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 14.
| May 19, 2002
| [[Internazionali BNL d'Italia|Italian Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Rome]], [[Italy]]
| Clay
| {{flagicon|BEL}} [[Justine Henin]]
| 7–6(6), 6–4
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 15.
| June 9, 2002
| [[French Open|Roland Garros]] <small>(1)</small>
| Paris, France
| Clay
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| 7–5, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 16.
| July 7, 2002
| [[Wimbledon Championships|The Championships]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Wimbledon, London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| 7–6(4), 6–3
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 17.
| September 8, 2002
| US Open <small>(2)</small>
| Flushing Meadows, New York, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| 6–4, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 18.
| September 22, 2002
| Toyota Princess Cup <small>(2)</small>
| Tokyo, Japan
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Kim Clijsters
| 2–6, 6–3, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 19.
| September 29, 2002
| [[Sparkassen Cup (tennis)|Sparkassen Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Leipzig]], Germany
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anastasia Myskina]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 20.
| January 26, 2003
| [[Australian Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| 7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 21.
| February 9, 2003
| Open Gaz de France <small>(2)</small>
| Paris, France
| Carpet
| {{flagicon|FRA}} Amélie Mauresmo
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 22.
| March 29, 2003
| [[NASDAQ-100 Open]] <small>(2)</small>
| Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Jennifer Capriati
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 23.
| July 6, 2003
| The Championships <small>(2)</small>
| Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
| Grass
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 24.
| April 4, 2004
| NASDAQ-100 Open <small>(3)</small>
| Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Elena Dementieva]]
| 6–1, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 25.
| September 26, 2004
| [[China Open (tennis)|China Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Svetlana Kuznetsova]]
| 4–6, 7–5, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 26.
| January 29, 2005
| Australian Open <small>(2)</small>
| Melbourne, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|USA}} Lindsay Davenport
| 2–6, 6–3, 6–0
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 27.
| January 27, 2007
| Australian Open <small>(3)</small>
| Melbourne, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} Maria Sharapova
| 6–1, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 28.
| March 31, 2007
| [[Sony Ericsson Open]] <small>(4)</small>
| Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|BEL}} Justine Henin
| 0–6, 7–5, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 29.
| March 9, 2008
| [[Bangalore Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Bangalore]], [[India]]
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Patty Schnyder]]
| 7–5, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 30.
| April 5, 2008
| Sony Ericsson Open <small>(5)</small>
| Key Biscayne, Florida, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]]
| 6–1, 5–7, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 31.
| April 20, 2008
| [[Family Circle Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Charleston, South Carolina|Charleston]], [[South Carolina]], U.S.
| Clay
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Vera Zvonareva]]
| 6–4, 3–6, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 32.
| September 7, 2008
| US Open <small>(3)</small>
| Flushing Meadows, New York, U.S.
| Hard
| {{flagicon|SRB}} [[Jelena Janković]]
| 6–4, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 33.
| January 31, 2009
| Australian Open <small>(4)</small>
| Melbourne, Australia
| Hard
| {{flagicon|RUS}} [[Dinara Safina]]
| 6-0, 6-3
|}

====Runner-ups (12)====
<small>''Grand slam events in boldface.''</small>
{{col-begin}}
{{col-2}}
*1999: Key Biscayne (lost to Venus Williams 1-6, 6-4, 4-6)
*2000: Paris (lost to Nathalie Tauziat 5-7, 2-6)
*2000: Montreal (lost to Martina Hingis 6-0, 3-6, 0-3 ret.)
*2001: '''US Open''' (lost to Venus Williams 2-6, 4-6)
*2002: Berlin (lost to Justine Henin 2-6, 6-1, 6-7(5))
*2002: WTA Tour Championships (lost to Kim Clijsters 5-7, 3-6)
{{col-2}}
*2003: Charleston (lost to Justine Henin 3-6, 4-6)
*2004: '''Wimbledon''' (lost to Maria Sharapova 1-6, 4-6)
*2004: Los Angeles (lost to Lindsay Davenport 1-6, 3-6)
*2004: WTA Tour Championships (lost to Maria Sharapova 6-4, 2-6, 4-6)
*2007: Moscow (lost to Elena Dementieva 7-5, 1-6, 1-6)
*2008: '''Wimbledon''' (lost to Venus Williams 5-7, 4-6)
{{col-end}}

===Women's doubles===
====Wins (14)====
{| width=43%
| valign=top width=33% align=left |
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
|'''Legend'''
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| [[Grand Slam (tennis)|Grand Slam]] tournaments (8)
|- bgcolor="gold"
| Olympic Gold (2)
|- bgcolor="#FF6666"
| WTA Championships (0)
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| Tier I (1)
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| Tier II (2)
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| Tier III (1)
|- bgcolor="#66CCFF"
| Tier IV & V (0)
|}
|}

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
| '''No.'''
| '''Date'''
| '''Tournament Name'''
| '''Tournament Location'''
| '''Partner'''
| '''Opponents in Final'''
| '''Score in Final'''
|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC"
| 1.
| February 23, 1998
| [[Regions Morgan Keegan Championships and the Cellular South Cup|IGA Tennis Classic]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]], [[U.S.]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Venus Williams]]
| {{flagicon|ROM}} [[Cătălina Cristea]] <br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Kristine Kunce]]
| 7–5, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#ffcccc"
| 2.
| October 12, 1998
| [[Zurich Open|Swisscom Challenge]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Zurich]], [[Switzerland]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|RSA}} [[Mariaan de Swardt]] <br />{{flagicon|UKR}} [[Elena Tatarkova]]
| 5–7, 6–1, 6–3
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 3.
| February 15, 1999
| [[:fr:Grand Prix d'Allemagne|Faber Grand Prix]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Hannover]], [[Germany]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Alexandra Fusai]] <br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Nathalie Tauziat]]
| 5–7, 6–2, 6–2
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 4.
| May 24, 1999
| [[French Open|Roland Garros]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Paris]], [[France]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|SUI}} [[Martina Hingis]] <br />{{flagicon|RUS}} [[Anna Kournikova]]
| 6–3, 6–7(2), 8–6
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 5.
| August 30, 1999
| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Flushing Meadows]], [[New York]], U.S.
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Chanda Rubin]] <br />{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Sandrine Testud]]
| 4–6, 6–1, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 6.
| June 26, 2000
| [[The Championships, Wimbledon|The Championships]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Wimbledon, London]], [[United Kingdom]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|FRA}} [[Julie Halard-Decugis]] <br />{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ai Sugiyama]]
| 6–3, 6–2
|- bgcolor="gold"
| 7.
| September 18, 2000
| [[2000 Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympic Games]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Sydney]], [[Australia]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|NED}} [[Kristie Boogert]] <br />{{flagicon|NED}} [[Miriam Oremans]]
| 6–1, 6–1
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 8.
| January 15, 2001
| [[Australian Open]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lindsay Davenport]] <br />{{flagicon|USA}} [[Corina Morariu]]
| 6–2, 4–6, 6–4
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 9.
| June 24, 2002
| The Championships <small>(2)</small>
| Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Virginia Ruano Pascual]] <br />{{flagicon|ARG}} [[Paola Suárez]]
| 6–2, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#ccccff"
| 10.
| September 24, 2002
| [[Sparkassen Cup (tennis)|Sparkassen Cup]] <small>(1)</small>
| [[Leipzig]], [[Germany]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Alexandra Stevenson]]
| {{flagicon|SVK}} [[Janette Husárová]] <br />{{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez
| 6–3, 7–5
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 11.
| January 13, 2003
| Australian Open <small>(2)</small>
| Melbourne, Australia
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual <br />{{flagicon|ARG}} Paola Suárez
| 4–6, 6–4, 6–3
|- bgcolor="FFFF99"
| 12.
| July 5, 2008
| The Championships <small>(3)</small>
| Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|USA}} [[Lisa Raymond]] <br />{{flagicon|AUS}} [[Samantha Stosur]]
| 6–2, 6–2
|- bgcolor="gold"
| 13.
| August 17, 2008
| [[2008 Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympic Games]] <small>(2)</small>
| [[Beijing]], [[China]]
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|ESP}} [[Anabel Medina Garrigues]] <br />{{flagicon|ESP}} Virginia Ruano Pascual
| 6–2, 6–0
|- bgcolor="#FFFF99"
| 14.
| January 30, 2009
| Australian Open <small>(3)</small>
| Melbourne, Australia
| {{flagicon|USA}} Venus Williams
| {{flagicon|JPN}} Ai Sugiyama <br />{{flagicon|SVK}} [[Daniela Hantuchová]]
| 6–3, 6–3
|}

==Performance timelines==
===Singles===

{{Performance timeline legend}}
{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
|-
|align=center colspan=4|NM5 || means an event that is neither a Premier Mandatory nor a Premier 5 tournament.
|}
''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded. This table is current through the [[2009 Australian Open|Australian Open]] in Melbourne, which ended on January 31, 2009.''
<!--if you can't understand the italicized note, it just means wait until she loses in the tournament, or until she wins it before updating numbers, so an editor can do it in just one go. and in updating numbers, include the update of tournaments played, finals reached and won, surface win-loss, overall win-loss, and these numbers in the career column, as well as the win-loss in the footnote. -->
{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! [[1995 WTA Tour|1995]] !! [[1996 WTA Tour|1996]] !! [[1997 WTA Tour|1997]] !! [[1998 WTA Tour|1998]] !! [[1999 WTA Tour|1999]] !! [[2000 WTA Tour|2000]] !! [[2001 WTA Tour|2001]] !! [[2002 WTA Tour|2002]] !! [[2003 WTA Tour|2003]] !! [[2004 WTA Tour|2004]] !! [[2005 WTA Tour|2005]] !! [[2006 WTA Tour|2006]] !! [[2007 WTA Tour|2007]] !! [[2008 WTA Tour|2008]] !! [[2009 WTA Tour|2009]] !! Career SR !! Career Win-Loss
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Grand Slam Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Australian Open]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2003 Australian Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2005 Australian Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2007 Australian Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2009 Australian Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|4 / 10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|44–6
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[French Open]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2002 French Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 8
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|31–7
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2002 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2003 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2 / 9
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|43–7
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[1999 US Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2002 US Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2008 US Open - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|3 / 10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|47–7
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|SR
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|3 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10 / 37
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Win-Loss
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|8–4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|11–2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12–3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|18–4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|21–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|19–1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|14–3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12–2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5–2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|19–3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|19–3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|7–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|165–27
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Olympic Games'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Tennis at the Summer Olympics|Summer Olympics]]
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not<br>Held
|align="center" |A
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held
|align="center" |A
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held
|align="center" |A
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not<br>Held
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|3–1
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Year-End Championship'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[WTA Tour Championships]]
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2001 WTA Tour Championships|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|RR
|align="center" |
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10–5
|-
| colspan="18" | '''WTA Premier Mandatory Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Pacific Life Open|Indian Wells]]
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"|-
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|LQ
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2 / 4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|14–2
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Sony Ericsson Open|Key Biscayne]]
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|4R
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" |A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2007 Miami Masters - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2008 Miami Masters - Women's Singles|W]]'''
|align="center" |
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5 / 10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|47–5
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Madrid Open (tennis)|Madrid]]
|align="center" colspan="14" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[China Open|Beijing]]
|align="center" colspan="9" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center" |
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
| colspan="19" | '''WTA Premier 5 Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Dubai Tennis Championships|Dubai]]
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" colspan="8" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Internazionali BNL d'Italia|Rome]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 8
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|20–6
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open|Cincinnati]]
|align="center" colspan="9" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" colspan="5" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Rogers Cup (tennis)|Montreal / Toronto]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10–1
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Toray Pan Pacific Open|Tokyo]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Former WTA Tier I Tournaments (currently neither Premier Mandatory nor Premier 5 events)'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Qatar Total Open|Doha]]
|align="center" colspan="6" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" colspan="7" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center" |A
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"|Not<br>Held
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Family Circle Cup|Charleston]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" rowspan="2" style="color:#cccccc;"| NM5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1 / 5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12–3
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Kremlin Cup|Moscow]]
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not<br>Held
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not<br>Tier I
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R<sup>1</sup>
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|6–2
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Qatar Telecom German Open|Berlin]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" rowspan="2" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not<br>Held
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|7–3
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Zurich Open|Zurich]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|LQ
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not<br>Tier I
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1–2
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Acura Classic|San Diego]]
|align="center" colspan="9" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" colspan="2" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Advanta Championships Philadelphia|Philadelphia]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center" colspan="10" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Tier I
|align="center" colspan="4" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0 / 0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0–0
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Career Statistics'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Tournaments Played
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|11
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|11
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|13
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|7
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|12
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|13
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|2
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|123
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Finals Reached
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|6
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|4
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|10
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|3
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|5
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|45
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Tournaments Won'''
|align="center"|'''0'''
|align="center"|'''0'''
|align="center"|'''0'''
|align="center"|'''0'''
|align="center"|'''5'''
|align="center"|'''3'''
|align="center"|'''3'''
|align="center"|'''8'''
|align="center"|'''4'''
|align="center"|'''2'''
|align="center"|'''1'''
|align="center"|'''0'''
|align="center"|'''2'''
|align="center"|'''4'''
|align="center"|'''1'''
|align="center"|'''N/A'''
|align="center"|'''33'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Hardcourt Win-Loss
|align="center"|0–1
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|2–2
|align="center"|19–7
|align="center"|29–4
|align="center"|25–5
|align="center"|30–5
|align="center"|25–2
|align="center"|15–0
|align="center"|23–5
|align="center"|16–4
|align="center"|12–4
|align="center"|22–3
|align="center"|27–5
|align="center"|10–1
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|255–48
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Clay Win-Loss
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|6–2
|align="center"|7–3
|align="center"|0–1
|align="center"|4–1
|align="center"|17–2
|align="center"|12–3
|align="center"|10–3
|align="center"|2–2
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|6–3
|align="center"|11–2
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|75–22
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Grass Win-Loss
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|4–2
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|5–1
|align="center"|4–1
|align="center"|7–0
|align="center"|7–0
|align="center"|6–1
|align="center"|2–1
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|4–1
|align="center"|6–1
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|45–8
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|Carpet Win-Loss
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|7–3
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|5–0
|align="center"|7–1
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|7–1
|align="center"|4–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|1–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|3–3
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center"|0–0
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|N/A
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|34–8
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Overall Win-Loss'''
|align="center"|'''0–1'''
|align="center"|'''0–0'''
|align="center"|'''9–5'''
|align="center"|'''29–11'''
|align="center"|'''41–7'''
|align="center"|'''37–8'''
|align="center"|'''38–7'''
|align="center"|'''56–5'''
|align="center"|'''38–3'''
|align="center"|'''39–9'''
|align="center"|'''21–7'''
|align="center"|'''12–4'''
|align="center"|'''35–10'''
|align="center"|'''44–8'''
|align="center"|'''10–1'''
|align="center"|'''N/A'''
|align="center"|'''409–86'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|'''Match winning percentage'''
|align="center" |0%
|align="center" |-
|align="center" |64%
|align="center" |73%
|align="center" |85%
|align="center" |82%
|align="center" |84%
|align="center" |92%
|align="center" |93%
|align="center" |81%
|align="center" |75%
|align="center" |75%
|align="center" |78%
|align="center" |86%
|align="center" |91%
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;" |N/A
|align="center" |83%
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| '''Year End Ranking'''
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|-
|align="center"|'''99
|align="center"|'''20
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''4
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''6
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''6
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''1'''
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''3
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''7
|align="center"|'''11
|align="center"|'''95
|align="center" style="background:#EEE8AA;"|'''7
|align=center style="background:#D8BFD8;"|'''2'''
|align="center"|
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|'''N/A'''
|align="center" style="background:#EFEFEF;"|'''N/A'''
|}
* <sup>1</sup>Won three matches in the qualifying tournament to reach the main draw.

===Women's doubles===

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.''

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! Career W/L
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Grand Slam Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Australian Open]]
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#ffebcd;"|QF
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2009 Australian Open - Women's Doubles|W]]'''
|align="center" | 27–3
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[French Open]]
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" |
|align="center" | 6–0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|2R
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2008 Wimbledon Championships - Women's Doubles|W]]'''
|align="center" |
|align="center" | 23–1
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|1R
|align="center" | A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center" style="background:yellow;"|SF
|align="center" style="background:#afeeee;"|3R
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" | A
|align="center" |
|align="center" | 12–2
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Win-Loss'''
|align="center" | '''0–1'''
|align="center" | '''2–1'''
|align="center" | '''16–1'''
|align="center" | '''10–0'''
|align="center" | '''10–2'''
|align="center" | '''6–0'''
|align="center" | '''8–1'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''1–0'''
|align="center" | '''9–1'''
|align="center" | '''6–0'''
|align="center" | '''68–6'''<!--(note: 4 walkovers w/in the results, so correct 68-6 as of 2/1/09-->
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Olympic Games'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Summer Olympics]]
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[Tennis at the 2000 Summer Olympics - Women's Doubles|W]]'''
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" | A
|align="center" colspan="3" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not Held
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[Tennis at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's Doubles|W]]'''
|align="center" colspan="1" style="color:#cccccc;"| Not<br>Held
|align="center" | 10-0
|}

*Withdrawals are not included in losses.

===Mixed doubles===

''To prevent confusion and double counting, information in this table is updated only once a tournament or the player's participation in the tournament has concluded.''

{| class="wikitable"
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
! Tournament !! 1997 !! 1998 !! 1999 !! 2000 !! 2001 !! 2002 !! 2003 !! 2004 !! 2005 !! 2006 !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! Career W/L
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Grand Slam Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Australian Open]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" | 5-1
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[French Open]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#D8BFD8;"|F
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" | 5-1
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[Wimbledon Championships|Wimbledon]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" | 6-0
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"| [[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''W'''
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|
|align="center" | 6-0
|-
|- bgcolor="#efefef"
|'''Win-Loss'''
|align="center" | '''0-0'''
|align="center" | '''17–1'''
|align="center" | '''5–1'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" | '''0–0'''
|align="center" |
|align="center" | '''22–2'''
|-
| colspan="18" | '''Team Tournaments'''
|-
|style="background:#EFEFEF;"|[[Hopman Cup]]
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2003 Hopman Cup|W]]'''<sup>1</sup>
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center"|A
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|'''[[2008 Hopman Cup|W]]'''<sup>2</sup>
|align="center"|A
|align="center" | 7-0
|}

* <sup>1</sup>Also 4-0 in singles.
* <sup>2</sup>Also 2-0 in singles.

==WTA Tour career earnings==

{| cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="font-size: 95%; border: #aaa solid 1px; border-collapse: collapse;"
|- bgcolor="#eeeeee"
! Year !! Majors !! WTA wins !! Total wins !! Earnings ([[United States dollar|US$]]) !! Money list rank
|-
|align="center"|1995
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1995.pdf $240]
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|1997
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1997.pdf $27,950]
|align="center"|
|-
|align="center"|1998
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1998.pdf $324,974]
|align="center"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1998.pdf 21]
|-
|align="center"|1999
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|4
|align="center"|5
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1999.pdf $2,605,102]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC82;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_1999.pdf 3]
|-
|align="center"|2000
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2000.pdf $1,026,818]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC82;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2000.pdf 7]
|-
|align="center"|2001
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|3
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2001.pdf $2,136,263]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC82;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2001.pdf 3]
|-
|align="center"|2002
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|5
|align="center"|8
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2002.pdf $3,935,668]
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2002.pdf 1]
|-
|align="center"|2003
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|4
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2003.pdf $2,504,871]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC82;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2003.pdf 3]
|-
|align="center"|2004
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|2
|align="center"|2
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2004.pdf $2,251,798]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC82;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2004.pdf 2]
|-
|align="center"|2005
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2005.pdf $1,076,226]
|align="center"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2005.pdf 12]
|-
|align="center"|2006
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|0
|align="right" |[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2006.pdf $131,705]
|align="center"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2006.pdf 110]
|-
|align="center"|2007
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|2
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2007.pdf $2,102,642]
|align="center" style="background:#F0DC83;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/prizemoney/prize_money_2007.pdf 3]
|-
|align="center"|2008
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|3
|align="center"|4
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/2008/all_ytd_prize_money.pdf $3,852,173 ]
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/2008/all_ytd_prize_money.pdf 1]
|-
|align="center"|2009
|align="center"|1
|align="center"|0
|align="center"|1
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/global/Pdfs/rankings/2008/All_YTD_Prize_Money.pdf $1,556,235 ]
|align="center" style="background:#00ff00;"|
[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/rankings/prizemoney/ 1]
|-
|align="center"|Career*
|align="center"|10
|align="center"|23
|align="center"|33
|align="right"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/2008/all_career_prize_money.pdf $23,517,642]
|align="center"|[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/global/pdfs/rankings/2008/all_career_prize_money.pdf 1]
|}
: * As of February 2, 2009.

==Record against other top players==
As of November 13, 2008, Williams win-loss record against certain players who have been ranked World No. 10 or higher is as follows:<ref>[http://www.sonyericssonwtatour.com/2/players Player Profiles]</ref>

<small>''Players who have been No.1 in boldface.''</small>
{{div col|cols=4}}
*'''[[Amélie Mauresmo]]''' 10–2
*'''[[Lindsay Davenport]]''' 10–4
*'''[[Jennifer Capriati]]''' 10–7
*'''[[Venus Williams]]''' 9–9
*[[Patty Schnyder]] 8–3
*'''[[Kim Clijsters]]''' 7–1
*'''[[Justine Henin]]''' 7–6
*'''[[Martina Hingis]]''' 7–6
*[[Dinara Safina]] 6–1
*[[Daniela Hantuchová]] 6–1
*[[Nadia Petrova]] 6–1
*[[Anastasia Myskina]] 5–0
*[[Conchita Martínez]] 5–0
*[[Mary Pierce]] 5–1
*[[Svetlana Kuznetsova]] 5–1
*[[Vera Zvonareva]] 5–1
*'''[[Maria Sharapova]]''' 5–2
*[[Elena Dementieva]] 5–3
*[[Sandrine Testud]] 5–3
*[[Ai Sugiyama]] 4–0
*[[Jelena Dokić]] 4–0
*[[Julie Halard-Decugis]] 4–0
*[[Nicole Vaidišová]] 4–0
*[[Magdalena Maleeva]] 4–0
*'''[[Monica Seles]]''' 4–1
*'''[[Jelena Janković]]''' 4–3
*[[Barbara Schett]] 3–0
*[[Irina Spîrlea]] 3–1
*'''[[Arantxa Sánchez Vicario]]''' 3–4
*[[Nathalie Tauziat]] 2–1
*[[Agnieszka Radwańska]] 2–0
*[[Alicia Molik]] 2–0
*[[Anna Kournikova]] 2–0
*[[Marion Bartoli]] 2–0
*[[Amanda Coetzer]] 1–0
*'''[[Ana Ivanović]]''' 1–0
*[[Jana Novotná]] 1–0
*[[Chanda Rubin]] 1–1
*'''[[Steffi Graf]]''' 1–1
*[[Anna Chakvetadze]] 0–1
*[[Mary Joe Fernandez]] 0–1
{{div col end}}

===Results against Venus Williams===

Currently 9-9 (on matches actually played)

{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!Surface
!Tournament
!Round
!Score
|----
|2008
|Venus
|Hard
|[[WTA Tour Championships]]
|RR
|5–7, 6–1, 6–0
|----
|2008
|Serena
|Hard
|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|QF
|7–6(6), 7–6(7)
|----
|2008
|Venus
|Grass
|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|F
|7–5, 6–4
|----
|2008
|Serena
|Hard
|[[Bangalore Open|Bangalore]]
|SF
|6–3, 3–6, 7–6(4)
|----
|2005
|Venus
|Hard
|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|4R
|7–6(5), 6–2
|----
|2005
|Venus
|Hard
|[[NASDAQ-100 Open|Key Biscayne, Florida]]
|QF
|6–1, 7–6(8)
|----
|2003
|Serena
|Grass
|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|F
|4–6, 6–4, 6–2
|----
|2003
|Serena
|Hard
|[[Australian Open]]
|F
|7–6(4), 3–6, 6–4
|----
|2002
|Serena
|Hard
|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|F
|6–4, 6–3
|----
|2002
|Serena
|Grass
|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|F
|7–6(4), 6–3
|----
|2002
|Serena
|Clay
|[[French Open]]
|F
|7–5, 6–3
|----
|2002
|Serena
|Hard
|[[NASDAQ-100 Open|Key Biscayne, Florida]]
|SF
|6–2, 6–2
|----
|2001
|Venus
|Hard
|[[US Open (tennis)|US Open]]
|F
|6–2, 6–4
|----
|2001
|Serena
|Hard
|[[Pacific Life Open|Indian Wells, California]]
|SF
|walkover
|----
|2000
|Venus
|Grass
|[[The Championships, Wimbledon|Wimbledon]]
|SF
|6–2, 7–6(3)
|----
|1999
|Serena
|Hard (I)
|[[Grand Slam Cup]]
|F
|6–1, 3–6, 6–3
|----
|1999
|Venus
|Hard
|[[Sony Ericsson Open|Key Biscayne, Florida]]
|F
|6–1, 4–6, 6–4
|----
|1998
|Venus
|Clay
|[[Rome Masters|Italian Open]]
|QF
|6–4, 6–2
|----
|1998
|Venus
|Hard
|[[Australian Open]]
|2R
|7–6(4), 6–1
|----
|}

==See also==

* [[List of Grand Slam Women's Singles champions]]
* [[List of Grand Slam Women's Doubles champions]]
* [[List of Grand Slam Mixed Doubles champions]]
* [[Williams sisters]]
* [[Serena Slam]]

==References==

{{reflist|2}}

==External links==

{{commonscat|Serena Williams}}
* [http://www.serenawilliams.com/ Official web site of Serena Williams]
* [http://www.hossli.com/articles/2008/01/04/serena-williams-im-a-thinker/ Interview with Serena Williams on Hossli.com]
* {{wta|id=230234|name=Serena Williams}}
* {{imdb name|id=1102987|name=Serena Williams}}
* [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1622574,00.html Serena Williams article] on Time.com (a division of Time Magazine)
* [http://sidewalkstv.com/webclips/w/serenawilliams.html Serena Williams 2006 Interview] on ''[[Sidewalks Entertainment]]''
* [http://www.afewmomentswith.com/ Serena Williams Interview on Fox News Radio]
* [http://www.zadzadz.com/index.php?commercial_id=628 Serena William in the HP Commercial]
* [http://www.washingtonkastles.com Washington Kastles]

{{start box}}
{{s-sports}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Venus Williams]] <br> [[Ana Ivanović]] <br> Jelena Janković
| after = [[Kim Clijsters]] <br> [[Jelena Janković]] <br> Incumbent
| title = [[List of WTA number 1 ranked players|World No. 1]]
| years = July 8, 2002 &ndash; August 10, 2003 <br> September 8, 2008 &ndash; October 6, 2008 <br> February 2, 2009 &ndash;
|}}
{{s-ach}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Venus Williams]]
| after = Kim Clijsters
| title = [[WTA Awards|WTA Newcomer of the Year]]
| years = 1998
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Patty Schnyder]]
| after = [[Elena Dementieva]]
| title = [[WTA Awards|WTA Most Improved Player]]
| years = 1999
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Martina Hingis]] &<br />[[Anna Kournikova]]
| after = [[Lisa Raymond]] &<br />[[Rennae Stubbs]]
| title = [[WTA Awards|WTA Doubles Team of the Year]]<br />(with Venus Williams)
| years = 2000
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Jennifer Capriati]]
| after = [[Justine Henin]]
| title = [[WTA Awards|WTA Player of The Year]]
| years = 2002
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = Jennifer Capriati
| after = Justine Henin
| title = [[International Tennis Federation#Women's singles|ITF World Champion]]
| years = 2002
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = Jennifer Capriati
| after = [[Annika Sörenstam]]
| title = [[Associated Press Athlete of the Year|Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year]]
| years = 2002
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = Jennifer Capriati
| after = Annika Sörenstam
| title = [[Laureus World Sports Award for Sportswoman of the Year|World Sportswoman of the Year]]
| years = 2002
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = [[Amélie Mauresmo]]
| after = Kim Clijsters
| title = [[WTA Awards|WTA Comeback Player of the Year]]
| years = 2004
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = Venus Williams
| after = [[Maria Sharapova]]
| title = [[Best Female Tennis Player ESPY Award]]
| years = 2003-2004
|}}
{{succession box |
| before = Venus Williams
| after = [[Diana Taurasi]]
| title = [[Best Female Athlete ESPY Award]]
| years = 2003
|}}
{{end box}}

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{{Top ten American female tennis players}}
{{Tennis World Number Ones (women)}}
{{Australian Open women's singles champions}}
{{French Open women's singles champions}}
{{Wimbledon women's singles champions}}
{{US Open women's singles champions}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Tennis Women's Doubles}}
{{WTA Tour singles champions}}
{{Tennis women grand slam three and more}}
{{Tennis Career Grand Slam Champions}}
{{Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year}}

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[[zh:塞雷娜·威廉姆斯]]

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