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2014 Serena Williams tennis season
Main article: Serena Williams
The 2014 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 30 December with the början of the 2014 WTA Tour, and follows on from an 18-match winning streak which began at the end of the 2013 årstid. Williams finished the year at no. 1, and held the ranking for the entire year, which had not been done since Steffi Graf in 1996. It is also fourth time that Williams ended as the number 1 player in the year. Based on her performance in 2014, she was named 'World Champion' for the fifth time and the third time in a row.
Year in detail
[edit]Early hard court season and Australian Open
[edit]Brisbane International
[edit]Williams began her årstid at the Brisbane International, where she was the defending mästare and no. 1 seed. Williams received a bye in the first round. She played her first match of the 2014 season against German Andrea Petkovic. The pair traded breaks in the 3rd and 4th game, Williams broke
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Considered the greatest women’s tennis player of all time, and perhaps the greatest athlete of all time, Serena Williams has revolutionized women’s tennis since the 1990s. With 23 Grand Slam titles, Williams rose from the public courts of Compton, California to shatter records and dominate the field.
Serena Jameka Williams was born to parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan. Williams is the youngest of Price's five daughters, who include fellow tennis superstar Venus Williams. Richard Williams, a former sharecropper from Louisiana, was determined that daughters Serena and Venus would succeed in life. Seeing opportunity in tennis, he and Oracene taught themselves the game from books and videos so that they could coach their children. Richard moved the family to Compton, California, where Williams began intensive tennis training with her father and older sister around the age of three. The Williams sisters practiced for hours every day o
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Williams sisters
Doubles partnership between Venus and Serena Williams
"Venus and Serena" redirects here. For the documentary, see Venus and Serena (film).
Venus | Serena | ||
Highest singles ranking: | No. 1 (February 25, 2002) | No. 1 (July 8, 2002) | |
Highest doubles ranking: | No. 1 (June 7, 2010) | No. 1 (June 7, 2010) | |
Women's singles titles: | 49 | 73 | |
Women's doubles titles: | 22 | 23 | |
Grand Slam Women's singles titles: | 7 (Wimbledon 2000/01/05/07/08, US Open 2000/01) | 23 (Aus Open 2003/05/07/09/10/15/17, French Open 2002/13/15, Wimbledon 2002/03/09/10/12/15/16, US Open 1999/2002/08/12/13/14) | |
Grand Slam Women's doubles titles: | 14 (Aus Open 2001/03/09/10, French Open 1999/2010, Wimbledon 2000/02/08/09/12/16, US Open 1999/2009) | 14 (Aus Open 2001/03/09/10, French Open 1999/2010, Wimbledon 2000/02/08/09/12/16, US Open 1999/2009) | |
Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: | 2 (Au |