Serena Williams Through the YearsThe 23-time Grand Slam champion says she is ‘evolving away’ from tennis after the U.S. Open
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Before she etched her name onto tennis history as one of its greatest—if not the greatest—competitor, Serena Williams, along with sister Venus,
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Williams debuted on the professional tour in 1995 when she was only 14 years old losing in straight sets to Annie Miller She didn’t become a regular figure of the tour until 1998.
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Venus Williams (left), 15 months Serena’s senior, initially had the upper hand at the beginning of their careers. While their 1999 match in Key Biscayne was the last time
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Williams won her first singles Grand Slam at the 1999 U.S. Open against Martina Hingis, who at the time was the top ranked female player. It was the first of her 6 U.S. Open wins
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Williams dominated the field with her power and shotmaking. She won four consecutive Grand Slams starting with the 2002 French Open, in a run popularly dubbed as the Serena Slam
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For all the heraldry surrounding Williams’s success playing singles, she’s also an accomplished doubles player. Among her titles haul: 14 Grand Slam doubles titles shared
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Williams’s ability to bounce back is one of the most enduring elements of her career. After a series of injuries that stalled her game, she achieved her second “Serena Slam”
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The 2017 Australian Open had a strong whiff of nostalgia to it. The Williams sisters hadn’t faced each other at a final in eight years. Like many of their previous matches,
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Williams has come tantalizingly close to an all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles. Her quest was most recently foiled at the 2019 U.S. Open finals by first-time winner
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After making a surprising run at the 2022 U.S. Open where she eliminated world No. 2 Anett Kontaveit, Williams suffered a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic.
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In a personal essay published in Vogue, Williams announced she was “evolving away from tennis” after the 2022 US Open, shifting her focus towards family and her business ventures.