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Serena Williams, one of the greatest tennis players of all time announced here retirement.
In her last match, in the US Open on Friday she was defeated in the third round against Croatia’s Ajla Tomljanovic.
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Interesting facts about Serena Williams
- She was born on September 26, 1981 in Saginaw Michigan
- Serena Williams is one of the most renowned and established names in the world tennis.
- She has won 39 Grand Slam titles: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles.
- She was holding world no 1 rank for six years
- In 2002-03 and 2014—15, she achieved the rare feat of holding all the four Grand Slam titles simultaneously.
- She is the only tennis player to ever accomplish a golden career grand slam in singles and doubles.
- Her record of Grand Slam wins puts her third on the all-time list and second in the open era.
- She is the only tennis player in history (man or woman) to have won singles titles at least six times in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments (Australian Open, Wimbledon and the U.S. Open)
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Published date : 03 Sep 2022 03:29PM
