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Wednesday Open Thread: African American Tennis Players

September 12, 2012 by Miranda 136 Comments

Good morning Pragmatic Obots!

Serena Jameka Williams (born September 26, 1981) is a professional American tennis player. The Women’s Tennis Association has ranked her world number one in singles on five separate occasions. She became the world no. 1 for the first time on July 8, 2002, and regained this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She is the only female player to have won over $40 million in prize money.

Already regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time, her 30 Grand Slam titles place her ninth on the all-time list: 15 in singles, 13 in women’s doubles, and 2 in mixed doubles. She is the most recent player, male or female, to have held all four Grand Slam singles titles simultaneously (’02-’03) and only the fifth woman ever to do so. Her total of 15 Grand Slam singles titles is sixth on the all-time list.and fourth in the open era.

Among active players, male or female, she holds the most Major titles including singles, doubles, and mixed doubles. She won her 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals. Serena Williams is also a two time winner of the WTA Tour Championships.

Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in women’s singles and three in women’s doubles. On 4 August 2012, she became the second player after Steffi Graf to win a career Golden Grand Slam after winning the gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Wimbledon, and the first player in history, male or female, to win the Golden Grand Slam in both singles and doubles.

In 2008 Williams helped to fund the construction of the Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya.  She received a Celebrity Role Model Award from Avon Foundation in 2003 for work in breast cancer. Williams has also been involved in a number of clinics at schools and community centers, particularly those which have programs focusing on at-risk youth. 

She has also won the “Young Heroes Award” from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. and Inland (2003) and the “Family Circle and Prudential Financial Player Who Makes a Difference Award” (2004).  In response to the 2010 Haiti earthquake, Williams, along with other ATP and WTA stars decided to forgo their final day of preparation for the 2010 Australian Open to form a charity event in which all proceeds will go to the Haiti earthquake victims.

(WIKI)

 

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