Williams sisters

Venus and Serena
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
(Aus Open 1998,
French Open 1998)
2
(Wimbledon 1998,
US Open 1998)
Summer Olympics
Singles titles:
Gold (Sydney 2000) Gold (London 2012)
Summer Olympics
Doubles titles:
Gold (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, London 2012) Gold (Sydney 2000, Beijing 2008, London 2012)
Fed Cup
titles:
1
(1999)
1
(1999)
Plays: Right-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Right-handed
(two-handed backhand)
Career Earnings: $42,280,540 (2nd) $94,518,971 (1st)

The Wiliams sisters are two professional American tennis players: Venus Williams (b. 1980), a seven-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), and Serena Williams (b. 1981), twenty-three-time Grand Slam title winner (singles), both of whom were coached from an early age by their parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price.

The Williams sisters partake in “one of the elite ‘country club’ sports in America,” a sport that wasn’t—along with many others—open to female participation in the past (Smith & Hattery, 75).[1] Their remarkable achievements in tennis are comparable to those seen by men, despite women’s involvement in sports as something unusual when compared to the former regulations within sports. When the sport was introduced as a form of leisurely activity in the United States, “many clubs would not allow women to be members” (Smith & Hattery, 76). Thus, the success of the Williams sisters is one that’s astonishing to the United States both professionally and socially.

Both sisters have been ranked by the Women's Tennis Association at the world No. 1 position in both singles and doubles. In 2002, after the French Open, Venus and Serena Williams were ranked world No. 1 and No. 2 on singles, respectively, marking the first time in history that sisters occupied the top two positions. On 21 June 2010, Serena and Venus again held the No. 1 and No. 2 rankings spots in singles, respectively, some eight years after first accomplishing this feat. At the time, Serena was three months shy of her 29th birthday and Venus had just celebrated her 30th birthday.

There was a noted professional rivalry between the sisters in singles — between the 2001 US Open and the 2017 Australian Open, they contested nine major finals. They became the first two players, female or male, to contest four consecutive major singles finals, from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open; Serena famously won all four to complete the first of two "Serena Slams" (non-calendar year Grand Slams). Between 2000 and 2016, they collectively won 12 Wimbledon singles titles (Venus five, and Serena seven). Nonetheless, they remain very close, often watching each other's matches in support, even after one of them had been knocked out of a tournament.

By winning the 2001 Australian Open doubles title, they became the fifth pair of women to complete the career Grand Slam in doubles, and the first pair to complete the career Golden Slam in doubles. At the time, Venus and Serena were only 20 and 19 years old, respectively. Since then, they went on to add another two Olympic gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the 2012 London Olympics. Moreover, the duo achieved a non-calendar year Grand Slam in doubles between 2009 Wimbledon and 2010 Roland Garros, which made them the co-No. 1 doubles players on 7 June 2010. Their last major doubles title came at the 2016 Wimbledon Championships.

Both players won four gold medals at the Olympics, one each in singles and three in doubles— all won together— the most of any tennis players. Venus also won a silver in mixed doubles at the 2016 Rio Olympics. As a duo, they completed the double career Golden Slam in doubles. Between the two of them, they have completed the Boxed Set, winning all four major events in singles, women's doubles, and mixed doubles; they split the four mixed doubles titles in 1998.

Winner — Legend
Grand Slam tournaments (14–0)
Olympic Gold (3)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
Premier Mandatory & Premier 5 (2–0)
Premier (2–1)
International (1–0)
Finals by Surface
Hard (10–1)
Grass (7–0)
Clay (3–0)
Carpet (2–0)
Result No. Date Tournaments Surface Opponents Score
Win 1. February 23, 1998 Oklahoma City, United States (1) Hard Romania Cătălina Cristea
Australia Kristine Kunce
7–5, 6–2
Win 2. October 12, 1998 Zürich, Switzerland (1) Carpet South Africa Mariaan de Swardt
Ukraine Elena Tatarkova
5–7, 6–1, 6–3
Win 3. February 15, 1999 Hanover, Germany (1) Carpet France Alexandra Fusai
France Nathalie Tauziat
5–7, 6–2, 6–2
Win 4. May 24, 1999 French Open, Paris, France (1) Clay Switzerland Martina Hingis
Russia Anna Kournikova
6–3, 6–7(2–7), 8–6
Loss 1. August 8, 1999 San Diego, U.S. (1) Hard United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Corina Morariu
4–6, 1–6
Win 5. August 30, 1999 US Open, New York City, U.S. (1) Hard United States Chanda Rubin
France Sandrine Testud
4–6, 6–1, 6–4
Win 6. June 26, 2000 Wimbledon, London, United Kingdom (1) Grass France Julie Halard-Decugis
Japan Ai Sugiyama
6–3, 6–2
Win 7. September 18, 2000 Summer Olympics, Sydney, Australia (1) Hard Netherlands Kristie Boogert
Netherlands Miriam Oremans
6–1, 6–1
Win 8. January 15, 2001 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (1) Hard United States Lindsay Davenport
United States Corina Morariu
6–2, 4–6, 6–4
Win 9. June 24, 2002 Wimbledon, London, U.K. (2) Grass Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
6–2, 7–5
Win 10. January 13, 2003 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (2) Hard Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
Argentina Paola Suárez
4–6, 6–4, 6–3
Win 11. July 5, 2008 Wimbledon, London, U.K. (3) Grass United States Lisa Raymond
Australia Samantha Stosur
6–2, 6–2
Win 12. August 17, 2008 Summer Olympics, Beijing, China (2) Hard Spain Anabel Medina Garrigues
Spain Virginia Ruano Pascual
6–2, 6–0
Win 13. January 30, 2009 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (3) Hard Japan Ai Sugiyama
Slovakia Daniela Hantuchová
6–3, 6–3
Win 14. July 4, 2009 Wimbledon, London, U.K. (4) Grass Australia Samantha Stosur
Australia Rennae Stubbs
7–6(7–4), 6–4
Win 15. August 2, 2009 Stanford, U.S. (1) Hard Chinese Taipei Chan Yung-jan
Romania Monica Niculescu
6–4, 6–1
Win 16. September 14, 2009 US Open, New York City, U.S. (2) Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–2, 6–2
Win 17. January 29, 2010 Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia (4) Hard Zimbabwe Cara Black
United States Liezel Huber
6–4, 6–3
Win 18. May 15, 2010 Madrid, Spain (1) Clay Argentina Gisela Dulko
Italy Flavia Pennetta
6–2, 7–5
Win 19. June 3, 2010 French Open, Paris, France (2) Clay Czech Republic Květa Peschke
Slovenia Katarina Srebotnik
6–2, 6–3
Win 20. July 7, 2012 Wimbledon, London, U.K. (5) Grass Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
7–5, 6–4
Win 21. August 5, 2012 Summer Olympics, London, U.K. (3) Grass Czech Republic Andrea Hlaváčková
Czech Republic Lucie Hradecká
6–4, 6–4
Win 22. July 9, 2016 Wimbledon, London, U.K. (6) Grass Hungary Tímea Babos
Kazakhstan Yaroslava Shvedova
6–3, 6–4
  1. ^ SMITH, EARL, and ANGELA J. HATTERY. “VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS: Traversing the Barriers of the Country Club World.” A Locker Room of Her Own: Celebrity, Sexuality, and Female Athletes, edited by David C. Ogden and Joel Nathan Rosen, University Press of Mississippi, 2013, pp. 72–91. JSTOR, http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt24hvp6.9. Accessed 28 Sept. 2023.

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