FACTBOX-Tennis-Wimbledon champion Serena Williams

Sat Jul 4, 2009 3:49pm BST
 
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July 4 (Reuters) - Factbox on American Serena Williams, who won her third Wimbledon title with a 7-6 6-2 win over her sister Venus on Saturday:

* Born in Saginaw, Michigan on Sept. 26, 1981.

* Turned professional in September 1995.

11 GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES

* U.S. Open 1999, 2002, 2008; French Open 2002; Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009; Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009.

* Williams is seventh on the list of leading women grand slam title leaders.

* Regained world number one ranking for the third time in her career after capturing the 2009 Australian Open title.

* Is one of only five women -- after Maureen Connolly, Margaret Court, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf -- to hold all four grand slam titles at once. Dubs the non-calander year achievement in 2002-2003 as the 'Serena Slam'. She beats sister Venus in each of the four finals.  Continued...

 

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