Serena Williams – Wimbledon Ladies’ Tennis Player

Serena Williams has had mixed fortunes in the 2008 season. The two-time Wimbledon ladies’ singles champion lost out at the Australian Open quarterfinals to Jelena Jankovic - after suffering from a severe tooth ache which affected her game, she underwent dental surgery and missed out on three tournaments.

The former world no.1 had been battling with lack of form, mental exhaustion and a chronic knee injury which kept her out of both the French Open and Wimbledon in 2006.

Due to her inactivity she plunged to a lowly ranking of 139. At the last Grand Slam event of the 2007, the US Open, she was granted a wild card, but lost to Frenchwoman, Amelie Mauresmo in the fourth round.

Serena Williams of USA returns the ball to Justine Henin of Belgium during the quarter finals of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, in south London, 04 July 2007 Like all true champions, Serena Williams, Wimbledon ladies’ tennis player, claimed publicly that she had no doubt that she would be the number one in the world again, and went on to trounce Sharapova in straight sets, 6-1 6-2, in just 63 minutes. for the Australian Open title in 2007.

Following her triumph over Sharapova, she pulled off a three-set victory over current world number one, Justine Henin at the Sony Ericsson Open in Florida. In doing so she became the lowest-ranked player in history to beat the world’s top two players at the same event. She had beaten Sharapova yet again in the fourth round.

Williams entered the fray at the All England Club, and succumbed to older sister Venus in straight sets 7–5, 6–4.

The loss at Wimbledon only encouraged her to play more tennis. She is arguably in her best form of her life in 2002 when she picked up eight titles including Wimbledon, the French Open and the US Open.

She even went on to better that in 2003 when she achieved her “Serena Slam” – holding all four Grand Slam titles at the same time!

She partnered with Venus for the Wimbledon 2008 ladies doubles and won against Lisa Raymond and Samantha Stosur 6–2, 6–2.

Serena is undoubtedly one of the most prominent ladies’ tennis players in the world, and if she can overcome ongoing injuries, she will have a fighting chance of claiming her third Wimbledon title.

Serena’s Wimbledon statistics:

  • In 1998 she won the mixed doubles event at Wimbledon with partner Max Mirnyi.
  • In 2000 she won the doubles event with sister, Venus.
  • In 2002 she won her first Wimbledon Ladies’ singles title, defeating sister, Venus, 7-6(4) 6-3.
  • She also claimed her second doubles win at the all England Club, again partnering sister, Venus.
  • In 2003 she again beat her sister Venus, 4-6 6-4 6-2, to claim her second Wimbledon singles crown.
  • In 2004 she reached the finals of the event, but was unable to claim her third successive Wimbledon title when she fell prey to rival, Maria Sharapova.
  • In 2005 she lost in the third round to compatriot Jill Craybas and in 2006 she had to withdraw from the tournament due to injury.
  • In 2007 she lost in the quarterfinals to Justine Henin.
  • In 2008 she lost in the semifinals to Venus Williams, and then partnered with her sister to win the ladies doubles title.