About Serena Williams

Serena Williams is a world-champion retired professional tennis player.

Many people rank Serena Williams as one of the greatest female tennis players of all time. She is by far the highest paid female player. Her on-court earnings over $95 million in her career. Throughout the Open Era, Serena defeated every other player—male or female—to win the most Grand Slam singles titles. In addition, she holds four gold medals from the Olympics and many other notable accomplishments.

When Serena was competing, her annual income from endorsements and on-court earnings was typically $40 million. For instance, Serena made $35 million between June 2019 and June 2020, of which about $20 million came from endorsements. After retirement, she turned her attention to her investment company, Serena Ventures.

The following is a list of Serena’s greatest professional achievements:

• Grand Slam singles titles: 23 (most by any player in the Open Era)
• Grand Slam doubles titles: 14 (most by any active player)
• Grand Slam mixed doubles titles: 2
• Olympic gold medals: 4 (singles, doubles, and mixed doubles)
• WTA Finals titles: 7
• WTA Championships titles: 1
• Australian Open titles: 7
• French Open titles: 3
• Wimbledon titles: 7
• US Open titles: 6
• World No. 1 ranking: 319 total weeks (second most by any female player, Steffi Graf is #1 with 377 weeks)
• Highest-earning female athlete of all time: $94.5 million
• Entered the International Tennis Hall of Fame: 2022