Serena Williams

Yameka Serena Williams was born on 26 September 1981 in Saginou Michigan, U.S. She was the youngest of five daughters of Richard Williams and Orac. When she was five years old, her family moved to Komtayn, a suburb of Los Angeles. At the same time, Serena started playing tennis.

In 1995, Serena Williams began playing professional tennis, she jumped upwards in the rating of the best tennis players in the world. In 1997, she entered the first hundred, and in - 1998 - became the twentieth in the WTA ranking. In the same year she won her first title at the Grand Slam tournaments, she won the Wimbledon mixed doubles.

In 1999, the athlete won the U.S. Open Championship in singles and doubles, as well as tournaments in Indian Wells, Los Angeles and Paris. Final season of 1999 Serena happened to be on the fourth place of WTA rankings. The next two seasons Serena Williams completed in the same way - in sixth place by ranking. However, in 2002, she got the first position among the strongest tennis players of the world. This result was quite real, because in that season Serena won the last three tournaments 'Grand Slam'. Serena Williams set a record - won four tournaments in the 'Grand Slam' in a row. This record was the first in the history of women's tennis and has not been broken yet.

In 2003 Williams took third place in WTA ranking. Then decline in her career began. She was seventh in 2004, eleventh in 2005, ninety-fifth in 2006.

In 2007 her performance improved, by the end of 2008 Serena Williams climbed to the second place in WTA, winning several major tournaments, including the U.S.Open.

Despite the multimillion-dollar contracts with sponsors, firms 'Puma' and 'Nike', Serena has released her own line of sportswear. She also showed herself as an actress playing in several serials in episodic roles. Currently, Serena Williams resides in Florida, dates with the rapper Common.