Short introduction

With Steffi Graf, Serena Williams is one of the most successful tennis players in this century. In his career, he won 23 grand slam titles and secured 4 gold medals at the Olympics.

Earlier life

Serena Jameka Williams was born in Michigan. A few years later, he moved to Compton, Los Angeles with his parents and his siblings. His father, who runs a security company, teaches tennis to his two daughters Serena and Venus from the start. In 1991 Williams moved to Palm Beach Park in Florida. Here Serena and Venus trained under coach like Rick Macci and Nick Bolletieri. Then Pastor Richard took over the coaching of the two sisters.

Career

Serena celebrated its first amateur success at the age of 10. He began his professional career at the age of 14 years. At the age of 16, he won against Monica Sele who was prominent in the world and, after he left the semi-final, successfully entering the top ten players in rank. On September 11, 1999 Serena Williams won the US open for the first time in her young career at the age of 17. Today there are 23 grand slam trophies, 49 tournament victories at WTA Woul on Serena Williams’s successful list. Extraordinary athletes also won 4 gold medals at the Olympics. In February 1999 he had the success of his first tournament in the French capital. In the same year he reached the US Open Final and won the world ranking Martina Hingis. The title of the Grand Slam is his first single title to date. In 2001, Sister Venus beat Serena in the US Open final. 2002 is the most successful season for Americans. For the second time in his career, he won the Grand Slam tournament. Thanks to his extraordinary performance, he secured the first place in the world ranking from July 2002. The 2004 season was not successful, losing in Sharapova at Wimbledon. In 2005 he won the seventh Grand Slam title in his career. In 2006 the tennis legend fell into depression because he was in the third round against Daniela Hantuchova. After this season, he finished 95th in the world ranking. In 2008 he managed to get to the Wimbledon final, which he clearly lost to his sister. At the Olympics, the Williams sister won gold in doubles.

Career highlights

Olympic Medal in Doubles: Gold 2000 in Sydney, Gold 2008 in Beijing, Gold 2012 in London, Gold 2012 in London

Single Olympic Medal: 2012 gold in London

Individual Victory: Australia Open (2003, 2005, 2007), France Open (2002), US Open (1999, 2002) won at Wimbledon (2002, 2003)

Double Victory: Australia Open (2001, 2003), France Open (1999), US Open (1999), Wimbledon (2000, 2002)

Unknown facts

In 2017, Serena Williams was ranked 51st in Forbes Magazine magazine which was paid with a gross annual income of $ 27 million. He earns its main income through advertising offers with major brands such as Nike, which has an 8-year contract with it. According to Spiegel Online, Nike will pay $ 55 million to famous tennis players in the contract period. He produces more money with web transactions than with prizes for tournament victory.

He gained a wealth of $ 215 million not only from advertising offers or sports success. Thanks to some sophisticated equity investments and turned out to invest in real estate, he is now one of the richest athletes in the world. Serena Williams tried repeatedly in various entrepreneurship industries. So he has several restaurants and he has a football team. With products such as your own vodka brand, as well as your own fashion and perfume lines, he proves that he also has talent to become an entrepreneur.