Serena Williams is an American tennis player born in 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan, the youngest of five daughters raised by Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Her father taught the sisters the game on public courts in Compton, California, and she turned professional in 1995 at 14. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any woman in the Open Era, and held world No. 1 for 319 weeks before retiring after the 2022 US Open.

She is known for power, competitive fire and a dry sense of humor on court and off. Her