Last week marked the end of the remarkable career of Serena Williams, who retired after a loss in the US Open.

Serena Williams (1981-) is an American tennis player professional tennis player, widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time.

Williams turned professional in 1995 and won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open. Since then, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times. She won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and 14 major women's doubles titles, all with her sister Venus Williams. She won four Olympic gold medals, three in women's doubles—an all-time joint record shared with Venus.

As of September 2022, Williams holds the most combined major titles in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles among active players, with 39: 23 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles. She is joint-third on the all-time list and second in the Open Era for total major titles. She is the highest-earning woman athlete of all time.

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