How many grand slams has Serena Williams won? Does she hold the record of most titles in Womens t
What started simply as a father teaching his daughter how to play tennis is now the childhood story of the revolutionary American tennis player Serena Williams who leads the women’s singles with a whooping 23 grand slam wins.
Turning professional in 1995, a year after her sister joined the field, Serena displayed a game that was unlike many female players; a playstyle covering powerful strokes and intense serves combined with tremendous stamina and grit. Not long after that, the William sisters attracted a lot of attention.
Serena William’s journey to 23 grand slams
Serena’s impressive stats started in 1999 when she won her first grand slam in the U.S. Open at the age of 17 against former World No. 1 Martina Hingis who she has a head-to-head count of 7-6 with Williams in the lead.
In 2002, the American won three major titles out of four, followed by two more grand slams in 2003. In the next four years, Serena grabbed three more championships (2005 Australian Open, 2007 Australian Open, and 2008 U.S. Open), making her total grand slam count 13 in a span of 12 years. Not having won any in 2011, she made up for it in 2012, winning Wimbleton and U.S. Open.
After 11 years, having lastly won the French Open in 2002, Serena returned to Paris to get her 2nd Roland Garros trophy in 2013 after squaring off with the defending champion Maria Sharapova. That win was notable for another reason, that being, in terms of numbers Serena had a 31 consecutive win streak giving an impression of being unbeatable.
She continued to raise her wins by winning the U.S. Open once more in 2013 after beating one of her greatest rivals, Victoria Azarenka, who she has played against 22 times, with the American on the top with 18 wins. Exactly a year later, in the last grand slam of the year, Serena took the U.S. Open title from the Danish player Caroline Wozniacki.
Did Serena Williams reach the top?
Winning her 20th grand slam in the 2015 French Open, Serena Williams marked her name in the third position of the all-time Slam ranking, following Steffi Graf with 22 titles and Margaret Court on the lead with 24 grand slams ( Combination of post and pre Open era). It’s very evident that she has been knocking her opponents in straight sets over the years, instilling fear and dominance over everyone that faces her on the finals court.
The 40-year old American then won two back-to-back Wimbleton titles in 2015 and 2016, equalling Steffi Graf with 22 grand slam wins. Finally, in 2017, the court she started her grand slam win with came back after 18 years and won her 23rd major title, officially becoming the second greatest tennis player in the Open era.
In a way, Serena Williams is the greatest player in all of tennis history, having won 23 grand slams in the Open era since 1999, despite Margaret Court having one more.
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