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Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus to win her second Grand Slam title, her first French Open title and the first of four consecutive Grand Slams in what was called the " Serena Slam ".
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* 1942 – Richard Williams, father of Venus Williams and Serena Williams
* 15-Yetunde Price, 30, sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.
The two-handed grip gained popularity in the 1970s as Björn Borg, Chris Evert, Jimmy Connors, and later Mats Wilander and Marat Safin used it to great effect, and it is now used by a large number of the world's best players, including Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.
* June 8 – Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.
After Wimbledon, Davenport won the singles and doubles titles in Stanford and won San Diego in doubles with Morariu over Serena and Venus Williams in the final.
She lost the US Open semifinal to eventual champion Serena Williams.
Davenport once again lost to Venus in the Stanford final and to Serena Williams in the Los Angeles final.
She lost in the Australian Open doubles final with Morariu to Venus and Serena Williams.
She then lost to Venus in New Haven and to Serena Williams in the US Open semifinals.
Davenport and Lisa Raymond reached the doubles semifinals of the Australian Open, where they lost to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.
She defeated Venus and Serena Williams for the first time since 2000, which she said instilled belief in her that she could win more Grand Slam tournaments.
Davenport's success continued into 2005, when she reached her first Grand Slam final, at the Australian Open, since the 2000 US Open ; she fell to Serena Williams in three sets.
* In 2009, Serena Williams beat that by earning a record of over $ 6. 5 million in a single year.
Unfortunately Henin had to pull out and Serena Williams replaced her as the match was played in front of the largest crowd ever for a single match, beating the attendance set at the Battle of the Sexes.
Both Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams were unsuccessful in their title defences, Hewitt being defeated in the semi-finals by Andre Agassi and Venus being defeated in the final by her younger sister Serena.
Serena Williams def.
* 2002 US Open: Lindsay Davenport defeated Yelena Bovina to advance to the semi-finals against the winner of Serena Williams vs. Daniela Hantuchová ; Monica Seles defeated Martina Hingis to advance to the quarter-finals against Venus Williams.
* 2002 US Open: Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams.
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Serena and defeated
At the beginning of 1999 Graf played the warm up event to the Australian Open in Sydney ; she defeated Serena Williams in the 2nd round and Venus Williams in the quarter-finals before losing to Lindsay Davenport in the semi-final.
Her debut at the Australian Open, Williams defeated younger sister Serena in the second round, which was the sisters ' first professional meeting.
At the Italian Open in Rome, she defeated sister Serena in the quarterfinals and World No. 5 Sánchez Vicario in the semifinals before losing to World No. 1 Hingis in the final.
She defeated Novotná and Graf to reach the final in Key Biscayne, where she defeated Serena in three sets in the first final on the WTA Tour to be contested by two sisters.
At the Grand Slam Cup in Munich, Venus defeated Hingis in the semifinals before losing to Serena for the first time in the final.
Williams defeated former champion Lindsay Davenport in the quarterfinals and Kim Clijsters in the semifinals to advance to her fourth consecutive Wimbledon final, where she lost again to sister Serena.
In March, at the NASDAQ-100 Open in Miami, Williams defeated sister and Australian Open champion Serena in the quarterfinals, the first time she had defeated Serena since 2001.
This was the first time since 2003 that Venus and Serena had played each other in a Grand Slam final and was the first time since 2001 that Venus had defeated her in a Grand Slam final.
At the US Open, Williams was playing some of her best tennis since dominating the circuit in 2003, However, she was defeated in two tiebreaks by Serena in an epic quarter final match after Venus led 5 – 3 in both sets, and would later win the tournament.
There, Williams defeated World No. 2 Safina, World No. 3 Serena and World No. 5 Dementieva in the preliminary round-robin stage.
Mauresmo reached the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, but was defeated there by eventual champion Serena Williams.
At the clay court Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, Henin defeated World No. 1 Serena Williams in the final.
She defeated the defending champion, Serena Williams, in a controversial semifinal 6 – 2, 4 – 6, 7 – 5 which saw Henin failing to acknowledge her raised hand during Williams service motion, a breach in tennis etiquette.
She defeated Mary Pierce in the fourth round and Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals before losing to Serena Williams in 6-3 6-2 straight sets defeat.
At Wimbledon, Henin lost to Marion Bartoli in the semifinals 1 – 6, 7 – 5, 6 – 1, one day after Henin defeated Serena Williams in the quarterfinals.
At the Miami Masters, Capriati defeated World No. 6 Serena Williams for her first win over a player ranked in the top 6 in four years en route to a quarterfinal finish.
Serena and her
Serena Watts has recently left her post as governor and has been replaced by Tony Corcoran.
Placidia spent most of her early years in the household of Stilicho the Vandal and his wife Serena.
His 3-year-old half-sister, Galla Placidia, is send to Rome where she spent her childhood in the household of Stilicho and his wife Serena.
She won her 13 Grand Slam doubles titles with her sister Venus Williams and the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam finals .. Serena Williams is also a two time winner of the WTA Tour Championships
Her father home-schooled Serena and her sister Venus < ref >
The College of the Vestals was disbanded and the sacred fire extinguished in 394, by order of the Christian emperor Theodosius I. Zosimus records how the Christian noblewoman Serena, niece of Theodosius, entered the temple and took from the statue of the goddess a necklace and placed it on her own neck.
An old woman appeared, the last of the Vestals, who proceeded to rebuke Serena and called down upon her all just punishment for her act of impiety.
According to Zosimus, Serena was then subject to dreadful dreams predicting her own untimely death.
Her seven Grand Slam titles tie her for twelfth on the all time list and is more than any other active female player except for her younger sister Serena Williams.
She and her sister Serena have won more Olympic gold medals than any other female tennis player.
With 43 career singles titles, Williams, along with her sister Serena, lead active players on the WTA Tour.
She is also one of only three active WTA players to have made the finals of all four Grand Slams, the other players being her sister Serena Williams and Russian Maria Sharapova.
Venus Williams has played against her sister Serena Williams in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 13 of the 23 matches.
She won her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating World No. 1 Martina Hingis in the quarterfinals, sister Serena in the semifinals, and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final.
She also won the gold medal in women's doubles with her sister Serena.
Williams also reached the semifinals of the Tier I Tennis Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells, California, where she controversially defaulted her match with sister Serena just before the match started.
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