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SERENAS’ 23 GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES 1999 US Open - beat Martina Hingis (Switzerlan­d)

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6-3 7-6 2002 French Open - beat Venus Williams (US) 7-5 6-3; Wimbledon - beat Venus Williams 7-6 6-3; US Open - beat Venus Williams 6-4 6-3 2003 Australian Open - beat Venus Williams 7-6 3-6 6-4; Wimbledon - beat Venus Williams 4-6 6-4 6-2 2005 Australian Open - beat Lindsay Davenport (US) 2-6 6-3 6-0 2007 Australian Open - beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-1 6-2 2008 US Open - beat Jelena Jankovic (Serbia) 6-4 7-5 2009 Australian Open - beat Dinara Safina (Russia) 6-0 6-3; Wimbledon beat Venus Williams 7-6 6-2 2010 Australian Open - beat Justine Henin (Belgium) 6-4 3-6 6-2; Wimbledon - beat Vera Zvonareva (Russia) 6-3 6-2 2012 Wimbledon - beat Agnieszka Radwanska (Poland) 6-1 5-7 6-2; US Open beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 6-2 2-6 7-5 2013 French Open - beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-4 6-4; US Open - beat Victoria Azarenka (Belarus) 7-5 6-7 6-1 2014 US Open - beat Caroline Wozniacki (Denmark) 6-3 6-3 2015 Australian Open - beat Maria Sharapova (Russia) 6-3 7-6; French Open beat Lucie Safarova (Czech Rep) 6-3 6-7 6-2; Wimbledon - beat Garbine Muguruza (Spain) 6-4 6-4 2016 Wimbledon - beat Angelique Kerber (Germany) 7-5 6-3 2017 Australian Open - beat Venus Williams (U.S) 6-4 6-4

CAREER RECORDS BROKEN BY SERENA

* 23 grand slam singles titles (most of any player in the 49-year Open era, second all-time behind Australian Margaret Court) * Seven Australian Open titles: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009-10, 2015, 2017 (most by any player in the Open era) * Eight Australian Open finals (most by any woman in the Open era) * 316 grand slam match wins (most by any player in the Open era) * 81 Australian Open wins (most by any woman in the Open era) * US$85,461,761 (NZ$113 million) career prize money (most in WTA history) * Oldest women’s grand slam winner of the Open era (35 years, 125 days)

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