Serena Williams: Wimbledon America’s surprise single is back

Williams She won her first Wimbledon singles title in 2002 – beating sister Venus in the final – and repeated the feat a year later.

She won again in 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016 – her seventh victory, equaling Steffi Graf’s Open-era record of 22 major singles titles.

In the year After taking maternity leave in 2017, she reached the finals of her next two Wimbledon matches, but lost in straight sets to Angelique Kerber and Halep.

Her 2021 campaign ended after six games when Aliaksandra Sasnovic retired with an injury and there were doubts she would return.

In the year Awarded the victory in 2022, she was two points ahead of Harmony Tan before eventually going out on a drawn-out tie-break.

After being asked if it would be her last Wimbledon event, Williams said: “That’s a question I can’t answer. Who knows? Who knows where I’ll end up?”

Williams has won 14 titles at Wimbledon, including six in women’s doubles and one in mixed doubles.

In the year At the 2012 London Olympics, she won Olympic singles and two golds on the same courts.

Williams has won 107 of her 123 singles matches on grass courts and has a record winning percentage of 87 percent.