Retired world-class tennis player, Serena Jameka Williams is Considered among the greatest tennis players of all time, she was ranked world No. 1 in singles by the Women’s Tennis Association for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.
Along with her older sister Venus, Serena Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1995, she won her first major singles title at the 1999 US Open. From the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open, she was dominant, winning all four major singles titles to achieve a non-calendar year Grand Slam and the career Grand Slam, known as the ‘Serena Slam.
Serena Williams children: Meet Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
In September 2017, Williams gave birth to her daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr, who is often referred to as “Olympia”. She had an emergency cesarean-section delivery due to the baby’s heart rate dropping during labor and was at first devastated about it. She suffered a pulmonary embolism after giving birth, leaving her bedridden for six weeks and delaying her return to training.
