Serena Williams, greatest player ever produced in modern era in World Tennis

Author(s): Arvind SharmaDharamshala: After Winning the Wimbledon Ladies Single Title this year, American Serena Williams finally equaled all time great Steffi Graf’s long-standing record of 22 Grand Slam wins. Serena made this history...

Serena Williams, greatest player ever produced in modern era in World Tennis
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Dharamshala: After Winning the Wimbledon Ladies Single Title this year, American Serena Williams finally equaled all time great Steffi Graf’s long-standing record of 22 Grand Slam wins. Serena made this history by defeating Germany's Angelique Kerber 7-5, 6-3 in the Wimbledon final on 9th July 2016.
Apart from this record, the World No.1 has broken and set many other marks throughout her career, which virtually made William the No.1 of the world.
Here is a quick glimpse of Serena Williams's professional world records, which she set on Saturday, to make her a great champion. It also proves that Serena Williams is the greatest player ever produced in the modern era in world tennis.
• By winning a 22nd grand slam title, the Serena drew level with Steffi Graf at the top the standings.
• At 34, she is the oldest woman to win a major
• She’s won nine grand slam titles since turning 30. Margaret Court and Martina Navratilova won three majors each after turning 30.
• She has the longest winning span between majors -- 16 years 10 months between 1999 US Open and 2016. Wimbledon. (Chris Evert, Navratilova and Graf had 12-year spans).
• Tops the prize money list with more than $80 million, Maria Sharapova is next on the list with $36.8 million.

Date: 
Monday, July 11, 2016