Serena Williams: Diary of a Grand Slam Champion: Noteworthy: Billie Jean King Cup Commentary

March 7, 2009

Noteworthy: Billie Jean King Cup Commentary

During the Serena vs. Ana match at the BNP Paribas Showdown for the Billie Jean King Cup, the commentators had great things to say about Serena:

BILLIE JEAN KING - "Serena Williams should be the greatest player that ever lived so far."

MARY CARILLO to JOHN MCENROE - "So you're saying Serena Williams can be the greatest player of all time?"

JOHN MCENROE - "I believe it's still within her reach."

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PROFILE OF A CHAMPION

Birthdate: September 26, 1981
Residence: Palm Beach Gardens, Florida
Status: Pro (September 1995)
CAREER GRAND SLAM (Singles)
CAREER GRAND SLAM (Doubles)
2009 Prize Money: $6,545,586 (Record)
Career Prize Money: $32,773,004
57 Consecutive Weeks at #1
123 Total Weeks at # 1
Held the #1 ranking in singles and doubles simultaneously (2010)
57 Titles (37 Singles / 20 Dbls)
13 Grand Slam (Singles) Titles
12 Grand Slam (Doubles) Titles
2 Grand Slam (Mixed Doubles)
2 Hopman Cup Titles
2x Olympic Gold Medalist (Dbls)
2 WTA Tour Championships
Fed Cup Title
2009 Singles Record: 50-12
2010 Singles Record: 25-4
2010 Doubles Record: 19-1
Race to Sony Ericsson Championships: #3

2010 TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE

Medibank International (Sydney) - 01/10/10
Australian Open (Melbourne) - 01/18/10
Dubai Tennis Championships (Dubai) - 02/15/10
Sony Ericsson Open (Miami) - 03/24/10
Andalucia Tennis Experience (Marbella) - 04/05/10
Family Circle Cup (Charleston) - 04/10/10
Internazionali BNL d'Italia (Rome) - 05/02/10
Madrid Open - 05/07/10
Roland Garros (Paris) - 05/23/10
The Championships (Wimbledon) - 06/21/10
Istanbul Cup (Istanbul) - 07/26/10
Western & Southern Financial Group Women's Open (Cincinnati) - 08/07/10
Rogers Cup (Toronto) - 08/14/10
U.S. Open (Flushing Meadows) - 08/30/10
Toray Pan Pacific Open (Tokyo) - 09/27/10
China Open (Beijing) - 10/04/10
Generali Ladies Linz (Linz) - 10/11/10
Sony Ericsson Championships (Doha) - 10/25/10

CAREER TITLES (Singles) - 37

SERENA STATISTICS / AWARDS

2010 ESPY Best Female Tennis Player
2010 - California Hall of Fame Inductee
2010 BET Subway Sportswoman of the Year
Serena and Venus are the only tennis players to play each other in 4 consecutive Grand Slam Finals
2010 - Serena became the 6th woman to hold the No. 1 ranking in singles and doubles simultaneously and the first to do so since Kim Clijsters in 2003
2009 WTA Doubles Team of the Year (w/ Venus)
2009 WTA Player of the Year
Serena is the ONLY woman to win 3 Laureus World Sports Awards. Only PERSON to have won more is Roger Federer (4)
2010 Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year
One of only 2 women (the other being Martina Navratilova) to have won a Major Tournament in 3 straight decades
2010 Guinness World Record - Only female to have won Hopman Cup Twice ('03 and '08)
2009 SI.com Female Athlete of the Decade
2009 AP Female Athlete of the Year
2009 ITF World Champion (Doubles w/ Venus)
2009 ITF World Champion (Singles)
2009 Sports Illustrated Doubles Team of the Year (w/ Venus)
2009 Sports Illustrated Female Player of the Year
2009 Single Season Prize Money Record ($6,545,586)
2009 Harris Poll Favorite Female Sports Star
2009 ESPY Best Female Tennis Player
2009 BET Best Female Athlete
1st Female to cover EA Sports Video Game (Grand Slam Tennis)
2009 Billie Jean King Cup
2008 WTA Tour Player of The Year
ALL-TIME FEMALE ATHLETE PRIZE MONEY LEADER
Opens Serena Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya (Nov. 14, 2008)
Has NEVER lost in the 1st Rnd of a Major (43-0)
Sept 2008 - #1 in the world (last held #1 ranking Aug. 2003); Sets record for longest gap between stints at #1 for any player (male or female) - 5 years and 1 month
(w/ Venus) 1st sisters in history to win Grand Slam doubles title together
(w/ Venus) 1st sisters in history to meet in a Tour Final
(w/ Venus) 1st sisters in history to have each won a Grand Slam singles title
World Team Tennis w/ Washington Kastles (2008)
World Team Tennis w/ St. Louis Aces (2007)
Harris Poll - Most Favorite Female Sports Star (2007)
Laureus World Comeback of the Year (2007)
BET's Best Female Athlete Award (2005)
BET's Best Female Athlete Award (2004)
ESPY Best Female Tennis Player Award (2004)
Family Circle/Prudential Financial Player Who Makes a Difference (2004)
Tour Comeback Player of the Year (2004)
34th NAACP Image Awards - President's Award (2003)
No.1 on Top 10 Most Marketable Female Athletes in Sports Business Daily (2003)
Young Heroes Award from Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater L.A. and Inland (2003)
Celebrity Role Model Award from Avon Foundation (2003)
Laureus World Sportswoman of the Year (2003)
Honored at 2003 Charleston for becoming 5th in history to complete non-calendar year Grand Slam; (The Serena Slam)
Achieved Grand Slam (age 21)
Doubles Career Golden Slam (w/ Venus); includes Olympics
Female Tennis Player of the Year (2003)
ESPY Female Athlete of the Year (2003)
Named by Time as one of the People Who Mattered (2002)
Named by People Magazine in Top 25 Most Intriguing People (2002)
Voted best female athlete in the world by AP and Spanish news agency EFE (2002)
Named one of BBC's Sports Personalities of the Year (2002)
Named by Ebony as one of 57 Most Intriguing African-Americans (2002)
Ranked No.7 among A&E and Biography Magazine's Top 10 most significant people (2002)
ITF Women's Singles World Champion (2002)
WTA Tour Player of the Year (2002)
One of the 12 Coolest Girls in Sports in SI For Women (2001)
World Team Tennis w/ Delaware Smash (2000)
Tour Doubles Team of the Year (w/ Venus) (2000)
One of People's 25 Most Intriguing People (1999)
Tennis Magazine Player of the Year (1999)
Tour Most Improved Player (1999)
Tennis Magazine/Rolex Rookie of the Year (1998)
Tour Most Impressive Newcomer Award (1998)

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