American tennis
player. Sister of Serena Williams.
Her fastest serve was clocked at 127.4 mph during the Zurich
Indoors 98. It was against French tennis player Mary Pierce.
At the 2005 Nasdaq-100 Open, she defeated Serena Williams in the
quarterfinals, snapping a six-match and three-and-a-half-year
losing streak to her younger sister.
First woman to win an Olympic gold medal in singles and doubles
(with Serena) since 1924. Singles titles: Wimbledon (2000, 2001,
2005); U.S. Open (2000). Doubles titles (with Serena):
Australian Open (2000, 2003); Wimbledon (2000, 2002); Roland
Garros (1999); U.S. Open (1999).
Won her fifth Grand slam title and her third Wimbledon in July
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