Serena Williams - French Open Women's Tennis Players

French Open - Day Ten Serena Williams Serena Williams has, without a doubt, made one of the best comebacks in tennis. Her ranking reached the top of the WTA ranking table in 2008 and she is now ranked world number 2. Having reached the finals of the Wimbledon Champions and winning the 2008 US Open as well as a fourth Australian Open title in 2009, Williams is a strong contender for the 2009 French Open.

This remarkable woman has claimed ten grand slam singles titles, a maiden Grand Slam Cup and year end WTA Championships and 20 WTA Tier I and Tier II events, as well as two Olympic gold medals. She also remains the only tennis player, both male and female, to hold all four Grand Slam singles titles at one time!

Williams is looking in great shape, and her speed around the court is quite astounding. In 2007 at the Tier I Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne she equalled superstar Steffi Graf's record of five title wins.

Breaking and setting records are par for the course for the younger Williams sister and her grand slam record says it all:

  • She has won the Australian Open four times in 2003, 2005, 2007 and 2009
  • She claimed the French Open Women's singles title in 2002
  • She has triumphed at the All England Club on two occasions in 2002 and 2003 and was runner-up in 2004 and 2008
  • At home, at the US Open, she has clinched victory three times in 1999,  2002 and 2008. In 2001 she reached the finals only to be knocked out by her older sister Venus.

Williams does not seem to have an Achilles heel - she is equally comfortable on all court surfaces and her win/loss record on clay is 63/20. She has downed some formidable rivals in her time including the celebrated Steffi Graf, girl wonder, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, Jennifer Capriati and Jelena Jankovic!

Williams must be smarting having lost the first grand slam of the year to arch rival, Maria Sharapova, and she is the kind of player who exhibits immense resolve, so don't be surprised if the fabulous Serena waltzes off the centre court at Roland Garros with her second French Open title in the bag!