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Serena Williams Net Worth Early Life, Personal Life & More Details!
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What are Serena Williams’ net worth, salary, and career earnings?
Serena Williams is a multi-millionaire tennis star with a fortune estimated at $250 million. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest women’s tennis players of all time by many. She’s by far the highest-paid female player in the league by a wide margin.
A typical year for Serena Williams has seen her earn between $30 and $40 million in revenue from her on-court earnings and endorsements, according to Forbes. For example, Serena Williams earned $35 million between June 2019 and June 2020, with endorsements accounting for about $20 million of that total.
Early Life
While born in Saginaw, Michigan, Serena Jameka Williams spent some of her childhood in the Los Angeles area. When she and her younger sister (Venus Williams) were younger, they were encouraged to play tennis. Both of the girls were homeschooled to maximize practice time. Coaches were her father, Richard Williams, and mother, Oracene Price. Richard Williams, who would go on to found the Venus and Serena Williams Tennis/Tutorial Academy, was one of her early mentors. Serena moved to West Palm Beach, Florida with her family when she was nine years old to attend Rick Macci’s tennis academy. They were taken out of Macci’s academy by their father in 1995 and he took over as their official coach once more.
Career
Serena Williams has been ranked No. 1 in the world eight times and has earned more prize money than any other female tennis player in the history of the sport. Williams has a career prize money total of more than $90 million at the time of this writing. She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 Grand Slam doubles titles. Olympic gold medals in Sydney, Beijing, and London were also part of her record-breaking haul.
Williams made her professional debut at the age of 14 in 1995. At the 1997 Ameritech Cup, a No. 304 ranked Williams stunned the No. 7 and No. 4 ranked players before losing in the semifinals. Her career took off as a result of the victories, and she finished 1997 as the world’s No. 99 female athlete.
Several high-profile victories followed in the following year, including some double crowns at Grand Slam events like Wimbledon and the US Open. However, she was unable to win her first singles title. Her early dominance was evident in 1999 when she defeated several top players and won her first Grand Slam tournament, the US Open.
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It wasn’t until 2002 that Serena Williams was crowned world No. 1 by the International Tennis Federation. Three Grand Slam titles were added to her collection that year; she beat her sister Venus in the finals of the French, Wimbledon, and US Open. She won the Australian Open in 2003, her fourth Grand Slam title overall. Serena referred to this as the “Serena Slam,” which she held at the same time as the Grand Slam titles. During the Grand Slam season of 2014-15, she repeated the feat.
A series of health problems and personal tragedies plagued her over the next few years, including a knee replacement and the death of her half-sister, Yetunde. As her ranking slipped out of the top 10, many in the tennis community began to believe that both she and her sister, Venus, were no longer as powerful as they once were. Williams, on the other hand, was able to claw her way back to the top of the rankings by 2008 and go on to win several Grand Slam tournaments.
There was a resurgence of health issues in 2011. Doctors discovered a blood clot in one of her lungs that same year. Many wondered if she would ever return to the sport after undergoing procedures to correct the problem, which led to her retirement. The following year saw her again win major titles, including her first-ever women’s gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games.
Throughout 2012, 2013, and 2014, she was victorious at the US Open, the Australian and French Opens, and Wimbledon. In 2015 and 2016, she was victorious at the US Open, the Australian and French Opens, and Wimbledon. Serena had a rough year in 2018, losing both the US Open and Wimbledon.
Serena Williams has remained a dominant force in women’s tennis despite battling injuries and pausing to become a mother. In addition to her 23 Grand Slam singles titles, she holds numerous other records.
Endorsements
Serena Williams has remained a dominant force in women’s tennis despite battling injuries and pausing to become a mother. In addition to her 23 Grand Slam singles titles, she holds numerous other records.
Activism
Black Lives Matter and the LGBT community are just a few of the causes that Williams promotes on social media. She’s also a strong advocate for gender equality, both on and off the court, and she’s not afraid to speak out about the challenges she faces as a female tennis player. Many awards have been bestowed upon her as a result of her activism, including the NAACP President’s Award.
Philanthropy
Ronald McDonald House Charities benefit from the visits and tennis matches that Serena and Venus Williams make to hospitals. In 2004 and 2005, they were the subject of an entire ESPN special devoted to their charitable tour. Serena is the brains behind the Serena Williams Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing university scholarships to deserving students. The Serene Williams Secondary School in Mattoon, Kenya, was also supported by the foundation. Helping Hands Jamaica was also involved in a project in Trelawny Parish to build the Salt Marsh Primary School for children.
Serena has been a UNICEF International Goodwill Ambassador since 2011 and has worked closely with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. On behalf of the Williams Sisters Fund, Serena and Venus work together on philanthropic endeavors. They founded the Yetunde Price Resource Center in her memory in Compton. To help families affected by community violence, the center provides support and services. Williams was named an Allstate Foundation Purple Purse Ambassador in 2017. Elton John Aids Foundation, Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital in London, the HollyRod Foundation, the Eva Longoria Foundation, and many others are among the charities she supports.
Other Ventures
Williams has done some voice and television work when he isn’t on the court. A 2001 episode of The Simpsons and a 2005 episode of Higglytown Heroes were voiced by her. Aside from The Bernie Mac Show, she has appeared on ER, and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. I Want You by Common, featuring Alicia Keys and Kanye West, featured Serena in its music video in 2007. Several years ago, Venus and Serena Williams published a book called Venus & Serena: Serving From the Hip: Ten Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning, in which they discuss their personal and professional lives.
Self-made fashion label S by Serena was started and is run by Serena. UFC and Miami Dolphins are two of the businesses she owns a small stake in.
Personal Life
Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Williams wed in New Orleans in November of last year. Beyonce and Kim Kardashian West were among the celebrities who attended their wedding. Pregnancy was revealed to the world by Williams in a Snapchat photo that she meant to keep private. Due to a pulmonary embolism during labor, she delivered a daughter via C-section in 2017. Her training had to be postponed for six weeks because of a recurrence of a pulmonary embolism. In August of this year, she revealed that she had postpartum depression.
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