Venus and Serena Williams

The Williams sisters, better known as Venus and Serena Williams, are two sisters that have found great success as professional women tennis players. Both Venus and Serena have won many titles over the course of their careers in both singles and doubles. Venus is the older of the sisters, and both of them are coached by their father Richard Williams.

Venus Williams turned pro in 1994 and won her first Grand Slam Singles title in 2000 when she defeated Lindsay Davenport at Wimbledon. Venus has won Wimbledon five times in singles. The first win was in 2000, then again in 2001, 2005, 2007 and 2008. Serena turned pro in 1995 and won her first Grand Slam Singles title in 1999 when she won the French Open and the U.S Open. Serena has won the Australian Open three times, the French Open once, Wimbledon three times and the U.S Open once. Serena was once ranked number one in the female tennis world, but she was recently beat out by Dinara Safina. Serena has spent a total of 57 weeks at number one, and Venus has been there for 11 weeks.

Venus and Serena have had success in doubles as well as singles. Together, the Williams sisters have won eight Grand Slam titles together. They won the French Open in 1999 and also the U.S Open during the same year. The sisters won Wimbledon a total of three times. These wins came in 2000, 2002 and in 2008. The sisters have also won the Australian Open three times in 2001, 2003 and 2009.