World-champion tennis star Serena Williams is worth an estimated $250 million USD. In the eyes of many, she is one of the greatest women’s tennis players ever to grace the court. In terms of salary, she is the highest-paid female player by a wide margin.

Serena Williams’s recent on-court earnings and endorsements have netted her between $30 million and $40 million every year. Serena, for example, earned $35 million between June 2019 and June 2020, of which around $20 million came from endorsements, according to a report by Forbes.

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Childhood

When Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981, she was raised in Saginaw, Michigan, but she also lived in Compton, California, for part of her youth. When she and her younger sister (Venus Williams) were younger, they were encouraged to play tennis. Homeschooling allowed both girls to get the most out of their practise time. Coaches were her father, Richard Williams, and mother, Oracene Price. Richard Williams, who would go on to develop The Venus and Serena Williams Tennis/Tutorial Academy, was another early coach who helped her pick up the game.

The Macci family relocated to West Palm Beach, Florida when Serena was nine years old in order for her to join Rick Macci’s tennis academy. When their father took over as their official coach in 1995, he withdrew the girls out of Macci’s programme and started from scratch.

Career

Serena Williams is the most successful female tennis player of all time, having reached the summit of the world rankings eight times. Williams has a career prize money total of more than $90 million at the time of this writing. She and her sister Venus have a combined total of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 doubles trophies. Olympic gold medals in Sydney, Beijing, and London were also part of her record-breaking haul.

Serena Williams made her professional debut at the age of 14 in 1995, when she competed in her maiden competition. In the 1997 Ameritech Cup, a No. 304-ranked Williams shocked the Nos. 7 and 4 seeds before losing in the semifinals to a No. 1 seed. As a result of her victories, she finished the year at No. 99 in the world.

Several high-profile victories followed in the following year, including numerous doubles crowns at Grand Slam events like Wimbledon and the US Open…. Her first singles title, on the other hand, remained elusive. Her early supremacy was evident in 1999, when she defeated several top players and won her maiden Grand Slam title, the US Open.

The early 2000s saw Serena Williams continue to show her supremacy, and she ultimately reached the top spot in 2002. She also won three Grand Slam championships that year: the French Open, Wimbledon, and the US Open, all of which she beat her sister Venus in the final. She won the Australian Open in 2003, her fourth Grand Slam title. Serena called to this as the “Serena Slam,” which she held at the same time as the Grand Slam titles. During the 2014-15 Grand Slam season, she would once again achieve the same feat.

It was a period of psychological and medical hardship for her that included knee surgery and her half-sister Yetunde’s death. Many in the tennis community believed that she and Venus, her sister, were no longer the dominant powers they once were despite the fact that they continued to win events. Williams, on the other hand, was able to work her way back to the top of the rankings by 2008 and go on to win more Grand Slam titles.

Health issues returned in 2011 as well. In the year of her death, physicians discovered that she had a pulmonary embolism. Many wondered if she would ever return to the sport after undergoing surgeries to correct the problem. However, in 2012, she won her first ever women’s single gold medal in the Olympic Games in London. 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 strong force in women’s tennis, despite suffering injuries and taking time off to have a mother. Among her many accomplishments are her 23 Grand Slam singles titles, which she currently owns.

Endorsements

One of the most recognisable brand ambassadors in the world, Williams is a household name. Outside of tennis, Serena Williams makes $15-20 million a year as an endorser for Nike and Kraft Foods. Williams signed a $40 million agreement with Nike in 2004 to launch a fashion line.

Activism

Among the many topics she champions on social media is Black Lives Matter and the LGBT community, both of which Williams actively supports. Along with advocating for gender equality on and off the court, Serena Williams has been outspoken about her own experiences as a female tennis player. Many honours have been bestowed to her as a result of her work, including the NAACP President’s Award.

Philanthropy

To collect money for Ronald McDonald House organisations, Serena and Venus have been known to visit hospitals and play tennis in tournaments. Their charity tour was the subject of an ESPN programme in 2004 and 2005. Serena launched the Serena Williams Foundation, a non-profit organisation that grants scholarships to children from low-income families. The Serene Williams Secondary School in Matooni, Kenya, was built with financial assistance from the foundation. It has teamed up with Helping Hands Jamaica to help students in Trelawny Parish, Jamaica, establish the Salt Marsh Primary School.

Serena Williams has been a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador since 2011 and has worked with the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles. As part of the Williams Sisters Fund, Serena and Venus engage together on charitable endeavours. The Yetunde Price Resource Center in Compton, California, was established in memory of their late sister by the Price siblings. To help families affected by neighbourhood violence, the facility offers support and resources. As part of the Allstate Foundation’s Purple Purse initiative, Williams was named an 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 in addition to her own.

Ventures Outside of the Company

Serena Williams has dabbled in television and voice acting in her spare time. After working on The Simpsons in 2001, she delivered voicework for Higglytown Heroes in 2005. ER, Law and Order, and The Bernie Mac Show have all featured her as a guest star. Along with Alicia Keys and Kanye West, Serena appeared in Common’s 2007 music video for I Want You. For their 2005 book “Venus and Serena: Serving from the Hip: Ten Rules for Living, Loving, and Winning,” the Williams sisters collaborated.

The clothing business Serena Williams founded with her own money, was started by her. The UFC and the Miami Dolphins are two of her minority interests.

Life at Home

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams wed in New Orleans in November of last year. Beyonce and Kim Kardashian West were among the celebrities that attended their wedding. Pregnancy was announced to the world by Williams in a Snapchat shot that she wanted to preserve for her personal records in April 2017. Due to a pulmonary embolism during labour, she had a daughter through C-section in 2017. Her training had to be postponed for six weeks because of a recurrence of a pulmonary embolism. Postpartum depression was revealed to be a problem for her in August of this year.

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