Serena Williams

WTA career high #1

Elo peak28112014-01-17

Grand Slams2373 career titles

45 yrs · 175 cm · right-handed, two-handed backhand · 654–117 career · 253 weeks at No. 1 · last 2026-06-30

Serena Williams won 23 Grand Slams and 73 tour titles, spent 253 weeks at No. 1, peaked at 2811 Elo in January 2014, last played 2026-06-30. Career record 654–117.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall

1417#965

Hard

2068#19

Clay

2153#12

Grass

2290#3

Glicko-2 — rating & deviation

Overall

1444#778

Hard

1723#387

Clay

1444#1387

Grass

1634#564

Rating deviation ±146.4 — lower means more certain.

Honours · career

Grand Slams23

WTA 100027

Career titles73

Finals reached98

Career high WTA#1

Weeks at No. 1253

Year-end No. 14

7 Australian Open · 7 Wimbledon · 6 US Open · 3 French Open Official ranking snapshots begin in 2003, so weeks at No. 1 are counted from there.

Career

Peak Elo2811 2014-01-17

Overall W–L654–117 85%

Hard422–75 85%

Clay145–29 83%

Grass87–13 87%

Record covers 2003 onward — the ratings dataset does not reach the start of this career (1997).

Pressure · career

Finals73–25 74%

Deciding set169–65 72%

Tie-breaks112–57 66%

Deciding-set tie-breaks11–11 50%

After winning set 1727–30 96%

After losing set 199–106 48%

Vs No. 110–7 59%

Vs Top 586–23 79%

Vs Top 10129–53 71%

Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won. Vs Top N uses the opponent’s official ranking that week, so it counts from 2003.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in60.1%

Won behind 1st74.2%

Won behind 2nd49.3%

Break points saved62.4%

Break points converted48.4%

Return points won47.0%

Aces per match7.1

Double faults per match2.8

From 669 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.