Serena Williams
WTA career high #1Elo peak28262014-01-17
Grand Slams2373 career titles
44 yrs · 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 2826 Elo in January 2014, last played 2026-06-30. Career record 654–117.
Elo — overall & by surface
Glicko-2 — rating & deviation
Rating deviation ±146.5 — 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 Elo2826 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.
Head-to-head · career meetings
Victoria Azarenka18–5 in 23
Maria Sharapova20–2 in 22
Venus Williams14–7 in 21
Jelena Jankovic10–4 in 14
Svetlana Kuznetsova10–3 in 13
Lucie Safarova12–0 in 12
Na Li11–1 in 12
Simona Halep10–2 in 12
Agnieszka Radwanska10–1 in 11
Caroline Wozniacki10–1 in 11
Samantha Stosur8–3 in 11
Ana Ivanovic9–1 in 10
Angelique Kerber6–3 in 9
Sara Errani9–0 in 9
Flavia Pennetta8–0 in 8
Maria Kirilenko8–0 in 8
Carla Suarez Navarro7–0 in 7
Nadezda Petrova4–3 in 7
Petra Kvitova5–2 in 7
Sloane Stephens6–1 in 7
Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova6–0 in 6
Ekaterina Makarova5–1 in 6
Elina Svitolina5–1 in 6
Garbine Muguruza3–3 in 6
Belinda Bencic3–2 in 5
Dominika Cibulkova5–0 in 5
Kaia Kanepi5–0 in 5
Naomi Osaka2–3 in 5
Roberta Vinci4–1 in 5
Yaroslava Shvedova5–0 in 5
Every rivalry with 5 or more meetings — browse them all in the head-to-head index.
◆ Recent results
LGrass v 
Maya Joint3-6 7-6 3-6
Maya Joint3-6 7-6 3-6LHard v Ajla Tomljanovic5-7 7-6 1-6
Ajla Tomljanovic5-7 7-6 1-6WHard v Anett Kontaveit7-6 2-6 6-2
WHard v 
Danka Kovinic6-3 6-3
Danka Kovinic6-3 6-3LHard v 
Emma Raducanu4-6 0-6
Emma Raducanu4-6 0-6LHard v 
Belinda Bencic2-6 4-6
Belinda Bencic2-6 4-6WHard v 
Nuria ParrizasDiaz6-3 6-4
Nuria ParrizasDiaz6-3 6-4LGrass v 
Harmony Tan5-7 6-1 6-7
Harmony Tan5-7 6-1 6-7LGrass v 
Aliaksandra Sasnovich3-3ret.
Aliaksandra Sasnovich3-3ret.LClay v 
Elena Rybakina3-6 5-7
Elena Rybakina3-6 5-7WClay v Danielle Rose Collins6-4 6-4
WClay v Mihaela Buzarnescu6-3 5-7 6-1
◆ Upcoming
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