Serena Williams announces retirement from professional tennis

Serena Williams has announced retirement from professional tennis. Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981 and is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked singles world No. 1 by the Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) for 319 weeks, including a joint-record 186 consecutive weeks, and finished as the year-end No. 1 five times.

She has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most by any player in the Open Era, and the second-most of all time (behind Margaret Court’s 24).