an incredible career in numbers
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The American legend put an end to his immense career last night in New York. In more than a quarter of a century, it has built up an exceptional track record. Figure illustration.
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She is the only one to have won all four Grand Slam tournaments and Olympic gold in singles and doubles.
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She remains the fifth player in history after Doris Hart, Shirley Fry, Margaret Court and Martina Navratilova, to have won the four Grand Slams in singles and doubles.
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She remains the only one (men and women combined) to have won at least 6 times three Grand Slam tournaments in singles and doubles (Australian Open, Wimbledon, US Open).
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She is the only one in history (men and women combined) to have won at least 10 Grand Slam singles titles over two decades (10 from 2000 to 2009 and 11 since 2010)
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The number of Majors won in women’s doubles with her sister Venus in… 14 finals played.
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The number of years between his final of the US Open 1999 (victory) and that of the US Open 2019. This is the biggest gap between two finals of a Major, men and women combined
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His number of Grand Slam titles in 33 finals. She remains one length behind Margaret Court’s record (24)
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His number of finals lost (including 10 in Grand Slam)
70
The number of aces scored in New York, a record in women’s tennis, 21 years apart between 1999 and 2020
73
His number of titles won, including 23 Grand Slams (7 Australian Open, 3 Roland-Garros, 7 Wimbledon, 6 US Open), as well as 5 Masters and an Olympic gold medal.
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107
His number of victories at the US Open. This is the largest total for men and women combined. She is ahead of Chris Evert (101). For men Jimmy Connors is at 98.
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She holds with the German Steffi Graf, the record for the number of consecutive weeks spent at the top of the world ranking.
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Serena Williams spent more than 6 years in the world number 1 chair, between 2002 and 2017. She is thus the third player who has remained at the top of the WTA rankings for the longest time behind Martina Navratilova (332 weeks) and Steffi Graf (377).
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The number of career singles Grand Slam matches won. This is a record for men and women combined.
94.5 million
His prize money, the money won during his victories in tournaments in 27 years of career. She is – by far – thus the woman who has won the most money thanks to her titles (not counting her many sponsors), behind Novak Djokovic, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal among men.
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