Serena Williams announces “no more tennis for rest of 2017”

Author: Reuters

Fact file on 23-time Grand Slam singles champion Serena Williams, who announced on Wednesday she is expecting her first child:

SERENA WILLIAMS (USA)

World ranking: 2

Age: 35 (26/09/1981)

Career titles in total: 71

Career Grand Slam titles: 23-Australian Open: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017; French Open: 2002, 2013, 2015; Wimbledon: 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016; US Open: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014

Career prize money: $84,463,131

Deposed by Angelique Kerber as world number one last year, Williams regained the top ranking with her Australian Open victory in January, although inactivity since then saw her drop back to No. 2.

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