Daily Times

Tennis star Serena Williams has been named the Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Decade. She was chosen on Saturday by AP sports editors and beat writers.

Williams is the most successful female tennis player, having won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, more than anyone else in the sport’s professional era.

According to AP, more than half came between 2010-19: four at Wimbledon, three apiece at the U.S. Open and Australian Open, two at the French Open. That includes a run of four in a row from the U.S. Open in 2014 through Wimbledon in 2015, and her second self-styled “Serena Slam.”

In all, she was in the final of 19 of the 33 majors she entered during the decade.

Apart from that, Williams was the runner-up seven times at major tournaments over the past decade, including four of the seven she’s entered since returning to the tour after having a baby in 2017.

Williams has also won Associated Press’ Female Athlete of the Year title in 2002, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2018.