Serena Williams Keeps Powering On, See 12 Records She Currently Holds

The evergreen Serena Williams cannot picture an enddate for her illustrious career after breaking
another record at the US Open.
The superstar tennis player keeps churning out records with reckless abandon. Let's quickly take a dive into the records she currently holds.

1.As of September 5, 2016,she has been ranked world No. 1 for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf , and 309 weeks overall. If she sons at flushing meadows, this week she would have become the longest world number one.

2. Williams holds the most major singles, doubles, and mixed doubles titles combined amongst active players, male or female. Her record of 38 major titles puts her fourth on the all-time list and second in the open era: 22 in singles, 14 in women's doubles, and two in mixed doubles.

3.She is the most recent female player to have held all four major singles title ssimultaneously (2002–03 and 2014–15) and the third player, male or female, to achieve this record twice after Rod Laver and Steffi Graf .

4. She is also the most recent player, together with her sister Venus Williams, to have held all four Grand Slam women's doubles titles simultaneously (2009–10).

5. Her total of 22 Grand Slam singles titles, tied with Steffi Graf , marks the joint record for thenmost Major wins by a tennis player (male or female) in the Open Era and is tied for
second on the all-time list behind Margaret Court (24)

6.She is the only tennis player –female or male – to have won singles titles at least six times in three of the four Grand Slam tournaments.

7.She is also the only tennis player to have won 10 Grand Slam singles titles in two separate decades.

8.She has won an all-time record of 12 Grand Slam singles titles on hard court . Williams holds the Open Era recordfor most titles won at the Australian Open (6)and shares the Open Era record for most titles won at the US Open with Chris Evert (6).

9. She also holds an all-time record for the most singles matches won at the Grand Slams with 308 matches.

10.She has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titleswith her sister Venus, and the pair are unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. As a team, she and Venus have the second most women's doubles grand slam titles, only behind the 20 titles won by Martina Navratilova and Pam Shriver. Williams is also a five-time winner of the WTA Tour Championships.

11.Serena has also won four Olympic gold medals , one in women's singles and three in women's doubles—an all-time record shared with her sister, Venus.

12.Williams was the highest paid female athlete in
2016, earning $28.9 million in prize money