black history month: serena williams

Often called the greatest tennis player of all time, Serena Williams has been ranked number 1 in the world for 300 weeks in her career. She holds the record for most Open-era titles, with eight Australian Opens, three French Opens, seven Wimbledon and six U.S. Open titles. She’s also an Olympian who has won four gold medals. Williams has also been featured in the 2010 Time magazine list of “The World’s 100 Most Influential People” and regularly makes it to the Forbes list of “The Celebrity 100.” The highest paid female athlete in 2016, she was also named Sports Illustrated’s “Sportsperson of the Year” in 2015.