21 Grand Slams? Serena Slam? Six Wimbledons? It’s a cause worth celebrating, so we broke out the stat book and did some number-crunching to do just that.
33: At 33, Williams has now won eight Grand Slams since turning 30. No other woman has won more than three after turning 30 in the Open Era. Williams is now the oldest winner of all four majors in the Open Era.
21-4: Williams has won 21 of 25 Grand Slam finals. Can you say queen of clutch? Her .840 winning percentage compares pretty favorably with other Open Era legends:
Court: 11-1 (.917) [Court was 24-5, .827 all-time]
Williams: 21-4 (.840)
Graf: 22-9 (.709)
Navratilova: 18-14 (.563)
Evert: 18-16 (.529)
Seles: 9-4 (.692)
King: 8-4 (.667)
28: Williams has now won 28 consecutive matches at majors. At this year’s U.S. Open, she’ll attempt to top her all-time record of 33. That streak started at Roland Garros in 2002 and ended a year later in the 2003 French Open final with a three-set loss to Justine Henin.
4: With her Wimbledon title, Williams joins Steffi Graf as one of the only two players to have won four consecutive majors on two occasions. Of the other players that have won four straight majors in the Open Era (Court (once), Navratilova (once), Graf (twice)), Williams is the only one to have achieved the feat beyond the age of 30.
17: Williams is 14-0 in three-set matches this year, and she has won her last 17 deciders in total. During her last four majors she has gone 9-0 in deciding sets, including five at Roland Garros this year. Only once has she lost more than three games in those nine deciders during her streak (Heather Watson, 7-5, in Wimbledon third round).