0 Venus Williams - professional tennis player

Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is now ranked World No. 4 in singles and World No. 5 in doubles. She has been ranked World No. 1 in singles by the Women's Tennis Association on three part occasions. She became the World No. 1 for the first time on February 25, 2002, becoming the first African American woman to attain the feat. She has won three Olympic gold medals, one in single and two in women's doubles. She has won more Olympic gold medals than any further female tennis player. At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in together singles and doubles at the same Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody in 1924. She holds the proof for the fastest serve by a woman in professional tennis; a record speed of 130 mph.

With 43 career singles titles, Williams along with Justine Henin leads active players on the WTA Tour and is attached for 10th overall in all-time titles. Her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 Generali Ladies Linz competition final, remains the longest winning line since January 1, 2000. She has played her sister Serena in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 13 of these matches as of October 2009. As of July 2009, they have meet in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six times. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, they met in every four Grand Slam singles finals, the first time in the open era that the similar two players had contested four consecutive Grand Slam finals. The pair has won 12 Grand Slam doubles titles jointly.

Date of birth	June 17, 1980
Place of birth	Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Country	United States
Height	1.85 m
Weight	73 kg
Plays	Right handed
Career prize money	US$ 27,681,772

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0 Andy Roddick - professional tennis player

Andrew Stephen “Andy” Roddick is a American professional tennis player and a former World No. 1. He is the top ranked American player, and the only American within the ATP Top 10. As of September 27, 2010, he is ranked World No. 10 by the ATP status. He became a Grand Slam singles champion when he won the title at the 2003 US Open, overcome Juan Carlos Ferrero in the finals. Roddick has reach four other Grand Slam finals, lose to Roger Federer each time. He and Federer are the only players to have been ranked in the Association of Tennis Professionals top 10 at year end from 2002 through 2009 successively.

In 2004, Roddick formed the fastest serve in professional tennis: 249.4 km/h (155 mph) during a Davis Cup semi final game with Vladimir Voltchkov on hard court in Charleston. Earlier that year, Roddick had the fastest serve in U.S. Open history: 244 km/h (152 mph) beside American Scoville Jenkins. Roddick also win the 2004 ESPY Award for Best Male Tennis Player. In 2007 Roddick and the Andy Roddick base was awarded by the Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health. Roddick was the first male tennis player ever to get the award. Roddick is the final American male player to win a grand slam singles event. He is married to Brooklyn Decker, a Sports illustrate swim wear model and actress.

Date of birth	August 30, 1982
Place of birth	Omaha, Nebraska
Country	United States
Height	1.88 m
Weight	88.6 kilograms
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$18,502,418

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0 Serena Williams - professional tennis player

Serena Jameka Williams is an American professional tennis player who is a former World No. 1 and now ranked World No. 2 in singles and No. 5 in doubles with sister Venus Williams. The Women's Tennis Association has ranked her World No. 1 in singles on five part occasions. She is measured to be one of the greatest women's tennis players of all time in a profession hampered from numerous injuries. She regains this ranking for the fifth time on November 2, 2009. She became the World No. 1 for the primary time on July 8, 2002. On July 3, 2010, she becomes 6th on the all time greatest champions list. Williams is the reign champion in together singles and women's doubles at the Australian Open, the reigning singles champion at Wimbledon, and in women's doubles at the French Open.

Williams has won two Olympic gold medals in women's doubles. Williams has won more career prize money than any other female athlete in history. Williams is the younger sister of past World No. 1 Venus Williams. They have played every other in 23 professional matches since 1998, with Serena winning 13 of these matches as of October 2009. As of July 2009, they have meet in eight Grand Slam finals, with Serena winning six times. Between the 2002 French Open and the 2003 Australian Open, they meet in all four Grand Slam singles finals, the first time in the open era that the same two players had contest four successive Grand Slam finals. The join up have won 12 Grand Slam double titles together.

Date of birth	September 26, 1981
Place of birth	Saginaw, Michigan
Country	United States
Height	1.78 m
Weight	78kg
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	US$ 33,773,004

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0 Chris Evert - Tennis player

Chris Evert is a former world number one professional tennis player from the United States. She won 18 Grand Slam singles championships, including a record 7 championships at the French Open and a record 6 championships at the U.S. Open. According to the Women's Tennis Association, she was the year-ending World Number one singles player in 1975, 1976, 1977, 1980, and 1981 and, according to several sources, in 1974 and 1978, also.

Evert's career win loss record in singles matches of 1,309–146 is the best of any professional player in tennis history. In tennis writer Steve Flink's book the best Tennis Matches of the Twentieth Century, he named Evert as the third top female player of the 20th century, after Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova. Evert never lost in the primary or second rounds of a Grand Slam singles tournament. She won 157 singles championships. In women's doubles, Evert won three Grand Slam titles and 29 usual tour championships.

Residence	Boca Raton, Florida, U.S.
Date of birth	December 21, 1954
Place of birth	Fort Lauderdale, Florida, U.S.
Height	1.68 m
Turned pro	1972
Retired	1989
Plays	Right-handed
Career prize money	$8,895,195

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