Serena Williams
Birthname Serena Jameka Williams Birthdate September 26, 1981 Birthplace Saginaw, Michigan, United States Height 5' 9" (1.75 m) Weight 155 lbs (70.3 kg) Education The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale Profession Tennis Player Net worth $170,000,000 Source of Wealth Tennis, Endorsements Nationality American Country United States Marital Status Engaged (Alexis Ohanian) Children NoneQuick Links
American professional tennis player and world number 1, Serena Williams, has an estimated net worth of $170 million in 2017. Serena Williams has been ranked number one in the world five times and has earned the most prize money of any female athlete ever ($36 million). She won Gold Medals at both the Sydney and Beijing Olympics. Williams has been laid up most of the past year(2010) recovering from foot surgery and then a blood clot in her lungs that developed months later. She continues to be the most feared player in the game of tennis when healthy and her 13 singles Grand Slam titles put her among the all-time greats.
Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26, 1981, in Saginaw, Michigan. The youngest of Richard and Oracene Williams' five daughters, Serena, along with her sister Venus Williams, has dominated the sport several times throughout their careers.
Williams announced her engagement to Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in December 2016. Four months later, she posted a sideway picture of herself using her Snapchat focused on her big bulge with a caption, "20 weeks".
Earnings & Financial Data
Date | Category | Description | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
2016 | Sponsorship | Estimated earnings from endorsement deals | $19,000,000 |
2016 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $8,000,000 |
2015 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $7,600,000 |
2014 | Sponsorship | Estimated earnings from numerous endorsements. | $13,000,000 |
2014 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $10,500,000 |
2013 | Sponsorship | Endorsement earnings as of June 2014 according to Forbes | $11,000,000 |
2013 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $9,300,000 |
2013 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $12,300,000 |
2013 | Sponsorship | Amount received for her endorsement deals | $12,000,000 |
2012 | Sponsorship | Nike and Kraft Foods endorsement deal earnings | $15,000,000 |
2011 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $7,000,000 |
2010 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $1,900,000 |
2009 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $4,200,000 |
2008 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $6,540,000 |
2007 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $3,850,000 |
2006 | Salary | Career prize money from tennis tournaments | $1,280,000 |
2004 | Sponsorship | Nike fashion line endorsement deal earnings | $40,000,000 |
2001 | Asset | Purchase value of Williams' two-bedroom condo in Los Angeles, California | $1,200,000 |
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