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Serena Williams
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Serena Williams, born September 26, 1981 in Saginaw, Michigan, is an American professional women's tennis player, who is a former World No. 1 of the Women's Tennis Association (WTA).

She is the younger sister of another female tennis champion, Venus Williams. She currently resides in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, United States. When she and her four sisters were young, their parents, Richard and Oracene (also called Brandy), took them to the poor and sometimes violent Los Angeles suburb of Compton. Her father dreamed of making at least one of his daughters a tennis superstar, hoping that involvement in sports would give them a way out of that neighborhood.

When Serena was four and a half, she won her first tournament, and she entered 49 tournaments before the age of 10, winning 46 of them. At one point, she replaced her sister Venus as the number one ranked tennis player aged 12 or under in California.

Serena is also known for her unusual and colorful outfits on court. During her first years on tour, she and Venus came on scene with beads in their hair. As the year went on, more specifically in 2000, Serena made her first appearance on court without them, during the tournament in Hannover. When asked if she would return with the famous beads, she said she didn't know. In 2002, Serena created an on-court stir when she came wearing a leather-looking catsuit at the US Open Grand Slam. Again at the US Open, in 2004, Serena came wearing denim skirts and boots. Serena had a special line at Puma and has a current one at Nike. Serena and her sister have always been in the spotlight of the media, every time they came on court, because of their innovative outfits.

Outside the tennis courts, Williams was also the center of attention when on November 2004, she reached a new level of exposure at the London premiere of Pierce Brosnan's new film, After the Sunset. In an outfit that had a near-topless effect, Williams wore a red gown with strips of sheer fabric that revealed more than just cleavage.

Williams has her own line of designer clothing called Aneres - her first name spelled backward - that she plans to sell in boutiques in Miami and Los Angeles. Venus also appeared as one of her models, showing her latest designs.