Serena Williams Facts

In 1998, Serena and Venus Williams said they could beat any man ranked 200 or worse in a game of tennis. Karsten Braasch, ranked 203, accepted the challenge and easily beat them, 6-1, 6-2.

Serena Williams was booed throughout her 2001 Indian Wells final. Her father said the crowd directed racial slurs at him from the stands. She refused to return for 14 years. When she finally returned in 2015, the crowd gave her a standing ovation. She cried.