Serena Williams and Venus Williams dominated women’s tennis for quite some time, with the latter seemingly still not done yet.

Venus Williams rejected an Indian Wells wildcard, with her status remaining inactive, but her sister Serena Williams retired in 2022.

The former has won a total of seven Grand Slam titles throughout her fantastic career, with the latter ending her career with 23.

Venus Williams enjoyed the majority of her success at Wimbledon with five titles, with her other two coming at the US Open.

Serena meanwhile clinched seven titles at both the Australian Open and Wimbledon, with six at the US Open and three at the French Open.

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Serena Williams correctly predicts Wimbledon success after 2004 final

But along with her stunning 23 Grand Slam titles came plenty of near misses, with Serena losing 10 other Grand Slam finals.

Just her second came at Wimbledon in 2004, when a 17-year-old Maria Sharapova introduced herself to the tennis world.

The Russian shocked the American 6-1, 6-4 in her maiden Grand Slam final, and would go on to win four more Grand Slam titles.

Downbeat but not totally dispirited, the runner-up was asked if a Williams was going to be a Wimbledon champion again in her post-match press conference.

“Of course,” she replied. “I mean, we have lots of years left, and we both do so well here, so definitely. It’s just a matter of time.”

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And asked how painful it was to lose the title rather than defend it, she responded: “Well, you know, it’s not easy.

“It’s definitely not easy, especially for me, because I love more than anything, I like to win… so maybe too much. It’s definitely not easy.”

Serena Williams wanted to ‘triple’ her efforts after Wimbledon loss to Maria Sharapova

Serena was already a two-time Wimbledon champion by 2004, having won at the All England Club in 2002 and 2003.

Intriguingly, Serena beat her sister Venus on both occasions, while the latter remarkably had won the two previous finals, beating Lindsay Davenport and Justine Henin respectively.

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The formidable sibling pair would, of course, go on to clinch further success at the grass-court Grand Slam, which also included a stunning six doubles titles.

But in terms of singles success after Serena’s claim, five Wimbledon successes went her way, with Venus triumphing a further three times.

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Also asked about her motivation levels following the defeat to Sharapova, Serena noted: “Yeah, I mean, I’m definitely going to triple my efforts, do everything I can to play better next time.

“And, you know, going into the summer I think it will be fun because, you know, I have a great chance on the hard court. I love hard. I just love playing on that surface, so it’s going to be great.”

Titles
Player
Australian Open
French Open
Wimbledon
US Open
Years

23
Serena Williams
7
3
7
6
1999–2017

7
Venus Williams
0
0
5
2
2000–2008

Serena Williams and Venus Williams Grand Slam titles