{blackbabes} FACTBOX-Tennis-2012 U.S. Open champion Serena Williams

NEW YORK, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Factbox on American Serena

Williams, who won her 15th grand slam singles title at the U.S.

Open on Sunday with a 6-2 2-6 7-5 win over Victoria Azarenka of

Belarus.

* Born in Michigan on Sept. 26, 1981. (Age 30)

* Turned professional in September 1995.

15 GRAND SLAM SINGLES TITLES

* Australian Open 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010; French Open

2002; Wimbledon 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012; U.S. Open 1999,

2002, 2008; 2012

* Williams is sixth on the list of female grand slam title

winners.

* Is one of only five women, after Maureen Connolly, Margaret

Court, Martina Navratilova and Steffi Graf, to hold all four

grand slam titles at same time. The non-calendar year

achievement in 2002-03 was dubbed the 'Serena Slam'. She beat

her older sister Venus in each of the four finals.

* She also owns 13 women's grand slam doubles titles with Venus

and has won four Olympic gold medals: Singles (2012), doubles

(2000, 2008, 2012).

* At the 2009 U.S. Open, Williams was fined $175,000 and placed

on a two-year probation for unsportsmanlike behaviour in her

semi-final loss to Kim Clijsters.

* She missed the U.S. Open in 2010 because of medical

complications after cutting her foot on glass while celebrating

her win at Wimbledon.

* In 2011, she underwent surgery after a life-threatening blood

clot was detected on her her lung. She made the U.S. Open final

but lost to Australia's Sam Stosur.

* After a slow start to 2012, the 30-year-old has finished with

a flurry, winning Wimbledon, the Olympics and the U.S. Open.

* She became the oldest woman to win U.S. Open since Margaret

Court won her last title in 1973, aged 31.

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