Sarena Williams has finally beaten elder sister Venus Williams in straight sets by 6-4,6-4 to win the Australian open for the seventh time and to take her grand slam list to 23. And with this Sarena has surpassed Steffi Graf’s record total of 22 Grand Slam singles titles. Previously she won the title in 2003, 2005,2007,2009,2010 and 2015.

And with this she is back to number 1 in  the world. Serena becomes the first player to win the Australian Open without dropping a set since Maria Sharapova in 2008. She’s now won a preposterous 10 grand slam titles since her 30th birthday, the most by far in the Open era.

Head to head

The Williams sisters are the only two women during the open era to play each other in four consecutive Grand Slam finals: from the 2002 French Open to the 2003 Australian Open. Serena won all four of these finals. This was the 29^th time the two faced each other in professional tournaments, and now their head-to-head record is 17–11 in Serena’s favor.

Breaks Steffi Graf Record

Now finally Serena is the second leading single grand slam winner with 23 ,only behind Margaret Court who has 24 overall in her career.

Most singles titles in Women’s singles

Margaret Court               24

Serena Williams             23

Steffi Graf                      22

Helen Wills Moody      19

Chris Evert                    18

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