It is said that the tennis world is a place that is particularly rich in sister flowers, and the most well-known of them is the big and small Wei.
Both sisters were ranked first in the world, with Dawei winning 49 singles titles, including 7 Grand Slams, while Serena williams was even better, winning 72 singles titles, including 22 Grand Slams. In addition, the sisters also won 14 women's doubles Grand Slams and 3 women's doubles Olympic gold medals, which shows their strength and tacit understanding.
In the past, we have introduced Serena Williams, so today's protagonist is naturally Serena Williams.
Born on June 17, 1980 in Palm Tree, California, Venus Williams is 37 years old and 185 cm tall, the sister of Serena Williams. Compared with her sister Xiaowei, she has a strong ability to grasp the key points, and still dares to fight and grasp the initiative in the case of a mistake. In 1994, Dawei joined professional tennis and participated in the WTA professional competition for the first time. Since then, she has worked with her sister Xiaowei to blow a "black whirlwind" in the tennis world.
Dawei has done many miracles in the history of women's professional tennis: she is the first player to reach the final of the US Open for the first time in a Grand Slam tournament since 1978; she is also the first athlete since 1958 to reach the US Open final as a non-seed. In 1999, Dawei was even more invincible, winning more than 60 games and winning 6 WTA titles. In addition, Dawei also maintains the record for the fastest serving speed for female athletes: 205 km / h, which is also unattainable for most male professional players.
Step by step until you reach the top
1998: First WTA women's singles and women's doubles titles at the Oklahoma City Open; top 10 in the world; 127 mph (205 km) service at the Zurich Telecom Challenge Cup against Pierce, setting a WTA women's world record; reaching the quarterfinals in all four Grand Slam women's singles events; australian open and French Open mixed doubles titles.
1999: Won 6 women's singles titles throughout the year, and partnered with her sister Serena Williams to win the French Open and US Open women's doubles titles.
2000: In the second half of the season, she won Wimbledon, US Open and Olympic titles, resulting in her 6 consecutive singles championships, setting a record 35 consecutive wins, and winning the women's doubles title at wimbledon and the Olympic Games.
2001: Successfully defended Wimbledon title, defeating the 19-year-old Henin in the final to become the fourth defending champion in the Open era; defending the US Open successfully, defeating his sister Serena Williams in two straight sets in the final, becoming the first Grand Slam final in which a pair of sister flowers competed for the title since the Watson sisters in 1884.
Gradually into the trough
In February 2002, he reached the first place in the world rankings for the first time, but then lost to Serena Williams in the finals of the French Open, Wimbledon and US Open.
2003: Lost to Serena Williams again in the Australian Open final, becoming the first person to lose four consecutive Grand Slam finals; Wimbledon advanced to the final for the fourth consecutive time, but again lost to Serena williams as runner-up; then missed the second half of the year due to a serious abdominal injury, and fell out of the TOP10 for the first time since 1998.
2004: Ends a 14-month championship drought in Charleston and is followed by another title in the Polish J&S Cup, but none of the four Grand Slams of the year reached the semi-finals, with a best result of only the quarterfinals.
Reinvigorate and get better
2005: At Wimbledon in June, Dawei defeated defending champion Sharapova and world No. 1 Davenport as the 14th seed to win his third Wimbledon women's singles title, and returned to the top 10 in the world ranking, ranking 8th.
2006: Under the influence of her injuries, she only competed in 6 competitions in the whole year but did not reach the final, and fell out of the top 10 in the year-end rankings.
2007: Played at Wimbledon as the 23rd seed and 31st in the world, winning the Wimbledon title for the 4th time; the year-end finals withdrew due to injury.
2008: Defending the Wimbledon title without losing a set, winning the WTA Tour Finals for the first time at the end of the year with a complete victory, Dawei and his sister at the Beijing Olympic Games won the tennis women's doubles championship.
2009 : Reached the finals of Wimbledon and the WTA Tour again, but lost to Serena Williams.
2010: Completed the women's doubles cross-year Grand Slam, climbed to the women's doubles world number one; in the women's singles, she once returned to the world no. 2, with her sister to arrange the world's top two; the performance was stable throughout the year, except for the French Open round of 16, at least in other competitions to reach the quarterfinals.
2011: Dawei withdrew from the third round of the Australian Open due to an injury, which also shattered his record of not withdrawing from 257 Grand Slam matches; before the second round of the US Open, Dawei unexpectedly announced that he had opted out because of schizophrenia.
2012: Dawei and his sister join forces to win the Wimbledon and Olympic doubles titles, and the 44th title of their career at the WTA Tour in Luxembourg.
Dawei – personal life
- Hobbies: Attending guitar classes, listening to music, watching movies, diamonds, jewelry and gold
- Favorite colors: blue and silver gray
- Favorite tennis player: Sampras
Dawei was once named to vogue's top ten dresses of the year. Dawei's attitude towards fashion: "Whether I'm on the list of best or worst dressed, as long as it's my creation, it proves that I've taken a small step and seized an opportunity, at least I know I've done something unusual." ”
Equal pay campaign for men and women
The first to advocate equal pay for men and women was Mrs. Kim, the older generation of the United States, but it was Dawei who really achieved this goal. By 2005, The French And Wimbledons still rejected proposals for equal pay for men and women. Dawei met with officials at the French Open and Wimbledon to discuss equal pay for men and women, but neither event agreed.
On the eve of Wimbledon in 2006, the Times published an article by Dawei titled "I am a second-class champion", in which Dawei accused Wimbledon of being "on the wrong side of history" and that equal pay for men and women for equal work was the trend of the times.
The article even alarmed then-British Prime Minister Tony Blair and members of the British Parliament, whose leader was Dawei, whose leader was Dawei, organized a massive campaign with UNESCO to call for equal pay for men and women in sports.
Under intense pressure, Wimbledon announced in February 2007 that Wimbledon would implement equal pay for men and women for equal work from that year onwards, and that male and female athletes would receive exactly the same number of prize money per round. A day later, the French Open made the same decision. At this point, all four grand slam tournaments in tennis have finally achieved equal pay for men and women for equal work.
Therefore, Dawei is also a courageous and excellent supporter of the affirmative action movement.
The Chicago Sun-Times gave Dawei the highest rating: "She is an important factor in changing the perception of men."
Big and small Wei have achieved good results in the tennis world, but the styles of the two are very different. Dawei is like a tennis textbook, her height, skill, speed and strength are the perfect interpretation of the qualities a tennis player should have. Dawei is a player with physical conditions and technical skills stronger than psychological qualities.
And a strong will is Serena's winning point. Even though she may have been inferior to Dawei in terms of basic technology earlier, her willpower always helped her win again and again.
The sisters have revolutionized the trend of women's tennis while giving girls of African descent a very good incentive. Look at Stephen Sloan, Townsend, and Keys now, these little girls were inspired by the stories of the Williams sisters as children to pick up the rackets. Amazingly, their childhood idols still dominate the women's tennis scene. (Source: TennisAce By Ji Jiayu)