Supreme Serena

Saturday 9 July 2016 16:58, UK

Image: Serena Williams finally clinched a record-equalling 22nd Grand Slam title to draw level with Steffi Graf's Open era record of major titles at Wimbledon
Image: Serena collected her first major back in 1999, winning the US Open with a 6-3 7-6 (7-4) victory over 'Swiss Miss' Martina Hingis
Image: Serena, who lost the 2001 US Open final, gained revenge in the 2002 French Open final, beating her sister 7-5 6-3
Image: Again, she vanquished Venus to win her first Wimbledon title in 2002, prevailing 7-6 (7-4) 6–3 ...
Image: After beating Venus yet again in the 2002 US Open final she won her fourth grand slam in a row - and her first Down Under - with a 7-6 (7-4) 3-6 6-4 victor
Image: ..and punished Venus once more, winning 4-6 6-4 6-2 to lift her second Wimbledon crown in 2003
Image: She then had to wait until 2005 for her next title, coming from behind to beat Lindsay Davenport 2-6 6-3 6-0 to win the Australian Open
Image: A two year gap then followed to her next title, beating Maria Sharapova 6-1 6-2 in the 2007 Australian Open final
Image: She collected her third US Open in 2008, here celebrating winning championship point against Jelena Jankovic
Image: Two more titles followed in 2009 - here playing a forehand return during her victory over Dinara Safina to win her fourth Australian Open...
Image: ...while she defeated sister Venus in a grand slam final for the last time to win her third Wimbledon title
Image: Serena won the same two grand slams in 2010, beating Justine Henin 6-4 3-6 6-2 to win her fifth Australian Open...
Image: ...while seeing off Vera Zvonareva 6-3 6-2 at Wimbledon
Image: Her last single's title at SW19 - and her fifth at the tournament - came in 2012, when she beat Agnieszka Radwanska 6-1 5-7 6-2...
Image: .. she also became champion for the fourth time in New York in 2012, beating Victoria Azarenka 6-2 2-6 7-5
Image: The evergreen star picked up her second French Open - 11 years after her first - with a 6-4 6-4 win over Maria Sharapova in 2013
Image: Williams holds the trophy as she celebrates her fifth US Open title in 2013 after beating Victoria Azarenka 7-5 6-7 (6-8) 6-1 in the final
Image: Serena Williams defeated Caroline Wozniacki 6-3 6-3 to claim her third consecutive US Open title and 18th grand slam
Image: Serena lifted the Australian Open trophy after beating Maria Sharapova 6-3 7-6 (7-5) to land her 19th Grand Slam title
Image: Williams poses with the Coupe Suzanne Lenglen trophy after beating Lucie Safarova in Paris to claim her 20th Grand Slam title last June
Image: Serena Williams beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza to land her sixth Wimbledon title and complete a second