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Defending champion Serena Williams defeated her sister Venus Williams in a rematch of the previous year's final, 4–6, 6–4, 6–2 to win the ladies' singles tennis title at the 2003 Wimbledon Championships. [1] It was her second Wimbledon singles title and her sixth major singles title overall.
Serena Williams's 2003 tennis season ended abruptly after Wimbledon, as Williams underwent surgery on the quadriceps tendon in her knee at the start of August. Initially she was expected to be out for six to eight weeks.
The 2003 Wimbledon Championships was a tennis tournament played on Grass courts at the All England Lawn Tennis ... Serena Williams defeated Venus Williams, 4–6, 6 ...
The Williams sisters next met in the 2003 Wimbledon final, a repeat of the 2002 final in the same tournament. Again the match was close but Serena, aided by an abdominal injury that negatively impacted Venus's speed, won 4–6, 6–4, 6–2. The win was the second consecutive at Wimbledon for Serena and her fifth out the last six. [18]
At Wimbledon, Williams reached the finals for the first time in four years, but lost to Venus in their first Grand Slam final since 2003. Serena and Venus teamed up and won the doubles title, however. Williams played at Stanford, but retired in the semifinals with a knee injury, which also forced her to withdraw from a tournament in Los Angeles.
By winning the 2003 Wimbledon ladies' title, Williams became just the fifth woman in the Open Era to win back-to-back Wimbledon crowns. She followed Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, and Venus Williams. Since then, the feat has been accomplished 3 more times, once by Venus Williams and twice by Serena Williams. [1]
Serena Williams is a seven-time champion. Venus Williams is a five-time champion over a nine-year period from 2000 to 2008. Petra Kvitová is a two-time champion, and created a first in 2011, when she became the first player, male or female, born in the 1990s to win a Grand Slam tournament title.
Serena Williams (x2) Jonas Björkman Todd Woodbridge (x3) Serena Williams Venus Williams: Elena Likhovtseva Mahesh Bhupathi: 2003: Roger Federer (x5) Kim Clijsters Ai Sugiyama: Martina Navratilova Leander Paes: 2004: Maria Sharapova: Cara Black Rennae Stubbs: Cara Black Wayne Black: 2005: Venus Williams: Stephen Huss Wesley Moodie: Cara Black ...