Serena Williams-
-She has played in 60 Grand Slam tournaments in her career and has won 21 of them.
- The Women's Tennis Association ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002.
- She faced her sister Venus in the final of the 1999 Lipton Championships, making it the first time since 1884 that two sisters had faced each other in the final of a pro event (Venus won).
-In 1999, she won the U.S. Open women's singles title and became the first black woman to win a Grand Slam professional tennis tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
-net worth:$180,000,000 (2017)
-She has played in 60 Grand Slam tournaments in her career and has won 21 of them.
- The Women's Tennis Association ranked her world No. 1 in singles on eight separate occasions between 2002 and 2017. She reached the No. 1 ranking for the first time on July 8, 2002.
- She faced her sister Venus in the final of the 1999 Lipton Championships, making it the first time since 1884 that two sisters had faced each other in the final of a pro event (Venus won).
-In 1999, she won the U.S. Open women's singles title and became the first black woman to win a Grand Slam professional tennis tournament since Althea Gibson in 1958.
-net worth:$180,000,000 (2017)
Roger Federer-
-Federer has won 20 Grand Slam singles titles, the most in history for a male player
-He has won a record eight Wimbledon titles, a joint-record six Australian Open titles, a record five consecutive US Open titles, and one French Open title. He is one of eight men to have captured a career Grand Slam. -He has reached a record 30 men's singles Grand Slam finals, including 10 in a row from the 2005 Wimbledon Championships to the 2007 US Open. -net worth:$450,000,000 (2017) Venus Williams-
-net worth:$95,000,000 (2017) Andy Murray-
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-In September 2004, he won the junior US Open. Later during the month, he was selected for the Davis cup in Austria.
-He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, losing the first two to Roger Federer and the third to Novak Djokovic
-He is the only male British Wimbledon finalist of the Open Era
-He is only the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in 1 year
-net worth:$100,000,000 (2017)
-He has been runner-up in three Grand Slam finals: the 2008 US Open, the 2010 Australian Open and the 2011 Australian Open, losing the first two to Roger Federer and the third to Novak Djokovic
-He is the only male British Wimbledon finalist of the Open Era
-He is only the seventh player in the Open Era to reach the semi-finals of all four Grand Slam tournaments in 1 year
-net worth:$100,000,000 (2017)
Maria Sharapova-
-Sponsors recognised her marketing potential at a young age – she signed her first deal, with Nike, back in June 1997 when she was just 11
-At 15, she became the youngest person ever to reach the finals of Australian Open junior tournament in 2002
-she was the most searched athlete on Yahoo in 2005 and 2008.
-She played her first professional tournament in April 2001 aged just 14, and her first WTA tournament a year later.
-In August 2005 she became the first Russian woman ever to be No 1 in the world tennis rankings.
-net worth: $135,000,000
-At 15, she became the youngest person ever to reach the finals of Australian Open junior tournament in 2002
-she was the most searched athlete on Yahoo in 2005 and 2008.
-She played her first professional tournament in April 2001 aged just 14, and her first WTA tournament a year later.
-In August 2005 she became the first Russian woman ever to be No 1 in the world tennis rankings.
-net worth: $135,000,000
Novak Djokovic-
- He won his first of multiple Grand Slam championships in 2008 and took over the world's No. 1 ranking in 2011.
- Novak Djokovic began playing tennis at age 4, and was sent to train in Germany at age 13
-he won the Australian Open in 2008 and led the Serbian national team to its first Davis Cup win in 2010.
- In 2011, he claimed three of four Grand Slams and maintained a 43-match winning streak en route to the world's No. 1 ranking.
-first French Open win in 2016, he became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once.
-net worth: $180,000,000
- Novak Djokovic began playing tennis at age 4, and was sent to train in Germany at age 13
-he won the Australian Open in 2008 and led the Serbian national team to its first Davis Cup win in 2010.
- In 2011, he claimed three of four Grand Slams and maintained a 43-match winning streak en route to the world's No. 1 ranking.
-first French Open win in 2016, he became the first man since Rod Laver in 1969 to hold all four major titles at once.
-net worth: $180,000,000