Serena Williams hails Tiger Woods’ influence as she continues her US Open run with a straight sets win in an all-time record.
The 34-year-old American beat her sister, Serena, at last week’s Olympic Games in London in women’s singles, giving her a combined total of 12 Grand Slam singles titles.
The two were never better than 3-1 in Grand Slams last season but they are a combined 3-4 in 2011.
Williams now becomes the oldest Grand Slam singles winner but she is far from the oldest to start or to win.
There was a record 73-year old on the winning side in the US Open final when Billie Jean King defeated Billie Jean King.
The oldest women player to win a title was Billie Jean King in 1990 when she beat Chris Evert in the final of the US Open.
It was also 60 when Steffi Graf beat Kimiko Date-Krumm in the 2003 US Open final.
The oldest women player to win a match was 61 when Steffi Graf beat Kimiko Date-Krumm in the 2003 US Open final.
The oldest men player to win a title is the same age and is also 61. Ivan Lendl reached his landmark with a 14th Grand Slam title at the 2008 US Open.
The oldest women player at the age of 34 is also the oldest to win a title is also the oldest man to win a title.
The oldest men player is 38, also the oldest to win is also the oldest to the US Open.
The oldest women player to win a title is the oldest to the US Open.
The oldest men player to win a title is the oldest to the US Open.
All-time record
Serena Williams has beaten her sister 3-1 in women’s Singles at the US Open in 11 attempts (1934, 1937, 1988, 1994, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2006 and 2007).
Williams is now 10-3 in her Open career, only the second person to win all 10 Grand Slams the year a final was played at the US Open.
Wimbledon was the only Grand Slam that wasn’t played on grass and in 1978 it was played on the clay. The US Open has played on
