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Numbers Sense: Andy Murray and Serena Williams Win 2012 US Open Titles


By Nick Georgandis

287:
Grand Slams played between major wins for men of the United Kingdom (Fred Perry and Andy Murray)


15: Total number of singles Grand Slams won by Serena Williams

18: Total number of singles Grand Slams combined by current active WTA players; seven of those are by Serena's sister Venus.

6: Streak of consecutive WTA slams won by different players, which was ended by Serena Williams. The streak began at the 2011 French Open.

2002: The last time the same female player won both the US Open and Wimbledon in the same year. The player? Serena Williams

1988: The only time until this year that the same WTA player won Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Olympic gold medal (Steffi Graf).

65: Career match wins by Serena Williams at the US Open, fourth-most in Open Era history. 
Williams is also second in Australian Open wins, ninth in French Open wins and fifth in Wimbledon wins.

(Photo Credit: Andy Kentla)

Posted: 9/11/2012 12:19:27 AM by Erwin Ong | Filed under: crunch, murray, number, open, serena, statistics, us, williams, andy