She Was The Third African American Woman To Hold The Number One Position

No. 3 Martina Hingis in the Miami Masters quarterfinals, No. 2 Venus in the semifinals, and No. 1 Jennifer Capriati in the championship match. She was the third player in the Open Era to do it in a single tournament, defeating the top three players. Serena was the third seed at the French Open. She won her second Grand Slam singles title after defeating the previous champion, Capriati, in the semifinals and her sister Venus in the championship match. After beating Venus in the Wimbledon singles final, Serena, ranked No. 2, went on to win the championship.

She also made history by being the first woman to win a Grand Slam singles title without dropping a set. Additionally, Serena became the first player to hold the No. 1 ranking in the world after winning at Wimbledon. After Althea Gibson and her sister, Venus Williams, Serena became the third African American woman to occupy that position. Serena Williams won the singles championship at the 2002 US Open after defeating Venus in the finals. She became the first woman since Martina Hingis in 1997 to win three Grand Slam singles championships in a calendar year. She also accomplished the "Surface Slam," which entails winning three Slam tournaments on three different surfaces in the same year, becoming just the third player in tennis history to do so.