{"id":24827,"date":"2015-12-23T10:35:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24827"},"modified":"2015-12-23T10:35:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-23T10:35:24","slug":"serena-williams-wins-itf-women-s-world-champion-6th-time-3rd-in-a-row","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24827","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams wins ITF Women&#8217;s World Champion 6th time, 3rd in a row"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16638\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"serena 700\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Serena Williams was named Women&rsquo;s World Champion for the sixth occasion, after maintaining the No. 1 ranking throughout the year.&nbsp;She won five other titles during the year, including the season-ending WTA Finals. Williams is the oldest player ever to be named an ITF Singles World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams came within two matches of achieving the Grand Slam in 2015, winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and held all four Slams at the same time for the second time in her career. She won five titles overall, and finished No. 1 in the year-end rankings for the fifth time on the back of a 53-3 win-loss record.<\/p>\n<p>Williams said: &ldquo;It means a lot to me to be named the ITF World Champion for the sixth time. I am proud to have achieved my second Serena Slam, in what has been an amazing year for me. Thank you for this recognition and for the undying support of the tennis community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><em>itftennis<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-16638\" src=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" alt=\"serena 700\" style=\"margin: 3px; float: left;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700.jpg 200w, https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/serena-700-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Serena Williams was named Women&rsquo;s World Champion for the sixth occasion, after maintaining the No. 1 ranking throughout the year.&nbsp;She won five other titles during the year, including the season-ending WTA Finals. Williams is the oldest player ever to be named an ITF Singles World Champion.<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams came within two matches of achieving the Grand Slam in 2015, winning the Australian Open, Roland Garros and Wimbledon, and held all four Slams at the same time for the second time in her career. She won five titles overall, and finished No. 1 in the year-end rankings for the fifth time on the back of a 53-3 win-loss record.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[13264,2683,13265],"class_list":["post-24827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world-tennis-news","tag-itf-womens-world-champion","tag-serena-williams","tag-world-tennis-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Serena Williams wins ITF Women&#039;s World Champion 6th time, 3rd in a row - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=24827\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Serena Williams wins ITF Women&#039;s World Champion 6th time, 3rd in a row - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; Sports Blogs of Cricket, Hockey, Golf, Football, Tennis &amp; Other Sports\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Serena Williams was named Women&rsquo;s World Champion for the sixth occasion, after maintaining the No. 1 ranking throughout the year.&nbsp;She won five other titles during the year, including the season-ending WTA Finals. 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