The 22-time Grand Slam champion has now spend 378 weeks at the top, surpassing Graf’s 377 weeks at the top.
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Williams was eight weeks pregnant when she captured her 23rd Grand Slam trophy at Melbourne in 2017, but missed opportunities to equal Australian Court on her return from maternity leave.
Angelique Kerber has won her first Wimbledon title thanks to a straight-sets victory over Serena Williams.
The Danish former world No 1, who joins Steffi Graf and Gabriela Sabatini with three Pan Pacific Open crowns, outclassed her Russian opponent 6-0 7-5 in 75 minutes to capture her first title of the year after losing in six previous finals.
The 35-year-old, who will return to the No. 1 ranking in the world next week, deleted the photo shortly after it appeared, and she had not commented further several hours later
On Saturday, Serena broke Steffi Graf’s Open-era record with a straight-sets win over the elder sibling at the Australian Open, but after her win, Serena praised her sister after her run to the final
Serena overcame a shaky start to land an unprecedented seventh Open title and open-era record 23 grand slam singles crown with an emotional 6-4 6-4 triumph on Saturday
The 34-year-old Williams has been troubled by the problem with her right shoulder since winning Wimbledon, which was her 22nd Grand Slam singles title
The fourth seed will be aiming to become the first German woman since Steffi Graf 20 years ago to lift the Wimbledon singles crown