Serena Williams played the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open (she was knocked out in the third round by Ajla Tomljanovic) and Simona Halep (now coached by Patrick Muratoglou, the American’s former coach) had a message for the player who won 23 Grand Slam titles .

Simona Halep, respect and admiration for Serena Williams

Having suffered 10 defeats against Serena (Simon has beaten the American only twice), Halep expressed her admiration for the man who wrote the history of the white sport through a photo at the end of the match between them.

“You can read in my eyes the respect and admiration for this exceptional champion. Good luck in your future, Serena Williams” – Simona Halepon Twitter.

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Simona Halep vs. Serena Williams, 2-10 in head-to-head matches

2021, Australian Open 6-3, 6-3 for Serena

2019, Wimbledon: 6-2, 6-2 for Halep

2019 Australian Open: 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 for Serena

2016 US Open: 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 for Serena

2016, Indian Wells: 6-4, 6-3 for Serena

2015, Cincinnati: 6-3, 7-6(5) Sereni

2015, Miami: 6-2, 4-6, 7-5 for Serena

2015, Indian Wells: Simona Halep (Serena withdrew)

2014, Tour of Champions (Singapore): 6-3, 6-0 for Serena

2014, Tournament of Champions (Singapore): 6-2, 6-0 over Halep

2013, Cincinnati: 6-0, 6-4 for Serena

2013, Rome: 6-3, 6-0 for Serena

2011, Wimbledon: 3-6, 6-2, 6-1 for Serena

​Serena Williams and an incredible tennis career

Serena leaves tennis with an impressive dowry of 23 Grand Slam titles.

In total, she spent 319 weeks in the first position in the WTA hierarchy (between 2002-2017), and collected 73 titles during her career.

Serena Williams finished her career with 858 wins and 156 losses.

He collected more than 94 million dollars from tennis prizes alone.

Serena Williams and the Grand Slam titles

During an impressive career, Serena collected 23 major titles. One less than Margaret Court, but also one more than the legendary Steffi Graf.

The American won seven times at the Australian Open (2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017), three times at Roland Garros (2002, 2013, 2015), seven times at Wimbledon (2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016) and six times at the US Open (1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014).

He also won Olympic gold four times: Sydney 2000 (doubles), Beijing 2008 (doubles), London 2012 (singles) and London 2012 (doubles).

Ranking of Grand Slam titles

1 24 Margaret Court

2 Serena Williams 23

3 Steffi Graf 22

4 Helen Wills Moody 19

5 Chris Evert / Martina Navratilova 18 etc.