List of French Open women's singles champions
Images from Tuesday, Day 8 of the 2021 Wimbledon Championships, in London.
Australian great Margaret Court won 24 grand slam singles titles, one ahead of American Williams, who confirmed she was pregnant on Wednesday and will sit out the rest of the season.
If Williams is indeed 20 weeks into her term, that would mean she was approximately two months pregnant when she captured her record 23rd Grand Slam tournament singles title at the Australian Open in January.
Seven-time champion Williams had been bidding to claim a record-equalling 24th Grand Slam crown but made too many errors as Kerber ran out a comfortable winner in the final.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
Roger Federer warmed up for next month's Wimbledon championships by swatting aside David Goffin 7-6(2), 6-1 to win the Halle Open title for the 10th time on Sunday.
Images from Day 2 of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, on Tuesday.
List of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated):
List of French Open women's singles champions
The Swiss great is looking to win a 102nd tour-level trophy and move closer to Jimmy Connors' record of 109.
The 32-year-old, five-times a winner of the singles at the prestigious Wimbledon warm-up event, delighted a large evening centre court crowd with some fluent shot-making as he and Spanish veteran Lopez beat top seeds Juan Sebastian Cabal and Robert Farah 7-6(5), 6-3.
Following Serena Williams's 19th Grand Slam title, here is the list of Australian Open women's singles champions since the event began in 1922 (Australian unless stated)