Serena Williams has won everything the game of tennis has to offer but victory at this year\u2019s Australian Open will hand her two new records.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Williams is currently ranked as the second most successful player of all time, with 23 Grand Slams \u2013 just one short of Australian legend Margaret Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And a win on Court\u2019s home soil in September would push Williams up to joint first and a place in history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
39-year-old Williams has been stuck on 23 Grand Slam wins for three years, with her last major final win coming in the Australian Open in 2017, which she won whilst pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since returning to the sport following the birth of her daughter, she has reached four Grand Slam finals but failed at the final hurdle each time, most recently in the 2019 US Open when she lost to Canadian Bianca Andreescu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Williams win would also see her become the oldest player ever to win a Grand Slam \u2013 as she looks to overcome Ken Rosewall who was 37 years and two months of age when he won the Australian Open in 1972.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ahead of the opening Slam of the year in Melbourne, Williams finds herself an outsider for the title at 12\/1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n OddsMonkey spokesman Peter Watton commented: \u201cSerena is a true legend of sport, let alone Tennis, but if she could land this Australian Open title and add these two records to her CV it would only cement her legacy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAt 39, she does not appear to have too long left at the top so if she is going to win she needs to strike soon, and although she’s no longer the favourite for every title you can never write her off in the slams.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selected Australian Open odds:\n<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Men\u2019s Title <\/strong>Novak Djokovic \u2013 11\/8 Daniil Medvedev \u2013 5\/1 Rafael Nadal \u2013 11\/2 Dominic Thiem \u2013 5\/1 Stefanos Tsitsipas \u2013 12\/1 Alexander Zverev \u2013 16\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n Women’s Title<\/strong> Naomi Osaka \u2013 11\/2 Aryna Sabalenka \u2013 9\/1 Ashleigh Barty \u2013 9\/1 Simona Halep \u2013 10\/1 Serenea Williams \u2013 12\/1 Garbine Muguruza \u2013 14\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n *Odds correct at time of writing<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Serena Williams has won everything the game of tennis has to offer but victory at this year\u2019s Australian Open will hand her two new records. 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