SERENA WILLIAMS

Ranked: 9

Country: United States

Age: 38

Career Singles Titles: 73

Grand Slam Singles Titles: 23 — U.S. Open (6: 1999, 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2014), Australian Open (7: 2003, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2015, 2017), French Open (3: 2002, 2013, 2015), Wimbledon (7: 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2015, 2016)

Last 5 U.S. Opens: 2019-RU, 2018-RU, 2017-Did Not Play, 2016-SF, 2015-SF

Aces: Trying to earn her 24th major singles trophy to equal Margaret Court for most in history. … Runner-up at four of past six Grand Slam tournaments, including each of the past two years in New York. … All five matches since tennis resumed have gone three sets; her record is 3-2.

Matchup to Watch For: Could face a fourth-rounder against 15th-seeded Maria Sakkari, who beat Williams at the Western & Southern Open in New York in August.

Words: “I put myself in a bad situation. You know, it’s like dating a guy that you know sucks. That’s literally what I keep doing out here. It’s like I have got to get rid of this guy. It just makes no sense. It’s frustrating.” — Williams, after her loss to Sakkari.