Is Serena Williams world's number one Tennis Player?

Serena Williams is a professional celebrity tennis player and former world number one. She has won 23 major singles titles, which is the most by any man or woman in the Open Era. The women's Tennis Association placed her no.1 in singles on eight separate instances between the years 2002 and 2017.

She attained the number one ranking for the first time in July 2002. On her sixth occasion, she had the position for 186 consecutive weeks, tying the record set by Steffi Graf. In summation, she has been number one for 319 weeks, which ranks third in the Open Era among female players behind Steffi Graf and Martina Navratilova