Serena clinches year-end world No.1

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(Xinhua) 20:32, September 27, 2013

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American tennis star Serena Williams will finish a year on top of the singles rankings for the third time as she has clinched the year-end world No. 1 confirmed by the Women's Tennis Association on Friday.

"Williams has had an absolutely phenomenal season so far, putting together a 67-4 record and capturing nine WTA titles, including two Grand Slams (the French Open and US Open), six Premier-level titles (Brisbane, Miami, Charleston, Madrid, Rome and Toronto) and one International-level title (Bastad - her first International-level title)," WTA said on its website.

The 32-year-old Williams, who just celebrated her birthday on Thursday, returned to No.1 on February 18 and become the oldest player ever to top the WTA rankings. She has collected 9,077,322 US dollars in prize money this season so far, renewing the previous record of 7,923,920 dollars that Victoria Azarenka set last year.

Williams, who finished world No. 1 in 2002 and 2009, is the seventh player since the inception of computer WTA rankings in 1975 to finish three or more seasons at No.1, following Steffi Graf (eight times), Martina Navratilova (seven times), Chris Evert (five times), Lindsay Davenport (four times), Justine Henin (three times) and Martina Hingis (three times).

（Editor：YanMeng、Gao Yinan）