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2017 Serena Williams tennis season
Full name	Serena Jameka Williams
Country	United States
Calendar prize money	$2,704,680
Singles
Season record	8–1
Calendar titles	1
Current ranking	No. 22
Ranking change from previous year	20
Grand Slam & significant results
Australian Open	W
French Open	A
Wimbledon	A
US Open	A
Doubles
Current ranking	NR
Grand Slam doubles results
Australian Open	A
French Open	A
Wimbledon	A
US Open	A
	Last updated on: 29 January 2017.

The 2017 Serena Williams tennis season officially began on 5 January with the start of the 2017 ASB Classic. Williams entered the season as the number two ranked player.

On January 28, 2017, Williams set a record for the most slams in the Open Era when she claimed her 23rd slam at the 2017 Australian Open. On April 19, she announced that she was pregnant with her first child and would not participate in any further tournaments for the rest of the year.^[1]

Singles matches

Tournament	Match	Round	Opponent	Rank	Result	Score
Auckland Open Auckland, New Zealand WTA International Hard 2–8 January 2017	905	1R	Pauline Parmentier	#69	Win	6–3, 6–4
	906	2R	Madison Brengle	#72	Loss	4–6, 7–6^(7–3), 4–6
Australian Open Melbourne, Australia Grand Slam Hard, outdoor 16–29 January 2017	907	1R	Belinda Bencic	#59	Win	6–4, 6–3
	908	2R	Lucie Šafářová	#61	Win	6–3, 6–4
	909	3R	Nicole Gibbs	#92	Win	6–1, 6–3
	910	4R	Barbora Strýcová	#16	Win	7–5, 6–4
	911	QF	Johanna Konta	#9	Win	6–2, 6–3
	912	SF	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	#79	Win	6–2, 6–1
	913	F	Venus Williams	#17	Win(1)	6–4, 6–4

Tournament schedule

Singles schedule

Williams' 2017 singles tournament schedule is as follows:

Date	Championship	Location	Category	Surface	2016 result	2016 points	2017 points	Outcome
2 January – 8 January	Auckland Open	Auckland	WTA International	Hard	N/A	0	30	Second round lost to Madison Brengle, 4–6, 7-6^(7-3), 4–6
16 January – 29 January	Australian Open	Melbourne	Grand Slam	Hard	F	1300	2000	Winner defeated Venus Williams, 6–4, 6–4
Total year-end points						7050	2030

Yearly records

Head-to-head matchups

Ordered by percentage of wins

Finals

Singles

Legend
Grand Slams (1–0)
WTA Tour Championships (0–0)
WTA Premier Mandatory (0–0)
WTA Premier 5 (0–0)
WTA Premier (0–0)
WTA International (0–0)

Finals by surface
Hard (1-0)
Clay (0–0)
Grass (0–0)

Finals by venue
Outdoors (1–0)
Indoors (0–0)

Outcome	No.	Date	Championship	Surface	Opponent in the final	Score in the final
Winner	72.	January 28, 2017	Australian Open, Melbourne, Australia	Hard	Venus Williams	6–4, 6–4

Earnings

#	Event	Prize money	Year-to-date
1	Auckland Open	$3,310	$3,310
2	Australian Open	A$3,700,000	$2,704,680
			$2,707,990

References

^ Christopher Clarey (April 19, 2017), "Serena Williams Confirms She's Pregnant After A Day of Speculation". New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

[1] Christopher Clarey (April 19, 2017), "Serena Williams Confirms She's Pregnant After A Day of Speculation". New York Times. Retrieved April 19, 2017.

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2017 Serena Williams tennis season