Q 01/05

Serena Williams was born in 1981 in which city?

A) West Palm Beach, Florida

B) Lynwood, California

C) Compton, California

D) Saginaw, Michigan

Answer · why

D) Saginaw, Michigan

The family soon left Michigan for Southern California, which is why most people assume she was born there.

Q 02/05

In which year was Serena Williams born?

A) 1981

B) 1982

C) 1984

D) 1985

Answer · why

A) 1981

She is fifteen months younger than her sister and doubles partner, and the youngest of her mother's five daughters.

Q 03/05

In which California city did Serena and her sister learn tennis on public courts?

A) Inglewood

B) Compton

C) Oakland

D) Long Beach

Answer · why

B) Compton

Richard Williams made the move over his wife's objections, believing a tough neighbourhood would toughen up his daughters.

Q 04/05

When Serena was nine, the family moved to Florida so she could train at the academy of which coach?

A) Harry Hopman

B) Nick Bollettieri

C) Rick Macci

D) Robert Lansdorp

Answer · why

C) Rick Macci

Macci had earlier coached Jennifer Capriati; Richard Williams later pulled his daughters out of the academy to coach them himself.

Q 05/05

Serena Williams turned professional in which year?

A) 1990

B) 1992

C) 1994

D) 1995

Answer · why

D) 1995

She was just 14 when she played her first professional event, a qualifying match she lost in under an hour.