Ranked: 55th
Age: 32
Country: United States
2012 Match Record: 12-5
2012 Singles Titles: 0
Career Singles Titles: 43
Major Titles: 7 _ Wimbledon (‘00, `01, `05, `07, `08), U.S. Open (‘00, `01)
Last 5 Wimbledons: `11-4th, `10-QF, `09-F, `08-W, `07-W
Topspin: She’s been the champion or runner-up at the All England Club eight of the past 12 years; the three losses in finals all came against younger sister Serena. … Leads all active players with 71 career match wins at Wimbledon; Serena is next with 60, then big drop-off to Sharapova with 34. … Coming off a second-round exit at the French Open, her first Grand Slam action since Aug. 29, 2011, at the U.S. Open; two days later, she pulled out of her second-round match at that tournament, revealing that she’d been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.
