Where would Serena Williams rank in male rankings?

The short answer is Serena would be beaten by any good college player at a Division 1 school.* (see details at the bottom) The ATP rankings go down to a tie for 2063 for players with one point. read more

*To answer the question in more depth about the relative strength of Serena Williams, compared to a good player on a D1 university team, let’s look at the ways we can describe how big the gap is between the men’s and women’s game. read more

But for mothers like Serena Williams who return to the WTA Tour, there are other, sometimes unnecessary roadblocks they must overcome — such as ranking points, seedings and lost wages. Consider the case of Williams, who is obviously not your typical player but nonetheless will be facing unnecessary challenges in tournament brackets for much of 2018. read more

Serena Williams, the 23-time grand-slam champion, and possibly the greatest athlete of all time, was ranked No. 1 in the world before she left her job to give birth and nurture her daughter, Alexis Olympia, as well as recover from a pulmonary embolism. read more