Samantha Stosur (born 1984)
Born 1984 CE.
Samantha Jane Stosur (born 30 March 1984) is an Australian former professional tennis player. She was a world No. 1 in doubles, a ranking which she first achieved on 6 February 2006 and held for 61 consecutive weeks. Also a former top ten singles player, Stosur reached a career-high singles ranking of world No. 4 on 21 February 2011 and spent a total of 165 weeks ranked inside the top ten, between March 2010 and June 2013. Stosur was also the top-ranked Australian singles player for 452 consecutive weeks, from October 2008 to June 2017, and was ranked inside the top 25 for a period of nine straight years. She won a combined total of 40 career titles (9 in singles, 28 in doubles, and 3 in mixed doubles), including eight major titles, and amassed more than $20 million in prize money. Stosur won a major singles title at the 2011 US Open, where she beat Serena Williams in the final and became the first Australian woman since Evonne Goolagong Cawley in 1980 to win a Grand Slam tournament. She had previously reached another major singles final at the 2010 French Open, along the way defeating former world No.
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