On Saturday, Serena Williams captured her 6th Wimbledon title and her 21st Grand Slam event with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Garbiñe Muguruza. By winning her 3rd Grand Slam event of the year Williams is positioned to be the first woman since Steffi Graf (1988) to win a calendar-year Grand Slam if she captures the U.S. Open in September.
Finalist Garbiñe Muguruza joins Eugenie Bouchard, Belinda Bencic, Elina Svitolina, Karolina Pliskova, and Simona Halep as the young women who are part of the changing of the guard in women’s tennis. At the moment Madison Keys, Sloane Stephens, and Coco Vandeweghe are the leaders of the pack of American women who have flirted with being in this group of elite players.
Collectively the 16 American women were 24-15 at the 2015 Wimbledon. The best showing was by the Williams sisters, Vandeweghe, and Keys who all made it to the round of 16. Venus was the only player to lose in the 16s as she bowed out to Serena.
On a positive note, three American women reached the Wimbledon quarters. The last time this happened was in 2004 when Serena, Lindsay Davenport and Jennifer Capriati reached the round of eight. Unfortunately, Keys lost in three sets to Radwanska, while Vandeweghe suffered a similar fate at the hands of Maria Sharapova.
| American Women | World Ranking 6/29 | 1st Rd 0-1 | 2nd Rd 1-1 | 3rd Rd 2-1 | 16s 3-1 | Qrtrs 4-1 | Semis 5-1 | Finals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serena Williams | 1 | X | ||||||
| Madison Brengle | 36 | X | ||||||
| Venus Williams | 16 | X | ||||||
| Bethanie Mattek-Sands | 158 | X | ||||||
| Nicole Gibbs | 103 | X | ||||||
| Shelby Rogers | 47 | X | ||||||
| Irina Falconi | 50 | X | ||||||
| Coco Vandeweghe | 51 | X | ||||||
| Edina Gallovits-Hall | 53 | X | ||||||
| Sloane Stephens | 58 | X | ||||||
| Lauren Davis | 60 | X | ||||||
| Alison Riske | 63 | X | ||||||
| Varvara Lepchenko | 40 | X | ||||||
| Christina McHale | 86 | X | ||||||
| Sachia Vickery | 98 | X | ||||||
| Madison Keys | 21 | X | ||||||
| TOTAL W-L | 8-8 | 6-2 | 4-2 | 3-1 | 1-2 | 1-0 | 1-0 |
Congratulations to Serena on her 21st Grand Slam title and to the young women who are part of the changing of the guard!