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Is Serena Williams the most important modern athlete?

Serena Williams now owns 22 Grand Slam singles titles and 14 doubles titles, while also being the highest earning female athlete in the history of tennis. She also just may be the most important athlete of this generation. Williams has spoken out about gender equality in tennis, while also being outspoken about social rights for African-Americans and other minorities. With all that on her resume, is Serena Williams the most important athlete of this generation? Eddie Maisonet and Bonta Hill converse about this topic on Yardbarker.

Can you name every tennis player to win a career Grand Slam in singles play?
SCORE:
0/18
TIME:
5:00
1935 (26)
Fred Perry
1938 (23)
Don Budge
1953 (18)
Maureen Connolly Brinker
1954 (28)
Doris Hart
1957 (29)
Shirley Fry Irvin
1962 (24)
Rod Laver
1963 (20)
Margaret Court
1964 (27)
Roy Emerson
1972 (28)
Billie Jean King
1982 (27)
Chris Evert
1983 (26)
Martina Navratilova
1988 (19)
Steffi Graf
1999 (29)
Andre Agassi
2003 (21)
Serena Williams
2009 (27)
Roger Federer
2010 (24)
Rafael Nadal
2012 (25)
Maria Sharapova
2016 (29)
Novak Djokovic

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