Sloane Stephens in match play at the 2013 Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament. The teenager defeated Grand Slam champion Serena Williams.

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Sloane Stephens (born March 20, 1993) is an American tennis player. She has won five singles titles on the WTA Tour and one Grand Slam tournament title at the 2017 US Open. Following a successful 2012 season in which she first reached the second week of a major, she rose to prominence upon reaching the semifinals of the 2013 Australian Open, notably defeating Serena Williams en route. Since then, she has reached a career-high singles ranking of 11 in the world and claimed her first WTA title at the 2015 Citi Open. She won her first major title at the 2017 US Open, ranked 83 in the world at the time with a protected ranking.

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Location: Rod Laver Tennis Center, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Photo credit: © Ken Hawkins / Alamy / Afripics
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