Interesting Sports Facts: Tennis, Soccer, and Basketball, Oh My!

By: K.Q.

Men aren’t the only ones that can be good at sports. There are lots of amazing athletes that are women too

Read below to find out some really interesting facts about women who play tennis, soccer, and basketball!

Serena Williams

Serena Williams has earned $30.4 million since she started  playing professional tennis in 1995. She won 36 singles championships, as well as two gold medals in the 2000 and 2008 Olympics. She also won four of the grand slam championships and she is the top-earing female tennis player. Go Serena! 



U.S. Women’s Soccer Team 

The U.S. women’s soccer team has more World Cup points than any other team. That’s 14! Go USA!

Some of the star players on the U.S. team at the time of these points were Mia Hamm, Julie Foudy, Brandi Chastain, Kristine Lilly,and Briana Scurry.

Women’s Basketball

The Tennessee Lady Volunteers from the University of Tennessee see are the women’s basketball team with the most NCAA championships.

They have won a total of eight NCAA basketball championships. Go Lady Volunteers!

 Never let anyone tell you that girls aren’t good at sports! You just learned about many female athletes that have proven that theory wrong!Sport facts selected from The Book of World Records.