{"id":13442,"date":"2026-04-04T12:35:22","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T10:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/?page_id=13442"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T11:16:38","slug":"2004-serena-williams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/2004-serena-williams\/","title":{"rendered":"2004: Serena Williams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"13442\" class=\"elementor elementor-13442\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b58504 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"1b58504\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31b4e1f elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"31b4e1f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3406ee elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c3406ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The aura of the best<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1ad2240 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet_extra elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1ad2240\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The aura of the best<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-587c456 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"587c456\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d765b48 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d765b48\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Admittedly, the story of Linz and Serena Williams is not one characterised by great success. Nevertheless, it is a very special one. That of the most successful female tennis player of all time.<\/p><p>Her successes are unrivalled: 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, 14 in doubles with her sister Venus, 319 weeks as world number one and four Olympic gold medals.<\/p><p>Even more impressive, however, is the aura that surrounds Serena. She is the centre of attention in every stadium, in every room she enters. Her strength of nerve is just as impressive as the unique combination of power and precision that she has brought to the court like no other.<br \/><br \/>However, she was unable to do so in Linz as she had a difficult season characterised by injuries and illness. She lost to the Russian qualifier Alina Jidkova in the round of 16. Williams was asked at the time whether she had ever thought about giving up. \u201eI hate giving up and I didn't want to do that to the crowd either. I just couldn't do it,\u201c said the then 23-year-old American, adding: \u201eI'll be back next time. It would only be fair to come back,\u201c she promised. But nothing came of it: in 2010, she was supposed to electrify the crowds again for the 20th anniversary. But nothing came of it. Her comeback was planned in Linz after a three-month break due to a foot injury. However, this made itself felt again during training and Williams had to cancel at short notice.<br \/><br \/>Nevertheless, the aura of the great Serena Williams also fascinated the fans in Linz.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fbf3b0c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"fbf3b0c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4581282 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4581282\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"594\" src=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-1024x760.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-13597\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-1024x760.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-768x570.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-1536x1141.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams-16x12.jpg 16w, https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/2004_Serena-Williams.jpg 1950w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-10fbc9e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"10fbc9e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87bcca7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"87bcca7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae8d677 elementor-align-center elementor-tablet_extra-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"ae8d677\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-lg\" href=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Back to the history<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e005d39 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"e005d39\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Die Aura der Besten Die Aura der Besten Zugegeben, die Geschichte von Linz und Serena Williams ist keine, die durch gro\u00dfe Erfolge gekennzeichnet ist. Dennoch ist sie eine ganz besondere. Als n\u00e4mlich die, der wohl \u00a0erfolgreichsten Tennisspielerin aller Zeiten. Ihre Erfolge sind unerreicht: 23 Grand-Slam-Titel im Einzel, 14 im Doppel mit ihrer Schwester Venus, 319 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":10730,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13442","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>2004: Serena Williams - Upper Austria Ladies Linz<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ladieslinz.at\/en\/historie\/2004-serena-williams\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"2004: Serena Williams - Upper Austria Ladies Linz\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Die Aura der Besten Die Aura der Besten Zugegeben, die Geschichte von Linz und Serena Williams ist keine, die durch gro\u00dfe Erfolge gekennzeichnet ist. 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