--- description: The tennis champ discusses her body's limits and a promising career in fashion title: Serena Williams Contemplates Life After Tennis image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4be011e365c41106/69885e8fe20a879dcfa8cab1/gettyimages-455056538.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [tennis](/tag/tennis/) ## tennis Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Serena Williams Contemplates Life After Tennis  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 5:27 PM CUT  Serena Williams walks the runway at the Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection show during STYLE360 on September 9, 2014 in New York City. Serena Williams walks the runway at the Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection show during STYLE360 on September 9, 2014 in New York City.Thomas Concordia—Getty Images  by [Dan Kedmey](/author/dan-kedmey/)  ## Dan Kedmey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 10, 2015 5:27 PM CUT Fresh off of her grand slam [victory](http://time.com/3954545/serena-williams-wins-wimbledon/ "undefined") at Wimbledon, Serena Williams candidly [acknowledged](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/serena-williams-still-has-tennis-history-to-make.html?mid=twitter%5Fnymag "undefined") the physical toll tennis has exacted on her body and an awareness that, at age 33, she has begun to position herself for life after tennis. “We were so fast,” Serena said of herself and her sister, Venus, in an interview [published](http://nymag.com/thecut/2015/08/serena-williams-still-has-tennis-history-to-make.html?mid=twitter%5Fnymag "undefined") in Wednesday’s issue of _New York_ magazine,before laughing at her inadvertent slippage into the past tense. “We are,” she said. “We were. Gosh, is this over?” Not that the tennis champ has a shortage of opportunities beyond court. She said she and her sister “brought fashion back to tennis” with a new line of athletic clothing, and is currently modeling her latest clothing line in an eye-popping photo shoot. > [](https://twitter.com/NYMag/status/630712837070061568) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/"},"headline":"Serena Williams Contemplates Life After Tennis","datePublished":"2015-08-10T17:27:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T10:02:59.199Z","description":"The tennis champ discusses her body's limits and a promising career in fashion","url":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/","keywords":["tennis"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4be011e365c41106/69885e8fe20a879dcfa8cab1/gettyimages-455056538.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Dan Kedmey","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/dan-kedmey/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt4be011e365c41106/69885e8fe20a879dcfa8cab1/gettyimages-455056538.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"HSN Presents Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection - STYLE360 Spring/Summer 2015 Collections","caption":"HSN Presents Serena Williams Signature Statement Collection - STYLE360 Spring/Summer 2015 Collections","creditText":"Thomas Concordia—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/tennis/","name":"tennis"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/","name":"Serena Williams Contemplates Life After Tennis"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Serena Williams on Her Biggest Influence","description":"Serena Williams talks about the importance of family.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/zdwprGtE/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-04-24T10:24:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/zdwprGtE.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/","duration":"PT58S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3990973/serena-williams-tennis-fashion/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```