--- title: People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples description: Somehow people are surprised that the number one tennis player in the world is also just a human being, with nipples canonical: https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-08T18:33:04.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T09:02:54.265Z og:title: People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples og:description: Come ON, people! og:url: https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c938342f7340a6b/69889b1de20a87487ba91857/serena-williams-nipples-angry-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 4640 og:image:height: 2610 og:image:alt: (SP)BRITAIN-LONDON-TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-DAY 10 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples twitter:description: Come ON, people! twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c938342f7340a6b/69889b1de20a87487ba91857/serena-williams-nipples-angry-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples > Sponsored content. 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Serena Williams advanced to the final after defeating Elena Vesnina with 6-2, 6-0 in 48 minutes. (Xinhua/Han Yan via Getty Images) LONDON, July 7, 2016 -- Serena Williams of the United States celebrates after the women's singles semifinal with Elena Vesnina of Russia on Day 10 at The Championships Wimbledon 2016 in London, Britain on July 7, 2016\. Serena Williams advanced to the final after defeating Elena Vesnina with 6-2, 6-0 in 48 minutes. (Xinhua/Han Yan via Getty Images) Han Yan—Xinhua News Agency/Getty Images by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 8, 2016 6:33 PM UTC Serena Williams, a [TIME 100 honoree](http://time.com/70910/serena-williams-2014-time-100), is the [number one singles tennis player](http://espn.go.com/tennis/player/%5F/id/394/serena-williams) in the world, is on the [brink of claiming](http://www.tennis.com/player/405/serena-williams/) the most Grand Slam singles titles for a female player, and she’s completely redefined the game of tennis for women around the world. Williams recently [called out a reporter](http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/07/serena-williams-best-female-athlete.html) for referring to her as “one of the greatest female athletes of all time,” to which she replied, “I prefer the words ‘one of the greatest athletes of all time.'” But some people would rather talk about her nipples. Per [Wimbledon](http://motto.time.com/4388375/nikes-wimbledon-dresses-uncomfortable/) dress code policy, athletes must wear all-white outfits, which leaves little to no room for imagination if windchill picks up. Twitter users around the world voiced their discontent that Williams’ nipples were visible in her Nike outfit. > [](https://twitter.com/katiefathersxx/status/750340463899672577) > [](https://twitter.com/%5F%5Fsophieeer/status/751031591615561728) > [](https://twitter.com/CordyCat3456/status/750415116793970688) Thankfully people soon came to her defense: > [](https://twitter.com/EmilyBridger/status/751022104972255232) > [](https://twitter.com/shades%5Fof%5Fpalex/status/751022310975541248) > [](https://twitter.com/ThePerezHilton/status/751061315578269696) Rather than exhausting all attention to a part that all humans have, let’s focus on the actual game of tennis, shall we? If not, we always have her [“Sorry” cameo](http://time.com/4378426/beyonce-official-sorry-video/) to fall back on. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/"},"headline":"People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples","datePublished":"2016-07-08T18:33:04.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T09:02:54.265Z","description":"Come ON, people!","url":"https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/","keywords":["motto","tennis","serena williams"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c938342f7340a6b/69889b1de20a87487ba91857/serena-williams-nipples-angry-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt9c938342f7340a6b/69889b1de20a87487ba91857/serena-williams-nipples-angry-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"(SP)BRITAIN-LONDON-TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-DAY 10","caption":"(SP)BRITAIN-LONDON-TENNIS-WIMBLEDON-DAY 10","creditText":"Han Yan—Xinhua News Agency/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":"/tag/motto/","name":"motto"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4398046/serena-williams-nipples-wimbledon/","name":"People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples"}}]}] ```