--- ---  # People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jul 8, 2016 6:33 PM UTC  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) 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. People Are Actually Mad About Serena Williams' Nipples ```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"}}]}] ```