Serena Williams Just Broke Another Record Off The Tennis Court

Serena Williams has shattered many records over her career.

Some of the tennis champion's most memorable moments include when she won the women's singles final at the 2016 Wimbledon championships, as well as when she became a four-time gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympics.

Now, the 40-year-old (who ranks number two on Forbes' 'Highest-Paid Female Athletes' list), has broken another record, which is all to do with the sale of a 1999 trading card that a lucky buyer bought for a whooping £87,000 ($117,000).

The card was bought at the Professional Women's Chamber Connection (PWCC)'s January Premiere Auction, yet details about the buyer and seller are unknown.

The card features a photo of the sports legend, aged 18, during an early stage of her sports career.

Tennis legend @serenawilliams is the GOAT of women's tennis. Her trading cards are starting to reflect that with two rookie card records at @PWCCMarketplacehttps://t.co/7KTAxshNOs pic.twitter.com/mflHXlHpWb

What's more, the record-breaking amount that Williams' trading card sold for is over double that of her last card, sold for £33,096 ($44,280).

When Williams' trading card was originally offered over two decades ago in a Sports Illustrated for Kids issue, she hadn't yet won any of her 23 grand slam single titles.

A former card created in 2003 by the company NetPro – the first to officially produce licensed tennis trading cards – was sold at auction for £91.727 ($96,000).

Talking about the mother-of-one, the director of marketing at PWCC, Chris Callahan, said: 'We're extremely excited to see both the $117,000 and $96,000 sales for Serena Williams' cards as it reaffirms what many of us already knew: that she is the greatest of all time.'

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