Tiger Woods tweeted, "@serenawilliams you're virtually the top connected and disconnected the court. Thank you for inspiring each of america to prosecute our dreams. I emotion you small sis!!!!!!"

In her Vogue essay, Serena wrote that this spring, she sought proposal from the play champion astir her tennis career. "I said, 'I don't cognize what to do: I deliberation I'm implicit it, but possibly I'm not implicit it,'" she said. 'He's Tiger, and helium was adamant that I beryllium a beast the aforesaid mode helium is! He said, 'Serena, what if you conscionable gave it 2 weeks? You don't person to perpetrate to anything. You conscionable spell retired connected the tribunal each time for 2 weeks and springiness it your each and spot what happens.'"

Michelle Obama tweeted, "Congrats connected an astonishing career, @SerenaWilliams! How fortunate were we to beryllium capable to ticker a young miss from Compton turn up to go 1 of the top athletes of each time. I'm arrogant of you, my friend—and I can't hold to spot the lives you proceed to alteration with your talents."

Tennis star Coco Gauff tweeted, "Serena, THANK YOU. It is due to the fact that of you I judge successful this dream. The interaction you've had connected maine goes beyond immoderate words that tin beryllium enactment unneurotic and for that I accidental convey you, convey you, convey you, GOAT!"

Retired tennis prima and erstwhile U.S. No. 1 player Billie Jean King tweeted, "Her unthinkable vocation made its people connected tennis history. And yet her top contributions whitethorn beryllium yet to come. Thank you, @serenawilliams. Your travel continues."

In her Vogue essay, Serena wrote that she hoped "people travel to deliberation of maine arsenic symbolizing thing bigger than tennis," adding, "I respect Billie Jean due to the fact that she transcended her sport."

Country singer Maren Morris tweeted, "As idiosyncratic who recovered their emotion of tennis during Covid and station partum depression, Serena, you gave maine truthful overmuch hope. I americium bawling."

Soccer star Alex Morgan tweeted, "Serena warring until the past point, always. You've fixed truthful overmuch to tennis, and truthful overmuch to womens sports. Thank you @serenawilliams."

Kansas City Chiefs Quarterback Patrick Mahomes tweeted, "Thank you! #Serena," adding a tennis subordinate emoji and 3 goat emojis.

Serena, THANK YOU. It is due to the fact that of you I judge successful this dream. The interaction you’ve had connected maine goes beyond immoderate words that tin beryllium enactment unneurotic and for that I accidental convey you, convey you, convey you, GOAT! pic.twitter.com/qeNZlC05WJ

Oprah Winfrey tweeted, "25 years. Champion. Shero. Legend forever! @serenawilliams #USOpen."

John Legend tweeted, "Salute the GOAT @serenawilliams. What a riveting last bow. Such a acquisition to ticker her unthinkable career."

Olympic swimming champion Michael Phelps tweeted, "It's genuinely been amusive to ticker Serena not lone alteration the athletics of tennis, but much importantly, however she's helped empower the adjacent generation. Her tennis accomplishments talk for themselves, but 1 of the things I respect astir her is she simply doesn't quit. On oregon disconnected the court...her will, her strength, her determination…she simply ne'er gives up. She's a large illustration to america all. Congrats and convey you, Serena!!"