Serena Williams reveals that some of her trophies are 'missing or have been taken'

While preparing for the Australian Open, where she’ll be looking to tie the all-time record of 24 Grand Slam titles, Serena Williams joined The Late Show With Stephen Colbert where she spoke about where she keeps the 23 Grand Slam trophies she’s already won. Williams said that a few are at her coach’s house in France and several are at her house. She then revealed that some may have gone missing.
“I think one or two or three are missing or have been taken,” Williams said. “Honestly, I feel like I had a house party years ago and someone got a little too happy at it, and, like — I don't know, but I always wonder, ‘Wait, is that where one of my Wimbledon trophies went?’ But fortunately enough I’m not attached. I’m not really attached to things.”

Video Transcript

SERENA WILLIAMS: My coach has a few in France. There's a few. There's several in my house. I think one, or two, or three are missing or have been--

- They're really valuable though. Are they? Not just because they're trophies. They're like sterling symbols, like they're trays and big cups.

- Tennis icon Serena Williams joined the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Monday, from Australia, where she'll be looking to tie the all time singles Grand Slam record with 24. But when asked where she keeps the 23 trophies she's already won, Williams revealed that some may have gone missing.

SERENA WILLIAMS: Honestly, I feel like I had a house party years ago, and someone got a little too happy at it. I don't know, but I always wonder. Like, wait, is that where one of my Wimbledon trophies went? But unfortunately, no, I'm not attached.

- Williams won her first Grand Slam at the age of 17 at the 1999 US Open, and she spoke about where she kept that trophy and why.

SERENA WILLIAMS: My first Grand Slam, I actually left at my dad's house at the time, and I said, you keep it. Because I'm going to get another one, and that was at the US Open. So, of course, I was able to get another one.