Her last tournament win came with victory over Monica Seles in Tokyo in February, 2002.
Jelena Gencic, who also worked with grand slam champions Monica Seles and Goran Ivanisevic, was 77 when she passed away.
Williams is now three wins behind Monica Seles on the WTA list, but a long way behind Martina Navratilova's record 167.
Then there was Monica Seles claiming the French Open for the first time in 1990 at the age of just sixteen.
That's a total only bettered by Steffi Graf (377), Martina Navratilova (332), Evert (260), Martina Hingis (209) and Monica Seles (178).
Hingis was brimming with confidence against her early opponents Monica Seles and Mary Pearce, but once again her old rival Davenport proved her nemesis.
Over the years other players like the Williams sisters, Martina Hingis and Monica Seles have enjoyed more success on-the-court, but none of them could touch Sharapova off-the-court.
She has now won 20 consecutive matches at the US Open, drawing level with Venus, Monica Seles, Martina Navratilova and Margaret Osborne duPont on the all-time list.
"I believe Roger thinks in his mind he can win anything, " said Bollettieri, who also helped develop grand slam champions such as Jim Courier, Monica Seles, and Mary Pierce.
And so it's time to stop asking whether women's tennis will ever have another champ in the mold of Martina Navratilova, Steffi Graf, Monica Seles, Martina Hingis, the Williams sisters, Justine Henin.
Similar items from Venus and Serena Williams and Jennifer Capriati, a pair of Monica Seles' sneakers and a 1999 Wimbledon order of play sheet signed by finalists Steffi Graf and Davenport were also being auctioned.
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