Serena Williams Signed Tennis Shoes-Match Issued – COA JSA

Presented from her early career days with Puma are these gold sneakers.   These Puma’s come directly from a PUMA representative and were created and made for SERENA by Puma.  These shoes along with the matching dress were given to SERENA perhaps as samples by the representative for Serena to determine is she approved of this outfit. Serena Williams is undoubtedly one of the greatest athletes of all-time. She started her career signing an astonishing sneaker deal with Puma in 1998 before doing the same with Nike in 2003 for $55 million. She also has been a trendsetter on and off the court. She has made catsuits, denim skirts and knee-high boots look cool and has changed tennis fashion from head-to-toe forever.

They are in new condition and a custom model  she wore in the 2002 French Open. The have black and red flourishing and “SERENA” is imprinted in red on both. Williams autographed each in the toe box in black felt tip (“9”) with her first name. The labeling in the interior has the [size] 9. These were most likely made as salesman samples.

Authentication: JSA Auction House Letter