Serena Williams Tops List Of Favorite Female Athletes

The ESPN Sports Poll, a service of TNS Sport, asks respondents age 12+ who is their favorite professional female athlete. Serena Williams tops the list, with sister Venus taking the third spot. Female athletes from tennis dominated the list, followed by Olympic figure skaters. The following is a list ranking the favorite female athletes named from January-November ’06 (ESPN Sports Poll).

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FEMALE PROFESSIONAL ATHLETE?
RANK	ATHLETE	N = 3534
	None	54.63 %
1	Serena Williams	7.10 %
2	Mia Hamm	5.59 %
3	Venus Williams	3.81 %
4	Annika Sorenstam	3.63 %
5	Misc.	2.32 %
6	Michelle Kwan	2.06 %
7	Lisa Leslie	2.04 %
8	Michelle Wie	1.59 %
9	Danica Patrick	1.58 %
10	Anna Kournikova	1.39 %
11	Maria Sharapova	1.28 %
12	Chris Evert	1.19 %
13	Sheryl Swoopes	1.03 %
14	Billie Jean King	0.87 %
15	Martina Navratilova	0.87 %
16	Jackie Joyner-Kersee	0.65 %
17	Laila Ali	0.61 %
18	Nancy Lopez	0.57 %
19	Steffi Graf	0.57 %
20	Diana Taurasi	0.49 %
21	Dorothy Hamill	0.46 %
22	Lindsay Davenport	0.42 %
23	Peggy Fleming	0.39 %
24	Kristi Yamaguchi	0.33 %
25	Picabo Street	0.29 %