Tennis champion stuns on the cover of Sports Illustrated as the magazine's sports person of the year

Tennis champion, Serena Williams, is the stunning cover girl for Sports Illustrated magazine's latest addition, and even better, has emerged as the magazine's sports person of the year 2015.

Serena showed of her fierce energy in these cover photos, looking like the perfect contrast of strength and femininity.

From lace to wool and cotton, she was a total woman in these new photos.

The opportunity to cover an edition of the magazine, as prestigious as it seems, is nothing compared to the honour of being the first single woman to be honoured as the sports person of the year since 1983.

It should be noted that this is the first time a single woman has been honored on the magazine's cover since track and field athlete, Mary Decker, was named the sports person of the year in 1983.

Serena has also been named the first active tennis player since Chris Evert earned the title in 1976.