Serena Williams will bid for an eighth Wimbledon singles title on Saturday and has powered back to the top of tennis barely 10 months after becoming a mother.

The 36-year-old American, who experienced life-threatening complications after giving birth to daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr last September, faces Angelique Kerber in the final.

Here, Press Association Sport looks at six other mothers who have returned to top-level sport.

Kim Clijsters

Kim Clijsters with her daughter Jada Ellie after retaining her US Open title
Kim Clijsters with her daughter Jada Ellie after retaining her US Open title (Mehdi Taamallah/PA)

The Belgian’s professional tennis career appeared to be over, having been forced to retire at the age of 23 through injury and after giving birth to daughter Jada. However, Clijsters completed a remarkable sporting comeback to win the 2009 US Open just 18 months after giving birth – becoming the first mother to win a grand slam singles title since Evonne Goolagong in 1980. She retained her title 12 months later before retiring in 2012 and has since had two more children.

Margaret Court

Margaret Court won three grand slam singles titles in the year after she became a mother
Margaret Court won three grand slam singles titles in the year after she became a mother (PA)

Court won 21 grand slam singles titles before taking time out in 1971 and 1972 for the birth of her first child, son Daniel. In 1973 she triumphed at the Australian, French and US Opens. She had a daughter, Marika, in 1974 and again returned to the tour, but there would be no more grand slam trophy success. The Australian’s 24 singles majors remains a record, with Williams one behind.

Dame Jessica Ennis-Hill

Jessica Ennis-Hill celebrates winning world championship gold in China
Jessica Ennis-Hill celebrates winning world championship gold in China (Adam Davy/PA)

The 2012 Olympic heptathlon champion missed the Commonwealth Games in 2014 as she gave birth to her son Reggie. She returned the following year and won a world title before adding Olympic silver to her collection in Rio and then retiring, and has since added daughter Olivia to her family.

Jo Pavey

Jo Pavey poses with her European gold medal
Jo Pavey poses with her European gold medal (Adam Davy/PA)

Pavey produced an inspirational performance to become the oldest female European champion in 2014 at the age of 40, winning 10,000 metres gold in front of her 11-month-old daughter. Just 10 days earlier, the four-time Olympian put on one of the displays of the Commonwealth Games to secure bronze in the 5,000m. In Rio, aged 42, the mother-of-two became the first British track athlete to compete in five Olympics.

Dame Sarah Storey

Louisa celebrates with her mother after Sarah Storey added another gold medal to the collection
Louisa celebrates with her mother after Sarah Storey added another gold medal to the collection (Andrew Matthews/PA)

Storey had won 11 Paralympic gold medals when she gave birth to her daughter Louisa Marie in 2013. The following year she won four para-cycling world titles before she became Britain’s most successful female Paralympian by adding another three golds to her collection in Rio. She has since given birth to son Charlie and has not called time on her career yet.

Paula Radcliffe

Paula Radcliffe celebrates her win with daughter Isla in New York
Paula Radcliffe celebrates her win with daughter Isla in New York (Nick Potts/PA)

The former BBC Sports Personality of the Year winner made a victorious return to running after the January 2007 birth of daughter Isla. Radcliffe went on to win the New York Marathon less than 10 months later, before triumphing in the race again in 2008. She had a second child in 2010.