Serena Williams has played in many a showplace during her 23 years as a tennis pro, but there can be no other court on the planet that stirs up a motherlode of memories like Arthur Ashe Stadium.

It is the cacophonous spot where she became the first Williams sister to secure a major singles title, winning the United States Open in 1999. It is where she would prevail five more times, in 2002, 2008, 2012, 2013 and 2014.

The court has changed color through the years — from green to blue — and added a roof along the way. But this is still the same place where Williams melted down against Kim Clijsters in the 2009 semifinals, threatening a line judge, and where she tightened up and failed to complete the true Grand Slam in 2015 by losing to the unseeded Italian Roberta Vinci in the semifinals.

What has happened in Ashe, the shorthand the players use, has defined her and redefined her as a tennis champion, but unlike so many great players of her generation, she is still coming back for more.