Venus williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams Price (Lynwood, California, June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player, winner of seven Grand Slam titles. Her younger sister, Serena (b. 1981), is also a professional tennis player.

Venus won 49 WTA singles tournaments, including seven Grand Slam singles (five at Wimbledon, two at the United States Open), one WTA Tour Championships and nine Tier 1s. In doubles she has achieved 14 Grand Slam titles and two WTA Tier 1 titles, all of them together with her sister Serena. She also achieved four gold medals at the Olympic Games.

On February 25, 2002, she became the first African-American player to be number 1 in the WTA rankings. She held that position for 11 weeks in three stints.

Biography

Venus is the daughter of Richard Williams (tennis coach) (and coach of both sisters) and Oracene Price; currently divorced. She has 4 sisters: Yetunde, Isha, Lyndrea and Serena.

When the five Williams sisters were children, they moved to a humble house in Compton (a neighborhood where gangs abound), California. Her father Richard used to take his five daughters to the tennis courts in the hope that one day at least one of them would achieve sporting glory and thus move to a better place.

From an early age she became one of California's best young players and, along with her sister Serena, shared the top seed as California's best young players for long stretches.

Venus turned professional in the 1990s and had a very lucrative career. She has won many major championships, including three Olympic gold medals (singles and doubles in Sydney 2000; doubles in Beijing 2008), the Fed Cup, the 1999 French Open in women's doubles, (with her sister Serena as couple), the Oklahoma City Tournament, the Italian Open, the Hamburg Open, the Wimbledon Championships 5 times, and the US Open twice.

Another feat for Venus and, without a doubt, for tennis history was having become the first black woman to reach the top of the WTA world ranking, a fact she achieved in February 2002 (however, the tennis player Althea Gibson was considered the best in the world in the run-up to the ranking). To the above, we should add the 1-2 that she did with Serena in said list, being the first sisters to achieve such a feat, although her sister would steal the limelight, defeating her in four consecutive Grand Slam finals (Roland Garros, Wimbledon and US Open 2002 and Australia 2003), which once again would ratify the undeniable dominance that the Williams sisters had over the other players; dominance that is evident in moments of lucidity in the game of the Americans, who on several occasions have surprised with unexpected comebacks.

When Venus and Serena won the 1999 French Open in the women's doubles, they became the first sisters to win the title in the century XX.

In 2003, Venus played in the final at Wimbledon despite suffering from abdominal discomfort. She lost to her sister Serena de ella, 6-4, 4-6, 2-6.

Older sister, Yutende Price, was killed by gunfire in the Compton area on the morning of September 14, 2003; This fact, linked to the divorce of her parents, led to her being somewhat distanced from the courts and to being harshly criticized by sports specialists who thought that she was in the twilight of her career.

In another episode, Venus was involved in a traffic accident that caused a fatality. The local police affirmed that the tennis star committed an offense at a street junction when he changed lanes, as reported by the US media. According to Linda Barson, the victim's driver and wife, she struck Williams' car because he failed to stop in time, killing a 78-year-old.

Venus in the Mutua Madrileña Madrid Open 2010

2004 was a year that went almost unnoticed for this athlete, but her story would not stop there. In 2005, far from any favoritism and having won only one tournament so far this year, she entered the prestigious Wimbledon tournament, which she had managed to win twice. Starting as the 14th seed in the tournament, quietly and with good rhythm, she reached the final, but not before overwhelmingly defeating the defending champion and then number two in the world, the Russian María Sharápova, in just two sets, the last of which reflected a clear 6-1. Her final pitted her against one of her great opponents on the courts: her compatriot Lindsay Davenport, number one at that time, whom she defeated in three sets, winning a match that she had practically lost by raising a point for game. Thus, she became the player in the entire history of the tournament with the lowest seeding who managed to lift the Wimbledon trophy, to which would be added the fact that it was the longest women's final in the history of the prestigious tournament, since the confrontation lasted for two hours and forty-five minutes of play.

2006 was not a very productive year for the eldest of the Williamses. He lost in the first round of the Australian Open and in the quarterfinals of Roland Garros, in addition, he could not successfully defend the crown obtained on the London grass the previous year (thus ending the hegemony of the Williams sisters in Wimbledon, since Venus had arrived at the final in 2000 and 2001 -winning-, 2002 and 2003 -losing with her sister Serena- and 2005 -winning-, for her part, Serena did the same in 2002, 2003 and 2004 -being this the only year that until then another name other than Williams, bathed in glory-) and not winning any tournament that season.

In 2007, in her first appearance of the year, she managed to be crowned champion of the Memphis tournament. Venus would thus obtain a new title after almost two years, since until then her last crown was the tray that accredited the Wimbledon champion, in 2005. In the final she defeated the rising Israeli Shahar Peer, who in Australia had given Samples of being a strong rival to be beaten by the experienced players on the circuit. Venus scored a stunning 6-1 double. In the Wimbledon final of that year, she defeated Bartoli, thus winning her fourth tournament in the English open.

In 2008, she repeats the Wimbledon crown, defending it against her sister Serena. After a slow start, Venus manages to gain a foothold and win the game in straight sets. After several years of injuries and illnesses, as of August 2011, she was ranked number 36 in the world.

On September 1, 2011, she announced her withdrawal from the US Open when she had to face the German Sabine Lisicki in the second round due to the recent diagnosis of Sjögren's Syndrome.

In 2015, she won her 46th title in Auckland, beating Caroline Wozniacki in the final. At the Australian Open she falls in the quarterfinals against Madison Keys. At Roland Garros she loses surprisingly to Sloane Stephens in the first round 7-6, 6-1. At Wimbledon she falls to her sister Serena Williams in the 4th round by partials of 6-4 and 6-3. At the US Open, she fell again in the quarterfinals against Serena by partials 2-6, 6-1 and 3-6.

In 2017, she lost in the final of the Australian Open to her sister Serena Williams 6-4, 6-4. At the WTA Tournament in St. Petersburg, she lost in her debut (2nd round) against Kristina Mladenovic 6-3, 6-1. She returned to compete at the Indian Wells Masters where she lost in the quarterfinals to Yelena Vesnina. At the Miami Masters, she fell in the semifinals against Johanna Konta. At the Charleston Tournament she lost her debut to Laura Siegemund. In the clay court season she reached the quarterfinals at the Rome Masters and the fourth round at Roland Garros. At Wimbledon she lost the final against Garbiñe Muguruza 7-5 and 6-1. In the Canadian Masters, she fell in the third round against Elina Svitolina 6-2, 6-1 in 1 hour of play. At the Cincinnati Masters she surprisingly lost in the second round to Ashleigh Barty in 3 sets. In the US Open she reached the semifinals playing at a high level but lost in 3 sets against Sloane Stephens. In the Hong Kong Tournament, she defeated Risa Ozaki in the first round and lost in the second round to Naomi Osaka. In the WTA Finals she reaches the final after passing the Round Robin. In the final she loses to Caroline Wozniacki by a double 6-4.

2018 was a very difficult year for Venus. She falls at the first exchange in the Sydney Tournament and in the Australian Open. She achieves her first wins of the year in the Federation Cup against Arantxa Rus and Richel Hogenkamp

After not being able to overcome her health problems that have kept her away in the greater stretches of the 2019, 2020 and 2021 seasons, she decided not to participate in the upcoming 2021 US Open, like her sister Serena, which would be the first time in 18 years that the tennis tournament did not have his presence. Many have already interpreted it as a possible withdrawal from active tennis.

Grand Slam

Individuals

Wins (7)

Year	Championship	Oponente en la final	Outcome
2000	Wimbledon	Lindsay Davenport	6-3, 7-6(3)
2000	U.S. Open. U.S.	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 7-5
2001	Wimbledon (2.o)	Justine Henin	6-1, 3-6, 6-0
2001	U.S. Open. U.S. (2.o)	Serena Williams	6-2, 6-4
2005	Wimbledon (3.o)	Lindsay Davenport	4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7
2007	Wimbledon (4.o)	Marion Bartoli	6-4, 6-1
2008	Wimbledon (5.o)	Serena Williams	7-5, 6-4

Finals (9)

Year	Championship	Oponente en la final	Outcome
1997	U.S. Open. U.S.	Martina Hingis	0-6, 4-6
2002	Roland Garros	Serena Williams	5-7, 3-6
2002	Wimbledon	Serena Williams	6-7(4), 3-6
2002	U.S. Open. U.S. (2.o)	Serena Williams	4-6, 3-6
2003	Open from Australia	Serena Williams	6-7(4), 6-3, 4-6
2003	Wimbledon (2)	Serena Williams	6-4, 4-6, 2-6
2009	Wimbledon (3)	Serena Williams	6-7(3), 2-6
2017	Open from Australia (2)	Serena Williams	4-6, 4-6
2017	Wimbledon (4)	Garbiñe Muguruza	5-7, 0-6

Doubles

Wins (14)

Year	Championship	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1999	Roland Garros	Serena Williams	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6-3, 6-7, 8-6
1999	U.S. Open. U.S.	Serena Williams	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
2000	Wimbledon	Serena Williams	Julie Halard Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
2001	Open from Australia	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
2002	Wimbledon (2)	Serena Williams	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	6-2, 7-5
2003	Open from Australia (2)	Serena Williams	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
2008	Wimbledon (3)	Serena Williams	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6-2, 6-2
2009	Open from Australia (3)	Serena Williams	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-3
2009	Wimbledon (4)	Serena Williams	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	7-6 (4), 6-4
2009	U.S. Open. U.S. (2)	Serena Williams	Black Face Liezel Huber	6-2, 6-2
2010	Open from Australia (4)	Serena Williams	Black Face Liezel Huber	6-4, 6-3
2010	Roland Garros (2)	Serena Williams	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6-2, 6-3
2012	Wimbledon (5)	Serena Williams	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7-5, 6-4
2016	Wimbledon (6)	Serena Williams	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvédova	6-3, 6-4

Mixed Doubles

Wins (2)

Year	Championship	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1998	Open from Australia	Justin Gimelstob	Cyril Suk Helena Suková	6-2, 6-1
1998	Roland Garros	Justin Gimelstob	Luis Lobo Serena Williams	6-4, 6-4

Finals (1)

Year	Championship	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
2006	Wimbledon	Bob Bryan	Andy Ram Vera Zvonareva	3-6, 2-6

Titles (69; 49+20)

Single (49)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Oponente en la final	Outcome
1.	23 February 1998	Oklahoma City	Dura	Joannette Kruger	6-3, 6-2
2.	16 March 1998	Miami	Dura	Anna Kournikova	2-6, 6-4, 6-1
3.	28 September 1998	Grand Slam Cup	Dura	Patty Schnyder	6-2, 3-6, 6-2
4.	22 February 1999	Oklahoma City	Dura	Amanda Coetzer	6-4, 6-0
5.	15 March 1999	Miami	Dura	Serena Williams	6-1, 4-6, 6-4
6.	26 April 1999	Hamburg	Whipped earth	Mary Pierce	6-0, 6-3
7.	3 May 1999	Rome	Whipped earth	Mary Pierce	6-4, 6-2
8.	23 August 1999	New Haven	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	6-2, 7-5
9.	11 October 1999	Zurich	Dura (i)	Martina Hingis	6-3, 6-4
10.	26 June 2000	Wimbledon	Hierba	Lindsay Davenport	6-3, 7-6(3)
11.	24 July 2000	Stanford	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	6-1, 6-4
12.	31 July 2000	San Diego	Dura	Monica Seles	6-0, 6-7(3), 6-3
13.	21 August 2000	New Haven	Dura	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-4
14.	28 August 2000	U.S. Open	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	6-4, 7-5
15.	18 September 2000	JJOO. Sydney 2000	Dura	Yelena Dementieva	6-2, 6-4
16.	19 March 2001	Miami	Dura	Jennifer Capriati	4-6, 6-1, 7-6(4)
17.	30 April 2001	Hamburg	Whipped earth	Meghann Shaughnessy	6-3, 6-3
18.	25 June 2001	Wimbledon	Hierba	Justine Henin	6-1, 3-6, 6-0
19.	30 July 2001	San Diego	Dura	Monica Seles	6-2, 6-3
20.	20 August 2001	New Haven	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	7-6(6), 6-4
21.	27 August 2001	U.S. Open	Dura	Serena Williams	6-2, 6-4
22.	5 January 2002	Gold Coast	Dura	Justine Henin	7-5, 6-2
23.	4 February 2002	Paris	Dura	Jelena Dokić	w/o
24.	11 February 2002	Antwerp	Dura	Justine Henin	6-3, 5-7, 6-3
25.	8 April 2002	Amelia Island	Whipped earth	Justine Henin	2-6, 7-5, 7-6(5)
26.	22 July 2002	Stanford	Dura	Kim Clijsters	6-3, 6-3
27.	29 July 2002	San Diego	Dura	Jelena Dokić	6-2, 6-2
28.	19 August 2002	New Haven	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	7-5, 6-0
29.	10 February 2003	Antwerp	Dura	Kim Clijsters	6-2, 6-4
30.	12 April 2004	Charleston	Whipped earth	Conchita Martínez	2-6, 6-2, 6-1
31.	26 April 2004	Warsaw	Whipped earth	Svetlana Kuznetsova	6-1, 6-4
32.	15 May 2005	Istanbul	Whipped earth	Nicole Vaidišová	6-3, 6-2
33.	21 June 2005	Wimbledon	Hierba	Lindsay Davenport	4-6, 7-6(4), 9-7
34.	24 February 2007	Memphis	Dura (i)	Shahar Peer	6-1, 6-1
35.	7 July 2007	Wimbledon	Hierba	Marion Bartoli	6-4, 6-1
36.	30 June 2007	Seoul	Dura	Maria Kirilenko	6-3, 1-6, 6-4
37.	5 July 2008	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	7-5, 6-4
38.	19 October 2008	Zurich	Dura	Flavia Pennetta	7-6(1), 6-2
39.	9 November 2008	Tour Championships	Dura	Vera Zvonareva	6-7(5), 6-0, 6-2
40.	21 February 2009	Dubai	Dura	Virginie Razzano	6-4, 6-2
41.	28 February 2009	Acapulco	Whipped earth	Flavia Pennetta	6-1, 6-2
42.	20 February 2010	Dubai	Dura	Victoria Azarenka	6-3, 7-5
43.	27 February 2010	Acapulco	Whipped earth	Polona Hercog	2-6, 6-2, 6-3
44.	21 October 2012	Luxembourg	Dura (i)	Monica Niculescu	6-2, 6-3
45.	22 February 2014	Dubai	Dura	Alizé Cornet	6-3, 6-0
46.	10 January 2015	Auckland	Dura	Caroline Wozniacki	2-6, 6-3, 6-3
47.	3 October 2015	Wuhan	Dura	Garbiñe Muguruza	6-3, 3-0, ret.
48.	8 November 2015	Elite Trophy	Dura (i)	Karolin Plíšková	7-5, 7-6(6)
49.	14 February 2016	Kaohsiung	Dura	Misaki Doi	6-4, 6-2

Finalist (34)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Oponente en la final	Outcome
1.	7 September 1997	U.S. Open	Dura	Martina Hingis	0-6, 4-6
2.	18 January 1998	Sydney	Dura	Arantxa Sánchez Vicario	1-6, 3-6
3.	17 May 1998	Rome	Whipped earth	Martina Hingis	3-6, 6-2, 3-6
4.	27 July 1998	Stanford	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	4-6, 7-5, 4-6
5.	12 October 1998	Zurich	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	5-7, 3-6
6.	21 February 1999	Hanover	Dura (i)	Jana Novotna	4-6, 4-6
7.	26 July 1999	Stanford	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	6-7(1), 2-6
8.	8 August 1999	San Diego	Dura	Martina Hingis	4-6, 0-6
9.	3 October 1999	Grand Slam Cup	Dura	Serena Williams	1-6, 6-3, 3-6
10.	16 October 2000	Linz	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	4-6, 6-3, 2-6
11.	29 April 2002	Hamburg	Whipped earth	Kim Clijsters	6-1, 3-6, 4-6
12.	9 June 2002	Roland Garros	Whipped earth	Serena Williams	5-7, 3-6
13.	7 July 2002	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	6-7(4), 3-6
14.	8 September 2002	U.S. Open	Dura	Serena Williams	4-6, 3-6
15.	26 January 2003	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	6-7(4), 6-3, 4-6
16.	28 April 2003	Warsaw	Whipped earth	Amélie Mauresmo	7-6(6), 0-6, 0-3, ret.
17.	6 July 2003	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	6-4, 4-6, 2-6
18.	3 May 2004	Berlin	Whipped earth	Amélie Mauresmo	w/o
19.	12 July 2004	Stanford	Dura	Lindsay Davenport	6-7(4), 7-5, 6-7(4)
20.	14 February 2005	Antwerp	Dura	Amélie Mauresmo	6-4, 5-7, 4-6
21.	1 August 2005	Stanford	Dura	Kim Clijsters	5-7, 2-6
22.	6 October 2007	Tokyo	Dura	Virginie Razzano	6-4, 6-7(7), 4-6
23.	5 July 2009	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	6-7(3), 2-6
24.	2 August 2009	Stanford	Dura	Marion Bartoli	2-6, 7-5, 4-6
25.	1 November 2009	Tour Championships	Dura	Serena Williams	2-6, 6-7(4)
26.	3 April 2010	Miami	Dura	Kim Clijsters	2-6, 1-6
27.	16 May 2010	Madrid	Whipped earth	Aravane Rezai	2-6, 5-7
28.	4 January 2014	Auckland	Dura	Ana Ivanović	2-6, 7-5, 4-6
29.	10 August 2014	Montreal	Dura	Agnieszka Radwańska	4-6, 2-6
30.	14 September 2014	Quebec	Dura (i)	Mirjana Lučić-Baroni	4-6, 3-6
31.	24 July 2016	Stanford	Dura	Johanna Konta	5-7, 7-5, 2-6
32.	28 January 2017	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	4-6, 4-6
33.	15 July 2017	Wimbledon	Hierba	Garbiñe Muguruza	5-7, 0-6
34.	29 October 2017	WTA Finals	Dura (i)	Caroline Wozniacki	4-6, 4-6

Doubles (22)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1.	23 February 1998	Oklahoma City	Dura (i)	Serena Williams	Catalina Cristea Kristine Kunce	7-5, 6-2
2.	12 October 1998	Zurich	Dura (i)	Serena Williams	Mariaan de Swardt Elena Tatarkova	5-7, 6-1, 6-3
3.	15 February 1999	Hanover	Dura (i)	Serena Williams	Alexandra Fusai Nathalie Tauziat	5-7, 6-2, 6-2
4.	24 May 1999	Roland Garros	Whipped earth	Serena Williams	Martina Hingis Anna Kournikova	6-3, 6-7(2), 8-6
5.	30 August 1999	U.S. Open	Dura	Serena Williams	Chanda Rubin Sandrine Testud	4-6, 6-1, 6-4
6.	26 June 2000	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Julie Halard Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-2
7.	18 September 2000	JJOO. Sydney 2000	Dura	Serena Williams	Kristie Boogert Miriam Oremans	6-1, 6-1
8.	15 January 2001	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	6-2, 4-6, 6-4
9.	24 June 2002	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	6-2, 7-5
10.	13 January 2003	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	Virginia Ruano Paola Suárez	4-6, 6-4, 6-3
11.	6 July 2008	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Lisa Raymond Samantha Stosur	6-2, 6-2
12.	17 August 2008	JJOO. Beijing 2008	Dura	Serena Williams	Virginia Ruano Anabel Medina	6-2, 6-0
13.	30 January 2009	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	Daniela Hantuchová Ai Sugiyama	6-3, 6-3
14.	3 July 2009	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Samantha Stosur Rennae Stubbs	7-6(4), 6-4
15.	2 August 2009	Stanford	Dura	Serena Williams	Yung-Jan Chan Monica Niculescu	6-4, 6-1
16.	14 September 2009	U.S. Open	Dura	Serena Williams	Black Face Liezel Huber	6-2, 6-2
17.	29 January 2010	Open from Australia	Dura	Serena Williams	Black Face Liezel Huber	6-4, 6-3
18.	15 May 2010	Madrid	Whipped earth	Serena Williams	Gisela Dulko Flavia Pennetta	6-2, 7-5
19.	4 June 2010	Roland Garros	Whipped earth	Serena Williams	Květa Peschke Katarina Srebotnik	6-2, 6-3
20.	7 July 2012	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	7-5, 6-4
21.	5 August 2012	JJOO. London 2012	Hierba	Serena Williams	Andrea Hlaváčková Lucie Hradecká	6-4, 6-4
22.	9 July 2016	Wimbledon	Hierba	Serena Williams	Tímea Babos Yaroslava Shvédova	6-3, 6-4

Finalist (1)

N.o	Date	Tournament	Surface	Couple	Opponents in the final	Outcome
1.	2 August 1999	San Diego	Dura	Serena Williams	Lindsay Davenport Corina Morariu	4-6, 1-6

Historical classification

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