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Venus Williams
Kintra Unitit States
ResidencePalm Beach Gardens, Florida
Born (1980-06-17) 17 Juin 1980 (age 44)
Lynwood, Californie, U.S.
Hicht1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Turned pro31 October 1994
PlaysRicht-haundit (twa-haundit backhaund)
Coach(es)Richard Williams, Oracene Price, David Witt
Prize moneyUS$36,520,636 (As o Juin 12, 2017)[1][2]
Singles
Career record818–278
Career titles44 (7t in overall rankins)
Heichest rankinNo. 1 (25 Februar 2002)
Current rankinNo. 5 (September 11, 2017)
Grand Slam Singles results
Australian OpenF (2003, 2017)
French OpenF (2002)
WimbledonW (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008)
US OpenW (2000, 2001)
Ither toornaments
Tour FinalsW (2008)
Olympic Gemmes Gowd Medal (2000)
Doubles
Career record185–38
Career titles20
Heichest rankinNo. 1 (7 Juin 2010)
Current rankinNo. 32 (August 29, 2016)
Grand Slam Doubles results
Australian OpenW (2001, 2003, 2009, 2010)
French OpenW (1999, 2010)
WimbledonW (2000, 2002, 2008, 2009, 2012)
US OpenW (1999, 2009)
Ither Doubles toornaments
Olympic Games Gold Medal (2000, 2008, 2012)
Mixed Doubles
Career record25–6 (80.6%)
Career titles2
Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results
Australian OpenW (1998)
French OpenW (1998)
WimbledonF (2006)
US OpenQF (1998)
Last updatit on: 14 Januar 2013.
Olympic medal record
Weemen's tennis
Representin the United States USA
Gowd medal – first place 2000 Sydney Singles
Gowd medal – first place 2000 Sydney Doubles
Gowd medal – first place 2008 Beijing Doubles
Gowd medal – first place 2012 London Doubles
Siller medal – seicont place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Mixed doobles

Venus Ebony Starr Williams[3] (born Juin 17, 1980), is an American profeesional tennis player who is a umwhile Warld No. 1 an is rankit Warld No. 32 as o Mey 27, 2013 in singles.[4] She haes been rankit Warld No. 1 in singles bi the Women's Tennis Association on three separate occasions. She became the Warld No. 1 for the first time on 25 Februar 2002, becomin the first African American wumman tae achieve this feat durin the Open Era.

Her seiven Grand Slam titles tee her for twalt on the aw time leet[5] an is mair nor ony ither active female player except for her younger sister Serena Williams. Venus Williams' titles consist o: seiven in singles, thirteen in weemen's doubles, an twa in mixed doubles. Her seiven Grand Slam singles titles place her wi fower ither weemen for twalt place on the aw-time leet an aw, whareas five Wimbledon singles titles tee her wi twa ither weemen for aicht place on the aw-time leet. Venus Williams is ane o anerlie fower weemen in the open era tae hae wan five or mair Wimbledon singles titles. Atween the 2000 Wimbledon Championships tae the 2001 US Open, Williams wan fower o the sax Grand Slam singles tournaments held. She is ane o anerlie five weemen in the open era tae win 200 or mair main draw Grand Slam singles matches.

References

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Notes
  1. "Venus Williams Career Statistics". Women's Tennis Association. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  2. "Career Prize Money Leaders" (PDF). Women's Tennis Association. 29 August 2016. Archived frae the original (PDF) on 12 Juin 2016. Retrieved 4 September 2016. Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (help)
  3. "Family Tree Legends". Family Tree Legends. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  4. Chase, Chris (15 Julie 2010). "Ranking the top-10 women's tennis players of all time – Busted Racquet – Tennis Blog – Yahoo! Sports". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 7 Mey 2011.
  5. "All-Time Women's Majors Titles". Blueridgenow.com. 5 Juin 2010. Archived frae the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 6 October 2010.