Venus Williams
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Back to the Future for the Women's Tennis Tour In 2010...from a few years ago with Serena Williams, Hennin, and Clijsters. Will anyone else step up and be a part of the mix? Venus Williams in my view is no longer a threat to win any major except Wimbledon. Tennis wise, she is a little long... In this article: Kim Clijsters, Serena Williams, Venus Williams, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, Elena Dementieva, Caroline Wozniacki, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Evonne Goolagong |
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Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player. She has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) on three separate occasions; as of August 24, 2009, she is ranked World No. 3. She is the reigning Australian Open, Wimbledon and US Open doubles champion and has won 19 Grand Slam titles: seven in women's singles, ten in women's doubles and two in mixed doubles. In addition, she has won three Olympic gold medals, one in women's singles and two in women's doubles. In 2005 Tennis Magazine ranked her as the 25th-best player in 40 years.
Williams reached the US Open finals at the age of 17, becoming the first woman since 1978 to reach a US Open final on her début and was the first unseeded female US Open finalist since 1958. After her breakthrough, Williams breached the top ten on the WTA world rankings for the first time in 1998 when she won the Lipton Championships in Miami. Between 2002 and 2001, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam tournaments she entered. Her 35-match winning streak remains the longest of the millennium. She became the World No. 1 for the first time in February 2002.
- Birth Date:
- June 17, 1980
- Birthplace:
- Lynwood, California, U.S.
- Residence:
- Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, U.S.
- Highest Ranking - Singles:
- No. 1 (February 25, 2002)
- Highest Ranking - Doubles:
- No. 3 (September 14, 2009)
- Career Record - Doubles:
- 125–21 (84.6%)
- Wimbledon Results:
- W (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008)
- French Open Results:
- F (2002)
- Fench Open Results (Doubles):
- W (1999)
- Australian Open Results:
- F (2003)
- Australian Open Results (Doubles):
- W (2001, 2003, 2009)
- US Open Results (Doubles):
- W (1999, 2009)
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