Venus Williams

 Venus Ebony Starr Williams [2was born on the 17th of June the 17th of June, 1980. She is an American professional tennis player. The former world No. Williams was the former world No. 1. She was the winner of seven Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon and two at the US Open, and five at Wimbledon. 4. Venus Williams is widely considered one of the greatest athletes in the game. She was trained by Richard Williams and Oracene Williams and her parents. After turning professional in 1994 she made her first major final at the 1997 US Open. In 2000 and 2001, Williams claimed the Wimbledon and US Open titles, as in addition to Olympic singles gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. Williams first reached the singles world No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002, making her the first African American woman to do so during the Open time period, and also the second of all-time following Althea Gibson. [8] She lost to Serena in each of her four major finals between 2002-2003. She then suffered from injuries, winning just one major title between 2003 and 2006. Williams returned to her best in 2007 winning Wimbledon the following year, a feat she repeated the next year. In 2010, she was back to the world's No. 2 in singles However, she then suffered from injuries. Starting in 2014, she slowly recovered to her best and culminated in two major final appearances in the Australian Open and Wimbledon in 2017.Along with her seven major singles titles, Williams has also won 14 women's doubles major titles with Serena; the pair is unbeaten at Grand Slam doubles finals. The 9-year-old has become the world's No. After completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam at the French Open, Serena and she became the world's No. 1 in doubles on the 7th of June 2010, 2010. They also won three Olympic gold medals for women's doubles in the years 2000 in 2008, 2000 and 2012. This was in addition to Venus' singles gold in 2000, as well as her mixed doubles gold from 2016. 10. Williams also has two major titles in mixed doubles, both in 1998The Williams sisters are credited with the beginning of a new era of power and athleticism on the professional women's tennis tour.With 49 WTA Tour singles titles, Williams surpasses only her sister Serena in active players who have the most singles titles. The total of her 73 WTA titles includes 22 WTA doubles titles as well as two mixed doubles championships. That puts her just in the rankings behind Serena. She is also among the only two active players to reach the finals of singles of all four majors, alongside SerenaWilliams. She was twice the season's prize money top prize winner (in 2001 and 2017) and is ranked second to Serena in the total number of career prize money wins, having made more than $42 million by March 2022.