Venus Williams | American tennis player | Biography In English |

 

Venus Williams she is an American tennis player she was born in Lynwood California United States on June 17 1980 her father's name is Richard Williams and mother's name is or Racine price

her parents are tennis coach Venus Williams played her first official game when she was 14 years old in 1995 Williams played three tournaments though she lost all the three in the match at Oakland she managed to beat world number 18 Amy Fraser to reach the quarterfinals year 1997 brought with 

it sweet news for Williams as she tasted success for the first time 1997 Grand Slams brought in mixed results for Williams in Australian Open she reached till quarterfinals for her outstanding performance Williams climbed to 22nd position in the ATP World Rankings Williams first single title win came in

1997 I go tennis classic played in Oklahoma City where she outplayed Joe Ned Kruger her proudest for the game won her the world number five ranking on July 27 1998 Williams teamed with Justin Gimelstob for the mixed doubles at the grand slam 1998 in the 1999 Grand Slams Williams failed to reach the semi-finals of Australian Open and Wimbledon she

managed the world number three ranking by the end of the year Williams went on to win 35 consecutive singles and six tournaments her first singles Grand Slam victory also came the same year 2000 as she defeated Martina Hingis to win the Wimbledon at the Sydney Olympics Williams brought home a gold medal Williams sisters also won the Olympic gold in women's doubles the brilliantly

crafted year brought Williams six singles titles and a world ranking at number three she managed to defeat Hingis in the semi finals and world number for Jennifer Capriati in the final at the tier 2 tournaments it was due to this victory that Williams rose to a career-high ranking at world number

two she played the US Open final against Serena which became the first Grand Slam singles final contested by two sisters during the open era On February 25th 2002 she attained the world number one ranking in the 2002 Grand Slams Williams lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open to Monica Seles she managed to reach the finals of the French Open US Open and Wimbledon each time being 

defeated by Serena at the finals who soon replaced Venus as the world number one Williams finished the year ranked world number two having won seven titles as four women's doubles the two went on to bag their sixth Grand Slam title year 2005 at Wimbledon she sealed herself a victory in the finals defeating Davenport with this victory she managed her fifth Grand Slam singles

title overall and her third Wimbledon title at the year 2007 Williams was securely positioned at the world number eight with three titles and a winning percentage of 83% as for women's doubles the Williams sisters won their second gold medal at the Beijing Olympics Venus Williams was romantically involved with pro golfer Hank Kuehne since 2007 and broke up in 2010 in 2009 she finished at the 

sixth spot in singles and world number three in doubles with Serena in 2010 Williams prowess at the game the agility in her stroke and top class service all contributed to making her return to the world number 2 ranking only behind her own sister Serena at the 2010 French Open she advanced past the third round but failed against Nadia Petrova in round 16 the sisters then capitalized on their success 

mantra to record their fourth consecutive Grand Slam women's double title her frequent injuries an illness caused a major dip in her ranking from world number two to world number 102 while her performance at the singles were far from satisfactory women's doubles alongside sister Serena brought fruitful results as the two went on to bag their third gold medal at the Olympics presently

Williams is dating with Nicholas Hammond set realistic goals keep reevaluating and be consistent said Venus Williams you.