Tennis Career Highlights
Venus Williams, USA Born : 1980 in Lynnwood, California. Venus with her sister Serena emerged on the Senior Tour with no Junior Tournament experience. She rapidly achieved success with a dominating serve and fantastic reach and manoeuvrability on court. Winner of 6 Majors her career has faltered lately but her Wimbledon win in 2005 saw a return to form. Another fallow period saw her drop dramatically in the rankings only for her to triumph at Wimbledon for the fourth time in 2007. A 5th victory at Wimbleon places her among the games greats.

 

Important Tournament Victories

1998:
French Open: Mixed Doubles
Australian Open: Mixed Doubles
Key Biscayne
Memphis
1999:
US Open: Women's Doubles
French Open: Women's Doubles
 Italian Open
Hamburg Open
Key Biscayne
Zurich
Memphis
2000:
Wimbledon: Singles
Wimbledon: Women's Doubles
US Open: Singles
San Diego
 Stanford Classic
WTA Rank No1
 2001:
Wimbledon: Singles
US Open: Singles
Australian Open: Women's Doubles
Hamburg Open
Key Biscayne
San Diego
New Haven
 2002:
Wimbledon: Women's Doubles
Paris Open
Amelia Island
San Diego
Stanford Classic
Antwerp
New Haven
Gold Coast
2003:
Antwerp
2004:
Hilton Head, Charleston
Warsaw
2005:
Wimbledon: Singles
Istanbul Cup
2006:
2007:
Wimbledon: Singles
Memphis
Korea Open
2008:
Wimbledon: Singles
Zurich Open
Wimbledon: Women's Doubles
WTA Finals
2009:
Dubai Open
Acapulco
Wimbledon: Women's Doubles
US Open: Women's Doubles
Australian Open: Women's Doubles
2010:
Acapulco
Australian Open: Women's Doubles