Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player, born in 1980, who has been ranked world number one by the Women's Tennis Association in both singles and doubles and has won 49 WTA Tour level singles titles including seven majors, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open, along with an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Games. Coached alongside her younger sister Serena by their parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams, she reached the singles world number one ranking on February 25, 2002, becoming the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era and only the second woman ever after Althea Gibson. She has also won 22 doubles titles, including 14 majors and three Olympic gold medals, most of them alongside Serena.
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Career HighlightWon seven singles majors, five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open 1 Classification
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Venus Ebony Star Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player.
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Williams has won 49 WTA Tour-level singles titles, including seven majors (five at Wimbledon and two at the US Open).
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1 in doubles for the first time on June 7, 2010, alongside Serena, after the pair completed a non-calendar-year Grand Slam at the French Open.
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Venus Ebony Star Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player.
Competed In: Wimbledon, lead paragraph, competed-in
Starting in 2014, she gradually returned to form, culminating in two major final appearances in 2017 at the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships.
Competed In: French Open, lead paragraph, competed-in
She became the world No. 1 in doubles for the first time on June 7, 2010, alongside Serena, after the pair completed a non-calendar-year Grand Slam at the French Open.
Competed In: US Open (Tennis), lead paragraph, competed-in
In both 2000 and 2001, Williams claimed the Wimbledon and US Open titles, as well as Olympic singles gold at the Sydney Olympics.
Competed In: Australian Open, lead paragraph, competed-in
Starting in 2014, she gradually returned to form, culminating in two major final appearances in 2017 at the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships.
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