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Venus Williams
Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born on June 17, 1980 and she has been ranked as the world number one. This North American tennis player became professional in 1994 at the age of 14.
It was until 1997 that she began playing more frequently in the WTA Tour being able to reach her first appearance at the U.S. Open but lost to Martina Hingis.
The following year she teamed up with Justin Gimelstob and was able to win the Australian and the French Open finishing the year in the fifth position in the world ranking.
In the 1997 season Venus became the solemn winner of the tournaments in Hamburg, Rome, New Haven , Miami and Zurich. Then in 2000 she and her sister teamed in doubles and won the titles at the French and the U.S Open, becoming the first sister team to win a Gran Slam doubles title. She won the Olympic games gold medal in Sydney, Australia against Elena Dementieva in the final.
After her unbeatable tournament record she became ill and had to withdraw for the rest of the year.
In 2001 Williams won the U.S. Open title for second consecutive time defeating her sister Serena. Venus Williams became the third woman tennis player in the history to win the singles title at Wimbledon and the U.S Open in consecutive years. That year the sisters participated in women’s doubles in the Australian Open and won the title for first time. In 2002 Venus was ranked World Number 1.
During the 2004 Williams had a very inconsistent campaign. She lost in the third round of the Australian Open, she also losses in quarterfinals in Tokio, Dubai and Miami. Going into the French Open she lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Anastasia Myskina. In 2005 Venus defeated defending champion Sharapova and won her third title at Wimbledon.
In the 2008 season at the Australian Open; she reached the quarterfinals but was defeated by Ana Ivanovic. She was named the top rank woman in the United States as of January 2008.
Overall she has won the Olympic gold medal and 14 Grand Slam titles, including 6 singles; 4 in Wimbledon and two in the U.S Open. In doubles she has won 6 and two mixed doubles titles. Venus presently holds the record for the fastest serve recorded in a professional WTA tour with 129 mph.
GRAND SLAMS SINGLES
2000 Wimbledon Championship and U.S. Open Championship
2001 Wimbledon Championship and U.S. Open Championship
2005 Wimbledon Championship
2007 Wimbledon Championship
RUNNER-UPS
1997 U.S. Open
2002 French Open, U.S. Open
2003 Australian Open and Wimbledon
WOMEN’S DOUBLES AND MIXED
1998 Australian Open Mixed Championship and French Open Mixed Championship
1999 French Open Championship and U.S Open Championship
2000 U.S Open Championship
2001 Australian Open Championship
2002 Wimbledon Championship
2003 Australian Open Championship
RUNNER-UPS DOUBLES AND MIXED
2006 Wimbledon
TIERS
Tier I (6)
Tier II (16)
Tier III (5)
Tier IV (1)
OLYMPICS 2000 Sydney, Australia
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