Venus Williams had develop into thought-about an inactive participant on the WTA tour in 2025 after the tennis legend didn’t play for greater than a 12 months.
The American ended her hiatus with a shock comeback on the Washington Open on July 21 2025, enjoying doubles alongside compatriot Hailey Baptiste in a 6-3, 6-1 win over Eugenie Bouchard and Clervie Ngounoue within the final 16.
Williams then turned the second-oldest lady to win a WTA Tour-level singles match by beating Peyton Stearns, who’s 22 years her junior, 6-3 6-4 within the first spherical.
“She was transferring rather well, which I wasn’t anticipating an excessive amount of,” stated American Stearns. “Her serves had been simply on hearth.”
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How previous is Venus Williams? Age, debut
Williams was born within the metropolis of Lynwood, California on June 17, 1980, making her 45 on the 2025 Washington Open.
Her first skilled match was the Financial institution of the West Traditional in Oakland in October 1994 on the age of 14, together with her Grand Slam debut on the 1997 French Open, reaching the second spherical.
In the identical 12 months, Williams reached the ultimate of her maiden US Open, dropping to Martina Hingis.
Williams was the oldest lady to win a singles match on tour since 18-time Grand Slam singles champion Martina Navratilova, who was 47 in 2004.
Venus and Serena Williams tennis information
Venus Williams gained her first Grand Slam title at Wimbledon in 2000 and has triumphed 4 instances at SW19 since then, in addition to twice in New York alongside an Olympic Video games gold medal in 2000.
She final gained a serious at Wimbledon 2008, beating sister Serena, who was born 15 months after her, in straight units within the closing.
Serena Williams retired in September 2022 and holds the report for probably the most main titles within the Open Period, profitable 22.
An Olympic Video games champion in 2012, she gained the Australian Open and Wimbledon seven instances every, the US Open six instances and a hat-trick of French Open titles.
Venus Williams web price
Williams has earned $42 million in prize cash, $30m from sponsors and endorsements, $10m from enterprise pursuits, $17.7m from actual property and $3m from automobiles and luxurious items, based on Finance Times.
The outlet put Williams’s whole web price at $95m, namechecking main manufacturers she has labored with together with sports activities producer Nike and automobile producer Porsche.
On the time of the Washington Open, Williams’s latest endorsements on her Instagram account, which had greater than 2.1m followers, included style manufacturers, an almond vary and her motivational ebook, Attempt.
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Venus Williams fiance: Andrea Preti
Talking after her return to singles motion, Williams revealed she had accepted a proposal from her companion, Andrea Preti.
“My fiance is right here and he actually inspired me to maintain enjoying,” stated Williams. “There have been so many instances the place I simply wished to coast and type of chill.
“Are you aware how onerous it’s to play tennis? You guys don’t understand how a lot work goes into this, prefer it’s 9-to-5 besides you’re operating the entire time.”
“Lifting weights and simply dying, and then you definately repeat it the following day. So he inspired me to get by means of this and it’s fantastic to be right here. He’s by no means seen me play.”
The 37-year-old mannequin, actor, and producer is claimed to be price round $1m and had greater than 722,000 Instagram followers on the time.
Venus Williams rating
Williams didn’t have a ranking on the time of her return, making her singles win over the world quantity 35 fairly an announcement.
“I undoubtedly really feel I’ll play nicely,” Williams precisely predicted beforehand. “I’m nonetheless the identical participant. I’m a giant hitter. I hit huge.
“That is my model, so it’s about hitting huge and really placing it in. So this might be my effort: put it within the courtroom. That’s my principal aim.”
