Venus Williams

 Venus Ebony Starr Williams [2was born on June 17 in 1980. She is an American professional tennis player. The former world No. Williams was an ex-world No. 1. She took home seven Grand Slam singles titles at Wimbledon and two at the US Open, and five at Wimbledon. 4. Venus Williams is widely considered as one of the best athletes in tennis. She was mentored by Richard Williams and Oracene Williams and her parents. The year 1994 saw her turned professional and made it to her first major final in the 1997 US Open. Williams took home the US Open and Wimbledon titles in 2000 and 2001. She also took home the Olympic singles gold medal at the Sydney Olympics 2000. Williams was ranked the world's top spot for the first time on 25 February 2002. The singles world No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002. This was her first major achievement during the Open period and was followed by Althea Gibson. 8 She fell to Serena in all of her four major finals from 2002 to 2003. Following injuries, she only won one major title from 2003 to 2006. Williams returned to her best in 2007 she won Wimbledon which she repeated the following year. She was ranked as No. 2 in the singles world rankings in 2010. she was ranked second in singles, but she suffered injuries once more. Williams began returning to her best in 2014, culminating in two major finals performances at Wimbledon in 2017 and at the Australian Open in 2017. Williams has won seven major singles titles, as well as 14 major titles for women's doubles. Williams is unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals. The ten-time world champion was named the world's No. after completing a non-calendar year Grand Slam at the French Open, Serena and she became the world's No. one in doubles on the 7th of June in 2010. They also took home three Olympic gold medals for women's doubles in the years 2000 in 2008, 2000 and 2012. This was in addition to Venus winning gold in singles in 2000 and her mixed doubles gold from the year 2016. Williams also took home two major mixed doubles titles in 1998. Williams is second only to her sister Serena in singles titles on the WTA Tour. The total of her 73 WTA titles include 22 WTA doubles titles, as well as two mixed doubles championships. That puts her just in the rankings behind Serena. The singles finals she has won in the four majors are second. Along with Serena Williams is the only active player who has made it to the WTA doubles finals.