Venus Williams

Venus Ebone Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American former World No. 1 tennis champion, born in Lynwood, California. She is the daughter of Richard and Oracene Williams and the older sister of another tennis champion, Serena Williams.

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Venus turned professional in the 1990s, then won many important championships, including two Gold medals at the Sydney Summer Olympics in 2000, the 1999 French Open doubles (with sister Serena as her partner), and five other doubles and two mixed doubles grand slams. In 2000, she won the Wimbledon championship and the U.S. Open in singles and defended both titles in 2001. In 2002 and 2003, Venus reached five consecutive major finals, and lost all of them to her sister Serena.

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