Venus Williams

Accomplishments of Venus Williams
Venus Williams represents the resurgence of women's power in tennis. Venus epitomizes grace, skill and athleticism combined with a rare cheerfulness that she brings into the game of tennis. Here is an overview of her accomplishments.

Venus Williams' Childhood
Venus Williams has always been known for her aggressive game of tennis. Here is a look at Venus Williams’ childhood and the factors that helped her to achieve success.

Venus Williams Shows Dinara Safina Who's the Real No1 in Wimbledon Semi-final
Venus Williams has reached the Wimbledon final after a ruthless 6-1, 6-0 thrashing of world No1 Dinara Safina

Injury Leaves Ana Ivanovic in Tears and Venus Williams in Wimbledon Quarter-finals
Venus Williams beat Ana Ivanovic 6–1, 1–0 retired in the women's fourth round at Wimbledon

Venus Rises to Claim Fifth Title
Venus Williams survived sister Serena's early blitz of winners to claim her fifth Wimbledon singles title

Elena Dementieva v Venus Williams - As It Happened
Relive Venus Williams' 6-1, 7-6 win over the fifth seed Elena Dementieva

Elena Dementieva v Venus Williams - Live!
Will Venus Williams make a second consecutive final? Find out with Paolo Bandini NOW

Venus Williams Eases Into Last 16
Defending champion beats Maria Jose Martinez Sanchez 6-1, 7-5

Wimbledon 2008: Venus Rises to Keothavong Challenge and Powers to Victory
Venus Williams reached the third round at Wimbledon but not before being made to fight all the way by Anne Keothavong

Paris Rain Fails to Save Trio of Big Names
Venus Williams struggled to reach the third round, but Amelie Mauresmo, David Nalbandian and James Blake would have settled for such difficult progress, writes Jon Henderson

Erratic Venus Still Searching for Solution to Clay
Despite advancing to the third round, Venus Williams must wish the damned surface in Paris would sprout a little grass, writes Jon Henderson

Venus Safely Through to Quarters
Venus Williams progressed to the quarter-finals of the Australian Open, overcoming an uncertain start to defeat qualifier Marta Domachowska 6-4, 6-4.

Patchy Venus Struggles Past Pin
Women's singles: Venus Williams moved into round three with an unconvincing win over Camille Pin

Wimbledon 2007: Pitiless Venus Williams Disposes of Nervous Ivanovic
Tennis: Women Singles: Venus Williams edged closer to her fourth Wimbledon crown with an emphatic win over Ana Ivanovic.

Wimbledon: Sharapova v Venus Williams - Live!
Tennis: Game-by-game report: Follow all the action from the rain-delayed women's fourth-round clash with Paolo Bandini NOW.

Tenis: Williams Presses a Powerful Case
Venus Williams spoke at length about fashion and prize money after beating Bethanie Mattek is straight sets.

Venus Keen on Fourth Title
Tennis: Venus Williams tells Will Buckley that despite the absence of her sister at this year's tournament she is in high spirits and determined to pick up her fourth Wimbledon title.

Venus Crash Lands in Australia
Tennis: Venus Williams loses to teenager Tszvetana Pironkova in the opening round of the Australian Open.

Tennis: Venus Wins Battle of the Sisters
Venus Williams came out on top in the latest battle of the sisters, beating Serena 7-6, 6-2 at Flushing Meadows to level their personal score.

Positive Vibe is the Key for Venus
Tennis: Venus Williams used her family's aversion to negativity to carry her to a third title.

Venus Wins a Thriller
Tennis: Venus Williams sensationally won her third Wimbledon championship by beating Lindsay Davenport yesterday in one of the most exciting women's finals in the tournament's long history.

Venus Rises to the Final Challenge
Tennis: Will Buckley reflects on Venus Williams' eventual victory in a topsy-turvy women's final at Wimbledon.

Williams Confounds Critics to Claim Third Title
Tennis: Venus Williams outlasted world number one Lindsay Davenport to win the longest women's final in Wimbledon history.

Williams Rockets Past Sharapova
Tennis: Venus Williams bludgeoned her way into the women's final, outmuscling Maria Sharapova in straight sets, 7-6, 6-1.

Wimbledon: Venus Drives Out Sharapova
Tennis: In a semi-final of almost frightening intensity, Venus Williams rediscovered her best form to beat Maria Sharapova in straight sets.

Pierce v Williams - Live!
Tennis: Wimbledon: Venus Williams's amble towards the semis comes up against French machine Mary Pierce. Follow all the action with Georgina Turner.

Venus Makes Shock Exit
Venus Williams has been sensationally dumped out of Wimbledon by the little-known Croatian, Karolina Sprem.

McCormack's Empire Takes Stock
IMG, the management group which represents the likes of sports stars Tiger Woods, Venus and Serena Williams and Michael Schumacher, is reviewing options for the business, including a possible sale. The company hired the investment bank Rothschild last year after the death of founder Mark...

Tennis: Venus Falls to Earth
Venus Williams, the third seed, was knocked out of the Australian Open by 30-year-old Lisa Raymond 6-4, 7-6 (7-5).

Australian Open: Venus Finds Her Old Form After Six Months Off
January 23: After six months out of the game, the older half of the Williams duo is back, and winning matches with ease.

Venus Flies Through the Pain Barrier
Venus Williams beat Kim Clijsters 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 despite abdominal pain severe enough to bring tears to the eyes just imagining it.

Wide Wingspan of Venus Has Davenport Clutching at Thin Air
July 2: So much for Venus Williams being the spent force of the sisterhood. Looking relaxed and calm she beat Lindsay Davenport in three sets.

Lindsay Davenport v Venus Williams
1.20pm: Rain stops play Venus begins to serve the next game, but then, with all the predictability of Tim Henman fist-pump, the heavens open and spray their load all over SW19. Keep it here for drop-by-drop coverage. "Did you miss that crowd shot double-whammy?" asks...

Light Workout for Venus
Women's singles: Two time former champion Venus Williams saw off Slovenia's Katarina Srebotnik.

Venus Brings a Touch of Class
Richard Williams on a warm welcome for the big sister.

Cracks Appear As Venus Loses at Russian Roulette
June 2: 18-year-old Vera Zvonareva had the world's photographers on multi-motor drive with a stunning 2-6, 6-2, 6-4 fourth-round victory over Venus Williams, the world No3.

Left in her sister's wake, is this the beginning of the end for Venus?
Tennis: After her heaviest defeat for 13 months Venus WIlliams's star looks like its on the wane.

Venus is awake to the danger of Henin
It would have been inconceivable five years ago that Belgium might pose the main threat to the might of the United States in the women's game, but that is precisely what is happening with Kim Clijsters and Justine Henin-Hardenne spearheading the fight against the dominance of the Williams sisters.

Venus Blasts Through to Semi-finals
The fiercest serve in women's tennis saw Venus Williams past Daniela Hantuchova and into the semi-finals this morning, with a vow of more to come.

Bookish Venus tiring of sister act
Women: Venus Williams may be tiring of her sister's domination but she showed her mettle to dispose of Germany's Anca Barna in the third round.

Venus stutters to straight-set victory
Women: Second seed Venus Williams showed her mettle to dispose of Germany's Anca Barna in the third round.

Venus rises with happy feet
It would be somewhat wide of the mark to refer to Venus as the forgotten Williams sister but, having been beaten by her younger sister Serena in the past three grand slam finals, doubts have been cast on her ultimate commitment.

Venus Prevails Down Under
Second seed Venus Williams made light work of qualifier Ansley Cargill 6-3, 6-0 to saunter into the third round of the Australian Open. Williams, showing a marked improvement on her first-round win over Svetlana Kuznetsova, completely outplayed her fellow American to seal victory in less...

One year later, one year humbler
It was just a year ago that Venus Williams and Lleyton Hewitt captured the U.S. Open championships. Then, just two days following those finals, everything stopped and the world changed forever.

Agassi stands against the force of youth
America's heroes are feeling the pace, reports Stephen Bierley. It is taken for granted that Venus and Serena Williams will glide through the first week of a grand slam event without ruffling a hair or disturbing their make-up, but the men's tour, short of personalities, sells itself on strength in depth.

Williams races into last four
Women's singles: Reigning champion Venus Williams was in ominous form as she thrashed Elena Likhovtseva 6-2, 6-0 to move into the semi-finals of the women's singles.

Venus Breezes Into the Last Eight
Defending champion Venus Williams overwhelmed fellow American Lisa Raymond 6-1, 6-2 with another display of power tennis to claim her place in the quarter-finals. Williams is chasing a third consecutive women's title at the All England Club and, despite a spirited challenge from Raymond,...

O'Donoghue holds dignity under fire
Partisan crowd cannot save Briton from the champion's lash. Jane O'Donoghue survived as long as she reasonably could and emerged with dignity just about intact. But Venus Williams destroyed the satellite player in 45 minutes, confirming that she might more accurately have been named Mars.

Venus Safely Through
Another Brit bites the Wimbledon dust: Venus Williams took just 45 minutes to dispatch wilkdcard entry Jane O'Donoghue on Centre Court today. The defending champion dropped just a game in each set as the British number seven had no answer to her powerful game. When O'Donoghue...

How a Wigan teenager plans to beat Venus
Venus Williams begins her Wimbledon hat-trick attempt on centre court against 19-year-old wild card entry from Wigan Jane O'Donoghue - and may be in for shock.

Ruthless Venus Into Last 16
Venus Williams blasted her way past Rita Grande of Italy 6-1 6-4 to become the first player to reach the French Open fourth round. Second seed Williams made the most of the warmest conditions of the tournament so far and never let the 27-year-old Grande settle into the match...

Serena's star set to rise
Venus envy is the title of a new book about the women's tour - it's stuffed with essential trivia, such as Anna Kournikova caught smoking in the locker room - and while it's difficult to quibble with the title as a general observation on the mental state of most of Venus Williams's rivals, it hardly applies to the two weeks of the French Open.

Injury could drive Venus out of Paris
Tennis: Venus Williams could miss the French Open after being forced out of the Italian Open with a wrist injury.

Venus rises on Kournikova's horizon
Anna Kournikova may be only 20 but she is already trying to make a comeback. Yesterday the Russian won her second match in seven tournaments, beating Marta Marrero 6-3, 6-3, but tonight she faces the world No1 Venus Williams in the Italian Open second round.

Venus humble after Clijsters victory
Tennis: Venus Williams was forced to eat humble pie after her self-induced collapse against Kim Clijsters cost her the Betty Barclay Cup title.

Hingis has No1 Williams in her sights
Tennis: Venus Williams recovered from a slow start to beat Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario in three sets to set up a semi-final against Martina Hingis in Hamburg.

Dad Tells Venus to Quit
Venus Williams' father's remark that she should quit tennis will not raise a single eyebrow in a sport which is increasingly bored by his self-publicity, writes Stephen Bierley.

Venus on for third grand slam title in 12 months
Venus and Serena Williams have been spared a meeting in next week's Australian Open - until the semi-finals, that is. Venus, the second seed, begins her quest for a third grand slam title in 12 months with a first-round match against a qualifier but may have to beat Monica Seles to make...

Events of 2001: No1 Henman v Ivanisevic
No 1 Tim Henman v Goran Ivanisevic Alan Mills was not looking happy. Only 51 minutes' play had been possible on Wimbledon's second Saturday, the women's final between Venus Williams of the US and Justine Henin of Belgium had been postponed, and the men's semi-final, involving...

Can anyone stop Venus?
She's won four of the last six Grand Slam titles and has beaten all the top players at least once. Venus Williams is currently ranked No. 4, but is playing like the best in the world. Can anyone stop her?

The Ghetto Cinderella Takes Centre Court
This is a preview of defending champion Venus Williams and her chances to repeat at the 2001 Wimbledon Championships. Its theme is how mysterious and unpredictable she and all the Williams are.