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Venus WILLIAMS |
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Richard Williams' children, Venus and Serena, were born to play tennis. They were promising juniors in the USA, until he pulled them out of the system. They are now playing professionally and Venus made her slam debut at the '97 French Open. Venus begged her father to play the US Open, a slam in which she made the final. Richard has taught them to be winners and Venus has carried that through her personality.
Venus and Serena Williams wear white coloured beads in their hair. At Wimbledon they wore green and purple beads as well as the white, which represent the Wimbledon colours. At the US Open Venus wore red, white and blue beads, the colours of America. In Australia, Venus wore blue yellow and white. Venus has received some criticism, because her beads are very noisy when brush against each other when she plays. The beads in Venus' hair add character to her personality as well her game.
Venus Williams |
Right handed, Double hand backhand. |
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Country |
USA |
Marital Status |
Single |
Height |
179cm |
Weight |
65kg |
Birthday |
17/6/1980 |
Age |
She is currently 17 |
Best surface |
Hard Court |
Best shot |
Backhand |
Standard Rank |
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Favourite Rank |
20 |
Venus Williams is a terrific stroke maker, pounding winners at a frequent rate. She does not time her groundstrokes as early Seles, but relies on her natural power from her big 6ft body. She is has a huge serve as well. Venus has remarkable speed and is very athletic for such a big player. Venus is the only woman player to have perfected the Slam dunk on the high overheads.
Venus Williams made her a great Australian debut beating Hingis in Sydney to reach the final. At the Australian Open she was the form player, before losing to Davenport 1-6 7-5 6-3. She defeated her sister, Serena 7-6 6-1. She has won two slams with Gimelstob, taking the Mixed Australian and French Open Slams. She won her first title in Oklahoma revenging the four losses to Davenport beating her in the semi finals. She made the semifinals at Indian Wells. She beat Hingis for the second time at the Lipton. She won the title beating Kournikova in the final. Williams breezed through to the Quarter finals of the French Open, where she fell Hingis. Williams lost to Novotna at Wimbledon and Davenport at the US Open. She beat Pierce and Sanchez Vicario to reach the Semi finals of the Open.She will finish in the top 5 by the year's end.
Williams beat Huber and Spirlea in her debut at the US Open. The semi final match against Spirlea was very controversial in where they bumped in one of the change overs. The match was extremely close 7-6 4-6 7-6. In the final set Williams failed to serve for the match at 5-3. Williams saved 2 match points in the tie break including a lunging backhand winner down the line. Earlier in the year, at Indian Wells, she beat Majoli 7-5 3-6 7-5 before she narrowly lost to Davenport 7-5 3-6 7-6 in the semi finals. At Lipton she rallied from 1-5 in the 1st set to beat Capriati 7-6 6-2 to reach the quarter finals. She fell early at the French and Wimbledon, but responded greatly in New York.
In 1994 she made her debut in Zurich where she played the then No 1, Sanchez Vicaro. She led 6-2 3-0, but lost her momentum and the match.
Venus's GRAND SLAM Record
Grand Slam |
97 |
98 |
Australian |
M |
Q |
French |
2 |
Q |
Wimbledon |
1 |
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US Open |
F |
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M
= Missed slams
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