Residence : Palm Beach
Gardens, Florida, (USA) Birthdate : June 17,
1980 Birthplace : Lynwood, California, USA Height
: 6' 1" (1.86 m) Weight : 169 lbs. (76.5
kg) Plays : Right-handed (two-handed
backhand) Status : Pro (October 31, 1994) Singles
Titles : 29 Doubles Titles : 10 Favorite
color : Blue Favorite Movies : "Shawshank Redemption",
"Tommy Boy", "Coneheads", "Friday", "Mildred Pierce", "Alice Doesn't Live Here
Anymore" and "Mahogany" Favorite Flower :
Carnation Favorite Groups : 311 Favorite Tennis
Player : Pete Sampras
Interesting Facts
In July 2005, Venus defeated world number one
Lindsay Davenport in the Wimbledon finals at what is being hailed as one of
the greatest Wimbledon matches of all time. The match was also the longest
women’s match in The Championships.
In November of 2003, Venus started her own
interior design business, V Starr Interiors.
In 2002 Venus received the Certificate of
Achievement from Howard University during the commencement ceremony.
This is the 2nd highest award bestowed by the University, next to an Honorary
Degree.
Week of February 25, 2002, Venus became the 1st
African American woman to reach the #1 ranking on the WTA Tour.
Venus met her sister, Serena, in the finals of the
2001 US Open. This was the first time in history sisters have made it to
the finals of a Grand Slam tournament.
In 2000, Venus reached a 35 match and 6 title
winning streak before falling to Lindsay Davenport in the finals at Linz.
Named 2000 Sports Woman of the Year by Sports
Illustrated. Captured her 1st Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon 2000,
becoming the 2nd black woman in history to win the title.
Captured a 2nd career Grand Slam singles title at
the 2000 US Open, which her sister, Serena won a year earlier.
Capped a tremendous year in 2000 by winning the
Olympic Gold Medal in singles and doubles.
In 2000, joined Margaret Court, Chris Evert,
Steffi Graf, Martina Hingis, Billie Jean King, and Martinal Navratilova as the
players who have won both Wimbledon and the US Open in the same year.
Currently attends fashion design school. She
has also designed a collection of leather apparel that is sold exclusively at
Wilson's Leather.
Defended 1999 Lipton title, defeating Serena in
the final. This was the 1st time sisters met in a WTA Tour final.
Recorded the fastest serve ever in the WTA Tour
history at the 1998 Zurich tournament with a 128 mph ace on match point over
Mary Pierce in the quarterfinals.
By winning the 1999 French Open doubles title with
Serena, the duo became the 1st sisters to win a Grand Slam crown together in
the 20th century.
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