Venus Williams

At 44 years old, Venus Williams has this physical status:

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player.

A former world No. 1, Williams is generally credited with ushering in a new era of power on the women's professional tennis tour.Williams has been ranked world No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks.

She first reached the No. 1 ranking on February 25, 2002, the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era, and the second all time since Althea Gibson.

Williams' seven Grand Slam singles titles are tied for 12th on the all-time list, and 8th on the Open Era list, more than any other active female player except her sister.

She has reached 16 Grand Slam finals, most recently at Wimbledon in 2017.

She has also won 14 Grand Slam Women's doubles titles, all with Serena Williams; the pair is unbeaten in Grand Slam doubles finals.[19] Williams also has two Mixed Doubles titles.

Her five Wimbledon singles titles tie her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list, but gives her sole possession of No. 4 on the Open Era List, trailing only the nine titles of Martina Navratilova and the seven of Serena Williams and Steffi Graf.

From the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2001 US Open, Williams won four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments in that span.

At the 2019 US Open, Williams extended her record as the all-time leader, male or female, in Grand Slams played, with 84.

With her run to the 2017 Wimbledon singles final, she broke the record for longest time between first and most recent grand slam singles finals appearances.

Williams was twice the season prize money leader in 2001 and 2017. Williams has won four Olympic gold medals, one in singles and three in women's doubles, along with a silver medal in mixed doubles, pulling even with Kathleen McKane Godfree for the most Olympic medals won by a male or female tennis player.

She is the only tennis player to have won a medal at four Olympic Games.

At the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Williams became only the second player to win Olympic gold medals in both singles and doubles at one Olympic Games, after Helen Wills Moody at the 1924 Summer Olympics. With 49 singles titles, Williams trails only her sister Serena Williams among active players on the WTA Tour with most singles titles.

Her 35-match winning streak from the 2000 Wimbledon Championships to the 2000 Generali Ladies Linz tournament final is the longest since January 1, 2000.

She is also one of only three active WTA players to have reached the finals of all four Grand Slams, along with Serena Williams and Maria Sharapova.

Early life

Williams was born in Lynwood, California, to Richard Williams and Oracene Price. Her talents were apparent at the age of seven when a professional local tennis player named Tony Chesta spotted Williams and quickly identified her potential in the sport.

The Williams family moved from Compton, California, to West Palm Beach, Florida, when she was thirteen, so that she and her sister Serena could attend the tennis academy of Rick Macci, who took notice of the sisters and who would provide additional coaching. He did not always agree with Williams' father but respected that "he treated his daughters like kids, allowed them to be little girls". Richard stopped sending his daughters to national junior tennis tournaments when Williams was eleven, since he wanted them to take it slowly and focus on schoolwork. Another motivation was racial, as he had allegedly heard parents of other players disparage the Williams sisters during tournaments. At that time, Williams held a 63–0 record on the United States Tennis Association junior tour and was ranked No. 1 among the under-12 players in Southern California. In 1995, Richard pulled his daughters out of Macci's academy, and from then on took over all coaching at their home.

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Professional career

Williams converted to professional on October 31, 1994, at the age of 14. Venus defeated Shaun Stafford, the NCAA singles champion who had already advanced to the fourth round of the French Open earlier this year. Williams won by 6–3, 6–4 over her American counterpart. The Bank of the West Classic in Oakland, Williams, was up a set and a service break against world No. 1 in the second round of her first professional tournament. 2 Before losing the game, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario found out about it. Vicario went on to win the championship by defeating Martina Navratilova. In 1994, Williams was the only tournament champion to have played.

Williams played three more events as a wild card in 1995, including in the first round of the tournament in Los Angeles and the tournament in Toronto, but the tournament's quarterfinals were won by No. 222, defeating No. 18 Amy Frazier won her first match over a top-20 ranked player before losing to Magdalena Maleeva in the second round. Williams attended five tournaments in 1996, but in Los Angeles, he failed in the first round four times but lost to No. 301. 1 Steffi Grafton is a German artist.

In 1997, Williams appeared in 15 tours, including five Tier I tournaments. She reached the quarterfinals of three Tier I events: the State Farm Evert Cup in Compton, California, the European Indoor Championships in Zürich, and the Kremlin Cup in Moscow. Williams defeated No. 1 in Indian Wells in March. 9 Iva Majoli won her first match over a player ranked in the top ten in the third round after defeating her in the third round. She then lost in the quarterfinals to No. 1. In a third set tiebreak, Lindsay Davenport defeats Brad Bradshaw in a tiebreak. On April 14, 1997, her ranking came in at the top of the top 100. She made her debut in the main draw of a Grand Slam tournament at the French Open, reaching the second round before losing to Nathalie Tauziat. In the first round of Wimbledon, she lost to Magdalena Grzybowska. She lost the final to Martina Hingis on her debut in the US Open after defeating Irina Spîrlea in a semifinal where Spîrlea and Williams collided after the umpire's chair was passed over. Richard Williams, her father, later claimed that the occurrence was motivated by racially motivated.

On her first attempt, she was the first woman since Pam Shriver to reach a US Open singles finalist since 1958, and the first woman since Pam Shriver was the first woman since Pam Shriver in 1978 to reach a US Open singles finalist since 1958. Her ranking climbed to the top 50 for the first time on September 8, 1997. She ended the year at No. 1 in the world rankings. 22.

Williams won the second round, the sisters' first professional match, in her debut at the Australian Open. Williams lost in the quarterfinals to No. 1. Davenport, 3 Davenport.

Williams defeated No. 3 weeks later. For the first time in the IGA Tennis Classic semifinals in Oklahoma City, Davenport is a participant in the IGA Tennis Classic. Williams won the first singles title of her career after defeating Joannette Kruger in the final. Williams lost in the semifinals of the State Farm Evert Cup in Indian Wells, her first Tier I event of the year. 1 Hingis. Williams defeated No. 1 in the Tier I Lipton International Players Championships in Key Biscayne, Florida, the following week. In the semifinals, there is a 1 Hingis in the tournament. For the first time since 1998, her ranking climbed to the top ten for the first time. 10.

Before the 1998 French Open, Williams had only one tournament on clay. In the quarterfinals and No. 1, she defeated her sister in the Italian Open in Rome and No. 11. Before losing to No. 5, 5 Sánchez Vicario competed in the semifinals. In the final, there are 1 Hingis. In the quarterfinals of the French Open, she lost again to Hingis. She lost her first match at the Direct Line International Championships in Eastbourne on grass before losing to No. 0. In the quarterfinals of Wimbledon, the three-time champion and eventual champion Jana Novotná has reached the finals. On July 27, 1998, her ranking soared to No. 1 in the United States. 5.

Williams appeared in three tournaments during the North American 1998 summer hard court season. She reached the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, defeating No. 1 for her fifth final of the year. 6 Monica Seles reached the semifinals before losing to No. 6 in the tournament. Davenport, 1. Patellar tendonitis in her left knee prompted her to withdraw from her quarterfinal match at the tournament in San Diego, while trailing Mary Pierce 4–0 in the third set. Williams defeated fourth-seeded Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals before losing to second seeded and eventual champion Davenport in the semifinals. Williams' first year as a wrestler reached at least the quarterfinals of all slams.

In the remainder of 1998, Williams appeared in four tournaments. In September, she claimed her third title of the year at the Grand Slam Cup in Munich, defeating No. 20. In the final, Patty Schnyder takes the field. In the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Filderstadt, she failed to No. 2 before losing in the final of the Tier I Swisscom Challenge in Zürich to No. 7. 1 Davenport and the semifinals of the Tier I Kremlin Cup in Moscow to Pierce. She had earned enough points during the year to compete in the year-end Chase Championship, but she was unable to participate due to tendonitis in her knee. She ended the year ranked No. 1 in the country. 5.

Williams competed with Justin Gimelstob in 1998 to win the Australian Open and the French Open mixed doubles titles. Serena Williams won the other two Grand Slam mixed doubles titles this year, winning the "Williams Family Mixed Doubles Grand Slam" title. Williams captured the first two women's doubles titles of her career in Oklahoma City and Zürich. Both titles were won with her sister, making her third pair of sisters to win a WTA tour doubles title.

Williams began her Australian tour in 1999, where she lost to No. 61. In the quarterfinals of the Medibank International in Sydney, ten Steffi Graf is in the quarterfinals. No. 10 is Steffi Graf. In the quarterfinals of the Australian Open, Davenport will advance to the quarterfinals. Nevertheless, she recovered at the Faber Grand Prix in Hanover, defeating Graf for the first time in the semifinals before losing the final to No. 1. Novotná – the 3rd Novotná. Williams later defended her titles in both Oklahoma City and Key Biscayne. She defeated Novotná and Graf to reach the final in Key Biscayne, where she defeated her sister in three sets in the first final on the WTA Tour, where two sisters will face each other in three sets.

During the spring, Williams appeared in four clay court events. In Amelia Island, Florida, she lost her first match at the Bausch & Lomb Championships. She took her first clay title at the Betty Barclay Cup in Hamburg three weeks later, defeating Mary Pierce in the final. Williams took the Tier I Italian Open in Rome later this year, defeating No. 1 in the standings. In the semifinals and No. 1, there are two Hingis, one in the semifinals and No. In the final, Pierce defeats 8 Pierce. She extended her winning streak to 22 matches at the French Open before losing in the fourth round to No. 58. 125 Barbara Schwartz '83 Barbara Schwartz (Swisfaction) Serena Williams came together to win the women's doubles championship at this event, the first Grand Slam title the pair has shared together.

Williams took No. 1 at the 1999 Wimbledon Championships, defeating No. 1 in the NT. Anna Kournikova (17) of the fourth round advanced to the quarterfinals for the second year in a row, where she lost to eventual runner-up Graf.

Williams bounced back in the summer when she won two Fed Cup matches against Italy and fell in the final of the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford to No. 1. 1 Davenport. Williams defeated Davenport in the semifinals of the TIG Tennis Classic in San Diego one week later before losing to No. 1 by a week. In the final, there are two Hingis. Williams captured the Pilot Pen Tennis in New Haven, Connecticut, defeating No. 68 in her last tournament before the US Open. In the semifinals and Davenport in the final, 5 Seles advanced to the semifinals and Davenport in the final. For the first time, her world ranking reached third place on August 30, 1999. Williams lost in the semifinals to No. 2 in the US Open, seeded third. In three sets, one Hingis defeated the others. Despite this, she joined singles champion Serena Williams to win their second Grand Slam women's doubles title.

Williams won one singles rubber before joining her sister in the doubles rubber during the remainder of the year. Williams defeated Hingis in the semifinals before losing to Serena for the first time in the final at the Grand Slam Cup in Munich. Williams captured her sixth title of the year at a Tier I tournament in Zurich, defeating No. 10 in the first round. In the final, there are two Hingis. She lost in the semifinals of the tournament in Philadelphia four weeks later. Williams lost to Hingis in the semifinals on her first appearance at the Chase Championships this year. She finished the year as No. 1 in the country. 3.

Williams missed the first five months of the year with tendinitis in both wrists. During the European clay court season, she returned to the tour. Amanda Coetzer suffered in the quarterfinals of the Betty Barclay Cup in Hamburg to Amanda Coetzer, and in the third round of the Tier I Italian Open in Rome to Jelena Doki. Despite the fact that she had only won two of her four matches before the French Open, she was seeded fourth. She won her first four matches in Paris without losing a single set before losing in third sets to eighth-seeded and former champion Arantxa Sánchez Vicario.

Williams also won 35 singles matches and six tournaments since being ranked in a singles match and six tournaments. She took her first Grand Slam singles title at Wimbledon, defeating No. 1. Martina Hingis of the quarterfinals, sister Serena in the semifinals, and defending champion Lindsay Davenport in the final. Serena is also a member of the Women's doubles championship at this tournament, despite her sister's triumph.

During the North American summer hard court season, she competed in the finals of both the Acura Classic in San Diego and the Pilot Pen Tennis championships in New Haven, defeating Davenport in the finals of both the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford and Monica Seles.

Williams won the US Open at No. 68. In the semifinals and No. 1, there are two Hingis and No. 119. In the final, Davenport defeated 2 Davenport. Elena Dementieva won the gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, defeating Sánchez Vicario in the quarterfinals, Seles in the semifinals, and Eugen Dementieva in the final. Serena's younger sister Serena also earned the gold medal in women's doubles. In the final of the Linz Open in October, Davenport ended her winning streak in October. Because of anemia, Williams did not participate in a tournament the remainder of the year. She debuted at No. 1 last year and spent the year ranked No. 1 in the world. With six singles titles, three of them have been crowned the best in the world.

For the first time in 2001, Williams reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open for the first time, where she lost to No. 1 in the 2001 series. 1 Hingis. However, Williams won the doubles title with her sister, earning the pair's first Golden Slam in women's doubles.

Williams also advanced to the semifinals of the Tier I Tennis Masters Series tournament in Indian Wells, California, where she controversially skipped her match with her sister right before the match began. Williams had been suffering from knee tendinitis throughout the tournament, and she was eventually barred from participating. Williams and her father Richard were booed the following day as they returned to their seats to watch the final. Serena Williams was booed by Kim Clijsters during the final and trophic presentation. Due to this, neither Williams sister Serena nor the WTA Tour have been able to participate in the tournament for 14 years, and Serena Serena has entered the tournament in 2015 after appeals for release from the event and the WTA Tour. Williams recovered from the 'boycott' controversies in India to win the Tier I Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Florida. In the semifinals and No. 1, she defeated Hingis. After saving eight championship points, Jennifer Cantoni is in the final. Due to this triumph, her ranking soared to a career high of No. 103. 2.

Williams won the Tier II tournament in Hamburg, but dropped in the third round of the Tier I EUROCARD Women's German Open to No. 21 during the European clay court season, winning the Tier II tournament. To Barbara Schett, 18 Justine Henin and the first round of the French Open are the first two rounds. This was only the second time she had lost in the first round of a Grand Slam singles tournament. Williams won Wimbledon championship again after defeating third-seeded Davenport in the semifinals and eighth-seeded Henin in three sets in Henin's first Wimbledon final.

Williams won the tournaments in San Diego for the second year in a row, defeating Seles in the final and beating Davenport in the final during the North American summer hard court season. Williams also won the US Open singles title for the second year in a row, without losing a single set. She defeated fifth-seeded Clijsters in the quarterfinals and later defeated No. 2 in the semifinals. 2 Casi. Serena was the first Grand Slam singles final contested by two sisters during the open era. Venus claimed the title and her fourth Grand Slam singles title. Williams was also the sixth woman to win the singles titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in a row, behind Martina Navratilova (twice), Steffi Graf (twice), Althea Gibson, Maun Moody (twice) and Helen Wills Moody.

Williams began in 2002 by winning the Mondial Australian Women's Hardcourts in Gold Coast, Australia, defeating Henin in the final. Despite this, she lost in the quarterfinals of the Australian Open for the first time in her career. When Jelena Doki won the Open Gaz de France in Paris, Williams advanced to the final, and the Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, defeating Henin in the final. Williams, who got off to a good start to the season, was ranked No. 1 in the world. On February 25, the Canton of Caledonia took the first position, defeating Cantoni. Williams was the first African-American woman to receive the highest accolade ever. She held it for only three weeks before relinquishing it to Capriati.

After losing in the semifinals to her sister Serena, Williams was unable to defend her crown in Miami. However, she got off to a promising start in clay-court season by winning the Bausch & Lomb Championships in Amelia Island, Florida, defeating Henin in the final. Carrington replaced Capriati as the No. 1 a week after winning the tournament last week. The 1 was lost to Capri after three weeks, before losing it again to Capriati. Williams had made the final in Hamburg over the past three weeks, defeating Hingis in the semifinals before losing to Clijsters in the final. Williams, who was seeded second at the French Open, defeated former champion Seles to progress to the semifinals for the first time. Clarisa Fernández was defeated there. Williams lost for her second time in the Grand Slam final, with her sister winning. Williams has deposed Carrington as the No. 1 in the United States since being recalled. As a result of qualifying for the final, we have 1 team.

Williams advanced to the semifinals for the third year in a row as the top seed at Wimbledon. However, she did not lose Serena to her sister Serena. Serena Williams was the No. 1 after this result, and Venus was replaced by Serena Williams. 1. The Williams sisters won the women's doubles title at the event, their fifth grand Slam women's doubles title together.

Williams captured the San Diego and New Haven titles for the third year in a row, defeating Davenport and Dokic to win the former and defeating Davenport in the final. Williams defeated Seles in the quarterfinals and Amélie Mauresmo in three sets to advance to the final at the US Open. Serena's younger sister was the third Grand Slam finalist in a row, and her sister was crowned once more. Williams played just four more games in total during the season. After beating Seles in the quarterfinals, she was forced to return against Clijsters due to injury. Williams finished the year as the No. 1 in the United States. 2 have won seven titles, her best showing in both directions of her career.

Williams began in 2003 by defeating fifth seed Justine Henin for the first time. She lost to Serena in the final, but not in the final. This was the first time in the open era that the same two players had met in four consecutive Grand Slam finals. Venus and Serena Williams teamed up to win the women's doubles title at the tournament, their sixth Grand Slam title in women's doubles.

Williams defeated Proximus Diamond Games in Antwerp, Belgium, in February, defeating Kim Clijsters in the final for the second year in a row. However, she began suffering from injuries shortly after. She reached the final of the clay-court J&S Cup in Warsaw before being forced to leave against Amélie Mauresmo. She then failed in the fourth round of the French Open to Vera Zvonareva in her first appearance at a Grand Slam tournament in two years.

Williams was seeded fourth at Wimbledon. Williams advanced to her fourth consecutive Wimbledon final after defeating sister Serena in the quarterfinals and Kim Clijsters.

Wimbledon was Williams' last game of the year as a result of an abdominal injury suffered during the Clijsters match, she was unable to participate again. Yetunde Price, her sister, was killed as she was recovering from the injury. Williams ended the year at No. 1 in the United States. 11. It was the first time she had fallen out of the top ten for the first time in nearly six years.

Williams returned to the tour in 2004, but with mixed results. She advanced to the third round of the Australian Open as the third seed due to a safe ranking. She then lost in the quarterfinals of her next three tournaments.

Williams returned to form at the start of the clay-court season. Williams won her first title in over a year and her second Tier I Family Circle Cup title on clay of her career, in Charleston, South Carolina. She won in Warsaw then defeating Svetlana Kuznetsova in the final before progressing to the final of the Tier I German Open in Berlin. Due to injury, she was forced to miss her match against Mauresmo. Williams had the best clay-court record among the women and was a favorite to win the title, but she lost to eventual champion Anastasia Myskina after making the quarterfinals to extend her winning streak on the surface to 19 matches. Despite her loss, she regained the top ten.

Williams lost in a tense second-round match to Croatian Karolina Prem in the Wimbledon Women's Singles. Ted Watts, the match's umpire, was given an undeserved point in the second set tiebreak. He was relieved of his duties at the end of the game. Williams had been banned from Wimbledon for the first time since 1997, and this loss marked the first time since 1997 that the Williams had dropped out of Wimbledon before the quarterfinals. Williams reached her fourth final of the year at the Bank of the West Classic in Stanford, California, where she was defeated by Lindsay Davenport for the first time since 2000.

Williams lost in the third round to Mary Pierce, the defending champion of the Athens Olympics. She then defeated Petra Mandula, Shikha Uberoi, and Chanda Rubin in the fourth round of the US Open, the first time she had ever lost in the US Open before to the semifinals. Williams finished the year by failing in the quarterfinals of three indoor tournaments in the fall, including loss at the Zurich Open to 17-year-old Wimbledon champion Maria Sharapova. Williams spent the year as No. 1. 9 and did not qualify for the year-ending WTA Tour Championships.

Williams began the year by losing in the fourth round of the Australian Open to Alicia Molik. She then reached the final in Antwerp, defeating Clijsters and Myskina en route. Williams had a set and a service failure against Mauresmo before losing.

Williams defeated Serena Williams, the Australian Open champion, in the quarterfinals in March, the first time she had defeated her sister Serena since 2001. Williams continued to fail in the semifinals to No. 1. 3 Sharapova Sharapova. Williams captured her first title in over a year at the clay-courts at the stanbul Cup in May, defeating Nicole Vaidiová in the final. However, she was disqualified in the third round of the French Open to Sesil Karatantcheva, a 15-year-old girl who later tested positive for steroids and was suspended.

Williams was seeded 14th in the 2005 Wimbledon Championships, in the women's singles division. She defeated French Open runner-up Pierce in a second-set tiebreak, winning it 12-10 for the first time in two years. Maria Sharapova, a defending champion and second-seeded, advanced to the Wimbledon final for the fifth time in six years. Williams was able to win thanks to a backhand champion en route to winning a match point. Williams claimed her third Wimbledon singles title and first since 2001. It was the first time a player had won after being down match point at Wimbledon's women's final. Williams was also ranked in last place (No. 7) among the lowest-ranked (No. 5) in addition. (16) and the lowest-seeded (14th) champion in tournament history. Following the victory, Williams returned to the top ten.

Williams reached her fourth final of the year in Stanford, where she lost to Clijsters following Wimbledon. Williams won in the fourth round for the second time in a row, but she fell in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Kim Clijsters. Williams did not qualify for the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships in Beijing due to an injury sustained during the tournament. She was ranked No. 1 in the year 2000 and ended it off at No. 1. 10. It was the first year since 2001 that she had spent a year outside of her sister Serena Williams.

Williams was disqualified in the first round of the Australian Open by Tsvetana Pironkova in 2006, her first defeat at the tournament ever. She did not play again for three months due to a wrist injury. In Warsaw, where she defeated former No. 2, she returned in late April on clay. Martina Hingis in the second round of the tournament before losing to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the quarterfinals. Williams won the French Open quarterfinals, defeating Nicole Vaidivá in the clay-court season.

Williams, the defending champion and one of the top candidates for the Wimbledon singles title. Despite this, she lost in the third round to Jelena Jankovi, who had a chance to rank 26th. Williams claimed she was suffering from pain in her left wrist after losing, but she denied that the injury was to blame for her death. Due to the wrist injury, Williams did not participate in the US Open series or the US Open itself. In October, she rejured her wrist at the tournament in Luxembourg and lost in the second round to qualifier Agnieszka Radwaska, in the first tournament in nearly three months. Williams was ranked No. 1 on the season in No. 14. She was 47, her lowest finish since she first started to play on the WTA Tour full-time in 1997. It was her second year in a row that she ranked higher than her sister Serena, who ended the year at No. 1. 95.

Williams pulled out of the 2007 Australian Open for the second time in a row due to a recurring wrist injury. She returned to the Cellular South Cup in Memphis, USA, in February, defeating top-seede Shahar Pe'er in the final, her first singles title since 2005.

Williams reached the semifinals of the Tier I Family Circle Cup in Charleston, South Carolina, where she lost to Jelena Jankovi in a third set tiebreak. In the third round of the French Open, she lost to fourth seed Jankovi in the third round, her third straight loss to Jankovi. Williams finished second fastest woman's service ever recorded and the first to be drafted in a main draw match at the time.

Williams was ranked No. 1 in the United States. 31 women are competing in Wimbledon and she was seeded 23rd at the tournament due to her previous appearances at Wimbledon. Williams was just a game away from losing in her first round match against Alla Kudryavtseva, and in her third round match against Akiko Morigami, she was two points away from losing, but she eventually won both 7–5 in the third set. She then progressed to her sixth Wimbledon final after defeating Maria Sharapova, Svetlana Kuznetsova, and Ana Ivanovic in straight sets en route, where she defeated 18th seed Marion Bartoli in straight sets. Williams became the fourth woman in the open era to win Wimbledon at least four times, as well as Billie Jean King, Martina Navratilova, and Steffi Graf. She also set the lowest-seeded Wimbledon champion in history, beating the record set in 2005 by herself. As a result of the win, Williams returned to the top 20.

Williams advanced to her first Grand Slam semifinal outside of Wimbledon since 2003 after posting a new record 129 mph (208 km/h) in the first round. However, she lost to eventual champion Justine Henin. Williams' ranking climbed to No. 1 in the tournament, which led to his debut at No. 1 in the rankings. 9. Williams claimed her third title of the year at the Hansol Korea Open Tennis Championships in Seoul, South Korea, defeating Maria Kirilenko in the final and then losing in the final of the Japan Open Tennis Championships in Tokyo to Virginie Razzano. Williams had earned enough points during the year to qualify for the year-long WTA Tour Championships in Madrid; however, she had to cancel due to continuing anemia issues. Williams ended the year as No. 1 in the world. With a winning percentage of 83 percent, 8 out of three titles, her best showing in both directions since 2002.

Williams, the eighth seed in the Australian Open in 2008, progressed to the quarterfinals for the first time since 2003. Nevertheless, she fell short of eventual runner-up Ana Ivanovic. Williams made her first semifinal appearance of the year at the Bangalore Open in India, where she met Serena Williams for the first time since 2005, despite Venus Williams' loss of a match point in the third set tie break.

Due to undisclosed medical issues, Williams missed two tournaments at the start of the clay-court season. Williams was seeded eighth in the French Open but was disqualified by 26th-seeded Italian Flavia Pennetta in the third round.

Williams, the defending champion and seventh-seeded player at Wimbledon, was the seventh-seeded player. She reached her seventh Wimbledon singles final without losing a set. She then defeated Serena in straight sets for her third Wimbledon singles title and eighth grand Slam singles title overall. Venus and Serena Williams had met in a Grand Slam final for the first time since 2003, and it was the first time since 2001 that Venus had defeated her in a Grand Slam final. Venus and Serena Williams were then able to win the women's doubles title, the first grand Slam doubles title since 2003.

Williams lost in the Beijing Olympics quarterfinals to Li Na. She did win a gold medal with her sister Serena in women's doubles, their second gold medal as a team, having competed together at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. Williams was playing some of her best tennis since dominated the circuit in 2003, but Serena Williams (the eventual tournament champion) came out in two tiebreaks in a close quarterfinal match, winning 5–3 in both sets.

Williams defeated No. 1 for the first time this season by defeating him at the Porsche Grand Prix in Stuttgart, Germany, in October. 3 Dinara Safina will be in her third semifinal appearance of the year. She lost to Jankovi there. Williams won the Zurich Open in 2008, defeating Ivanovic in the semifinals and securing a spot in the year-end WTA Tour Championships in Doha, Qatar. Williams defeated No. 1 in the No. 1st round. No. 2 Safina, No. Serena Williams and No. 3 were both born in Serena and No. In the preliminary round-robin stage, Dementieva 5 is ranked 5th in the preliminary round-robin competition. Williams defeated No. 2 in the semifinals. 1 Jankovi before winning the year-ending tournament for the first time by defeating Vera Zvonareva in the final. She came in No. 1 last year at No. 1. 6 have three titles and a winning percentage of 78 percent.

Williams lost in the second round to Carla Suárez Navarro after losing a match point in the third round as the sixth seed at the 2009 Australian Open. However, she was partnered with Serena Ocasio to win the women's doubles title at the tournament, their eighth Grand Slam doubles title combined. Williams returned to singles action in February at the Premier 5 (formerly Tier I) Dubai Tennis Championships, defeating the defending champion and No. 59. 4 Dementieva in the quarterfinals and No. No. 2 in the No. 1st. Serena Williams of the semifinals of a third set tiebreak. Williams was the first woman to win in a career match with her sister for the first time since 2002. Williams advanced to the final over Virginie Razzano. Williams won her fourth title in the open era for the first time since 2003, and her 40th in the open era. Williams captured another title in Acapulco, Mexico, defeating Pennetta in the final. This was her first clay title since 2005.

Williams reached the semifinals in Rome on European clay before losing to No. 1 for No. 4 in the No. 6 series. 1 Safina. Williams was ranked in the top three for the first time since 2003. Williams came third in third round at the French Open for third year in a row.

At Wimbledon, Williams was seeded third. She advanced to her eighth Wimbledon final, winning 34 straight sets (held since Wimbledon 2007). She lost the first set tie-break in the final, and Serena followed her in two sets. For the fourth time, the Williams sisters competed in the doubles title at the tournament.

Williams defeated Maria Sharapova and Elena Dementieva to advance to the finals, where she will meet Marion Bartoli. She competed in doubles and gained the title with her sister, defeating Monica Niculescu and Yung-Jan Chan.

Williams made it to the fourth round of the 2009 US Open as the third seed before losing in three sets to Kim Clijsters. Williams then joined Serena Williams to play doubles at the open, where they triumphed over the defending champions and No. 6 in the tournament. Cara Black and Liezel Huber, all in doubles, have won their third grand slam doubles title since 2009.

Williams' last tournament in 2009 was the year-end Sony Ericsson Championships, where she was the defending champion in singles. Serena Williams was a member of the maroon club, as well as Elena Dementieva and Svetlana Kuznetsova. After losing in straight sets in first set and her second match against Dementieva, she lost her first match against her sister Serena. Williams defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova in her third and final RR match. Williams advanced to the semifinal of the championships after Dementieva's defeat to Kuznetsova in their round robin match. She advanced to her second straight final in the tournament after beating Jelena Jankovi of Serbia in her semifinal match. She lost to Serena in the final, but not in the final. Williams and her sister were paired as the second seeds in doubles. However, they lost in the semifinal to Nuria Llagostera Vives and Margue Martez Sánchez. At the end of the year, they had their doubles record at 24–2.

Williams ranked No. 1 in 2009 after finishing ninth in the No. 2 class. 6 in singles (with a winning percentage of 70%) and No. Despite Serena Williams' participation in only six events together this year, they ranked 3 in doubles.

Williams was the sixth seed in the Australian Open Championships. In the fourth round, she defeated Francesca Schiavone, the 17th-seeded. She was two points away from defeating Li Na in the quarterfinals before losing in three sets. She and her sister Serena competed together in doubles to successfully defend their crown, defeating Cara Black and Liezel Huber in the final, defeating the top-ranked teams in doubles. She went to the clay at Abierto Mexico Telcel in Acapulco, where she was the reigning champion. She advanced to the semifinals after recovering from a 1–5 third set set defeat to Laura Pous Tió in the quarterfinals. She defeated first-time finalist Polona Hercog from Slovenia in the final. This was her 43rd title in career, the most among active female players.

Her next tournament was the Premier Mandatory Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, where she was seeded third. She defeated No. 2 herself. In the quarterfinals and No. 9, 9 Agnieszka Radwa. Marion Bartoli qualified for her third straight WTA tour final and fourth Sony Ericsson Open final in the semifinals. Kim Clijsters beat her in the final in 58 minutes, snapping her 15-match winning streak. By making the final, her ranking has risen to No. 1. 4 and she crossed the $26 million mark in career prize money, becoming the only other player outside of Serena Williams to do so.

The knee injury that hampered her in the final of the Sony Ericsson Open had forced her to postponed the Fed Cup match against Russia and the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix in Stuttgart. Williams returned to Italy for his tour with Internazionali BNL d'Italia. In the quarterfinals, she suffered the worst loss of her career, losing to No. 1. 4 Jelena Jankovi. Despite this setback, Williams' ranking climbed to No. 93. On May 10, there were three children under the age of 10.

The Madrid Open, a Premier Mandatory tournament, was her next tournament. In the final, she lost to Aravane Reza. She defeated Serena in doubles and together with her sister Serena to win the award.

Her ranking on May 17 climbed to No. 1 on the charts. Serena is the second in second, behind only Serena. This was the fourth time the Williams sisters have occupied the top two spots, and the first since May 2003.

Despite her knee injury, she played both singles and doubles at the French Open in the French Open, her next tournament. She advanced to the third round of the singles for the first time since 2006 before losing to Nadia Petrova in the round of 16. Serena was also ranked as the top seeds in doubles. Their victory over Huber and Anabel Medina Garrigues in the semifinals lifted their doubles ranking to No. 1. 1. They went on to win their fourth consecutive Grand Slam women's doubles title after defeating 12th seeded Kvetch and Katarina Srebotnik in the final. Despite being ranked No. 1 in the United States, the No. 1 position was deserved. Venus and Serena were the sixth and seventh women to reach the No. 1 on June 7, 2010. Following in the footsteps of Martina Navratilova, Arantxa Sánchez Vicario, Martina Hingis, Lindsay Davenport, and Kim Clijsters, there are top tens in both singles and doubles.

The Wimbledon Championships was her next tournament, where she had qualified for the final for the previous three years. Despite a knee injury, she made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Tsvetana Pironkova. Pironkova was ranked No. 2 in the world of No. 4. The second round of a Grand Slam event had never been reached by 82 and had never advanced to the second round. Williams fell to No. 9 in the result. 4. Serena, the defending champion in doubles, had won the tournament in the previous two years. However, they lost in the quarterfinals to Elena Vesnina and Vera Zvonareva.

Williams missed all tournaments in the US Open Series due to a left knee injury, but he did compete in the US Open as the third seed. She won three games to advance to the fourth round. Williams was one of only two women in 2010 (along with Caroline Wozniacki) to advance to at least the fourth round of all four Grand Slam singles tournaments. Williams then advanced to her eighth US Open semifinal against defending champion Clijsters, defeating Pe'er and French Open champion Schiavone. Williams won the first set of their match and recovered from 5–2 down in the second set, but the match was lost in three sets in the second round. Williams did not compete in the doubles tournament, where she was the defending champion, owing to Serena's withdrawal from the US Open.

Her left knee rehabilitation took longer than expected, causing her to postpone the remainder of 2010, including the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships and Fed Cup final. Williams finished the year as fifth in singles, the first time she had finished a year in the top five since 2002, despite playing just nine tournaments. She finished the year in second place in doubles.

At the last edition of the Hong Kong Tennis Classic exhibition exhibition tournament, Williams started the year off right. She failed in both her singles matches against Vera Zvonareva and Li Na, but she helped Team America win the silver medal division. Williams retired in her second game of her third round match against Andrea Petkovic after suffering a hip muscle injury in her second round match at the Australian Open. This was Williams' first retirement in a Grand Slam tournament since 1994, putting her at the top of the most Grand Slam tournaments without ever retiring with 250 consecutive matches. This was also her first retirement from a match since the Los Angeles Women's Tennis Championships in 2004, losing her 294 straight matches without retiring. Williams was forced to withdraw from the Fed Cup quarterfinals against Belgium, the Dubai Tennis Championships, and the Mexican Open, where she was the two-time defending champion in both tournaments. She then dropped to number fifteen after being banned from the Miami Open, causing her to fall to fifth place. She also missed the clay court season, which caused her to fall to number twenty-nine. Her withdrawal from the French Open marked the first Grand Slam tournament since the 2003 US Open, in which neither of the Williams sisters was competing.

Williams made her first appearance since the Australian Open in Eastbourne. She lost for the first time in ten meetings to Daniela Hantuchová in the quarterfinals for the first time in 11 meetings. At the 2011 Wimbledon Championships, she was seeded 23rd. In her second round match against Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm, she dominated in three tight sets. Marzón Sánchez, a Spaniard, was then defeated in the third round by Bulgarian 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova in the fourth round, but she was defeated by Bulgarian 32nd seed Tsvetana Pironkova in the fourth round.

Williams had been scheduled to compete in the 2011 Rogers Cup in Toronto and the 2011 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, but the 2011 Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati had to be postponed due to viral disease. The US Open was her next scheduled tournament. Williams defeated Vesna Dolonts in the first round, who was unseeded at the US Open. She was supposed to meet 22nd seed Sabine Lisicki in the second round, but she was forced to cancel before the match began after being diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome, an autoimmune disorder that causes exhaustion and muscle pain. This was the first time she had to qualify in any of the Grand Slam tournaments in a season. As a result, her ranking has dropped to one-hundred and five.

Williams did not play for the remainder of the year at a competitive level; she appeared in three exhibitions tournaments in November and early December. She defeated Serena in Colombia in straight sets over the weekend, winning in straight sets. The sisters appeared in Milan, Italy, the week after, to perform their exhibition against Italian duo Francesca Schiavone and Flavia Pennetta. Williams lost both her singles tie-break matches, but she did well in the doubles pairing with her sister. Williams lost in Barbados to Victoria Azarenka in her third exhibition tournament. She ended the year at No. 1 in the United States and New Zealand at No. 83. 102. This was her first year-end finish outside of the top 50 since 1997.

Williams was supposed to compete in Auckland as part of the Australian Open. However, she was barred from both tournaments due to health issues, despite announcing that she would return to the WTA tour in February. She has dropped her from No. 1 to No. 5 in the rankings. 135. Williams returned to action in the Fed Cup World Group II doubles match between the United States and Belarus in February. She won the dead-rubber in straight sets over Liezel Huber, who was competing with her.

Williams was given wildcards to compete in the Miami and Charleston tournaments. Williams defeated Kimiko Date-Krumm in straight sets in the first round of the 2011 US Open — her first singles match since the 2011 US Open — in straight sets. She defeated No. 2 in the second round of the competition. 3 Petra Kvitová, her first top-three victory since beating Svetlana Kuznetsova in 2009. She saved a match point and defeated Aleksandra Wozniak in a three-set tiebreaker that ended a nearly three-hour match in the third round. She defeated No. 16 in the round of 16. Ana Ivanovic defeated Agnieszka Radwaska in straight sets in three sets in three sets to progress to the quarterfinals. Her career has boosted her to number 87 on the charts. Samantha Stosur defeated her in three sets in a week later in Charleston for her second straight quarterfinal appearance.

Williams was given free passes to Madrid and Rome. She lost in the second round to Angelique Kerber in Madrid, but she also climbed her ranking to No. 58, which was still in first place. 63. With a straight-sets victory over Samantha Stosur in the third round, she reached her third quarterfinal of the four tournaments she had competed in a week later in Rome. In straight sets, she defeated No. 78 in the quarterfinals. Maria Sharapova, the defending and eventual champion, is defending and eventual champion. Her appearance in Rome boosted her ranking to No. 1 in the world. 52, placing her third in the United States' top tenth. In the second round of the French Open to Agnieszka Radwa in straight sets, she lost in the second round of the French Open to Agnieszka Radwa.

Williams was unseeded at Wimbledon for the first time since 1997. In the first round in straight sets, she lost in straight sets to Elena Vesnina. Williams was the first time she had lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since the 2006 Australian Open, and it was the first time she had lost in the first round of a Grand Slam since her debut in 1997. Williams did her best in her return to doubles competition, where she competed with her sister Serena. The unseeded sisters qualified to the finals in just the second round and top-seeds Liezel Huber and Lisa Raymond in the semifinals, in just the pair's first tournament since 2010 Wimbledon. After defeating sixth-seed Andrea Hlavá and Lucie Hradecká in straight sets on the same day Serena Williams claimed her fifth Wimbledon doubles title.

Williams' next stop was the 2012 London Summer Olympics, which were hosted at the All England Club, Wimbledon. She competed in the women's singles and women's doubles competitions, partnering with sister Serena in doubles. Williams won in singles over Sara Errani and Aleksandra Wozniak in a convincing manner to progress to the third round, where she met Angelique Kerber. Despite having three set points and leading 5–1 in the tiebreak in the first set, she lost in two tiebreaks to Kerber in two tiebreaks. The unseeded Williams sisters advanced to the final at Wimbledon, defeating Hlavá and Hradecká. After defeating the Czech pair in straight sets, the sisters claimed their third gold medal in doubles. The Williams sisters won the gold medals for the first time (as well as Serena's win in the singles competition), the most Olympic gold medals won by any other tennis player, male or female.

Williams then competed in a singles wild card entry in Cincinnati. Sara Errani defeated her first two opponents, Maria Kirilenko and Chanelle Scheepers, in three close sets before losing in the third round to the 8th seed Sara Errani. She defeated her second top ten opponent in a row, Samantha Stosur, in three sets, to advance to her first semifinal appearance since the 2010 US Open. Williams suffered from a back injury before losing in three sets to Li Na in a match where her average first serve was between 80 and 90 miles per hour. For the first time in over a year, her semifinal campaign brought her ranking back to the top 50 for the first time in almost a year. Despite having a 4–2 lead in the third set, Williams lost in a second-round match against Angelique Kerber in three sets.

Williams captured her fourth WTA title and her first title in over two and a half years at the 2012 BGL Luxembourg Open, where she defeated Monica Niculescu in straight sets over a tie. Williams qualified for the WTA Tournament of Champions in Sofia, but she and her sister Serena's 'Breaking the Mould' tour in Africa ended. With her title in Luxembourg, she climbed to number 24. She ranked in the top 100 percent last year.

The first rubber was against South Africa at the 2013 Hopman Cup, when Isner and the United States were playing for the United States (with John Isner). Williams defeated Chanelle Scheepers and Kevin Anderson, and they comfortably beat the South African pair Chanelle Scheepers and Kevin Anderson. John Isner led them. She won both singles and in mixed doubles over France in the United States' second rubber against France, beating Jo-Wilfried Tsonga and Mathilde Johansson in both singles and mixed doubles. She then met Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain and triumphed in two sets.

Williams was seeded 25 after missing it the previous year due to injury. Maria Sharapova, the second seed, defeated Galina Voskoboeva and Alizé Cornet before falling to the second seed, Maria Sharapova. Brasil Tennis Cup was her next tournament. She was ranked as the first seed in the tournament. In the first round, she defeated Mirjana Lui-Baroni, Garbie Muguruza in the second round, and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the quarterfinals, beating Magdaléna Rybáriková in the second round and Magdaléna Rybáriková in the quarterfinals. She was then defeated in three sets by Olga Puchkova in her first semifinal of the year. Williams was able to move into the Top 20 after this tournament. She pulled out of the 2013 Sony Open Tennis in the third round due to a lower back injury.

Williams, who was fifth seed in Miami, was named in Charleston one week after. She advanced to the semifinals after playing both her third and quarterfinals matches on the same day, where she defeated Serena in two sets in the sisters' first meeting since the 2009 WTA Tour Championships. Williams stepped into her position after Sloane Stephens lost the first round, beating Johanna Larsson after converting on her eighth match point. This was the first time Williams had clinched the title in a Fed Cup tie, leading to the United States' 3–2 win over Sweden. Williams' next game was the Mutua Madrid Open, where she drew just before her first round match, and her next tournament was the Italian Open in Rome, where she lost in the first round to Laura Robson. Williams then competed in the 2013 French Open, losing to Urszula Radwanska in the first round. She was also entered in Doubles with her sister Serena, but she was disqualified right away from their first round match. Williams was forced to withdraw from the 2013 Wimbledon Championships due to a back injury. It was the first time she had missed Wimbledon in her career.

Kirsten Flipkens lost in the first round to 13th seed Kirsten Flipkens in three sets at the Roger's Cup. She defeated qualifier Jana Cepelova in straight sets and then lost in the second round to Elena Vesnina in three sets at the 2013 Western and Southern Open. The 2013 US Open was the next tournament for her. In a rematch of the Roger's Cup first round, she pulled an upset out of the first round by defeating 12th seed Kirsten Flipkens. In three sets, Zheng Jie defeated her. Serena Williams was in the doubles. In the first round, they defeated Carla Suarez Navarro and Silvia Soler Espinosa. The pair defeated the 11th seeded team of Abigail Spears and Raquel Kops-Jones in the second round of the second round in the third round, defeating the 11th seeded team of Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Lucie Safarova in the third round. They beat Sara Errani and Roberta Vinci's 1st seeded team in a rematch of the Australian Open quarterfinals. Lucie Hradecka and Andrea Hlavackova, the team's eventual champions and 5th seeded team, ended their season in the semifinals. Toray Pan Pacific Open was her next tournament. She defeated Mona Barthel in the first round and stunned the 1st-seeded and No. 1 in the No. 96 rankings. Victoria Azarenka of second place in the second round was ranked #2. She came back from a set down to defeat 13th seed Simona Halep in three sets in the third round of the Premier 5 tournament in three sets. In the quarterfinals, she defeated Canadian Eugenie Bouchard in three sets, but Petra Kvitova defeated her in semifinals in another three sets tie. Williams then competed in doubles and doubles at the 2013 China Open in Beijing, where she appeared in singles and doubles. Williams lost in singles to Sabine Lisicki, and she also lost her first round doubles match despite having two match points. Williams's last tournament of the season was the 2013 Kremlin Cup in Moscow, but she missed out due to injury, putting an end to her 2013 season.

Williams debuted as No. 1 in her first tennis season. 47 at the 2014 ASB Classic in Auckland, where she came in runner-up to Ana Ivanovic. She returned to No. 1 in the first round after being unseeded at the 2014 Australian Open, where she lost in the first round to No. 10 in the first round. In three sets, 23 Ekaterina Makarova defeated her in three sets. Williams dropped to No. 1 in Doha, but we'll get there. Petra Kvitová, a second round at the 2014 Qatar Total Open, after failing to put away a match point in the third set tie-break. Williams then entered the Dubai Tennis Championships, beating five top-40 players to win her first title since the Mutua Madrid Open in 2010 and becoming the seventh woman to win a WTA singles tournament for the seventh time in 33 years and 8 months. She retaliated in Auckland's 6–1 loss to Ana Ivanovic and her sister Serena's death to Alizé Cornet in the semifinals, then took the title match 6–3, 6–0, retaining her head-to-head record against Caroline Wozniacki. Williams later competed in Miami at the 2014 Sony Open Tennis Championships in Miami, and in Charleston, where she defeated Dominika Cibulková on hard and Eugenie Bouchard on clay, respectively, defeating them in the third round of 16 sets. Williams failed to force three sets in a loss for the first time this year, losing 4–6, 2–6 to Carla Suárez Navarro at Internazionali BNL d'Italia. Williams was disqualified by No. 10 at the 2014 French Open. In three sets, Anna Karolna Schmiedlová defeated 56 Anna Karolna Schmiedlová. Williams then lost in the third round of the 2014 Wimbledon Championships, 7–5, 6–7, 5–7, 5–7 to eventual champion Petra Kvitová in a thrilling and much-anticipated match in which 34 holds of service and just two breaks were lost. Williams was the only person to face Kvitová in the tournament.

Williams appeared in her first tournament of the 2014 Bank of the West Classic in which she is a two-time champion. She won her first Top-10 victory of the year and pushed Victoria Azarenka's record to 4–0 in the second round. Williams lost to No. 1 in the quarterfinals. Andrea Petkovic defeats her in three sets. Williams defeated No. 1 at the 2014 Rogers Cup. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova took third place in three sets in three sets, her first appearance at the tournament on her fifth attempt. She defeated No. 1 in the No. 4 poll. 7 Angelique Kerber in the third round of a three-set thriller that one of the commentaryators characterized as "quite simply one of the best matches on the WTA this year." Williams won in three sets over Carla Suárez Navarro in the semifinals, where she defeated younger sister and No. 1 in the fight for her second straight championships. Serena Williams was the first person to attend the pair's 25th wedding meeting. It was her 14th victory over a reigning No. 4 in the United States. She defeated Dinara Safina 6–1, 6–0 in the semifinals, her first appearance since the 2009 Wimbledon Championships. Serena's younger sister was also defeated by Williams for the first time since 2009. She lost the championship match 4–6, 2–6 to No. No. No. No. Agnieszka Radwaska (1998). Williams lost in a close three-setter to No. 12 in her last tournament before the 2014 US Open. In the first round of the 2014 Western & Southern Open, 17 Lucie afává vá in the first round. For the first time since 2010, Williams made it to the third round, two points away (multiple times) from progressing to the Round of 16 before eventually falling to 13th-seeded Sara Errani for the first time in four meetings.

Williams' next tournament was in Quebec, where she received a wildcard as the No. 2 on the Xolons. Seed at the top. Lucie Hradecká, a Czech player, was due to face her in the quarterfinals in straight-set first- and second round victories. She defeated Hradecká in a 2-hour, 13-minute match, winning 6–3, 4–6, 7–6(3). Williams won in straight sets over fellow countrywomen Shelby Rogers in straight sets to advance to her fourth final of the year, where she defeated a resurgent Mirjana Lui-Baroni in straight sets. Williams then competed at the 2014 Wuhan Open, losing in the first round to Caroline Garcia despite having a match point. She appeared in her first two tournaments before being disqualified by the third round of the year at the 2014 China Open. Williams was ranked No. 1 on the year's list at No. 131. 19 in singles, the first finish since 2010 outside the top 20. In 2014, Williams joined the Bangalore Raptors for the first edition of Champions Tennis League India.

Williams began her career in three sets in the final, defeating Caroline Wozniacki in three sets. Williams made it to the quarterfinals at a Grand Slam for the first time since the 2010 US Open. For the second week of a Grand Slam tournament since 2011, she defeated Camila Giorgi, 4–6, 2–4, and 0–40 down, before losing to Madison Keys after being up a break in the deciding round. In the third round, Williams had her 16-match winning streak at the Dubai Tennis Championships come to an end. She won a match point against Barbora Záhlavová-Strychková in the second round of a tense match against Agnieszka Radwa for the second time in 2015. Victoria Azarenka lost in three sets to her in three sets. Williams won the Miami Open third round and Caroline Wozniacki in the fourth round, giving her her fourth top-10 victory of the season and raising her head-to-head record against Wozniacki to a stunning 7-0). Carla Suárez Navarro defeated her in three sets in the quarterfinals.

Williams started her clay court season at the Madrid Open, where she lost in the first round to Victoria Azarenka in straight sets. She made it to the third round of the Italian Open before losing to Simona Halep. Williams struggled to win her first match at the 2015 French Open, losing in straight sets to American Sloane Stephens. She did not attend her mandatory post-match press conference and was fined $3000. Williams won in straight sets at Wimbledon before advancing to Wimbledon. Serena defeated her sister Serena in the fourth round in straight sets (4–6, 3–6). Williams then competed in the first round against qualifier Kateryna Bondarenko.

Williams began her US Open campaign at Rogers Cup, where she had been a finalist last year. Sabine Lisicki was disqualified in the first round, 6–0, 6–3. Because of her defeat, she fell outside the top ten in the world of the top 20. She was back in Cincinnati for the Western and Southern Open. She made it to the second round and was supposed to face Ana Ivanovic before she was forced to miss due to a virus. She was seeded 23rd for the US Open and met Monica Puig in the first round. She led 6–4, 5–3, 5–3, and had three match points, but lost in the second set. She won the match 6–4, 6–7(7–9), 6–3. She defeated fellow American Irina Falconi 6–3, 6–2, 6–2 in the second round after defeating 2 costly double fenders in the second set. In the third and fourth rounds, she defeated 12th seed Belinda Bencic and qualifier Anett Kontaveit in straight sets. Serena Williams played her sister Serena Williams in the quarterfinals for her 5th visit to the US Open and their 27th meeting overall. Williams lost the game in three sets (2–6, 6–1, 3–6).

Williams defeated No. 113, gaining her her fifth top ten victory of the season. In the first round of the Wuhan Open, 7 Agnieszka Radwaska competed. Julia Görges won her 700th match in her career (becoming only the ninth woman in the Open Era to win this feat). By defeating No. 10, she won her second top-ten victory. In the third round, ten Carla Suárez Navarro is in the third round. Williams won in three sets over Johanna Konta and Roberta Vinci (saving match point) in three sets to advance to the championship championship match where she defeated her first appearance in more than five years when her opponent, No. 93, defeated her in three sets. Garbie Muguruza, 8, has been fired after a set and a double break. In the second round of the China Open, Williams defeated Ana Ivanovic. She made it to the semifinals of the Hong Kong Open, where she lost in a close two-setter to eventual champion Jelena Jankovi.

Williams became an Alternate for the WTA Finals in Singapore with her performances throughout the season. In addition, she qualified for the WTA Elite Trophy in Zhuhai, where she is the number one seed. In a three-set match, she defeated Madison Keys, 3–6, 7–6, 6–1. She defeated wildcard Saisai 4–6, 6–1, 6–1 for her second round-robin match, where she defeated Roberta Vinci for the fifth time in a row. Williams claimed her first WTA title and 48th title of her career by defeating Karol Plková 7–6, 7–6(8–6) in the final, earning her her third WTA championship of the season and her third title of her career. For the first time since 2011, she re-entered the top ten and ended the year at No. 1. In the WTA rankings, they rank 7th. According to the WTA's website, Williams was the tenth most popular player of the year in the country, and she was named WTA Comeback Player of the Year award.

Williams began competing at the World Tennis Thailand Championship, an exhibition in Thailand, where she lost to Sara Errani and Angelique Kerber. She then competed in the ASB Classic, where she finished as the No. 1 in the nation's Top 100, where she was the No. 1. Daria Kasatkina, the first seed and defending champion, lost in the first round to the 18-year-old Daria Kasatkina. (This was also Williams' first tournament since the 2011 Australian Open as a top-ten performer.) Williams, who was seeded 8th in the Australian Open, lost to Johanna Konta in the first round. She later helped the USA Fed Cup Team beat Poland 4–0, winning both of her singles matches. Williams' next tournament was the Taiwan Open, where she was ranked No. 1 in the Taiwan Open. Seed 1 – 1 seed. She defeated Misaki Doi in the final, winning her her 49th title in career.

Williams fought Daria Kasatkina, the 29th seed, in a 2-hour, 42-minute marathon at the Wimbledon Championships, where she defeated her in the third round of the championships. In the fourth round, she defeated 12th seed Carla Suarez Navarro and now leads 4-3 in head-to-head meetings. Williams advanced to the quarterfinals for the first time in six years, defeating Yaroslava Shvedova. She lost in straight sets to 4th seed Angelique Kerber in her first Grand Slam semifinal since the 2010 US Open and her first Wimbledon semifinal since 2009. Venus and Serena Williams advanced to their first Grand Slam Doubles final since 2012. They then won their 14th major championship and sixth at Wimbledon.

Williams revealed in September 2016 that Williams used prohibited drugs classified by the WADA as Therapeutic Use Exemptions (TUEs), adding: "The TUEs under the Tennis Anti-Doping program have to pass a stringent process for approval, which I have adhered to when serious medical problems occurred."

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