Venus Williams

Venus Ebony Starr Williams (born June 17, 1980) is an American professional tennis player who is generally regarded as one of the all-time greats of women's tennis and who, along with younger sister Serena Williams, is credited with ushering in a new era of power and athleticism on the women's professional tennis tour. Ranked World No. 11 in singles as of January 28, 2017, Williams has been ranked World No. 1 by the Women's Tennis Association on three occasions, for a total of 11 weeks. She first became the World No. 1 on February 25, 2002, the first African American woman to do so in the Open Era. On 10 June 2002, Venus and Serena became the first sisters to hold the No. 1 and No. 2 spots in the singles rankings, respectively. On 7 June 2010, Venus became co-N