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Venus WilliamsVenus Williams Biography
Venus Williams became the dominant female player of 2000, that year winning the Wimbledon singles title, the US Open, and Olympic gold in Sydney. She also won the Wimbledon doubles title, partnered by her younger sister, Serena Williams. She retained the Wimbledon and the US Open singles titles in 2001, but in 2003 was defeated by her sister in the Wimbledon singles final. She was the first African-American to reach the number one ranking in either the men's or women's game. At the beginning of 2004 she had a world ranking of Number 3. At Wimbledon, Williams defeated defending champion Maria Sharapova in a semifinal 7-6(2), 6-1, breaking Sharapova's serve four times. (Sharapova had lost only one service game to that point.) This marked the sixth consecutive year that at least one of the Williams sisters had reached the final, and it was Venus's fifth appearance in the Wimbledon final in the past 6 years.
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Venus Williams at Wimbledon
In 2000, Williams won the singles title at both Wimbledon and the U.S. Open and two gold medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. The Williams sisters also won the Wimbledon doubles title for the first time. Williams successfully defended her Wimbledon and U.S. Open singles titles in 2001. The Willliams sisters won the Wimbledon doubles title for the second time in 2002. Wimbledon 2003: Venus lost the final to her sister Serena. At Wimbledon 2004, Williams lost a controversial second round match to Croatian Karolina Sprem. The umpire of the match, Ted Watts, awarded Sprem an unearned point in the second set tiebreak. Upon the conclusion of the match, he was quickly relieved of his duties. On 2005 Venus Williams defeated defending champion Sharapova in a semifinal 7-6(2), 6-1, breaking Sharapova's serve four times. 2006: Venus Williams competed at Wimbledon as one of the favorites to win the title. She survived a scare against fellow American Lisa Raymond in the second round when Williams was two points from defeat. Williams then lost in the third round to 26th seeded Jankovic 7-6(8), 4-6, 6-4. After the loss, Venus was quoted as saying that she was having pain in her left wrist, but that it was not the reason why she lost.
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Already
well-known at age eleven, Williams turned professional on 1994.
Venus Williams began to play regularly on the tour in 1997. The
highlight of Williams's first year was playing the U.S. Open for
the first time, where she lost in the final to Martina Hingis. 