* 1942 – Richard Williams, father of Venus Williams and Serena Williams

* 1980 – Venus Williams, American tennis player

* 15-Yetunde Price, 30, sister of American tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.

* Venus Williams ( born 1980 ), professional tennis player

* June 8 – Serena Williams defeats her sister Venus Williams in straight sets to win the 2002 French Open.

Davenport's next victory on tour was her first Grand Slam singles title at the 1998 US Open, defeating fifth-ranked Venus Williams in the semifinals and top-ranked Hingis in the final.

After Wimbledon, Davenport won the singles and doubles titles in Stanford and won San Diego in doubles with Morariu over Serena and Venus Williams in the final.

Davenport reached the Wimbledon final, where she was beaten by Venus Williams.

Davenport once again lost to Venus in the Stanford final and to Serena Williams in the Los Angeles final.

After losing to Hingis in the Zürich final, Davenport won two consecutive titles in Linz, defeating Venus Williams, and in Philadelphia.

She lost in the Australian Open doubles final with Morariu to Venus and Serena Williams.

Davenport then reached the semifinals of the Tier I San Diego tournament, where she lost to Venus Williams.

She then lost to Venus in New Haven and to Serena Williams in the US Open semifinals.

Davenport and Lisa Raymond reached the doubles semifinals of the Australian Open, where they lost to Serena Williams and Venus Williams.

She defeated Venus and Serena Williams for the first time since 2000, which she said instilled belief in her that she could win more Grand Slam tournaments.

In the quarterfinals of that tournament, Davenport defeated Venus Williams for the fourth consecutive time.

Davenport eventually defeated Mauresmo and faced 14th-seeded Venus Williams in an all-American final.

In 2006, the WTA and players such as Venus Williams pushed for equal prize money to men at both the French Open and Wimbledon.

Both Lleyton Hewitt and Venus Williams were unsuccessful in their title defences, Hewitt being defeated in the semi-finals by Andre Agassi and Venus being defeated in the final by her younger sister Serena.

Venus Williams, 6 – 4, 6 – 3

Venus Williams is one of only four women in the open era to have won five or more Wimbledon singles titles.

In the 2008 Wimbledon women's final, Venus struck a forehand winner measured at 94 mph ( IBM / Wimbledon ).

Venus also became only the sixth woman in history to win the singles titles at both Wimbledon and the US Open in consecutive years, the others being Martina Navrátilová ( twice ), Steffi Graf ( twice ), Althea Gibson, Maureen Connolly Brinker, and Helen Wills Moody ( twice ).

It was also the first time Venus lost in the first round of a Grand Slam Tournament since the 2006 Australian Open, as well as the first opening round loss at Wimbledon since her pro tennis debut appearance there in 1997.

Venus herself became the first woman to benefit from the equalization of prize money at Wimbledon, as she won the 2007 tournament and was awarded the same amount as the male winner Roger Federer.

*# Wimbledon championships – Venus Williams

Henin established herself as a major competitor in 2001 when she reached the women's singles semifinals of the French Open and then upset the reigning Australian Open and French Open champion Jennifer Capriati in the semifinals of Wimbledon, losing to defending champion Venus Williams in three sets in the final.

This was the only Wimbledon final of the decade that did not involve Venus Williams and / or Serena Williams.

** Wimbledon championships – Serena Williams defeats Venus Williams, 4-6, 6-4, 6-2.

Other highlights include beating several former World No. 1 players: Martina Hingis in the first round of Wimbledon in 1999, Venus Williams at the 2000 Italian Open and Kim Clijsters at the 2003 Zürich Open.

She did, however, beat the 2005 Wimbledon champion Venus Williams in Fed Cup semifinals, but then lost both of her matches in the final.

At the 2003 Wimbledon Championships, Petrova was seeded 29th and made it to the third round before losing to Venus Williams 6 – 1, 6 – 2.

She obtained a second mixed doubles title at Wimbledon, partnering Andy Ram of Israel. They defeated Americans Bob Bryan and Venus Williams, 6 – 2, 6 – 3.

She reached the final by defeating Olympic gold medalist Dementieva, 7 – 6 ( 7 ), 3 – 6, 6 – 3, but lost a three-setter to Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, 7 – 6 ( 5 ), 0 – 6, 2 – 6.

Hantuchová made the third round at the French Open and Wimbledon, losing to Clijsters, 4 – 6, 2 – 6, in Paris, and eventual champion Venus Williams, 5 – 7, 3 – 6, in England.

The most successful female players currently playing are Venus Williams and her sister Serena Williams, both with five Wimbledon singles titles.

On July 10 Sugiyama reached the final of the Women's Doubles at Wimbledon, partnered by Julie Halard-Decugis, but lost in straight sets to sisters Venus and Serena Williams 6 – 3 6 – 2 after a one-day rain delay.

Her best Grand Slam finish was the third round at Wimbledon ( losing to Maria Sharapova 6 – 2, 6 – 4, but she was the only player to break the defending champion's serve before Sharapova's semifinal loss to Venus Williams ).

Serena won the US Open in 1999 ; Venus beat Lindsay Davenport to win the 2000 Wimbledon title.

It was the first of five Wimbledon titles for Venus Williams.

*" Venus in Pearls " ( 46 BC ) ( short story Alfred Hitchcock ’ s Mystery Magazine July / August 2001 p36 ) — Caesar hires Decius to locate his stolen breastplate before his Pompeian triumph

It has often been stated during TV commentaries that Ruzici's victory in 1980 at a tournament in Salt Lake City was watched by Richard Williams who was inspired by her triumph and prize money to teach his daughters Venus Williams & Serena Williams to play tennis.