Venus Williams was born June 17, in Lynwood, California. She turned professional on October 31, at age Serena Williams is a baseline player.

She takes immediate control of rallies using a powerful serve and return and forceful groundstrokes. Her serve can be up to mph.

Venus Williams is also a baseline player with an attacking all-court game. She is most comfortable playing on grass.

She is a skillful volleyer with great court coverage. She has the record for the fastest serve by a woman, with mph at the Zurich Open.

Serena Williams won 21 Grand Slam singles titles. She always partners with her sister, Venus, for women's doubles tournaments.

She has also been in 4 Grand Slam mixed double finals, winning 2 of them. Venus Williams has been in 14 Grand Slam singles finals, winning 7 titles.

She has won 13 Grand Slam finals with her sister and two mixed double finals. As of January 5, , Serena Williams is the No. On July 8, , Serena Williams reached No.

Since then, she has earned this ranking for numerous weeks on end, last achieving it on Dec 28, ; she has been ranked World No.

Venus Williams first ranked No. Also I want to say thank you to all the healthcare workers out there keeping everybody safe. With all that being said, yes, that was a crazy first round.

Clearly Venus is in a tremendous headspace right now, and it showed on the court. In addition to her always exceptional first-strike tennis, her movement appeared crisper than ever.

While Serena will almost certainly be the oddsmakers' favorite on Thursday, this appears as good a chance as ever for Venus to strike back in the series.

Venus is a queen of first-strike tennis, but she dominated the long rallies against Azarenka on Tuesday. The Williams' first match of year was at the Barclays Dubai Tennis Championships , where they met in the semifinals.

In a match that was described as a "thriller" by CNN , Venus prevailed 6—1, 2—6, 7—6 3. Serena was dogged by a knee injury in the third set, but did not excuse herself because of this, and Venus said that the match had been worthy of a final.

Serena won the match 6—4, 3—6, 6—3, temporarily secured her World No. Serena won the singles title for the first time in six years, beating Venus 7—6 3 , 6—2.

They met for the fourth time in the year during the round robin phase of the year-ending Sony Ericsson Championships , with Serena winning 5—7, 6—4, 7—6 4 saving match point.

They met again in the final of the tournament with Serena winning again by a score of 6—2, 7—6 4. The head-to-head now stood at 13—10 in favor of Serena, who has also won the last four meetings.

Due to a mixture of injury and illness the pair did not face each other again until the Family Circle Cup.

It was their first matchup on clay since the French Open final. Serena won her fifth consecutive match against Venus. Venus and Serena's 25th encounter came in the semi-finals of the Rogers Cup.

Serena went into the match with a five consecutive match winning streak against her older sister.

However, Venus won the match 6 2 -7, 6—2, 6—3, making the sisters' head to head record at 14—11 in favor of Serena.

After a period of six years, the pair met in the fourth round of Wimbledon in - their first meeting in a grand slam event since Wimbledon It was the pair's sixth meeting at Wimbledon.

Serena won the match by a score of 6—4, 6—3, making the sisters' head to head record 15—11 in Serena's favor and 4—2 in Wimbledon again in favor of Serena.

The sisters renewed their grand slam rivalry in the Australian Open final. Serena won her seventh Australian Open title, and 23rd Grand Slam title overall, defeating Venus 6—4 6—4.

The win also allowed Serena to pass Steffi Graf's 22 grand slam singles titles. Venus and Serena met twice during Venus won the encounter They met for the second time in the year in the 3rd round of the US Open, with Serena winning In their first tournament back during the Coronavirus Pandemic, the sisters faced one another for the 31st time in their careers.

The clash came more than 22 years after their first professional meeting. Serena entered the tournament as the top seed and defeated Venus The professional relationship and dynamic between Venus and Serena Williams is deeply affected by their close personal relationship.

The notion of two top professionals emerging from the same family to compete against one another is unprecedented, and is a scenario which has been described as being "as improbable as one set of parents raising Picasso and Monet.

Peter Bodo, further speaking to the unlikeliness of siblings contesting Grand Slam finals, states "It's a common occurrence that will cease to be possible, perhaps ever again, the moment they set the sticks aside.

The all-Williams final at the US Open drew a larger television audience than the Notre Dame-Nebraska college football game being broadcast at the same time.

The Williams legacy can also arguably be seen in the increased representation of African Americans among tennis professionals and new players, though their representation among professionals still remains small.

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Venus Williams left and Serena Williams right. To avoid confusion and double counting, these charts are updated at the conclusion of a tournament or when the player's participation has ended.

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