(Xports News Reporter Kim Hyun-ki) Venus Williams (USA), who won the women’s singles title at the Wimbledon tennis tournament five times, got married.
Williams announced on his social media on the 24th, “I married Andrea Preti last weekend in Palm Beach, Florida.”
Williams, born in 1980, reached the top of the singles major tournament for the first time at Wimbledon in 2000, and also won the women’s singles title at Wimbledon in 2001, 2005, 2007, and 2008.
In addition, she reigned as the strongest player in women’s tennis in the early and mid-2000s, winning singles titles at the US Open in 2000 and 2001.
Williams, who is still an active player, set the record for second oldest singles wins on the Women’s Professional Tennis (WTA) Tour in July of this year.
The first place in this category is Martina Navratilova (USA), who won the singles victory at Wimbledon in 2004 at the age of 47.
Among the players currently ranked in the singles world rankings on the WTA tour, Williams is the oldest.
Her Danish-Italian husband, Preti, is an actor, model, and producer who is eight years younger than Williams.
Williams, who is currently ranked 575th in the world in singles on the WTA Tour, is scheduled to participate in the WTA Tour tournament held in New Zealand in January 2026.
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