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USA’s Venus Williams plays a forehand return against Belgium’s Greet Minnen during the US Open tennis tournament women’s singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 29, 2023. Seven-time major singles champion Venus Williams was handed a wildcard to the Australian Open aged 45 on January 2, 2025, becoming the oldest woman ever to play at the season-opening Grand Slam.

FILE: USA’s Venus Williams plays a forehand return against Belgium’s Greet Minnen during the US Open tennis tournament women’s singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 29, 2023.
Seven-time major singles champion Venus Williams was handed a wildcard to the Australian Open aged 45 on January 2, 2025, becoming the oldest woman ever to play at the season-opening Grand Slam.

USA’s Venus Williams plays a forehand return against Belgium’s Greet Minnen during the US Open tennis tournament women’s singles first round match at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York City, on August 29, 2023.
Seven-time major singles champion Venus Williams was handed a wildcard to the Australian Open aged 45 on January 2, 2025, becoming the oldest woman ever to play at the season-opening Grand Slam.