US EditionVenus Williams Accepts a Wild Card for the DC Open. She Hasn’t Competed in More than a Year
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, JUL 11 – Venus Williams returns to professional tennis after a yearlong break caused by Sjögren’s syndrome, competing at the DC Open with a wild-card entry, organizers said.
- Venus Williams will compete in singles at the 2025 DC Open through a wild-card entry, marking her return to professional tennis after more than a year away from competition.
- She had not competed since the 2024 Miami Open and planned a return despite a February Indian Wells announcement that she would play there later being retracted.
- Williams, a seven-time Grand Slam champion, last competed in the DC Open in 2022 and recently announced plans to play in the Charlotte Invitational.
- Mark Ein, who leads the Mubadala Citi DC Open, remarked that her achievements in tennis and her innovative contributions beyond the sport have motivated fans globally.
- Her return to compete in DC offers fans a rare chance to see her in person and signals a noteworthy comeback at the WTA 500 tournament from July 21 to 27, 2025.
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The former world number one, which had never announced the end of his career but has not played for 16 months, will line up at WTA 500 in Washington, D.C., in mid-July.
Invited to the WTA 500 in Washington, D.C., the former U.S. World Number 1 has not played for more than a year.
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The Irish SunFive-time Wimbledon winner announces shock return to tennis aged 45
VENUS WILLIAMS is making a comeback to tennis…aged 45. The American legend refuses to retire – three years after her younger sister Serena did exactly that – as she has surprisingly entered this month’s Washington Open. Venus Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, The five-time Wimbledon winner is deemed “inactive” on the WTA list and her last official singles appearance was in Miami in March 2024. …
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The Hamilton SpectatorVenus Williams accepts a wild card for the DC Open. She hasn’t competed in more than a year
Venus Williams accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open, which would be the seven-time Grand Slam champion’s first tournament in more than a year. Williams, who turned 45 in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WTA Tour’s website. She hasn’t competed in an official match since the Miami Open in 2024. “There’s something truly special about D.C.: the energy, the fans, the history,” Williams said in a statement releas…
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