Venus Williams

Born on June 17, 1980, Venus Ebony Starr Williams is an American professional tennis player who is amongst the all-time greatest woman tennis players of United States. She together with her younger sister Serena Williams has contributed her sincere efforts to earn various accolades for America in tennis.

A glimpse of her achievements:-

• Williams became the first black American woman who has been ranked as world's No. 1 tennis player in 2002 in the Open Era.
• Williams added feathers to her cap by winning four of the six Grand Slam singles tournaments which were held from 2000 to 2001.
• She has won four gold medals in Olympics including both singles and the doubles category.
• She received the WTA Player Service Award twice in 2012 and 2013.
• In 2015, Venus was honored with US Open Sportsmanship Award for her best demonstration of her playing skills and techniques.