WTA • World No. 599 • 75 pts • USA USA

Venus Williams

Age 46185 cmborn Lynwoodturned pro 1994

Not played since 31 Aug · lost to Sofia Kenin

World No. 599 Venus Williams WTA · USA USA

World No. 599 Venus Williams is 0–12 in 2026.

Venus Williams’s last match was on 31 Aug at US Open, a loss to Sofia Kenin.

As of 9 October 2026, 00:14 UTC.

Next match

Opponent, time and what people predict.

No match scheduled right now. Last played 31 Aug at US Open: lost to Sofia Kenin 2–6 6–7(6).

World ranking

No. 599

No change since 28 Sept

2026 season

0–12

Last 5 matches

L L L L L

Career titles

49

Grand Slams

7

Last match

Lost to Sofia Kenin

2–6 6–7(6) · US Open Round of 128 · 31 Aug

0–12

2026 record

12 matches through 31 Aug.

Hard
0–10
Clay
0–1
Grass
0–1

12

Matches played

Through 31 Aug, singles only.

Deciding sets
0–4
Tiebreaks
2–2

Tournament Run

Venus Williams is not in a draw this week - the bracket appears once a tournament starts.

News & Insights

What is happening around Venus Williams - headlines from our approved sources, links go to the source.

Venus Williams has entered a WTA event she has never played before in her career. Recent results show she lost to Emiliana Arango at the Cincinnati Open and to Sofia Kenin at the US Open. The Williams sisters also crashed out of the US Open after losing to Chan and Joint.

AI-generated summary of recent headlines. Generated 30 Sep 2026.

No fresh headlines about Venus Williams from our sources yet.

Serve & return, 2026

How the points are won, from the match statistics api-tennis records. The tick on each bar is the median of the WTA top 100.

8 matches with statistics

On serve 10 points worse than the WTA median at holding serve

Aces per match
3.1 tour median 2.8 · more than most
Double faults per match
4.9 tour median 3.6 · more than most
1st serve points won
64% tour median 65%
2nd serve points won
38% tour median 46%
Service games held
58% tour median 68%
Break points saved
54% tour median 56%

On return 13 points worse than the WTA median at converting break points

Return games won
12% tour median 37%
Break points converted
33% tour median 46%

Career

49 singles titles · best year-end No. 2 (2002). Year-end singles ranking by season, from api-tennis.

  1. No. 5 1998
  2. No. 3 1999
  3. No. 3 2000
  4. No. 3 2001
  5. No. 2 2002
  6. No. 11 2003
  7. No. 9 2004
  8. No. 10 2005
  9. No. 46 2006
  10. No. 8 2007
  11. No. 6 2008
  12. No. 6 2009
  13. No. 5 2010
  14. No. 102 2011
  15. No. 24 2012
  16. No. 47 2013
  17. No. 18 2014
  18. No. 7 2015
  19. No. 17 2016
  20. No. 5 2017
  21. No. 39 2018
  22. No. 52 2019
  23. No. 79 2020
  24. No. 318 2021
  25. No. 1000 2022
  26. No. 412 2023
  27. No. 977 2024
  28. No. 581 2025

Results

Every singles result on record, newest first. Opponents link to their page and the score to the match page, where we have one; "people predicted" is this player's Polymarket price before the match.

Date Result Opponent Tournament Score People predicted
31 Aug 2026 L Sofia Kenin US Open · Round of 128 2–6 6–7(6)
14 Aug 2026 L Emiliana Arango Cincinnati · Round of 128 2–6 2–6
2 Aug 2026 L Kamilla Rakhimova National Bank Open · Round of 128 4–6 1–6
29 Jul 2026 L Anastasia Potapova Washington · Round of 32 3–6 3–6
22 Jun 2026 L Irina-Camelia Begu Bad Homburg · Round of 32 2–6 6–4 6–7(6)
21 Apr 2026 L Kaitlin Quevedo Madrid · Round of 128 2–6 4–6
19 Mar 2026 L Francesca Jones Miami · Round of 128 5–7 5–7
5 Mar 2026 L Diane Parry Indian Wells · Round of 128 3–6 7–6(4) 1–6
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24 Feb 2026 L Ajla Tomljanovic WTA Austin · Round of 32 4–6 1–6
18 Jan 2026 L Olga Danilovic Australian Open · Round of 128 7–6(5) 3–6 4–6
13 Jan 2026 L Tatjana Maria Hobart · Round of 32 4–6 3–6
6 Jan 2026 L Magda Linette Auckland · Round of 32 4–6 6–4 2–6