Venus Williams

WTA best since 2003 #2

Elo peak23912013-02-28

Grand Slams749 career titles

46 yrs · 185 cm · right-handed, two-handed backhand · 526–230 career · last 2026-08-30

Venus Williams won 7 Grand Slams and 49 tour titles, peaked at 2391 Elo in February 2013, last played 2026-08-30. Career record 526–230.

Elo — overall & by surface

Overall

689#3208

Hard

1645#373

Clay

1679#539

Grass

2010#74

Glicko-2 — rating & deviation

Overall

1125#1740

Hard

1526#993

Clay

1444#1383

Grass

1682#480

Rating deviation ±143.9 — lower means more certain.

Honours · career

Grand Slams7

WTA 10009

Career titles49

Finals reached83

Best WTA rank since 2003#2

5 Wimbledon · 2 US Open Official ranking snapshots begin in 2003, so best rank and weeks at No. 1 are counted from there and any earlier peak is not seen.

Career

Peak Elo2391 2013-02-28

Overall W–L526–230 70%

Hard335–153 69%

Clay119–55 68%

Grass69–21 77%

Record covers 2003 onward — the ratings dataset does not reach the start of this career (1997).

Pressure · career

Finals49–34 59%

Deciding set184–123 60%

Tie-breaks136–101 57%

Deciding-set tie-breaks17–16 52%

After winning set 1685–66 91%

After losing set 184–210 29%

Vs No. 16–11 35%

Vs Top 533–48 41%

Vs Top 1063–71 47%

Retirements and walkovers are excluded — a deciding set that ended because someone stopped playing is not a deciding set won. Vs Top N uses the opponent’s official ranking that week, so it counts from 2003.

Serve & return · career rates

1st serve in59.4%

Won behind 1st68.4%

Won behind 2nd45.0%

Break points saved57.1%

Break points converted46.3%

Return points won45.7%

Aces per match3.8

Double faults per match4.5

From 622 tour-level matches with point-by-point statistics on file. Rates rather than totals, because the statistics table does not cover every match played.