"Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning 18 January in Melbourne. The tournament said Friday that the 45-year-old Williams would make a return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance. In 1998, she defeated her younger sister Serena in the second round before losing in the quarter-finals to fellow American Lindsay Davenport."
"Venus had announced in November that she would play in Auckland, New Zealand, where she also received a wild card, two weeks before the Australian Open. The Australian Open said Williams was also entered to play a tournament in Hobart, Australia a week later and just before play begins at Melbourne Park. She last appeared in Melbourne in 2021 and has finished runner-up in the women's singles twice, losing to Serena in the finals in 2003 and 2017."
Venus Williams received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning 18 January in Melbourne. She will return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance. In 1998 she beat Serena in the second round and lost in the quarter-finals to Lindsay Davenport. Williams is also entered to play in Auckland and Hobart. She last appeared in Melbourne in 2021 and was runner-up in 2003 and 2017. Her Melbourne Park record is 54-21, and this will be her 22nd main-draw appearance. At 45 she will become the oldest woman to compete in the Australian Open main draw, surpassing Kimiko Date. In late December she married Andrea Preti.
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