"MELBOURNE, Australia -- Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18. The tournament announced in a social media post 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 quarterfinals to fellow American Lindsay Davenport."
""I'm excited to be back in Australia and looking forward to competing during the Australian summer," Williams said. "I've had so many incredible memories there, and I'm grateful for the opportunity to return to a place that has meant so much to my career." Venus Williams' record at Melbourne Park is 54 wins and 21 losses. This year will be the 22nd time she has appeared in the main draw."
Venus Williams, seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open starting Jan. 18. The 45-year-old will return to Melbourne Park 28 years after her first appearance, where she reached the quarterfinals in 1998 after defeating sister Serena. Williams announced plans to play a WTA tournament in Auckland two weeks before the Australian Open, where she also received a wild card. She last appeared at Melbourne in 2021 and finished runner-up in women's singles in 2003 and 2017. Williams holds a 54-21 record at Melbourne Park and will become the oldest woman to compete in the main draw. In late December she married Andrea Preti.
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