‘Don’t Think It Happens Often’: Venus Williams Says Playing With and Against Sister Serena Williams Was ‘Wonderful’

Venus Williams is one of the most successful tennis players of all time. Along with sister Serena, she dominated the WTA Tour for a long time, introducing a new dimension of the game, which had been missing from women’s tennis. They have a combined 30 Grand Slam titles to their name.  

Venus was the first African American woman to reach the pinnacle in the Open Era, and second all-time, to Althea Gibson. She has 7 Grand Slam Singles titles, reaching the finals of 16. Venus also has 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Serena Williams and is undefeated in Grand Slam doubles finals. She and her sister are the only tennis players in history to have 4 Olympic gold medals.

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Venus Williams says it was exciting playing with sister Serena

Serena and Venus, both coached by their father Richard Williams, have been hugely successful. She mentioned it was even more special, sharing the top stage with her sister, because it’s not a common occurrence in sports, that both siblings reach that height of success.

“I don’t it happens that often in sports too. So I’ve done it quite a lot no, it’s wonderful,” she said.

In an interview, Venus recently talked about what competing with her sister on such a huge platform felt like. While she has always maintained how much fun it was competing against her sister, she reiterated the same sentiments again.

“It’s what we dreamed about growing up so I think a lot of people think, ‘oh wow, what’s it like to play your sister?’ I’m like ‘yeah it’s awesome. I’d love to see her get there, I love to get there. It’s just the most exciting thing in the world’,” she said.

Venus and Serena have always shared a close bond. Both of them credit each other for always pushing and motivating the other. They also have enjoyed a healthy rivalry on court, competing in 9 grand slam finals between the 2001 US Open and the 2017 Australian Open tournaments.

Overall, they’ve played each other 31 times and Serena leads the head to head by 19 to 12.

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