Venus Williams set to become oldest woman in Australian Open main draw with wild card entry

Venus Williams is not acceptable to bring her storied tennis vocation to an extremity conscionable yet.

The seven-time Grand Slam singles victor landed a chaotic paper introduction for this year’s Australian Open. The archetypal large tourney of the play begins connected Jan. 18.

In a societal media station connected Friday, tourney organizers confirmed that the 45-year-old Williams would instrumentality to Melbourne Park aft a five-year absence. Williams made her debut astatine the Australian Open 28 years ago.

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Venus Williams celebrates aft winning lucifer constituent successful her Women's Singles archetypal circular lucifer against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during time 1 of the 2021 Australian Open astatine Melbourne Park connected Feb. 8, 2021, successful Melbourne, Australia. (Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Venus outlasted her younger sister and chap tennis large Serena Williams astatine the 1998 Australian Open, but was yet defeated successful the quarterfinals by Lindsay Davenport.

Williams besides received a chaotic paper to a WTA tourney successful Auckland, New Zealand successful November.

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The 45-year-old Williams past competed successful Melbourne successful 2021. She has finished runner-up successful the women’s singles twice, losing to Serena Williams successful the finals successful 2003 and 2017.

Venus Williams walks onto the tribunal anterior to her lucifer against Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic during their Women's Singles First Round lucifer astatine the 2025 U.S. Open astatine USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center connected Aug. 25, 2025, successful New York City, New York. (Elsa/Getty Images)

"I'm excited to beryllium backmost successful Australia and looking guardant to competing during the Australian summer," Williams said. "I've had truthful galore unthinkable memories there, and I'm grateful for the accidental to instrumentality to a spot that has meant truthful overmuch to my career."

Venus Williams’ grounds astatine Melbourne Park stands astatine 54 wins and 21 losses. This twelvemonth volition people the 22nd clip she has appeared successful the main draw.

Venus Williams successful a signifier league during time 5 of the Rothesay Classic Birmingham astatine Edgbaston Priory Club connected June 21, 2023, successful Birmingham, England.  (Stephen Pond/Getty Images for LTA)

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Australian Open officials said Williams was acceptable to go the oldest pistillate to vie successful the tournament's main draw, surpassing the grounds antecedently held by Japan's Kimiko Date, who was 44 erstwhile she mislaid successful the archetypal circular astatine Melbourne Park successful 2015.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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