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

Venus Williams is not fresh to bring her storied tennis profession to an extremity conscionable yet.

The seven-time Grand Slam singles victor landed a chaotic paper introduction for this year’s Australian Open. The first awesome tourney of nan play originates connected Jan. 18.

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

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Venus Williams celebrates aft winning lucifer constituent successful her Women's Singles first information lucifer against Kirsten Flipkens of Belgium during time 1 of nan 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 awesome Serena Williams astatine nan 1998 Australian Open, but was yet defeated successful nan quarterfinals by Lindsay Davenport.

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

VENUS WILLIAMS EARNS US OPEN WILD-CARD INVITATION AS OLDEST SINGLES ENTRANT IN OVER 40 YEARS

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

Venus Williams walks onto nan tribunal anterior to her lucifer against Karolina Muchova of nan Czech Republic during their Women's Singles First Round lucifer astatine nan 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 nan Australian summer," Williams said. "I've had truthful galore unthinkable memories there, and I'm grateful for nan opportunity to return 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 will people nan 22nd clip she has appeared successful nan main draw.

Venus Williams successful a believe convention during time 5 of nan 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 group to go nan oldest female to compete successful nan tournament's main draw, surpassing nan grounds antecedently held by Japan's Kimiko Date, who was 44 erstwhile she mislaid successful nan first information astatine Melbourne Park successful 2015.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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