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Venus Williams - U.S.A. - U.S. Open 2010 (Semi-Finalist)

Photo/Foto: Nigel French

Date: 25 June 2010

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- DATE OF BIRTH
  Tuesday, 17 June 1980
- PLACE OF BIRTH
  Lynwood, California, U.S.A.

INTERNATIONAL
U.S.A.
- Championship Performances
  (QF onwards)
  Australian: Runner-up 2003, 2017, Semifinal 2001. Quarterfinal 1998, 1999, 2008, 2010, 2015.
  French: Runner-up 2002. Quarterfinal 1998, 2000, 2004, 2006.
  Wimbledon: Winner 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008. Runner-up 2002, 2003, 2009, 2017, semi-final 2016, Quarterfinal 1998, 1999, 2010.
  U.S.: Winner 2000, 2001. Runner-up 1997, 2002. Semifinal 1998, 1999, 2007, 2010, 2017. Quarterfinal 2005, 2008, 2015.
  Olympics: Winner 2000.

Venus WILLIAMS - U.S.A. - U.S. Open 2010 (Semi-Finalist)

LAST 16. U.S. OPEN 2010
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI beat MARIA SHARAPOVA 6-3, 6-4
DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA beat SVETLANA KUZNETSOVA 7-5, 7-6(7-4)
KAIA KANEPI beat YANINA WICKMAYER 0-6, 7-6(7-2), 6-1
VERA ZVONAREVA beat ANDREA PETKOVIC 6-1, 6-2
FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE beat ANASTASIA PAVLYUCHENKO 6-3, 6-0
VENUS WILLIAMS beat SHAHAR PEER 7-6 (7-3), 6-3
SAMANTHA STOSUR beat ELENA DEMENTIEVA 6-3, 2-6, 7-6(7-2)
KIM CLIJSTERS beat ANA IVANOVIC 6-2, 6-1
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QUARTERFINALS
CAROLINE WOZNIACKI beat DOMINIKA CIBULKOVA 6-4, 6-3
VERA ZVONAREVA beat KAIA KANEPI 6-3, 7-5
VENUS WILLIAMS beat FRANCESCA SCHIAVONE 7-6(7-5), 6-4
KIM CLIJSTERS beat SAMANTHA STOSUR 6-4, 5-7, 6-3
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SEMIFINALS
VERA ZVONAREVA beat CAROLINE WOZNIACKI 6-4, 6-3
KIM CLIJSTERS beat VENUS WILLIAMS 4-6, 7-6(7-2), 6-4
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FINAL
KIM CLIJSTERS beat VERA ZVONAREVA 6-2, 6-1
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(The pictures above show Venus Williams at Wimbledon 2010, where she went out at the quarter-final stage to Tsvetana Pironkova. Williams went one round better at the next Grand Slam event, the U.S. Open, but went out in three hard foughts sets to eventual champion Kim Clijsters. The results can be seen above.)