Play has begun at the Australian Open — the first Grand Slam of the season — with No. 7 seed Jasmine Paolini facing Aliaksandra Sasnovich at the Rod Laver Arena.

Venus Williams is set to make history at the Australian Open as the oldest player to contest the women's singles draw.

Coco Gauff and Venus Williams could meet in the second round of the Australian Open.

Venus Williams has lost 6-4, 6-3 to Tatjana Maria in the first round at the Hobart International, the week ahead of her appearance at the Australian Open.

Seven-time Grand Slam singles champion Venus Williams has received a wild-card entry for the Australian Open beginning Jan. 18 in Melbourne.

Venus Williams and Andrea Preti are married.

The next Met Gala co-chairs have been announced, and it's a high-powered quartet: Beyoncé, Venus Williams and Nicole Kidman will join Vogue's Anna Wintour in hosting the starry event next May.

Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe won the U.S. Open women's doubles title for the second time in three years by beating the top-ranked duo of Taylor Townsend and Katerina Siniakova.

Venus Williams' run at the U.S. Open is over.

Carlos Alcaraz finger-wagged the crowd, beat Jiri Lehecka to the net and cruised his way into the semifinals at the U.S. Open.

Once Naomi Osaka is in the quarterfinals of a Grand Slam tournament, look out.

Venus Williams is into the U.S. Open women’s doubles quarterfinals at the U.S. Open with Leylah Fernandez and now wants her old partner to come back.

Coco Gauff and Naomi Osaka have set up a high-profile showdown between two past title winners in the U.S. Open’s fourth round.

Naomi Osaka is back in the third round of the U.S. Open for the first time since 2021, the year after she won her second championship at Flushing Meadows.

Venus Williams won a women's doubles match at the U.S. Open for the first time in more than a decade.

Venus Williams will compete in women’s doubles at the U.S. Open after receiving a wild-card entry with 2021 singles runner-up Leylah Fernandez.

Althea Gibson is front and center at the U.S. Open this year on the 75th anniversary of her breaking the color barrier in tennis.

Venus Williams has lost her first Grand Slam match in two years in three sets.

There’s a larger contingent of Americans in the U.S. Open men’s bracket than at any time in the past quarter-century.

Venus Williams is back at the U.S. Open to play a Grand Slam singles match for the first time in two years.

If there’s such a thing as momentum from tournament to tournament in tennis, the American men have some right now.

Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic will face potential difficult American opponents when they begin their quest for another U.S. Open title.

Venus Williams is back on the professional tennis tour at age 45 and will be returning to the U.S. Open next week for her first Grand Slam competition in two years.

Venus Williams will make her return to Grand Slam tennis at the U.S. Open in singles at age 45 after a two-year absence.

Venus Williams has a new Barbie, this one part of the dollmaker’s Inspiring Women collection.

Venus Williams, who returned to tennis last month after being away from the sport for more than a year, lost to Jessica Bouzas Maneiro of Spain 6-4, 6-4 in the first round of the Cincinnati Open.

Venus Williams’ comeback is headed to the U.S. Open next month.

Venus Williams’ recent singles win at the D.

The DC Open will not be a one-stop hello-and-farewell appearance for 45-year-old Venus Williams.

Venus Williams’ bid for her first winning streak since 2019 has ended with a 6-2, 6-2 loss to 24th-ranked Magdalena Frech at the D.

Venus Williams’ winning return to the professional tennis tour also came with a surprise announcement: She is engaged.

There are plenty of reasons why this particular victory by Venus Williams in this particular tennis match resonates with so many folks.

Venus Williams has become the oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match since Martina Navratilova.

Venus Williams has competed at a tournament for the first time in more than a year — and in doubles for the first time in nearly three — and has come out with a victory.

Venus Williams is paired with Reilly Opelka, and Wimbledon runner-up Amanda Anisimova is joined by Holger Rune on the updated list of teams signed up to try to enter the newfangled U.S. Open mixed doubles tournament.

Venus Williams is back on the tennis scene and ready to compete for the first time in more than a year but she wishes her younger sister Serena were with her at the DC Open.

Venus Williams has accepted a wild-card invitation to play singles at this month’s DC Open.

Players walking to play at Wimbledon’s second-biggest stadium, known as No. 1 Court, are passing through a hallway renovated this year to display memorabilia and photos from the arena’s history.

A look back at Williams’s groundbreaking victory and its impact on diversity in sports

Coco Gauff is disappointed in her mistake-filled performance during a first-round Wimbledon loss.

Lorenzo Musetti has reached his first semifinal at the French Open and second at a Grand Slam tournament.

Basketball great LeBron James has become the first professional male athlete to have his likeness depicted in a Ken doll.

Coco Gauff heads to the Miami Open this week after celebrating her 21st birthday and going through a bit of a tough patch this season.

It turns out 44-year-old Venus Williams will not be playing at the BNP Paribas Open.

Barbie dolls will honor tennis champion Venus Williams and eight other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel.

Two-time major champion Garbiñe Muguruza has announced her retirement from professional tennis at age 30.

Venus Williams has played a match on tour for the first time in about six months.

Jessica Pegula has beaten Yuan Yue 6-2, 6-3 in the final of the Korea Open for the fourth title of her career.

Venus Williams’ 100th career U.S. Open match produced her most lopsided loss at the Grand Slam tournament where she won the trophy in 2000 and 2001.

Sofia Kenin reached the third round at Wimbledon for the first time.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams has lost in the first round of her 24th appearance at the All England Club.

Carlos Alcaraz has stopped Novak Djokovic's winning streak at Wimbledon and won his first trophy there.

Venus Williams is 43 and about to play singles at Wimbledon for the 24th time.

Five-time Wimbledon champion Venus Williams will begin her 24th appearance in the tournament against 2019 semifinalist Elina Svitolina.

The Associated Press takes a look at some of the top women at Wimbledon in 2023.

How much do you know about Wimbledon.

Venus Williams is set to make her 24th appearance in the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wild-card entry.

Tournament director Craig Tiley has described as “ridiculous” and “bizarre” calls for the timing of the Australian Open to be changed to allow players a longer off-season.

Venus Williams has withdrawn from the Australian Open for an undisclosed injury she sustained while playing in a tournament in Auckland, New Zealand this week.

Hall of Fame tennis coach Nick Bollettieri has died at the age of 91.

Aryna Sabalenka has stunned top-ranked Iga Swiatek to reach the championship of the WTA Finals.

A celebration of Black business success and opportunity is back for its third year.

Serena and Venus Williams have lost in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open.

The next woman who must deal with the daunting task of playing Serena Williams at the U.S. Open, Ajla Tomljanovic, considers herself an admirer of the 23-time Grand Slam champion.

Rafael Nadal has come back to win at the U.S. Open after cutting himself on the bridge of his nose when his racket bounced off the court and smacked him in the face during the fourth set against Fabio Fognini.

Serena Williams credits Tiger Woods with offering advice before she made her recent comeback from a year-long injury absence.

Past U.S. Open champions Venus Williams, Naomi Osaka and Emma Raducanu all have lost in straight sets in the first round of the U.S. Open.

Four-time Grand Slam champion Naomi Osaka has lost in the first round of a second consecutive major tournament.

Serena and Venus Williams were drawn to face the Czech pair of Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova in the first round of doubles at the U.S. Open.

Serena and Venus Williams have been given a wild-card entry for women’s doubles at the U.S. Open.

After nearly three decades in the public eye, few can match Serena Williams' array of accomplishments, medals and awards.

Venus Williams lost to Canadian Rebecca Marino in her return to singles play after more than a year away.

Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams has been given a wild-card entry into the main draw of the National Bank Open next month.

Elena Rybakina has defeated Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship.

Ons Jabeur added a new “first” to her résumé by becoming the first Arab woman to reach the semifinals at a Grand Slam tournament.

The All England Club's strict guidelines about wearing white clothing are seen by some players as out-of-date rules.

Roger Federer says he hopes to play one more time at Wimbledon before retiring from tennis.

Third-seeded Ons Jabeur saved five set points in the first-set tiebreaker before beating Elise Mertens 7-6 (9), 6-4 to reach her second straight Wimbledon quarterfinal.

American tennis player Jessica Pegula almost did not go to Wimbledon this year.

Nick Kyrgios capped his first-round victory at Wimbledon by spitting in the direction of a spectator he said was hassling him.

How much do you know about Wimbledon.

Coco Gauff is certain there will be more Grand Slam finals in her future after losing her first at age 18 at the French Open.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek has beaten 18-year-old American Coco Gauff 6-1, 6-3 in the French Open final to collect her second title at Roland Garros and stretch her winning streak to 35 matches.

Marcelo Arevalo of El Salvador and Jean-Julien Rojer of Netherlands won the French Open men’s doubles championship by beating Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Austin Krajicek of the U.S. 6-7 (4), 7-6 (5), 6-3 in the final.

Serena and Venus Williams do not appear on the women’s singles entry list released by Wimbledon.

American teenager Coco Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam final by beating Martina Trevisan of Italy 6-3, 6-1 at the French Open.

Coco Gauff has reached her first Grand Slam semifinal at age 18 after eliminating 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens at the French Open.

Iga Swiatek’s 20-set winning streak ended.

It's been quite a visit to Paris for 18-year-old American Coco Gauff.

Two-time French Open finalist Dominic Thiem’s losing streak reached 10 matches with a first-round exit at Roland Garros as he works his way back from a torn tendon in his right wrist.

Top-ranked Iga Swiatek carries a 28-match winning streak into the French Open.

When you walk through the doors of Royal Oak City Hall, you’ll see, “Black History is American History.” The photo display features the smiles of more than 10 Royal Oak kids and teens as historic figures, such as Jackie Robinson, Ruby Bridges, Muhammed Ali, Althea Gibson, Serena and Venus Williams, and more.

Rafael Nadal has expressed thoughts shared by many others in the tennis world when it comes to Novak Djokovic’s will-he-or-won’t-he-play saga ahead of the Australian Open.

While the “will he or won’t he” question remains for No. 1 Novak Djokovic and his participation in the Australian Open the rest of the tennis world returns to work this week to prepare for the season’s first major.

Will Smith wouldn’t seem an obvious candidate for a mid-life crisis.

There were enough tennis stars inside the Metropolitan Museum of Art at Monday's Met Gala, it seemed, to play a tournament.

On that sunny morning two decades ago, in the hours and minutes and seconds before everything changed, sports was playing its usual role in the fabric of life.

Roberto Bautista Agut made it a short stay in the U.S. Open for Nick Kyrgios, who had enough time to fit in plenty of complaining in three sets.

Novak Djokovic will begin his bid to win the U.S. Open for a men’s-record 21st major tennis championship and to complete a calendar-year Grand Slam by facing a player who comes through qualifying.

Fifth-ranked Sofia Kenin has pulled out of the U.S. Open because she recently tested positive for COVID-19.