And in 2025, she revealed some huge news: she's engaged! As she said in a post-match interview at the DC Open, Williams spoke about her "fiancée," who is Andrea Preti. “He really encouraged me to keep playing," she said. "There were so many times where I just wanted to coast and, kind of, chill. Do you know how hard it is to play tennis?”

Venus Williams has been in the news following her triumphant comeback to tennis. In addition to her glorious victory, the player also announced the start of the next chapter of her life with her partner.

The only older woman to win a tour-level singles match was Martina Navratilova, whose last triumph came at 47 in 2004.

The juicy tidbit emerged as the former world No. 1 celebrated her victory over Peyton Stearns at the DC Open, making Williams, 45, the oldest player to win a tour-level singles match since Martina Navratilova did at age 47 in 2004. Williams had not played a match in well over a year.

Playing alongside Hailey Baptiste, who is nearly half her age at 23 years old, Williams beat Canada's Eugenie Bouchard and American teenager Clervie Ngounoue 6-3, 6-1 in the first round on Monday. Then on Tuesday, she stunned former NCAA champion Peyton Stearns, who is ranked 35th in the world, in a 6-3, 6-4 singles upset.

Venus Williams returned to tour-level tennis on Tuesday, defeating Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 at the DC Open and winning her first match in nearly two years.