Venus Williams recently talked about her ideal doubles partners and some surprising names came up for the player who partnered with many greats over the course of her career.
In addition to her 7 singles grand slam victories, Williams has won numerous doubles trophies throughout her career, including 14 grand slam doubles titles. She had the opportunity to play doubles with many legendary players because of her long career but you might be surprised by some of the names she would have enjoyed playing with as well.
"But once you've played with Serena...it's hard to get a better partner! Ashley (Ashleigh) Barty would be great! But it would have been amazing to play with Althea" explained the 42-year-old who had the most success partnering her sister Serena.
Barty is a fantastic singles player who first made a name for herself as a very talented doubles player. In her career, she won 12 doubles trophies, including the US Open. She also won the bronze medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in mixed doubles.
Althea Gibson is the first black woman to ever win the Wimbledon trophy and she won it twice. She won five grand slam titles in singles and doubles in her career.
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