Seven-times Grand Slam champion Venus Williams will play her 22nd Australian Open after being awarded a wildcard to the 2023 event next month.
“I am very excited to be returning to Melbourne to compete at the Australian Open in January,” Williams said in a statement released by Tennis Australia. “I’ve been competing in the country for over 20 years now and the Australian community has always supported me wholeheartedly.
The AO is the biggest major title to elude the seven-time grand slam champion, who made her first Melbourne appearance as a 16-year-old in 1997. She lost the 2003 final to her sister, and last reached the decider in 2017, losing again to Serena, who was three-months pregnant.
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