Venus Williams plays singles in tennis.
Venus Williams . On 21 June 2010 , Venus and Serena again occupied the No. 2 and No. 1 spots in the singles rankings , respectively . Her five Wimbledon singles titles ties her with two other women for eighth place on the all-time list . Venus has 8 runner-up finishes in grand slam singles events with Martina Hingis being the only player other than Serena to beat Venus in a major final at the 1997 US Open .