Venus Williams Married Andrea Preti in December
venus williams said she married Andrea Preti in December, adding a personal milestone to a career that is still active at 45. She described the wedding as a multiday affair and said an intimate ceremony in Ischia, Italy, came months earlier.
Williams and Andrea Preti
Williams said Preti is her husband, and the December celebration marked the latest step in a relationship that had already included a smaller ceremony in Ischia. She did not frame the marriage as a pause from tennis or public life; instead, she kept the focus on the marriage itself and on how the planning has now ended.
“There’s no more wedding to plan,” she said. “That part’s really sad.” The line fit a moment that looked inward rather than athletic, but it also showed how much of the year had centered on the wedding before the public learned the details.
Jupiter, Florida and the tour
Williams lives near Jupiter, Florida, near her beachfront home, and remains the oldest competitor on the women’s tour. She said she has never even hinted at retirement, a notable position for a seven-time Grand Slam champion whose career has stretched across generations.
She stepped away from tennis two years ago to treat adenomyosis, then returned last year and reached the US Open doubles quarterfinals with Leylah Fernandez. The comeback matters because it answers the simplest practical question for tennis followers: she is still playing, and the results are still showing up in major events.
From Compton to 45
Williams and Serena Williams were molded into prodigies on the public tennis courts in Compton, California, under Richard Williams and Oracene Price. At 17, she became the first unseeded female player to reach a US Open final, and five years after that she claimed the number one ranking.
Now 45, she said, “I get a lot of joy out of being different or unexpected or bucking the system,” and “I find that thrilling.” That attitude runs through the newest chapter too: marriage in December, an intimate ceremony in Italy months earlier, and a player who keeps competing without giving the tour a retirement date to work around.
