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Venus Williams received a wild-card invitation for a single game at the DC Open this month, which will be the first tournament of the seven-time Grand Slam champion for more than a year.
Williams, who was 45 years old in June, is listed as “inactive” on the WA Tour website.
He has not participated in any official match since the Miami Open in 2024.
Williams said in a statement on Friday, “There is something special about DC: The Energy, Fans, History,” Hard-Court Tournament organizers said in a statement released on Friday. “This city has always shown me so much love and I can’t wait to compete there again.”
Williams also played in the capital of the country in 2022.
“He has inspired people around the world with his success in court and his vision impact in court,” said Mubadala City DC Open chairman Mark Ain. “I know how much it means to our DC fans and communities to be able to see his competition in person this summer.”
In February, the tournament in the Indian Wales in California announced that Williams would return to the tour after playing there, and later backtrack that he would not do so.
The most recent Grand Slam presence in Williams came in 2021, when he came out in the first round in Wimbledon – after falling back on the first set and hitting his right knee – and the US Open.
His five championships at the All England Club came to 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008 and he won the 2000 and 2001 US Open Singles Trophy. He also won four Grand Slam Double Turn in addition to his younger sister Serena, with the last tournament of the US Open of 2022 and a total of four Olympic gold medals.
Veteran Williams said in the 21st that he was diagnosed with Segregne’s syndrome, it was a energy-powered auto-immune disease that could cause joint pain in the joint.
