By Richard Pagliaro | Wednesday, Might 13, 2026
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Venus Williams will return to Roland Garros’ crimson clay this month.
The 45-year-old Venus will associate 24-year-old Hailey Baptiste in Roland Garros doubles play, the event introduced at present.
A former world No. 1 in singles and doubles, Venus Williams is not going to play singles on the clay-court Grand Slam. Right here’s a have a look at the Roland Garros women’s doubles entry list.
Seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus will serve double obligation in Paris. Along with taking part in Roland Garros doubles, she will contribute commentary to TNT’s Roland Garros television coverage for the second straight yr.
Baptiste toppled former French Open finalist Jasmine Paolini, former Olympic gold-medal champion Belinda Bencic and world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka in succession to achieve the Mutua Madrid Open singles semifinals.
The four-time Olympic gold-medal champion Venus will play doubles 29 years after she made her Roland Garros singles debut. Venus Williams is a 2002 French Open singles finalist and a two-time Roland Garros doubles champion.
Venus partnered youthful sister Serena Williams to Roland Garros doubles championships in 1999 and 2010. Total, the Williams Sisters have posted a 14-0 report in Grand Slam doubles finals.
The group of Venus Williams and Baptiste partnered in Washington, D.C. final summer season the place they received a spherical to achieve the quarterfinals earlier than bowing to Taylor Townsend and Shuai Zhang in a good three-setter.
Final January, Venus Williams took a wild card into the Australian Open singles the place she made historical past because the oldest girl to play an AO main-draw singles match.
