Michael Venus
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Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand professional tennis player. He has a career-high doubles ranking of world No. 6, achieved on 29 August 2022. Venus won the 2017 French Open men's doubles partnering Ryan Harrison, and followed with a runner-up finish in the 2017 US Open mixed doubles partnering Chan Hao-ching. Venus and Harrison qualified for the year-end championships ATP Finals, where they reached the semifinals.
Country (sports) |
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Residence | London, England |
Born | (1987-10-16) 16 October 1987 (age 36) Auckland, New Zealand |
Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Turned pro | 2009 |
Plays | Right-handed (two-handed backhand) |
College | Louisiana State University |
Coach | Pat Harrison, Davide Sanguinetti, William Ward[1][2] |
Prize money | $4,116,503 |
Singles | |
Career record | 11–20 (35.5% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main-draw matches) |
Career titles | 0 |
Highest ranking | No. 274 (25 July 2011) |
Grand Slam singles results | |
US Open | Q2 (2009) |
Doubles | |
Career record | 316–214 (59.6% in ATP Tour and Grand Slam main-draw matches) |
Career titles | 22 |
Highest ranking | No. 6 (29 August 2022) |
Current ranking | No. 18 (29 January 2024) |
Grand Slam doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2019, 2022) |
French Open | W (2017) |
Wimbledon | F (2018) |
US Open | 3R (2014, 2022) |
Other doubles tournaments | |
Tour Finals | F (2019) |
Olympic Games | (2020) |
Mixed doubles | |
Career titles | 0 |
Grand Slam mixed doubles results | |
Australian Open | QF (2022) |
French Open | F (2023) |
Wimbledon | SF (2018) |
US Open | F (2017, 2019) |
Medal record | |
Last updated on: 18 January 2024. |
In 2018 Venus made the men's doubles final at Wimbledon with Raven Klaasen, losing to Mike Bryan and Jack Sock, and was a semifinalist in the mixed doubles there as well with Katarina Srebotnik. He and Klaasen qualified for the ATP Finals, but won only one round-robin match. They also qualified in 2019, finishing runners-up. In the meantime Venus and Chan Hao-ching again finished runners-up in the US Open mixed doubles. Venus and John Peers qualified for the 2020 ATP Finals, but lost close contests in all three of their round-robin matches.
Venus won a bronze medal in the men's doubles at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics alongside Marcus Daniell.