Venus Williams Wins US Open Women’s Doubles Match for 1st Time Since 2014—Without Serena

Venus Williams insists she is not a good doubles player. The 14 major championships she and Serena won together tell a different story.

Venus Williams, of the United States (L), and Leylah Fernandez, of Canada, talk on the court during a first-round women's doubles match against Lyudmyla Kichenok, of the Czech Republic and Ellen Perez, of Australia, during the U.S. Open tennis championships in New York on Aug. 28, 2025. Yuki Iwamura/AP Photo

NEW YORK—Venus Williams insists she is not a good doubles player. The 14 major championships she and Serena won together tell a different story.

Without her younger sister by her side, Williams showed Thursday she’s still got it. Williams won a women’s doubles match at the U.S. Open for the first time in more than a decade, teaming with Leylah Fernandez to defeat the sixth-seeded pair of Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez 7–6 (4), 6–3.