Venus Williams Marries Italian Actor Andrea Preti

Tennis great Venus Williams has married Italian actor and model partner Andrea Preti in a second ceremony in Florida over the weekend, months after first tying the knot in Italy.

The happy couple held six days of luxurious dinners and celebrations in Palm Beach, Florida, with their closest friends and family.

Williams, 45, and the 37-year-old Preti chose to hold a second wedding because the paperwork to confirm their first marriage in Italy, which took place in September, can take up to eight months to become official.

They welcomed members of his family over to the United States just before Christmas and hosted dinners and pool parties leading up to the big day.

Williams shared pictures from the big day on Instagram on Tuesday, with one picture appearing to show sister Serena singing with a backing band.

Williams and Preti met in 2024 at a fashion show in Milan that the tennis legend, who at the time had been single for six years, nearly skipped.

After first meeting in Italy, they later had a breakfast date in London where Williams said: ‘I just knew I was going to marry him. People always say they just know, and I just knew.’

Williams first revealed that she and Preti were engaged back in July, after winning a comeback tennis match at the DC Open – 16 months after last playing competitively due to having fibroids removed from her uterus.

Speculation first started that Preti had popped the question when Williams was seen practicing in Italy with a huge ring on her wedding finger in February.

While sister Serena has been married to Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian since 2017, Venus had stayed single for much of her sporting career.