With 95 Grand Slam main draws by 2026, Venus Williams holds the all-time record despite being pulled from the junior circuit as a child. This episode explores her Compton upbringing, her explosive pro debut at 14, and her unprecedented athletic style of play.

We follow her four straight Grand Slam finals lost to her sister Serena, her landmark fight for equal prize money at Wimbledon and the French Open, and her decades competing while managing Sjogren’s syndrome and other illnesses.

• Being pulled from junior tennis and her pro debut at 14
• Reaching world number one in 2002
• Grand Slam finals against her sister Serena
• Her 2006 essay that won equal prize money by 2007
• Competing while managing Sjogren’s syndrome