Tennis legend Venus Williams married Danish model and actor Andrea Preti over the weekend in Florida, the new bride announced in a post.
An Instagram post from Vogue magazine The wedding was announced in the Weddings section, and the post had received more than 30,000 likes as of Tuesday afternoon.
“We all love each other very much,” Williams, 45, said in a Vogue post. “It was the happiest, most beautiful, sweetest day.”
The post was light on details other than the event took place over five days in and around the couple's Palm Beach Gardens home.
An email for comment to representatives for Williams and Preti, 37, was not immediately returned.
The couple met at Milan Fashion Week in 2024 and began corresponding soon after: according to Vogue magazine.
The couple eventually got engaged on January 31 in Tuscany, according to Vogue. This detail was confirmed in July, a historic month for Williams.
The Compton native defeated 23-year-old Peyton Stearns 6-3, 6-4 in the first round of the DC Open after a 16-month hiatus from singles matches.
With the victory, Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match, behind only fellow legend Martina Navratilova, who was 47 when she won in 2004.
“Yeah, my fiancé is here and he's really encouraged me to keep playing,” Williams told Tennis Channel's Rennae Stubbs in a post-match interview. “There were so many times when I just wanted to sit back and relax a little… He encouraged me to get through it, which is wonderful.” [for him] be here. He's never seen me play.”
Preti wrote, acted and directed in several films, mostly in Italy.
The wedding was the second for the couple, who also held a ceremony in Italy in September.
