Venus Williams Ties the Knot as Serena Williams Shares a Moving Ode to Sisterhood and Love
- Sahndra Fon Dufe
- Dec 24, 2025
- 3 min read
Venus Williams married Andrea Preti in an intimate five-day Palm Beach celebration, with sister Serena gifting the couple a yacht and showcasing the unbreakable bond between tennis's legendary sisters.
Tennis icon Venus Williams has entered a new chapter, marrying Italian actor and model Andrea Preti in an intimate five-day celebration in Palm Beach, Florida, following an earlier ceremony in Italy in September. The 45-year-old tennis legend called the weekend "the happiest, most beautiful, sweetest day," surrounded by family and close friends who witnessed the union of two people whose love story began at Milan Fashion Week in 2024.
The couple's journey to the altar took an unexpected turn. After tying the knot in Ischia, Italy on September 18, Venus and Andrea decided to host a second wedding in Florida because completing the foreign marriage paperwork would take up to eight months. Rather than wait for bureaucracy, they brought the celebration home, quite literally welcoming Andrea's Italian family to the United States just before Christmas.
But it was Serena Williams who set the tone for the week-long festivities with an extraordinary gesture that captured the depth of their sisterhood. The younger Williams sister gifted the couple a yacht, not just any yacht, but what Venus described as "a beautiful yacht" where Serena "arranged all the food, everything." The yacht hosted 10 to 12 of the couple's closest family and friends for a day of singing, dancing, gossiping, and celebration that kicked off six days of pre-wedding events.
The festivities included an Italian dinner at Miami's Sopra members' club, an athletic day filled with tennis, volleyball, dodgeball, and pickleball, and a bridal shower. On Friday morning, December 19, Venus and Andrea arrived at 6:45 a.m. for an intimate courthouse ceremony before their larger celebration that weekend. Andrea called the courthouse ceremony "unique, emotional, and deep," adding it was "the second-best day of my life," after the weekend wedding.
Venus Williams wedding
Throughout the wedding planning process, Serena was intimately involved. In interviews before the wedding, Serena revealed she and Venus talked "every day" about the planning, helping with everything from styling to hairstyles. "I'm the person that gets things done," she noted, recalling how Venus asked for help with "14 hairstyles" and Serena delivered options "not only done, but in a PDF file" within 30 minutes.
Serena also shared marriage advice for her sister, telling the Today Show: "My advice is to always have fun, to always go on dates, to take a moment and just, like, dance. Let your guard down and just let you feel vulnerable."
For the Black Film Wire audience, this moment resonates beyond celebrity news. The Williams sisters have long represented excellence, resilience, and Black womanhood at the highest level of global visibility. Their bond forged on the backyard courts of Compton and tested on the world's biggest stages, has always been central to their story. "There is no Venus without Serena and Serena without Venus," Venus has said, and this wedding week proved that truth again.
Serena once confessed to being "still codependent" with Venus, adding: "I don't even want to not be codependent with her. I love her. I don't want our lives to ever be separate." That devotion showed in every detail of the celebration, from the yacht gift to Serena's presence singing with a backing band during the reception.
As Venus steps into marriage, the celebration serves as a reminder that behind every iconic public figure is a private story, one shaped by community, shared sacrifice, and enduring sisterhood. The Williams legacy has always been built on family, purpose, and love. This wedding week, orchestrated with the same championship mentality that made them legends on the tennis court, was simply the latest chapter in that story.
Andrea Preti, born in Denmark to Italian parents, is an actor and model according to IMDB. The couple was first publicly linked in July 2024 when they were spotted vacationing together in Nerano, Italy, along the Amalfi Coast. They got engaged on January 31, 2025, during an intimate moment in Tuscany.
The wedding caps a remarkable year for Venus, who returned to competitive tennis in July after a 16-month absence, becoming the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match. Andrea was there in the stands supporting her comeback, just as he'll be there for this next chapter of their lives together.
Congratulations to the Williams family on this beautiful new chapter.
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