Michael Venus (tennis)
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| Country (sports) |
 United States (2002 – 2010) New Zealand (2010 – ) |
|---|---|
| Residence | Orlando, FL, United States |
| Born |
16 October 1987 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Turned pro | 2006 |
| Plays | Right-handed |
| Prize money | $572,937 |
| Singles | |
| Career record | 10–14 |
| Career titles | 0 |
| Highest ranking | No. 274 (25 July 2011) |
| Current ranking | No. 1,023 (27 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Singles results | |
| US Open | Q2 (2009) |
| Doubles | |
| Career record | 77–64 |
| Career titles | 5 |
| Highest ranking | No. 32 (7 November 2016) |
| Current ranking | No. 40 (27 February 2017) |
| Grand Slam Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 3R (2014, 2015) |
| French Open | 1R (2014, 2015, 2016) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2015, 2016) |
| US Open | 3R (2014) |
| Grand Slam Mixed Doubles results | |
| Australian Open | 1R (2017) |
| Wimbledon | 3R (2015) |
| Last updated on: 1 March 2017. | |
Michael Venus (born 16 October 1987) is a New Zealand tennis player. He reached a career high ranking of 274 in July 2011. He switched nationalities in June 2010 and began playing for the New Zealand Davis Cup team.
His family moved to the United States, where he won the Boys’ 18 National Clay Courts in 2006. His idols were Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras. He vacillated between going to college or turning professional and trying the senior tour, but decided to go for the College Conference.
He transferred to Louisiana State University from the University of Texas after his freshman year and sat out the 2006-2007 season, following NCAA guidelines. In his first year at LSU, Venus became the first LSU player to win the ITA Men’s All-American Championship at the national tournament in Tulsa, Oklahoma in January 2008. He is one of only two Louisianan college players to finish in the top ten of the Campbell's ITA College Tennis Rankings in both singles and doubles in the same year (No. 7 in singles and No. 4 in doubles respectively), which he accomplished in his final season in 2008-2009. He was a representative of the United States team in the BNP Paribas International University Challenge of Tennis in Poitiers, France in December 2009.
Venus finished the season winning the USA F26 Futures in doubles, partnering with Danny Bryan, losing only in the final of Thailand F3 Futures thus peaking at 866 in singles on the ATP world tour.
Despite playing the final of Baton Rouge Challenger with partner Ryan Harrison, due to his singles performance Venus closed the year at the 1752nd position on the South African Airways ATP rankings.
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