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(NewsNation) — Venus Williams is tying the knot this Fall.
The American tennis superstar will wed her Italian fiancee, actor and model Andrea Preti, in an intimate ceremony on Italy’s Amalfi coast in September, my sources said.
A rep and agent for Williams, who is so notoriously private about her life she still hasn’t confirmed the engagement, despite wearing a huge diamond ring for over a year, didn’t return emails.
Venus Williams held bachelorette party in the Adriatic
To celebrate the impending nuptials, Williams spent last week on a yacht in the Adriatic with her family and close friends who hosted her bachelorette party.
I’m told the group swam, danced and frolicked in the Adriatic for several days while toasting Venus.
While Williams keeps her Instagram (mostly) strictly business — her friends and family hinted at the soirée held off the coast of Italy.
In one video that hinted she was in Europe, Venus posted herself dancing alongside best friend, former WNBA star, Lisa Leslie on Instagram, in a beautiful, manicured Italian garden. Her sister Serena, who has been in Europe all summer with her husband, tech entrepreneur Alexis Ohanian and her two children, first in Scotland and then on a yacht in Sardinia, has posted several videos on Instagram on the yacht the party is said to have been on.
“(The bachelorette party) was just really wonderful and so much fun,” a friend said. “It was just family and friends — and the wedding will be the same.”
Venus Williams and Andrea Preti met in 2024
Williams, 44, and Preti, 36, met in the early summer of 2024 and were soon spotted on a yacht along the Amalfi Coast near Nerrano, Italy.
In January 2025, Williams posted a story on her Instagram of the couple in the Bahamas calling Preti, “The best company.”
A month later, in February 2025, Williams was seen at a tennis training camp wearing a large engagement ring — although she has steadfastly refused to comment publicly on her engagement or her upcoming nuptials.
FILE - Venus Williams, of the U.S., returns to Nao Hibino, of Japan, at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament, March 7, 2024, in Indian Wells, Calif. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun, File)
Venus Williams from the US practices at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club in Wimbledon, England, ahead of the championships which start on Monday, on Thursday June 29, 2023. (Steven Paston/PA via AP)
(L-R) Serena Williams and Venus Williams attend the 2021 AFI Fest Closing Night Premiere of Warner Bros. "King Richard" at TCL Chinese Theatre on November 14, 2021 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Emma McIntyre/Getty Images)
LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - FEBRUARY 09: Steve Young and Venus Williams (C) and guests attend theDove and GENYOUth Star Studded "45 Yard Line" flag football Game to #KeepHerConfident by Building Body Confidence for Girls in Sports on February 09, 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Dove)
Williams once told Glamour UK she felt “stuck” being single, saying: "I think it’s really easy to get stuck in a single life and sometimes — at least for me — harder to get out of a single life," she said, explaining that she's been single "for a long time."
The professional tennis player said that it was something she was actively "working on," explaining that she's never been one to run into a relationship.
"This is how I work and function, and I’m OK with it," Williams said. "When life changes, you’ve got to know when to change. You can’t hold on to either a relationship or the singleness. You have to be able to move at the time — and even if you don’t want to or aren’t ready, you’ve just got to go with it.”
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