Is Venus Williams Engaged to Actor Andrea Preti? Tennis Star Spotted with Diamond Ring onThatFinger

Mar. 15, 2025

Venus Williams and Andrea Preti.Photo:COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID

COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID

Are wedding bells ringing forVenus Williams?

The pro tennis player, 44, was spotted getting cozy with actor Andrea Preti, 36, outside of a tennis training session in Rome — while wearing a sparkling diamond ring on her left hand.

Additional photos and videos showed Preti watching Williams practice tennis from the sidelines. Throughout the practice, she wore on her diamond ring — which appeared to feature a square-cut diamond in the middle of a pavé-set.

Venus Williams and Andrea Preti.COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID

Williams and Preti could be seen hugging each other in another photo during practice and holding hands during a break.

The tennis star wore an olive green dress during the Mediterranean getaway. Meanwhile, Preti, whose acting credits include the Italian television seriesA Professorand the filmOne More Day, wore a white button-down shirt and sunglasses while they lounged together.

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Venus Williams' hand.COBRA TEAM / BACKGRID

Williams previously datedmodel Elio Pisin 2012 and Nicholas Hammond in 2017, though she and Hammond split in 2019. However, she didn’t let the heartbreak deter her and opened up toGlamour UKin their October 2022 issue about how she was working on her dating life.

“I’ve had a single life for a long time and I think it’s really easy to get stuck in a single life and sometimes – at least for me – harder to get out,“she said at the time. “It makes you think about yourself and what you want and how to behave.”

Williams added that when the right person comes along, she’s willing to go with the flow. “When life changes, you’ve got to know when to change,” Williams explained.

She added, “You can’t hold on to either a relationship or the singleness.”

source: people.com