Venus is the Latin name of the Roman goddess of love, beauty, sex, fertility, and victory — counterpart of the Greek Aphrodite. **The morning and evening star — the second planet from the sun — is named for her**; she is also the namesake of Friday in Romance languages (*venerdì*, *vendredi*). **Venus Williams (born 1980)** — the **American tennis champion who alongside her sister Serena dominated women's tennis for two decades**: seven Grand Slam singles titles, 22 Grand Slam doubles and mixed-doubles titles (most with Serena), 5 Olympic gold medals. **Successfully campaigned in 2007 to win Wimbledon's equal prize money for women** — concluded in her *Times* op-ed "Wimbledon Has Sent Me a Message: I'm Only a Second-Class Champion."
Subject of Will Smith's *King Richard* (2021 film).
Venus reduces to three — the number of Roman goddess of love.