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Venus Williams 0-13 in singles in 2026, latest loss comes against 28 years younger Lilli Tagger in Guangzhou

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File Photo: Venus Williams in action during her first-round loss to 18-year-old Lilli Tagger at the Guangzhou Open.

File Photo: Venus Williams in action during her first-round loss to 18-year-old Lilli Tagger at the Guangzhou Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

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File Photo: Venus Williams in action during her first-round loss to 18-year-old Lilli Tagger at the Guangzhou Open. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

Lilli Tagger, an 18-year-old from Austria, defeated 46-year-old Venus Williams 6-2, 6-2 in the opening round of the Guangzhou Open on Tuesday, dropping the tennis legend to 0-13 in singles this season.

The 28-year difference between the two was said to be the biggest-ever recorded between opponents in a WTA Tour match.

Tagger was born in 2008, the same year Williams collected the last of her seven Grand Slam singles crowns at Wimbledon.

Williams, currently ranked No. 599, was playing a singles match for the first time in two months, since her opening-round exit to Sofia Kenin at the U.S. Open. It was her 16th consecutive Tour-level singles defeat, a run stretching back to July last year.

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The two players were level on first-serve accuracy, each landing 63 per cent. However, Williams took only 60 per cent of the points on her first serve, while Tagger, ranked 53rd, won every one of hers.

Sealed in style 💫 Lilli Tagger takes the win against V. Williams in Guangzhou, 6-2, 6-2! #GuangzhouOpen https://t.co/UwUthzznVY

— wta (@WTA) October 27, 2026

Williams failed to earn a single break-point opportunity, whereas Tagger converted four of her 16 chances.

Elsewhere in the draw, Kenin also exited in the round of 32, losing 6-4, 6-7(5), 6-4 to Kaitlin Quevedo.

(With inputs from AP)

Published on Oct 27, 2026

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