How Venus Williams and Stylist Ronald Burton III Paid Tribute to Althea Gibson at the U.S. Open 2025

Venus Williams returned to the USTA Billie King Tennis Center’s Arthur Ashe Stadium on Monday for the 2025 U.S. Open in New York City’s Flushing Meadows. The venerated athlete and seven-time Grand Slam champion wore a custom ERL tennis kit, featuring historic tennis whites and a sartorial nod to one of the sport’s greatest trailblazers. Williams’ 2025 U.S. Open look was curated by stylist Ronald Burton 3rd, whom the athlete first met on a cover shoot for Document Journal. “Her energy was so calm, excited and infectious, she is a person that makes you immediately feel like family even if it’s just been a few hours,” Burton said of the athlete. Venus Williams walks onto the court prior to her match against Karolina Muchova of Czech Republic during their women’s singles first round match at the 2025 U.S. Open. Getty Images When Burton got the call to style Williams for her U.S. Open return, the stylist new he would have to merge “the worlds of fashion and sport, bringing new noise and energy to the court that only a legendary icon like herself could do,” he said. “To me it was simply showing the power of evolution and the ability to adapt as a

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