The Home Of Tennis Stars
USINFO | 2013-12-18 15:21

 
Celebrity tennis player Venus Williams is famous for owning posh properties in high societies and her addiction was proved again when she rebuilt her Palm Beach property. Venus bought the house in late 2009 for around $2 million and completed a two-story addition to replace a one-story wing on their massive Palm Beach Gardens.
Reportedly, Serena, who also co-owns this property remodeled the bathroom, which cost her about $180,000.

Location: The town of Palm Beach is located in Florida, United States of America. Its neighboring cities are West Palm Beach and Lake Worth.

Accommodation: Venus William’s mansion is built on an acre and features four master bedrooms, five fully furnished bath rooms, a swimming pool and private beach access.

Features: Apart from the basic amenities, the mansion is built on a circular theme and both Serena and Venus Williams occupy a half of the property. The mansion also has a breakfast room, a circular foyer, a library, a well decorated kitchen and dining space and a two storey sitting room with each bed room. The sitting rooms are glass enclosed and feature a built in private walk in closet. Ballen Isles, which is a member’s only club is the Palm Beach residents’ personal club and it has a special tennis court, designed for Venus Williams apart from the 22 other tennis court for the residents. The club also features an indoor fitness center, courtside cafeteria and a swimming pool. The mansion also features an open air garage, a garden, terrace lawns. Inside the mansion are a dedicated cellar and 12 fireplaces. The mansion is decorated in a serene manner and Venus has done up the interiors according to her wishes.

Neighborhood: Palm Beach is famous for its celebrity residents and some of Venus Williams’ neighbors are celebrity tennis player and sibling Serena Williams, property tycoon Donald Trump, ex wife Ivana Trump, celebrity Rod Stewart and radio personality Rush Limbaugh.


 
When the U.S. Open begins in August, Caroline Wozniacki, the top-ranked woman tennis player, won't have to worry about a place to stay.

Ms. Wozniacki paid just under $9 million for a pair of two-bedroom apartments at 15 Union Square West, the new glass-clad luxury condominium in the one-time home of Tiffany & Co.

The apartments have soaring cast-iron arches that date back to construction of the original Tiffany building in 1869. The arches and 16-foot ceilings are encased behind a box-like wall of dark glass.

The Danish Ms. Wozniacki is the daughter of two athletes originally from Poland, and lists her residence as Monte Carlo in Monaco. The New York apartments were purchased as pied-à-terres, brokers said.

The purchases were made through two limited-liability companies, but the sales documents for both were signed by Ms. Wozniacki's mother, Anna, who played on Polish women's national volleyball team.

The closing took place in May, less than two weeks before the start of the French Open, where Ms. Wozniacki was the top seed. But she lost in the third round, and may be at risk of losing her No. 1 ranking in the Women's Tennis Association.


 
Shlomi Reuveni, a broker at Brown Harris Stevens, who is marketing the building, declined to comment on the transactions.

Sales in the boutique building, which has 36 condos, were launched in the spring of 2008, but stalled during the financial crisis. For a time, the building was taken off the market.But since December, Mr. Reuveni said activity had picked up sharply, and now close to half of the condos in the building have been sold.

The building once had a painted cast-iron facade. But in the 1950s after a piece of the facade fell off and struck a pedestrian, the building was encased in white brick.

One of Ms. Wozniacki's apartments faces Union Square Park and overlooks a colorful farmers market that is open four days a week. The other faces north toward East 15th Street.

Email messages left with Ms. Wozniacki's management team weren't returned.

The building has a number of athlete-friendly amenities, Mr. Reuveni said, including a 50-foot lap pool and spa with saunas, treatment and massage rooms, a gym and a yoga room that doubles as a boxing training room.

Former tennis star Anna Kournikova has put up her Miami Beach, Florida mansion for sale with an asking price of $9.4 million, according to real estate listings.

The ivy-covered home features seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms and is right on the waterfront. The home also has a coral rock pool deck, a two-story guest house and a sauna all within its 6,600 square feet. Photos of the home can be seen here.

The property was built in 2000 and is located on gated Sunset Island with a style described as Mediterranean. The guest house is one bedroom, one bathroom with a kitchen and living room. The home, however, does not have a tennis court.

Kournikova is best known for her tennis career which included two Grand Slam titles for doubles with partner Martina Hingis. Kournikova's professional career has slowed down as a result of injuries and back problems. She recently came in at No. 19 on Maxim's Hot 100 list.

The athlete is also known for her relationship with pop star Enrique Iglesias that began in 2001. During an interview with Graham Norton on BBC in 2010, she confirmed that the two are still dating but have no interest in getting married.
 
Anna Kournikova's Miami mansion on the market

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Former world No.8 women's tennis star Anna Kournikova has put her 600-square-metre Miami mansion up for sale for more than US$9.4 million ($9 million).
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  • The property is in a gated enclave in Biscayne Bay, called Sunset Island.
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  • According to the property listing, the ivy-covered, Mediterranean waterfront home has views of the water and pool from many of its seven bedrooms and its annual taxes come to US$98,274 ($93,100).
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  • She reportedly bought it at the ripe old age of 20 in 2000 for US$5 million ($4.7 million).
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  • It has eight bathrooms and also has additional living quarters (perfect for staff or an office) above the two-car garage, with a kitchenette and private bathroom.
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  • There are plentiful outdoor entertaining areas, including a generous motor court, centre courtyard entrance, a swimming pool and spa surrounded by a coral rock terrace, the Real Estalker reported.
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A grand entry with sweeping staircase leads into the mansion's main rooms that feature high ceilings with exposed beams and trusses, marble floors, fireplaces, wood-framed French doors and carved wood architectural details.
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There's one surprise, though. There doesn't seem to be a tennis court. Perhaps Ms Kournikova is more concerned with her new gig hosting the US version of The Biggest Loser.
 
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