Career
He reached a career high ranking of 274 in July 2011. He switched nationalities in June and began playing for the New Zealand team His idols were Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.
He vacillated between going to college or turning professional and trying the senior tour, but decided to go for the College Conference.
He transferred to Louisiana State University from the University of Texas after his freshman year and sat out the 2006-2007 season, following National Collegiate Athletic Association guidelines. He was a representative of the United States team in the Banque Nationale de Paris Paribas International University Challenge of Tennis in Poitiers, France in December 2009.
2007 Venus finished the season winning the United States of America F26 Futures in doubles, partnering with Danny Bryan, losing only in the final of Thailand F3 Futures thus peaking at 866 in singles on the Association of Tennis Professionals world tour. 2009 In July Venus clinched the title of United States of America F17 Futures beating Vasek Pospisil in the final.
He reached the doubles final of the United States of America F19 Futures in August teaming with Colt Gaston losing in two straight sets.
At the end of the month Venus earned a wild card to the qualifying draw of the 2009 United States Open in which he advanced to the second round overcoming Uruguay"s Marcel Felder in two sets but failing to qualify by losing to Giovanni Lapentti of Ecuador. He reached his career year-end high of 587. He advanced to 328 at year-education
Singles (3–4) Doubles (12–9) (8) indicates the outcome of the match followed by the score, date, place of event, the zonal classification and its phase, and the court surface.