{blackbabes} Venus Williams serves up an off-market home sale in Bel-Air

Venus Williams competes at the Wimbledon Championships on Monday. The former top-ranked women's tennis player has sold her Bel-Air home for $6.85 million.

Former top-ranked women's tennis player Venus Williams has sold her Bel-Air home in an off-market transaction for $6.85 million.

The buyers were real estate investor Jerome Eisenberg and wife Jackie Arthur.

Built in 1979, the gated estate has a Tudor-inspired house, a swimming pool with a raised spa, an entertainer's patio and a lighted tennis court on about two acres.

 

Tennis champ Venus Williams has sold her home in Bel-Air off-market for $6.85 million.

Marked by an arched entryway, the single-story home is distinguished by sloped ceilings with exposed beams, wood and polished concrete floors and large picture windows. Among the living spaces is a formal living room with a stone fireplace, a gym, an office and an updated kitchen with a breakfast area.

The master suite sports a walk-in closet, a large soaking tub and a steam shower for a total of four bedrooms and five bathrooms in some 6,500 square feet of space.

A former Women's Tennis Assn. No.1-ranked singles player, Williams has won nearly two dozen Grand Slam titles in her career. The 35-year-old also owns an interior design firm in Florida and in 2007 launched a line of activewear with retailer Steve & Barry.

Williams bought the home from director-producer-screenwriter Joel Schumacher in 2009 for $5.3 million. Her sister and current top-ranked women's singles player, Serena Williams, maintains a residence nearby.

Christine Taylor of Gibson International represented Williams, according to sources not authorized to comment on the deal. Julie Candice of Hilton & Hyland, an affiliate of Christie's International Real Estate, represented Eisenberg and Arthur.

Earlier this month, Eisenberg and Arthur sold their longtime home in Brentwood to David Ruddick, a top executive for Australia shopping giant Westfield Group. Formerly owned by actress Joanna Kerns and L.A. architect Marc Appleton, the Spanish-style house on Carmelina Avenue went in a day for $6.9 million.

Candice and David Kramer of Hilton & Hyland, were the listing agents. Barbara Tenenbaum, also with Hilton & Hyland, represented Ruddick.

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