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  2. Apr 26, 2024 · Jacqueline Weiss. Updated on April 26, 2024 03:37PM EDT. Photo: Harry Langdon/Getty ; Ken Levine/Allsport/Getty. Serena Williams and Venus Williams have credited their parents, Richard Williams...

  3. Aug 10, 2021 · Venus Ebony Starr Williams was born in 1980 and Serena Jameka Williams followed in 1981, and he was set. "I had my game and I had my girls. It was time to put them together," Richard concluded.

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    Richard never had any interest in tennis until one day, sitting at home in Long Beach, California, he caught a broadcast of the prestigious French Open. It wasn’t the act of hitting a ball back and forth on a clay court that caught his eye, nor was it the incredible athleticism and determination of the competitors that made him sit up. Instead, it ...

    Shortly after Venus was born, the Williams family moved to Oracene’s hometown of Saginaw, Michigan, which is where Serena was born in 1981. They returned to California a few years later and wound up in Compton, a working-class neighborhood that was plagued with drugs and violence throughout the 1980s. Gangs tended to control the local parks and ten...

    In 1991, the Williams family moved to Florida so that Venus and Serena could train full-time. It was already obvious that the young tennis prodigies were destined for great things. They were recruited to the Palm Beach area by a coach named Rick Macci, who saw early on that they had remarkable potential. When Venus and Serena weren’t training with ...

  4. Nov 19, 2021 · TRUE STORY. King Richard: Understanding the Real Richard Williams, Father and Coach to Venus and Serena. The Williams family cooperated with Will Smith and King Richard ’s...

  5. Apr 25, 2024 · Over the course of three marriages and multiple relationships, Richard Williams has fathered multiple kids and continues to be a part of their lives. His relationship with Venus and Serena— the most public aspect of his family life— remains well-documented, given his dedicated role in their professional careers.

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  7. Along with her younger sister, Serena, Venus Williams was coached by her parents Oracene Price and Richard Williams. Turning professional in 1994, she reached her first major final at the 1997 US Open .

  8. Apr 25, 2024 · Their first child together was Venus Williams, born June 17, 1980. They had Serena Williams the following year on Sept. 26. The family later moved to Compton, California, where the parents...

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