Richard williams tennis coach biography

ByParis L.

On September 2, 2022, Serena Williams played her last U.S. Open, having announced earlier her intentions to retire after the tournament, per ESPN. During the post-match interview, Serena thanked her mom, her team, and someone the tennis world will likely never forget: her father, Richard Williams.

It wouldn't be far-fetched to say that Richard masterminded Serena's success — nor that of her sister, Venus Williams — or at least the early part of it, giving them a head start as talented junior players and allowing them to dominate the sport as adults, per Time. In fact, that head start began before the sisters were born, when Richard had a dream to put his daughters up in a lucrative sport that could set them up for other ventures.

Serena and Venus are now multimillionaires who have started their own fashion lines and have continued to play tennis into their early 40s, per the New York Times.

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