{"id":13092,"date":"2017-08-17T22:24:38","date_gmt":"2017-08-18T03:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13092"},"modified":"2017-08-18T00:16:18","modified_gmt":"2017-08-18T05:16:18","slug":"richard-williams-venus-and-serena-williams-dad-and-tennis-coach-the-greatest-tennis-coach-of-all-time-the-goat-of-tennis-coaching","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/myboysay.com\/blog\/?p=13092","title":{"rendered":"RICHARD WILLIAMS, (VENUS AND SERENA WILLIAMS DAD AND TENNIS COACH), THE GREATEST TENNIS COACH OF ALL-TIME, “THE GOAT OF TENNIS COACHING”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/b>Richard Williams (born February 16, 1942)<\/sup> is an American<\/a> tennis<\/a> coach, and father of Venus Ebony Starr Williams<\/a> and Serena Jameka Williams<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Richard Williams was one of six children and the only son of Julia Mae Williams of Shreveport, Louisiana<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Richard Williams graduated from high school<\/a>, moved to Chicago<\/a>, and eventually to California<\/a>,<\/sup> where he met Betty Johnson, whom he married in 1965. They had three daughters and three sons before divorcing in 1973.<\/sup> In 1979 Williams met\u00a0Oracene Price<\/a>, who had three daughters by her late husband. They married in 1980 after Venus was born,<\/sup> and lived for a time in Saginaw, Michigan<\/a>, but eventually moved to Compton<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Richard Williams seen with his daughters shortly after Serena Williams’ victory in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

He took tennis lessons from a man known as “Old Whiskey” and decided his future daughters would be tennis professionals when he saw Virginia Ruzici\u00a0<\/a>playing on television.<\/sup> Williams says that he wrote up a 78-page plan, and started giving lessons to Venus and Serena when they were four and a half, and began taking them to the public tennis courts. (He now says he feels like he took them too early, and six is a better age.)<\/sup> Soon he got them into Shreveport\u00a0<\/a>tennis tournaments. In 1995, Williams pulled them out of a tennis academy, and coached them himself.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"Serena won the US Open<\/a> in 1999; Venus beat Lindsay Davenport<\/a> to win the\u00a02000 Wimbledon<\/a> title. After that victory, Richard shouted “Straight Outta Compton<\/a>!” (in reference to a song by N.W.A<\/a> based on that area in Los Angeles<\/a>) and jumped over the NBC<\/a> broadcasting booth, catching Chris Evert<\/a> by surprise and performing a triumphant dance. Evert said that the broadcasters “thought the roof was coming down”.<\/sup><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Coaching career (1994\u2013)<\/span><\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
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Venus Williams<\/a>, Serena Williams<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coaching achievements<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Coached Singles Titles total<\/strong><\/th>\n45(V)-64(S) (109 titles)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Coached(s) Doubles Titles total<\/strong><\/th>\n21(S-V)-2(V)-5(S) (28 titles)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
List of notable tournaments<\/strong>
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\"\"RICHARD WILLIAMS COACHING Records and achievement RESULTS FOR SERENA AND VENUS:<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n