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Richard Williams (tennis coach)
American tennis coach (born )
For other people named Richard Williams, see Richard Williams (disambiguation).
Richard Dove Williams Jr.[1] (born February 14, )[2] is an American former tennis coach and the father of tennis players Venus and Serena Williams.
Early life
Williams is the eldest of five children[3] and the only son of Julia Mae (née Metcalf) and Richard Dove Williams of Shreveport, Louisiana. His younger sisters are Pat, Barbara, Penny, and Faye.[1] After graduating from high school, he moved to Saginaw, Michigan[3] and then to California.[4]
Tennis coaching
Williams took tennis lessons from a man known as "Old Whiskey" and decided his future daughters would be tennis professionals after seeing Virginia Ruzici playing on television.[2][5] Williams said that he wrote up an page plan and started giving lessons to Venus and Serena when they were