Richard Williams (tennis coach)

[2][5] Williams said that he wrote up an 85-page plan and started giving lessons to Venus and Serena when they were four and a half, taking them to practice on public tennis courts.

[7] Serena won the US Open in 1999 and Venus beat Lindsay Davenport to win the 2000 Wimbledon title.

", in reference to a song by N.W.A based in Compton, California, the same area in Los Angeles where the family once resided.

[8] He jumped over the NBC broadcasting booth, catching Chris Evert by surprise and performing a triumphant dance.

[8] Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, to a family of sharecroppers, Richard Williams had childhood experiences with racism.

[9] He has been open about his difficult childhood and experiences with racism and has credited his faith as a source of strength throughout each season of his life.

In 1979, he met Oracene "Brandy" Price, who had three daughters from a previous relationship in California, and they married in 1980.

[20] Fremantle acquired the rights to the film, which will be released by Sky UK in the U.K. and Italy, Canal+ in France, M-Net in South Africa, and Network 10 in Australia.

Williams with his daughters shortly after Serena Williams' victory in the 2012 Wimbledon Championships