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Richard Williams (Tennis)

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The Resume

    (February 14, 1942- )
    Born in Shreveport, Louisiana
    Richard Dove Williams Jr.
    Tennis coach
    Father of Venus and Serena Williams
    Book is 'Black and White: The Way I See It'

Why he might be annoying:

    He shares a name with a Pink Panther and Roger Rabbit animator.
    When Venus won her first Grand Slam title in 2000 at Wimbledon, he jumped up and down and yelling 'Straight Outta Compton!'
    He followed up by jumping over the NBC broadcast booth, causing Chris Evert to think the roof was caving in.
    Jason Whitlock accused him of his daughters' fixing matches for more than a decade.
    He allegedly ripped the heads off his daughter’s dolls to discourage them from any ideas of motherhood.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He grew up with a single mother and was one of five children.
    He started teaching his daughters tennis when they were just four and three years old.
    He had a 78-page plan for his daughter’s Tennis careers.
    He used to have to physically fight to get his daughters a chance to use the Compton tennis court (leaving him with missing teeth and a broken rib).
    He checked a reporter for pestering Venus during a live interview.
    He has suffered from dementia after a series of strokes.
    Will Smith will portray him in a 2021 biopic.

Credit: BoyWiththeGreenHair


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Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 154 Votes: 61.69% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 12 Votes: 8.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 17 Votes: 82.35% Annoying