Talk:Richard Williams (tennis coach)

The picture
Now I know someone, (not me - I don't have that skill), can find a better picture, at least one with eyes open, of Richard Williams... Please try? ~ GoldenGoose100 (talk) 00:22, 21 April 2008 (UTC)

Article
This article is terrible. This guy is hugely controversial and generally considered borderline insane by everyone in tennis. There have been a number of high profile incidents worthy of mention. But this is a short bio with no controversial information. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Vegaswiki (talk • contribs) 13:36, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

What I am missing, is what he did for a crust. Raising five children, sending some to an Academy and he never seemed to have worked? Or was he a professional tennis coach? Isn't that unlikely, given the race problems of those times? 121.209.49.149 (talk) 00:23, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

I agree with the first paragraph. I read this article a few yrs. ago and it seems to have been given a whitewash since then. Didn't he have an ans. phone message that said something like 'all white people are racists'. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.242.164.255 (talk) 14:26, 25 June 2011 (UTC)

This article is a Cultural Health disgrace to wikipedia and tennis
Hetep and Respect folks I just read this article 9/11/2011 after the First Lady Michelle Obama of the United states of America meets the first lady (#1)of tennis Mr. William's daughter Serena at the US Open in my home town. Serena just won her simi-final match, headed to the finals as the favorite to win her fourth US Open Championship and 14th Grand Slam title and this disgrace of an article is what I find on arguably '''one of greatest coaches in the history of tennis. ''' Wow!

It should be a top priority for the Wikipedia Tennis Project to fix this disgrace ASAP. Most of what is in this article should be at the end of a proper article under the heading controversial at best.

Mr. Richards created the greatest Cinderella store in the history of tennis. He and his wife created on of the great American rags to riches stories by developing, not one but two world class tennis players that have been great American ambassadors all over the world. The Williams sisters are the biggest name in Tennis and one of the best known names in the history of sports. When Serena plays on TV she gets the biggest ratings of any tennis player on the tour including all the top men.

From the first grand slam forward, Venus and Serena have been the number one and two rated (buy points or by reality) since I have been watching them. Everyone knows if they are in the draw and healthy one of them is likely to win the tournament. They lead in every category of tennis from the best serves and power to the best/most controversial fashion.

Not a word about Mr. William's visionary determination to create two #1 tennis daughters before they were born or the techniques he adapted like the windshield wiper stroke and city street play to develop their skills outside of the tennis establishment, an unheard of and unimaginable task by any standard.

Serena has been called and is on track to be the best player in the history of tennis. She already has the undisputed best woman's serve in the history of the game, except maybe for her sister who can actually server harder. And this is the article and picture that is on Wikipedia for one of the visionary innovative coachs, that against all the odds made all this possible? This is a disgrace, a bad joke we wikipedians we can do better.

The article fails to meet NPOV wikipedia standards, it does not even reach tabloid standards. The article should be thrown out and completely rewritten. It is worthless as it stands.

Amen! — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aunk (talk • contribs) 11:00, 11 September 2011 (UTC)

Remarried?
Is it true that he was divorced from Oracene in 2002? And that he remarried again Dec. 29, 2010, after a 2-year engagement, to a grocery store owner (Lakeisha Graham) who is 37 years younger than he is? And, if true, can we find a reliable source so the article can be updated? (Why is this article on a major, interesting coach and father in the tennis world so inadequate?) David Spector (talk) 20:28, 14 September 2011 (UTC)

Sports career professional writing
This article supposed to be about one of the top coach who managed to launch 2 top players something instead traditional american racist style writing covering only personal issues of a sports person. This article supposed to be sports career style writing. Orgio89 (talk) 04:42, 9 July 2012 (UTC)

"King Richard (film)" listed at Redirects for discussion
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Number of children
Williams is biological father of five children from first marriage, two (Venus and Serena) from second marriage and one from third marriage. There is an acknowledged ninth, Chavoita LeSaneL, born 1973, which is same year Williams and his first wife got divorced. There are runors of other biological children, but no number nor names verified. His first wife had a child before she married Williams and his second wife had three daughters before she married Williams (hence five daughters in the movie). David notMD (talk) 03:15, 28 March 2022 (UTC)
 * At Page Six https://pagesix.com/2020/01/10/serena-and-venus-half-sister-calls-dad-a-sperm-donor-who-abandoned-first-family/ his oldest daughter from first marriage, Sabrina, is quoted as saying without evidence or names that Richard has other children. David notMD (talk) 14:54, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

I really don't get it. Do the Wiki editors not know how to count? The article asserts at the top that Williams has five children. Then it goes on to enumerate the number of kids he had with three wives which comes to a total of eight kids. Why does the article state he's got five kids, then count 8??? Nine actually, counting the child born outside of marriage. Does anyone care to explain that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 47.138.95.78 (talk) 06:32, 10 March 2023 (UTC)

To add to article
Shouldn't we add to this article the fact that Richard Williams lived in Long Beach, California for three years before deciding to moving his family to Compton (in order to help toughen up his daughters)? Source: https://slate.com/culture/2021/11/king-richard-movie-accuracy-will-smith-richard-williams.html 98.123.38.211 (talk) 01:34, 27 May 2024 (UTC)