Venus Williams

Venus Williams was born on June 17th, 1980 in Lynwood, California.

Like Venus Williams younger sister Serena Williams was thought to play tennis by her parents Richard Williams and Oracene Price at young age.



as a kid Venus Williams played in the children's tennis circuits and turned pro at the young age of 14 on Oct 31st when she played in the bank of the west classic against Arantxa Sánchez Vicario. The young Venus Williams lost her first match, but she would soon show that she could play with the best of them when a year later she defeated Amy Frazier who at the time was one of the top 20 women tennis players.


in 97 Venus Williams played in her first US Open and when she started to become a bit of a household name.

Venus Williams has a magnificent career in tennis. with over 41 career titles in singles and over 13 titles for doubles and 3 Olympic gold medals.

With Venus Williams successful career and other women tennis players like her sister (Serena Williams) being such big name draws to the sport of tennis, Venus joined the protest lead by Billie Jean King, spoke up about the unfair practice of events such as the French Open and Wimbledon paying women players less then men in 2005.

that protest didn't work, but a year later Venus Williams wrote an article in the Times taking Wimbledon's policy of unequal pay to task and that seemed to have been the push need to get change past because (at the time British Prime Minister) Tony Blair supported Venus Williams' effort. Later in 2006 the Women's Tennis Association and UNESCO ask Venus Williams to lead the campaign for equal pay in the tennis world. The following year they got what they wanted when Wimbledon and French Open changed their policy and started to pay people equally regardless of gender.

in 2007 Venus Williams also graduated Cum Laude form the Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale with a degree in Fashion Design.

That year Venus Williams started her own clothing line EleVen which is sold at Steve and Barry's.

Venus Williams also the CEO of her own interior design firm called V Starr Interiors which has designed the set for the pbs show the Tavis Smiley show and in American bid for the 2012 games Venus' V Starr Interiors did the designs for the living space for the athletes.

currently Venus Williams is dating pro golfer Hank Kuehne.

Serena Williams

Serena Williams is (as I write this post) the number one ranking female Tennis player in the world.



Serena along with her older sister Venus have been at the top of the tennis world since the 90's. The Williams sisters have risen the sport to new popularity.



Serena Jameka Williams was born on September 26th 1981 in Saginaw, MI. But she and her sisters grew up in Compton, CA.

Serena Williams father Richard Willams wanted at least on of this daughters to be a tennis super star. He hoped that at the least having his kids in sports would give them a better chance at life and the amount of time he had Venus and Serena work at tennis at the very least it kept them out of trouble that many kids sometimes fall into.



Serena Willams started in the sport of Tennis when she was just a little kid. in fact she won her first tournament when she was only 4 years old. by the age of 10 Serena Williams won 46 junior tournaments (out of the 49 she entered)

Serena Williams attended a tennis school ran by Rick Macci as a kid



in 1995 at the age of 14 Serena Willams became a pro-tennis player. She lost at her first tournament. Serena Williams started to come on the nation's stage around 98 when she beat Lindsay Davenport (who was ranked 3rd best female tennis player in the world at that time)in the Australian Open. later that year she won a number of doubles at Wimbledon and the U.S Open.



jumping 10 years later Serena Williams so far as won 18 grand slam titles (9 singles, 7 in women's doubles and 2 in mix doubles) Serena Williams also has 2 olympic gold medals for Tennis doubles (for the year 2000 and 2008)

Off the court Serna Williams is also making big moves.

after being noted for her fashion sense on the court (and big deals with companies like Puma and Nike) Serena Williams started her own clothing line called Aneres.



Serena Williams has also became an actress and has appeared in many guest roles in a number of tv shows.

Serena and her sister starred in their own reality show called Serena and Venus Williams.

word is that Serena is currently dating rapper Common



commin misspellings of Serena's name inculde Serina, serna, Serenna and Serena Willams

Candace Parker

Candace Parker was the first draft pick for the WNBA's Sparks in 2008. In her first WNBA game Candace Parker the record of most scores by a rookie player in a debut game.



it shouldn't be a surprise that Candace Parker is dropping hoops around her completion in the WNBA ever since high school (when she played for Naperville Central High School girls basketball) she has been a phenomenal basketball player. Not only was she on Illinois' all-state and all-area team for four years. She is the first person to win USA today player of the year two years in a row and she is the third person (behind Marion Jones and LeBron James) to win back to back Gatorade Awards.



in 2004 Candace Parker become the first women to win the McDonald's High School All-American Game to win the slam dunk contest.


Candace Parker went to the the University of Tennessee. But she didn't play basketball her freshman year due to injury. She played for the Tennessee Lady Vols (University of Tennessee's women's basketball team) in her sophomore year.



that year Candace Parker became Southeastern Conference Rookie of the Year.

in 2006 Candace Parker was the only college student to play for the American team in the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women.

the next year she became the fastest University of Tennessee Lady Vols player to reach a thousand points.



in 2007 and 2008 Candace Parker and her team mates won the NCAA championship. Candace Parker was name Most Outstanding Player for both championships, making her one of only 3 women to be award MOP two years back in a row.



Candace Parker graduated with a 3.35 in a major for sports management.

In 2008 Candace Parker played for the USA Olympics women's basketball team.