Early photos of Serena and Venus Williams
We have shared with you so many photos of women's tennis players when they were kids, but strangely, we never got to feature the Williams sisters. There is an abundance of beautiful photos of this unprecedented pairing.
Actually, we once included a cute picture of little Venus Williams in a shopping cart surrounded by tennis balls.
Since Serena and Venus had successful tennis careers already at the young age, it is not that difficult to find pictures of them as kids.
In the photo above, for example, you can see Serena and Venus shaking hands after a game in 1991 in Compton, CA. It was almost twenty years ago! 
They looked so cute together. It's amazing when you think about it: they established themselves as tennis stars so early in their lives and they are still ruling the tennis world.
Someone would think they are forty years old by now, they have been present on the tennis scene since it seems like forever. What's truly fantastic is that they are still young and have the capacity to add more successes to their biography.
These last two photos above are from 1997. The Williamses have not only enriched tennis with their games, dominance and sisterhood, but also with unique love of fashion and style experiments. (photos: Brian Smith, Family Igloo, The Telegraph, The Age, Daily Mail)
Those are great! Thanks for displaying them.
In the third photo from the last, are they standing under a Wimbledon umbrella? I think that is the cutest photo here.
Diane, I don't know how I got to feature them only now. They are really cute.
Karunya, yeah that is a Wimbledon umbrella. My favorite is the one when they are shaking hands after a match, where Serena is so much smaller than Venus.
Thank you so much for this. They are truly the first family of tennis. An under rated story if ever there was one. People talk about sibling rivalry but in this rivalry, big Sis never considered herself a rival. She took her job as big sister very seriously. I love all the pictures and you can see their evolution from young geeky girls to mature and confident young women.
I had the pleasure of meeting Venus recently on her recent book tour and let me tell you she is a joy to behold. Pictures do not do her justice. Very elegant. Very warm and very friendly.
I had pictures taken with her and I posted them on my Facebook page and at this site, if you are interested.
tennisontv.blogspot.com
The third picture is really sweet ♥ …But when I saw the first picture I was struck by what Venus'legs were already long, endless!
So cute
TennisAce, that's so nice of Venus that she's always had that protective and unselfish attitude towards Serena. It's well described in Serena's autobiography. My favorite was the situation when Venus gave Serena her trophy. I wrote about it here, as you already know (I remember you joined in the comments):
http://www.womenstennisblog.com/2010/02/13/review-of-serena-williams’-autobiography-on-the-line-win-the-book/
Francesca, her legs are up to her chin!
the second one is hillarious!
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i am 11 and i want to be just like the williams sisters
I saw their matches.they will play there matches very well.——————————————Lean.
Haha Ijust Love you two girls
the williams sisters are true champions
love you both.
Handshake after tournament cute.
thx for the info;)
They have overcome a lot of diversity in their respective careers. Even with the major personal issues they have had off the court, plus losing their sister do gang violence.
two of the most beautiful tennis star.
sarah, dear, it's quite understandable – you being 11, and the imaginable rest of it all… I wish you a thoroughly successful growing-up.