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Line 1: {{short description|American tennis coach {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox tennis biography |name = Oracene Price |image = Oracene Price.jpg |caption = Price with two of her daughters, 2001 |birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1952|4|3}} |birth_place = [[Saginaw, Michigan]], U.S. | CoachYears = | CoachPlayers = [[Venus Williams]], [[Serena Williams]] | CoachSinglesTitles = 49 (V) | CoachDoublesTitles = 21 (S-V) | CoachTournamentRecord = {{unbulleted list | [[Grand Slam (tennis)#Career Golden Slam|Career Golden Slam | [[Williams sisters|List of titles]] }} | CoachingRecords = [[Venus Williams#Records and achievements]]<br />[[Serena Williams# }} '''Oracene Price''' (born April 3, 1952) is an American [[tennis]] coach. She is best known for being both the mother and coach of [[Venus Williams|Venus]] and [[Serena Williams]], both of whom are widely regarded as among the best tennis players of all time. She is the former wife of [[Richard Williams (tennis coach)|Richard Williams]], whom she divorced in 2002. == Biography == Nicknamed "Brandy By the end of 2000, Price was no longer living with her husband Richard Williams, and citing irreconcilable differences, they divorced in 2002. She reverted to her maiden name of Price.<ref>Wertheim{{clarify|date=March 2009}}</ref><ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_7_58/ai_100544509 Serena and Venus on the fabulous Oracene, mother of the Williams Dynasty] Retrieved March 11, 2009.</ref> During a semifinal match between Serena and [[Justine Henin]] at the [[2003 French Open]], Williams was booed by fans after a complaint about a line call. Price believes that the boos were motivated by race, saying, "We, as black people, live with this all the time. It's all about control."<ref>{{cite news|date= Price describes herself as a deeply spiritual woman.<ref name=DN>{{cite web|url=http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/Living/-/1218/494902/-/228hdq/-/index.html|title=The mother behind the Williams' sisters|work=Daily Nation|date=November 25, 2008|access-date=July 9, 2016}}</ref> Price also has described herself as being a "rampant [[Feminism|feminist]]" when dealing with She Price was portrayed by [[Aunjanue Ellis]] in the 2021 biopic ''[[King Richard (film)|King Richard]]''. Ellis was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress]] for her performance while the film itself was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]]. ==Coaching and guiding==▼ Price's coaching has arguably been overshadowed by her role as mother, but as a coach she has been called underappreciated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/string_theory/miami_2008/page/2/|title=TENNIS.com - Blogs - String Theory by Tom Perrotta|year=2008|page=2}}</ref> Price is not a coach in a traditional sense (though she did learn tennis herself to help teach her daughters the technical aspects of the game) and is instead credited, along with Richard Williams, in keeping her daughters focused and disciplined and for helping to build a solid foundation of self-esteem and outside interests for her daughters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/thewrap/2007_entries/|title=TENNIS.com - Blogs - Concrete Elbow by Steve Tignor|access-date=March 11, 2009}}</ref>▼ ▲== Venus and Serena's "poise under pressure"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/french/2014/05/19/serena-williams-tennis-usta-pressure-title/9305391/|title=Serena Williams poised despite mounting pressure|date=19 May 2014|access-date=30 August 2015|work=[[USA Today]]}}</ref> is often credited to the self-belief instilled in them by their mother. "There's no such thing as pressure," says Price. "As black Americans, that's all we've ever had. It's life. So where's the pressure?"<ref>{{cite news|access-date=March 12, 2009 |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/williams/flashback/daddy |title=Who's Your Daddy? |agency=CNN |work=Sports Illustrated |author=S. L. Price |date=May 31, 1999 |archive-date=June 29, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629122324/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/tennis/features/williams/flashback/daddy/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> This approach was coupled with, according to noted tennis coach [[Nick Bollettieri]], a respect that meant that neither Price nor Richard Williams raised their voices to their daughters.<ref>[http://www.nickbollettieri.com/aboutNick/article.cfm?artID=626 "Bollettieri had a hand in grooming 10 players who hit No. 1"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714181155/http://www.nickbollettieri.com/aboutNick/article.cfm?artID=626 |date=2011-07-14 }}. Retrieved March 11, 2009.</ref> Journalist Bonnie D. Ford has said that the longevity exhibited by the Williams sisters is directly attributable to their parents and the way that Richard Williams and Price have helped them manage their careers and lives. Ford believes it is especially admirable that Price and her former husband have continued to remain jointly supportive despite their separation.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/tennis/usopen08/columns/story?columnist=ford_bonnie_d&id=3556008|title=Williams sisters' parents deserve accolades for job well-done|work=ESPN.com|access-date=March 11, 2009|date=2008-08-27}}</ref>▼ ▲Price's coaching has arguably been overshadowed by her role as mother, but as a coach she has been called underappreciated.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tennisworld.typepad.com/string_theory/miami_2008/page/2/|title=TENNIS.com ▲Venus and Serena's "poise under pressure"<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/tennis/french/2014/05/19/serena-williams-tennis-usta-pressure-title/9305391/|title=Serena Williams poised despite mounting pressure|date=
{{Reflist|30em}}▼ == ▲{{Reflist == Further reading == *Bradley, Michael (2003). Venus Williams. Michael Cavendish Publishing. {{ISBN|0-7614-1630-7}}.{{Clarify|date=March 2009}} *{{cite book|author=Donaldson, Madeline |title=Venus & Serena Williams|publisher=LernerSports|location=Minneapolis, MN|year=2003|isbn=0-8225-3316-2}} Line 52 ⟶ 55: [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Saginaw, Michigan]] [[Category: [[Category:Western Michigan University alumni]] [[Category:Williams family (tennis)]] [[Category:African-American tennis coaches]] |