Timeline of Venus and Serena Williams’s Lives

1980 — Venus is born in California

1981 — Serena is born in Michigan

1984 — Venus starts playing tennis, coached by her father, Richard. Serena starts soon after

1991 — The Williams family moves to Florida to work with coach Rick Macci

1997 — Venus becomes the first unseeded player since 1958 to reach finals of US Open

1999 — Serena is the first of the sisters to win a Grand Slam

2000 — Venus wins her first Grand Slam event at Wimbledon

— The sisters team up to win an Olympic gold medal in doubles

2002 — Venus reaches the No. 1 ranking for the first time; Serena does the same later in the year

2003 — Serena wins the Australian Open to complete the “Serena Slam” for the first time

2007 — Venus wins Wimbledon again

2008 — The sisters win another Olympic doubles gold medal

2010 — Serena is No. 1 and Venus is No. 2 in the rankings in June

2012 — Serena wins her first Olympic singles gold medal

— Serena is named Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

2016 — Serena wins the Australian Open and sets a new twenty-three Grand Slam record