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Here's everyone cheering on Serena Williams from her star-studded US Open box, from Tiger Woods to Anna Wintour

Barnaby Lane   

Here's everyone cheering on Serena Williams from her star-studded US Open box, from Tiger Woods to Anna Wintour
Serena Williams has had a host of guests in her box at the US Open.Getty/Tim Clayton
  • Serena Williams is playing what might be her last-ever tennis tournament at the US Open.
  • For the occasion, she's had plenty of support in her box from family and friends.

Alexis Ohanian and Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

Alexis Ohanian and Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.
Alexis Ohanian with Olympia Ohanian Jr.      Getty/Jean Catuffe

Williams' husband and their daughter have been in her box to watch both of her matches at the US Open so far.

Williams and Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit, married in 2017. Williams gave birth to Olympia later that year.

Venus Williams

 

Venus, who was knocked out of the women's singles draw in the first round on Tuesday, watched her sister beat World No. 2 Anett Kontaveit at Arthur Ashe Stadium on Wednesday night.

The two sisters played together in the women's doubles on Thursday, where they lost to the Czech duo Linda Nosková and Lucie Hradecká in the first round.

Oracene Price

Oracene Price
Oracene Price.      Reuters//Mike Segar

Price is Serena and Venus' mother.

She coached the pair alongside their father and her former husband, Richard Williams, as youngsters.

Price and Williams divorced in 2002, after which she reverted to using her maiden name.

Tiger Woods

Tiger Woods
Tiger Woods and Serena Williams are close friends.      Getty/Matthew Stockman

Woods was in Williams' box alongside his girlfriend, Erica Herman, to watch her beat Kontaveit on Wednesday.

Williams has a close relationship with the golfer and told reporters that he was "one of the reasons" she is playing at Flushing Meadows this year.

"We talked a lot, he was really trying to get me motivated," she said of Woods.

"When you can rely on someone like that, I mean, my goodness, he's Tiger Woods, it was really helpful to get clarity."

Anna Wintour

Anna Wintour
Anna Wintour.      Getty/Matthew Stockman

Wintour, the editor of Vogue magazine, has been in Williams' box for both of her matches so far.

Williams announced that she would be "evolving away" from tennis after the US Open via an emotional letter published in Wintour's magazine last month.

Rennae Stubbs

Rennae Stubbs
Rennae Stubbs.      Getty/Elsa

Stubbs, a multiple Grand Slam doubles champion, has been helping coach both Serena and Venus at the US Open.

Serena's coach Eric Hechtman; her agent, Jill Smoller; and Jamere Jenkins, one of her hitting partners have also been guests in the box.

Zendaya

 

Though not in Williams' box, Zendaya watched her match from the stands on Wednesday. 

The American actress is starring in a tennis movie named "Challengers" next year.

Other celebrities to have been in the stands to watch Williams in New York this week include the actor Hugh Jackman, boxer Mike Tyson, and the former US President Bill Clinton.

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