Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian met in Rome in 2015, got engaged by December 2016, and married in New Orleans in November 2017. Their first daughter was born before the wedding; they welcomed a second daughter in August 2023. This timeline covers documented public milestones, not every private detail of their relationship.
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian’s relationship timeline
Spring 2015: They meet in Rome
Vogue reported that Williams and Ohanian met by chance in Rome in the spring of 2015. A CBS account of Williams’s Vanity Fair profile gives the specific date as May 12, 2015, and the location as Rome’s Cavalieri hotel; that precise detail comes from the profile, rather than being independently established by multiple accounts. Vogue CBS
December 2016: They are engaged
Vogue reported that they were engaged by December 2016. Its account says Ohanian returned to Rome, where they had first met, to propose. The report establishes the engagement by that month, but not an exact proposal date. Vogue
September 1, 2017: Their first daughter is born
Their daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr., was born on September 1, 2017. Vogue
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November 16, 2017: They marry in New Orleans
Williams and Ohanian married on November 16, 2017, at the Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans. Olympia was born before the wedding. Vogue Vogue
August 2023: They welcome a second daughter
The Associated Press reported that the couple welcomed their second daughter, Adira River Ohanian, in August 2023. The report cited here gives the month, not an exact birth date. Associated Press
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Early parenthood
In a 2018 profile, Vogue reported that Williams experienced a pulmonary embolism after giving birth to Olympia and initially struggled to have her concerns about symptoms heard. This is part of the couple’s early-parenthood story as Williams described it; it is not medical guidance. Vogue
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