--- title: Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After Wimbledon Loss description: Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian offered support and encouragement to his wife Serena Williams after her loss in the 2018 Wimbledon final. canonical: https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-07-16T14:42:31.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:53:52.550Z og:title: Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After Wimbledon Loss og:description: Relationship goals og:url: https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b0445a4b9ba257/6989356ae76ad25d58632807/alexis-ohanian-supports-serena-williams-after-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: ENTERTAINMENT-US-PREMIERE-BEING_SERENA og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After Wimbledon Loss twitter:description: Relationship goals twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b0445a4b9ba257/6989356ae76ad25d58632807/alexis-ohanian-supports-serena-williams-after-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After 2018 Wimbledon Final Loss: 'I Couldn't Be More Proud'  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 16, 2018 2:42 PM UTC  Co-Founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams attend the HBO New York Premiere of 'Being Serena' at Time Warner Center on April 25, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images) Co-Founder of Reddit Alexis Ohanian and Serena Williams attend the HBO New York Premiere of 'Being Serena' at Time Warner Center on April 25, 2018 in New York City. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP) (Photo credit should read ANGELA WEISS/AFP/Getty Images)ANGELA WEISS—AFP/Getty Images  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Jul 16, 2018 2:42 PM UTC Less than ten months after giving birth to her daughter and battling life-threatening health issues, [Serena Williams](http://time.com/4925648/serena-williams-tennis/) made it to the [2018 Wimbledon final](http://time.com/5337263/serena-williams-wimbledon-final/), where she eventually lost to Angelique Kerber. Her husband [Alexis Ohanian](http://time.com/5177565/alexis-ohanian-serena-williams-billboards/), however, couldn’t be more proud of what Williams has achieved and what she will achieve in the future. In an emotional Instagram posted the day after the Wimbledon match, Ohanian details the challenges that 23-time champion overcame to be there, including the possibility that she wouldn’t survive a post-partum surgery. “Days after our baby girl was born, I kissed my wife goodbye before surgery and neither of us knew if she would be coming back,” he wrote in his Instagram caption. “We just wanted her to survive—10 months later, she’s in the #Wimbledon final.” Later, Ohanian predicted victories that Williams will have in her future, while also giving a sweet shout-out to their daughter Alexis Olympia Ohanian. “Serena Williams will be holding a trophy again soon. She’s got the greatest one waiting at home for her. Our family knows she’ll win many more trophies, too. She’s just getting started. And I couldn’t be more proud.” Read Ohanian’s sweet tribute to Serena in full below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/"},"headline":"Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After 2018 Wimbledon Final Loss: 'I Couldn't Be More Proud'","datePublished":"2018-07-16T14:42:31.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:53:52.550Z","description":"Relationship goals","url":"https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/","keywords":["Newsfeed"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b0445a4b9ba257/6989356ae76ad25d58632807/alexis-ohanian-supports-serena-williams-after-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt88b0445a4b9ba257/6989356ae76ad25d58632807/alexis-ohanian-supports-serena-williams-after-wimbledon.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"ENTERTAINMENT-US-PREMIERE-BEING_SERENA","caption":"ENTERTAINMENT-US-PREMIERE-BEING_SERENA","creditText":"ANGELA WEISS—AFP/Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5339647/alexis-ohanian-on-serena-williams-wimbledon/","name":"Alexis Ohanian Supports Serena Williams After 2018 Wimbledon Final Loss: 'I Couldn't Be More Proud'"}}]}] ```