Tennis ace Serena Williams has married her Prince Charming Alexis Ohanian in a lavish wedding ceremony in New Orleans last November.

Serena is one of the most successful sports stars ever and earned millions in a career where she has dominated the game.

But she has met her match in her tech entrepreneur partner Alexis Ohanian after they met by chance in 2015.

Since then they have got engaged, welcomed daughter Alexis junior, and made their union official in an extravagant wedding with Beauty and the Beast theme, Italian food and a carousel .

Who is Serena Williams' husband Alexis Ohanian?

Alexis Ohanian is a 34-year-old tech whizz and author.

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He was born in Brooklyn, New York City and grew up in Baltimore, Maryland.

Alexis attended the University of Virginia to study history and initially thought about becoming an immigration lawyer, before meeting dorm mate Steve Huffman and launching Reddit.

What is Alexis Ohanian's job?

Alexis is the co-founder of Reddit, a multimillionaire and the apparent 'Mayor of the Internet' thanks to his fiercely outspoken views on anti-piracy legislation.

Alexis is also the author of the bestselling 2013 book Without Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed, which looks at how Reddit was formed and includes his belief that the internet can be harnessed for good.

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He's been included twice on Forbes' influential 30 Under 30 list - once when he was 28 for being the CEO of Breadpig, and again the following year for his Reddit work.

His personal motto is "making the world suck less" and he's invested in more than 200 small businesses, each of which he vets personally to ensure they chime with his creedo.

How much is Alexis Ohanian worth?

His net worth is somewhere in the $4.5million region and he first jumped to internet fame when he set up social media and content aggregator site Reddit in 2005 with Steve Huffman.

He was there when the site took off and was acquired by Conde Naste publications in 2006. Alexis continued working with Reddit until 2010, when he left to invest in several start-ups, before his return a few years later.

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When did Serena Williams meet Alexis Ohanian?

Alexis and Serena first met in 2015 at a lunch and started dating in October of that year.

Alexis sat at a table reserved for her entourage at the Cavalieri hotel, in Rome, and she told him to move.

Alexis was hungover and refused to move despite Serena's camp saying there was a rat under the table.

Serena's very first words to her fiance were: “We just don’t want you sitting there. We’re going to use that table.”

Then he joined them and the rest was history.

While they're not the most public of celebrity couples, Alexis has been supporting Serena's tennis career since they first got together - and he posted a public congratulations on his Instagram when she won the 2016 Wimbledon women's final.

How did Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian announce their engagement?

Serena announced their engagement on - where else? - Reddit, with a poem describing how he'd taken her to Rome.

"I came home / A little late / Someone had a bag packed for me

"And a carriage awaited / Destination: Rome

"To escort me to my very own "charming" / Back to where our stars first collided

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"And now it was full circle / At the same table we first met by chance

"This time he made it not by chance / But by choice

"Down on one knee / He said 4 words /And I said yes."

Alexis immediately replied to Serena's public declaration by telling her: "And you made me the happiest man on the planet."

How did Serena Williams announce her pregnancy?

The tennis superstar used Snapchat to reveal she's expecting her first child.

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Serena shared a photo of her blossoming baby bump alongside the caption: "20 Weeks." A rep for the star confirmed the baby is due in autumn.

Her news came just three months after she won her 23rd Grand Slam Singles title in Melbourne.

She went on to grace the cover of Vanity Fair and admitted the pregnancy came as a shock, with a friend persuading her to do a pregnancy test.

Explaining her thinking, Williams said: “I’ll take it just because (a) to prove you wrong and (b) because it’s fun, whatever. It’s like a joke. Why not?”

After taking the test, she forgot about it, thinking it impossible that it could be positive.

When she finally checked the results, she says she “did a double take and my heart dropped. Like literally it dropped.” Her first thought: ‘Oh my God, this can’t be—I’ve got to play a tournament. How am I going to play the Australian Open?’ I had planned on winning Wimbledon (her third straight) this year.”

After discovering she was pregnant, Serena called her fiance and told him to fly to Melbourne earlier than previously planned. When she saw him, she wordlessly handed him a paper bag containing the six positive pregnant tests.

When did Alexis and Serena have their baby?

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Serena announced the arrival of the couple's daughter with a post on Instagram stories in mid September.

She wrote: "Hello, world. Baby girl Alexis Olympia Ohanian Jr.

"Born: September 1, 2017. Weight: 6lb 14oz. Grand slam titles: 1."

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