Venus Williams and sister Serena Williams. FIle
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Serena Williams will play at Wimbledon for the primary time since 2022 after the American legend was given a wildcard to play the doubles occasion together with her sister Venus on Tuesday (June 16, 2026).
Williams made a sensational return to tennis final week when she gained her first-round doubles match at Queen’s Membership with companion Victoria Mboko.
The 44-year-old had not performed skilled tennis for 4 years after saying she was “evolving away” from the game following the 2022 U.S. Open.
However the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion was eager to play in entrance of her two younger daughters and made the shock announcement of her return simply previous to the Wimbledon warm-up occasion at Queen’s.
Williams was unable to play multiple match at Queen’s after Mboko pulled out with an damage, however she is because of proceed her outstanding comeback within the Berlin Open doubles alongside Karolina Muchova this week.
The Williams sisters are six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, profitable their final title on their most up-to-date look collectively a decade in the past.
Following hypothesis that Serena could be tempted to play within the singles at Wimbledon, which begins on June 29, the American was absent from the record of wildcard entries into that a part of the match.
After so lengthy away, she had no rating to safe automated entry into tournaments, leaving her to depend on wildcards.
There may be nonetheless one singles wildcard place for Wimbledon to be introduced.
Revealed – June 16, 2026 04:06 pm IST
