Overview
- Wimbledon organizers have given Serena Williams a wild‑card into the ladies' singles main draw and invited her and Venus Williams to play in the doubles draw together.
- Serena is 44 and has not played a Grand Slam singles match since the 2022 season, when her last singles appearances included the US Open and Wimbledon.
- The International Tennis Integrity Agency required six months of random testing before she was reinstated and she completed that testing and was cleared earlier this year.
- Her return included recent grass‑court doubles matches at Queen's Club with Victoria Mboko and at the Berlin WTA 500 with Karolina Muchova, where she lost in the first round.
- Serena says she is motivated to play so her daughters can see her compete and the pair’s doubles reunion will draw attention even as critics and fans watch how she handles singles match play after a long gap.