Overview

• Williams and Fernandez will open against sixth seeds Lyudmyla Kichenok and Ellen Perez in the first round.
• The USTA granted the pair a discretionary wild card following Williams’ earlier wild-card entries in mixed doubles and singles.
• Williams exited in the first round of both mixed doubles and singles at this US Open during her return to major competition.
• After last year’s surgery for uterine fibroids, Williams said she felt relieved to be pain-free in her comeback.
• This is Williams’ first Grand Slam in two years, and she became the oldest singles participant at the US Open since 1981.