Serena Williams: American 23-time Grand Slam winner receives Wimbledon women's singles wild card
- On Sunday, the All England Club handed a final singles wildcard to Serena Williams for this year's Wimbledon, marking her return to singles competition after a four-year absence.
- Williams returned to tennis this month at the Queen's Club Championships, playing doubles with Victoria Mboko, and competed in Berlin this week preparing for the Grand Slam tournament.
- A seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, Williams spent 319 weeks as the WTA world number one, though she lost to Harmony Tan in the first round of her last singles match in 2022.
- The tournament announced the news on Instagram, stating, "This is not a drill," providing a major storyline for the 44-year-old mother of two competing at the Grand Slam.
- Although she never officially retired, Williams previously said she would "evolve away from tennis" after the Open in 2016, having first appeared at Wimbledon in 1998.
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Serena Williams Makes A Comeback to Wimbledon at 44
After earning an incredible wild card admission for the 2026 competition, tennis legend Serena Williams is formally making a comeback to the Wimbledon singles field. The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion will return to the version of the sport she dominated for decades, the All England Club confirmed on Sunday. For the 44-year-old, whose final professional singles match was at the 2022 U.S. Open almost four years ago, the news represents a sig…
Serena Williams will make her singles return at Wimbledon ... once she's done playing 'duck duck goose'
Serena Williams' comeback is in full swing, with the 23-time Grand Slam champion announced as a wild card entry for Wimbledon in women's singles. She is unranked after a four-year hiatus.
Serena Williams Announces Major Wimbledon Comeback!
Serena Williams is headed back to Wimbledon singles, and she announced the good news to her fans on Sunday via Instagram. The 44-year-old tennis legend will compete in the 2026 ladies’ singles draw as a wild card, Wimbledon announced Sunday, June 21, giving fans a new reason to watch when the tournament begins June 29. “This is not a drill,” Wimbledon wrote on Instagram alongside a post that read, “Serena Returns,” tagging her in the post. The s…
American Serena Williams, one of the best tennis players in history, will play Wimbledon’s individual painting after the organization has given her an invitation. The 23 Grand Slams winner, the second in the story behind Australian Margaret Court – who won 24– will also participate in the doubles alongside her sister Venus Williams. Seven titles won at the All England Club, the last of which in 2016, the 44-year-old American does not play in sin…
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