LONDON — The All England Membership introduced Sunday that Serena Williams has accepted a wild card invitation to compete in singles at Wimbledon.
The transfer comes after Williams, 44, lately returned to aggressive doubles after being away from skilled tennis for almost 4 years.
This isn’t a coaching train. @serenawilliams will compete in #Wimbledon girls’s singles in 2026 as a wildcard. pic.twitter.com/1vHnDEQ4xm
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 21, 2026
And meaning Williams will play each singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting a wildcard for a doubles match along with her sister Venus Williams.
Serena’s final singles match was a loss to Ajla Tomljanovic within the third spherical of the 2022 US Open. On the time, she said that she didn’t need to use the phrase “retirement”, as a substitute declaring that she was “evolving” away from tennis.
Serena has gained 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, together with seven at Wimbledon. She has additionally gained 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all of which had been gold stars, together with six at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon begins on June twenty ninth.
Serena gained a doubles match with accomplice Victoria Mboko at Queen’s Membership final week, however the pair had been then pressured to withdraw from a singles match when Mboko injured her knee.
In one other doubles match on the Berlin Open on Tuesday, Serena and accomplice Karolina Muchova misplaced to Juliana Olmos and Erin Routliff.
