June 16 (UPI) — Serena Williams will reunite with sister Venus in doubles for her Wimbledon return this summer in London, tournament organizers announced Tuesday.
Wimbledon 2026 will be held from June 29 to July 12 at the All England Lawn Tennis Club. Serena, 44, appeared in her first professional tennis match since 2022 last week when she teamed up with Victoria Mboko in doubles at the HSBC Championships.
Williams and Mboko won their first match against Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in straight sets. Williams’ initial return run was cut short when Mboko sustained a knee injury, triggering a doubles withdrawal.
The Williams sisters teamed up for six previous doubles crowns at Wimbledon, with their most recent title in 2016. They own a perfect 14-0 record in Grand Slam doubles finals.
Serena also will compete in doubles with partner Karolina Muchova on Tuesday at the Berlin Open.
Williams and Muchova will meet Erin Routliffe and Giuliana Olmos in the Round of 16 at that tournament. With two more wins, Williams and Muchova could meet Americans Coco Gauff and Jessica Pegula in the semifinals of the doubles tournament.
Gauff and Pegula will first take on Anastasia Potapova and Diana Shnaider in the Round of 16 in Berlin. The winner of that match will battle Fanny Stollar and Asia Muhammad in the quarterfinals.
The winner of the Williams-Muchova and Olmos-Routliffe meeting will take on Sara Errani and Nicole Melichar-Martinez in another Berlin Open quarterfinal.
The Williams sisters were among seven women’s doubles wild card entries announced for Wimbledon 2026. Tournament organizers announced seven wild card entires for the women’s singles circuit, with an eighth slot designated as “to be announced.”
Serena and Venus, 45, last teamed up at the 2022 U.S. Open, where they lost in the first round to Czechia’s Lucie Hradecka and Linda Noskova.
