Serena and Venus Williams will compete in the Ladies’ Doubles at The Championships 2026

• ESPN News Services June 16,2026 

Serena Williams is set to make her return to Wimbledon in women's doubles with sister Venus, it has been confirmed.

The pair have been given a wild card into the Championships, beginning on June 29, as Serena continues her comeback.

The 44-year-old played her first match since 2022 last week at Queen's, winning one round alongside Victoria Mboko before the Canadian was forced to pull out through injury.

The Williams sisters are six-time doubles champions at Wimbledon, winning their last title on their most recent appearance together a decade ago.

rena is set to continue her return to the sport on Tuesday as she competes in the women's doubles at the Berlin Open alongside Karolina Muchova.

After Tuesday's match at Queen's Club in west London, Williams insisted she was taking things "a day at a time" but said she enjoyed the winning return to competitive action.

"I don't know. I had nothing better to do. I got tired of sitting at home. My kids are out of school for the summer, so why not?" Williams said on court. "I never got to play here; it was always just the men. It feels really special to play somewhere so iconic."

Together, the Williams sisters have won 14 major doubles titles, meaning Serena is the only player to have recorded a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles.

On top of her 23 major titles -- the most by any woman in the Open era -- Serena has won 73 career singles titles, four Olympic gold medals and has spent 319 weeks at No. 1 in the WTA rankings.

Serena's last competitive match before her appearance at Queen's came at the US Open in 2022 when she lost in the third round to Australia's Ajla Tomljanovic.

She never formally announced her retirement, but wrote in an essay for Vogue shortly before the tournament that she was looking to "evolve" away from the sport.

"One thing I'm not going to do is sugarcoat this," Williams added in that essay. "I know that a lot of people are excited about and look forward to retiring, and I really wish I felt that way."

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