Serena Williams to play women’s singles at Wimbledon as wildcard entrant
Key takeaways
- The seven-time ladies singles champion will make her grand slam return at Wimbledon, 6 years after her last appearance.
- “This is not a drill,” the third Grand Slam of the year said in its post on Instagram and X announcing the return of Williams.
- Williams is the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion, winning her last title in 2016, before retiring from the sport in 2022.
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The seven-time ladies singles champion will make her grand slam return at Wimbledon, 6 years after her last appearance.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Serena Williams has competed in two tournaments since her return to the sport this month [Fabrizio Bensch/Reuters]By Hafsa Adil and Reuters Published On 21 Jun 202621 Jun 2026Serena Williams has been handed a wildcard entry for the ladies’ singles championship at Wimbledon, paving the way for her return to Grand Slam competition.
The All England Club announced on Sunday that the tennis great from the United States, who returned to competition last month after a three-and-a-half-year retirement, was the eighth and final player to receive a wildcard in the ladies’ singles category.