What was an open secret is now a reality. Serena Williamsat 44 years old, He will play a singles match again four seasons later. And she will do it in the most special place for her, which is none other than Wimbledon. This was confirmed this Sunday by the organization of the third major on the calendar after granting it a second invitation.
And the little one of the Williams familyShe had already received a wild card to compete in doubles alongside her sister Venus..
Without ranking and four years later
Serena will play a singles match again four years after her first farewell to the courts after falling on September 2, 2022 in the third round of the US Open with Ajla Tomljanovic. His first rival will be known in the draw for the pairings next Friday, June 26.
In the Queen’s and Berlin tournaments it has been shot in doubles and she feels in a position to make the final leap to the singles seeing the current misgovernance that the women’s circuit is experiencing.
The Williams, who won her twenty-third Grand Slam title in January 2017 while already pregnant with her first daughter Olympiashe was left wanting another ‘major’ that would have equaled her with Novak Djokovic and Margaret Court. That option is back on the table.
Throughout her career, Serena always recognized how special it was for her to play at Wimbledon, competition that she won seven times in singles and six as a duo with Venus. Tennis is in luck with its return.
On October 24, 2025, the American’s career was recognized by receiving the Princess of Asturias Sports Award.
It was precisely later that she began to give clues to her true intentions by signing up for the anti-doping control system of the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA), an obligatory step to return to the WTA circuit. She denied her return on her social networks, calling the news “madness”. Madness is already a fact.
