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Serena Williams Returns to Queen’s Doubles with Mboko

6/7/2026

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Williams Returns

Serena Williams returns to the HSBC Championships doubles at Queen’s Club with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko as wild-card entrants.
The duo opens against Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in the first round.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion with 14 major doubles titles, has earned over $94 million, the most for any female athlete.
After Queen’s she will play the Berlin Open, where Wimbledon wild-cards will be announced.

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Williams Boosts Entrepreneurs

Serena Williams joined Ro, appeared in a Super Bowl ad and credited GLP-1 drugs for a 34-pound loss after her second child in 2023.
Serena Ventures raised $111 million, invested 79 % of its first fund in under-represented founders—including 54 % women, 47 % Black and 11 % Latino—and owned a portfolio over $14 billion and several decacorns.
Williams urges entrepreneurs to dust themselves off, work 28 hours out of 24, and stay relentlessly disciplined.

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Williams Returns

Serena Williams returns to the HSBC Championships doubles at Queen’s Club with 19-year-old Canadian Victoria Mboko as wild-card entrants.
The duo opens against Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in the first round.
Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion with 14 major doubles titles, has earned over $94 million, the most for any female athlete.
After Queen’s she will play the Berlin Open, where Wimbledon wild-cards will be announced.

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