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Serena Williams Wildcard Return at Wimbledon, Doubles with Venus

6/26/2026

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Serena Williams returns to Wimbledon singles as a wildcard, opening against Maya Joint on June 30.
She also teams with sister Venus Williams (46) as a wildcard doubles pair.
A win could set up round two versus 29th seed Alexandra Eala and a match with Iga Swiatek.
Wimbledon has an $84.5 million prize pool, awards $4.75 million to the singles champion, seeds Novak Djokovic at No. 7 and records Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist-injury withdrawal.

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Serena Williams returns to Wimbledon singles as a wildcard, opening against Maya Joint on June 30.
She also teams with sister Venus Williams (46) as a wildcard doubles pair.
A win could set up round two versus 29th seed Alexandra Eala and a match with Iga Swiatek.
Wimbledon has an $84.5 million prize pool, awards $4.75 million to the singles champion, seeds Novak Djokovic at No. 7 and records Carlos Alcaraz’s wrist-injury withdrawal.