At 44 years old
Comeback perfect: Tennis legend plays singles at Wimbledon
Updated June 21, 2026 – 10:25 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
The 23-time Grand Slam winner doesn’t just play doubles with her sister at the traditional tournament in London. The organizers anticipate it with an announcement.
The most successful player of the last few decades is returning to her sport with ever greater vehemence: tennis queen Serena Williams celebrates in Wimbledon her singles comeback. As the organizers of the grass classic, which begins on June 29th, announced on Sunday evening, the 23-time major winner will receive the last remaining wildcard. The 44-year-old Williams was last at the US Open Played a singles match in 2022.
“This is not a drill” – it is not a drill, wrote the Wimbledon organization at At the Berlin Tennis Open she lost in the first round with doubles partner Karolína Muchová 4:6, 4:6 against the duo of Giuliana Olmos (Mexico and Erin Routliffe (New Zealand).
In Berlin, Williams had jokingly responded to the question of whether she would accept a wildcard for Wimbledon: “Oh my God, there is another one?” she laughed, but avoided making a specific statement.
This means that the return of the “biggest” to the tour is becoming more and more extensive. The Wimbledon organizer had already announced on Tuesday afternoon that Serena and her older sister Venus (45) had accepted a wildcard for the doubles competition in the Grand Slam classic. Venus Williams had made her Wimbledon debut in 1997, a year earlier than her sister – at a time when Steffi GrafMonica Seles and Martina Hingis still playing for titles.
