Serena Williams has been handed the final Wimbledon singles wild card into the women’s main draw as she prepares for her Grand Slam comeback.The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion was already assured of a return to the championships for the first time in four years after accepting a doubles wild card with sister Venus.
Now the 44-year-old American legend will make a stunning return to singles after being handed the final wild card by the All England Club on Sunday.
“This is not a drill,” the tournament wrote in a post on its Instagram account.
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Williams, widely-regarded as the greatest female tennis player of all time, last played a singles match at Wimbledon as a wild card in 2022, losing to Harmony Tan in round one.
After that year’s US Open she…
2026-06-21 19:51:00
