Venus and Serena Williams will collaborate as a pair for the first moment in ten years at Wimbledon.
Serena Williams and Venus are making matters worse. In preparation for their comeback to Wimbledon, the two have secured wild card tickets for the women's doubles competition, which begins on July 2.
The Williams sisters will play their first doubles match at the London-based event since they defeated Yaroslava Shvedova and Tímea Babos to win the title in 2016. Together, they have won Wimbledon doubles six times in their careers, with their first victory coming in 2000.
Additionally, Wimbledon will be a significant turning point in Serena's June 1 announcement that she will be returning to the sport.
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“Guess everybody heard the news,” in an Instagram post, the mother of two, who is married to Alexis Ohanian and has two children, Olympia, eight, and Adira, two, made a joke. “I’ve got to change my number.”
She and Victoria Mboko competed in a dual tournament at the Queen's Club in London prior to her Wimbledon comeback. They won their first match in straight sets before Victoria's ailment caused them to retire.
Venus, however, returned to competition in July 2025 following a 16-month break. In the United States, after losing to Karol Rodríguez Muchová. She was hopeful about her gameplay going forward, even though it was her first time competing in the event since 2023 when she opened later that year.
“I definitely had a bit of a slow start, but it’s not really a bad thing,” at the moment, Venus informed reporters during a post-game statement. “I just haven’t played a lot of matches, so I’m still finding everything. I didn’t win today, but I’m very proud of how I played.”
Venus, 45, and Serena, 44, performed doubles at the 2022 U.S. Open prior to this most recent comeback, but they were eliminated in the opening round. Serena made the difficult decision to give up tennis that same year in order to concentrate on her family and venture capital firm.
“The way I see it, I should have had 30-plus grand slams,” she told August 2022 in Vogue. She continued, “Shoulda, woulda, coulda. I didn’t show up the way I should have or could have. But I showed up 23 times, and that’s fine. Actually it’s extraordinary. But these days, if I have to choose between building my tennis résumé and building my family, I choose the latter.”
