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Serena Williams gets Centre Court for Wimbledon return in 1st round match vs Maya Joint
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<p>LONDON — Serena Williams had to talk herself into accepting Wimbledon’s offer to play singles.</p>
Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation
Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation
<p>LONDON — Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.</p>
Serena Williams to play singles at Wimbledon
Serena Williams to play singles at Wimbledon
<p>Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation. The All England Club made the announcement eight days before the grass-court Grand Slam starts.</p>
Serena Williams gets wild-card entry to play singles at Wimbledon
Serena Williams gets wild-card entry to play singles at Wimbledon
Serena Williams gets wild-card entry to play singles at Wimbledon
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Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon this summer after receiving a wild-card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.
This is not a drill.
@serenawilliams
will compete in the 2026 ladies' singles at
#Wimbledon
as a wild card.
pic.twitter.com/1vHnDEQ4xm
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon)
June 21, 2026
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion last played a singles match at the 2022 US Open before stepping away from the sport.
Williams was careful never to use the word "retire," instead saying that she was "evolving away" from tennis.
Williams, 44, started her comeback earlier in June by playing doubles at Queen's Club in London, and she received a wild-card entry to play doubles with sister and fellow tennis legend Venus Williams at the All England Club.
After winning her first doubles match at Queen's - she played alongside Canada's Victoria Mboko - Serena Williams was coy about a potential singles return.
"I feel like I'm probably going to train a little bit more," she told
reporters
during a new…
Serena Williams to play women’s singles at Wimbledon as wildcard entrant
Serena Williams to play women’s singles at Wimbledon as wildcard entrant
The seven-time ladies' singles champion will make her Grand Slam return at Wimbledon, six years after her last appearance.
Serena Williams to play in Wimbledon singles as wild card
Serena Williams to play in Wimbledon singles as wild card
LONDON --Serena Williamswill play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild-card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.
The move comes after the 44-year-old Williams recently returned to competition in doubles after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
This is not a drill.@serenawilliamswill compete in the 2026 ladies' singles at#Wimbledonas a wild card.pic.twitter.com/1vHnDEQ4xm
And it means that Williams will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting a wild card for the doubles competition with older sisterVenus Williams.
Serena's last singles match was a loss toAjla Tomljanovicin the third round of the 2022 US Open. At the time, she said she didn't want to use the word "retiring" and instead declared that she was "evolving" away from tennis.
Serena has won 23 Grand Slam titles in singles, including seven at Wimbledon. She also has won 14 Grand Slams in doubles, all with Venus and six of them at Wimbledon.
Wimbledon starts June 29.
Serena won a doubles match with partnerVictoria Mbokoat Queen's Club last week but then the pair had to withdraw after Mboko injured he…
Serena Williams handed Wimbledon singles wild card | CNN
Serena Williams handed Wimbledon singles wild card | CNN
Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday. The 44-year-old Grand Slam champion has spent almost four years away from the sport. CNN’s Sports Anchor Amanda Davies reports.
Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday. The 44-year-old Grand Slam champion has spent almost four years away from the sport. CNN’s Sports Anchor Amanda Davies reports.
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#BREAKING
Serena Williams will return to Wimbledon for the 2026 singles competition as a wild card, the tournament announced.
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3×cross-perspective · 2Serena Williams will play in the women’s singles competition at Wimbledon in 2026 as a wild card entrant.
otherqatarwestern
aljazeera“Serena Williams to play women’s singles at Wimbledon as wildcard entrant”
bluesky“#BREAKING
Serena Williams will return to Wimbledon for the 2026 singles competition as a wild card, the tournament announced.”
triblive“Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation”
thescore.com“Serena Williams gets wild-card entry to play singles at Wimbledon”
wtae“Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation. The All England Club made the announcement eight days before the grass-court Grand Slam starts.”
espn.com“Serena Williamswill play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild-card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.”
nytimes.com“Serena Williamswill play singles atWimbledon2026 after receiving a wild card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.”
wtatennis.com“Five days after she received a doubles wild card with her sister, Venus, Serena accepted the final wild card into the singles draw.”
cbssports.com“Wimbledon revealed on Sunday that she would also receive a wild card entry into the singles competition.”
2×cross-perspective · 2The All England Club announced Serena Williams’ wild card entry for singles on Sunday, June 21, 2026.
otherwestern
triblive“Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.”
thescore.com“Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon this summer after receiving a wild-card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.”
wtae“The All England Club made the announcement eight days before the grass-court Grand Slam starts.”
espn.com“Serena Williamswill play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild-card invitation, the All England Club announced Sunday.”
nytimes.com“Serena Williamswill play singles atWimbledon2026 after receiving a wild card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.”
cbssports.com“Wimbledon revealed on Sunday that she would also receive a wild card entry into the singles competition.”
1×broadly confirmedSerena Williams will play doubles at Wimbledon in 2026 with her sister Venus Williams as a wild card entrant.
other
thescore.com“Williams, 44, started her comeback earlier in June by playing doubles at Queen's Club in London, and she received a wild-card entry to play doubles with sister and fellow tennis legend Venus Williams at the All England Club.”
espn.com“This is not a drill.@serenawilliamswill compete in the 2026 ladies' singles at#Wimbledonas a wild card.pic.twitter.com/1vHnDEQ4xm
And it means that Williams will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon after already accepting a wild card for the doubles competition with older sisterVenus Williams.”
nytimes.com“But after starting her tennis comeback with doubles appearances on grass, and receiving awild card into the Wimbledon doubles event with sister and fellow legend of the sport, Venus, 46, the 44-year-old will return to the version of tennis she most dominated at the Grand Slam she has won seven times.”
wtatennis.com“Five days after she received a doubles wild card with her sister, Venus, Serena accepted the final wild card into the singles draw.”
cbssports.com“Serena Williams announced earlier this month she would be playing in the doubles competition alongside sister Venus”
1×broadly confirmedSerena Williams last played a singles match at the 2022 US Open.
other
thescore.com“The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion last played a singles match at the 2022 US Open before stepping away from the sport.”
nytimes.com“Serena Williams' last singles match was at the 2022 U.S. Open.Foto Olimpik / NurPhoto via Getty Images
Serena Williamswill play singles atWimbledon2026 after receiving a wild card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.
Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, last played singles at the 2022 U.S. Open, ending the first part of her career in a three-set loss to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović.”
cbssports.com“Williams has not competed in a grand slam singles competition since the 2022 U.S. Open,”
1×broadly confirmedSerena Williams received a wild card into the Wimbledon doubles event with Venus Williams.
other
thescore.com“she received a wild-card entry to play doubles with sister and fellow tennis legend Venus Williams at the All England Club.”
espn.com“after already accepting a wild card for the doubles competition with older sisterVenus Williams.”
nytimes.com“receiving awild card into the Wimbledon doubles event with sister and fellow legend of the sport, Venus, 46,”
wtatennis.com“Five days after she received a doubles wild card with her sister, Venus,”
cbssports.com“Serena Williams announced earlier this month she would be playing in the doubles competition alongside sister Venus”
1×broadly confirmedSerena Williams played doubles at Queen’s Club in London in June 2026 with Victoria Mboko.
other
thescore.com“Williams, 44, started her comeback earlier in June by playing doubles at Queen's Club in London, and she received a wild-card entry to play doubles with sister and fellow tennis legend Venus Williams at the All England Club.
After winning her first doubles match at Queen's - she played alongside Canada's Victoria Mboko - Serena Williams was coy about a potential singles”
cbssports.com“Williams made her surprise return to competitive tennis earlier this month at the HSBC Championship, where she and Victoria Mboko won their first match before Mboko suffered an injury in singles that forced her to withdraw and ended Williams' comeback event earlier than she hoped.”
1×broadly confirmedSerena Williams expressed uncertainty about playing singles shortly before accepting the wild card.
other
espn.com“As recently as earlier this week after losing a doubles match in Berlin, she appeared to be waffling over the decision.
"Oh my gosh, there are some left?" she replied when she was told there was still a wild-card spot open.”
nytimes.com“During news conferences at warm-up events in London and Berlin, Williams had been both philosophical and non-committal about the prospect of her playing singles.”
Single-source · 3 — reported by one bloc only (uncorroborated)
Serena Williams has not retired from professional tennis.
thescore.com
Serena Williams played doubles at the Berlin Tennis Open with Karolina Muchova and lost in the first round.
cbssports.com
Wimbledon held open the eighth and final women’s singles wild-card spot until Serena Williams made her decision.
espn.com
Framing · 8 — loaded language surfaced (spin shown, not adopted)
thescore.com
“This is not a drill.”
→ Serena Williams is returning to singles competition at Wimbledon.
espn.com
“This is not a drill.”
→ Serena Williams is returning to singles competition at Wimbledon.
cbssports.com
“This is not a drill.”
→ Serena Williams is returning to singles competition at Wimbledon.
wtatennis.com
“The Serena Williams show is returning to Wimbledon.”
→ Serena Williams is returning to compete at Wimbledon.
cbssports.com
“The greatest women's tennis player of all time will be continuing her comeback in grand fashion at Wimbledon.”
→ Serena Williams is returning to compete at Wimbledon.
thescore.com
“Williams was careful never to use the word "retire," instead saying that she was "evolving away" from tennis.”
→ Serena Williams has not retired from professional tennis.
nytimes.com
“ending the first part of her career in a three-set loss to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović.”
→ Serena Williams lost her last singles match at the 2022 US Open to Ajla Tomljanović.
cbssports.com
“ended Williams' comeback event earlier than she hoped.”
→ Williams' doubles event at the HSBC Championship ended earlier than planned due to injury.