Serena Williams, 44, just took the last Wimbledon singles wild card

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Serena and Venus Williams are back on Wimbledon's grass. The All England Club handed them a women's doubles wild card — their first pairing since the 2022 US Open, and a return to a court where they've won the doubles six times and never lost a final.

Then Serena went further. On 21 June she accepted the eighth and final women's singles wild card too — re-entering the singles draw she once owned. Twenty-three Grand Slam singles titles, the Open-era record, seven of them at Wimbledon (the last in 2016). She's 44, with no ranking after nearly four years away — her last singles match was the 2022 US Open — so as an unseeded player she could draw a top seed like Iga Świątek or Aryna Sabalenka as early as round one.

The lawn has kept a place for its greats before. Martina Navratilova won Grand Slam titles across four decades — her last major at 49, the oldest champion in history. "The tennis ball doesn't know how old I am," she said. Serena doesn't need a 24th major. The easy way back was the doubles. She took the hard one too.

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Sources: Serena Williams accepts the Wimbledon 2026 women's singles wild card (the 8th and final spot), All England Club, 21 June — ESPN; Sky Sports; Olympics.com; NBC. Serena & Venus doubles wild card, first pairing since the 2022 US Open; six Wimbledon women's doubles titles, 14 Grand Slam doubles titles as a pair (unbeaten in GS doubles finals) — Olympics.com. Serena: 23 Grand Slam singles titles (Open-era record), 7 Wimbledon (last 2016); last singles match the 2022 US Open, R3 v Tomljanović — WTA; Wikipedia. Martina Navratilova: Grand Slam titles across four decades, last major at 49 (2006 US Open mixed doubles), the oldest Grand Slam champion — Guinness World Records. Wimbledon 2026: 29 June–12 July.

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