Venus Williams, Serena Williams awarded Wimbledon 2026 wildcard

Tennis superstars Serena Williams and Venus Williams will return to Wimbledon action together after they were handed a wildcard to compete in the women's doubles.

The popular American stars will rekindle their doubles partnership at Wimbledon this month after receiving a wildcard into the women’s doubles draw.

The All England Club announced the recipients on Tuesday morning in one of the most highly anticipated wildcard announcements in recent memory considering Serena’s return this month after four years of retirement.

Neither sister is included on the list of singles wildcards, although there is one remaining spot still to be given.

The news comes after the 44 years Serena made her comeback at Queen's last week, four years after playing what many expected to be the final match of her career at the 2022 US Open.

The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, whose tally in that count includes seven Wimbledon titles, is playing doubles in Berlin this week with Karolina Muchova and will continue her comeback on the Grand Slam stage alongside Venus at the All England Club.

45 years old, 5-time Wimbledon singles champion Venus has lost all seven of her singles matches this season, but won a doubles match alongside Britain's Katie Boulter at the Madrid Open in April.

Wimbledon had some more complicated decisions to make. Maja Chwalinska, who reached the French Open women’s singles final as a qualifier, has also received a wildcard

While Former British number one Dan Evans has not been given a wildcard for the men's singles main draw in what will be the final tournament of the 36-year-old's career.

Notably, Serena will take the next step in her comeback today when she competes with Karolina Muchova, the singles No 10, in the first round of the Berlin WTA tournament against Erin Routliffe and Giuliana Olmos.

She returned to competition last week at Queen’s Club, winning her first match with Victoria Mboko against Routliffe and Nichole Melichar Martinez.

The Williams sisters are one of the most successful doubles pairings, winning 14 grand slam titles together, the joint-second highest in the open era, and six women’s doubles titles at Wimbledon, the highest in the open era.

They have also won three Olympic gold medals in women’s doubles and reached No 1 in the WTA rankings.

French Open runner-up Maja Chwalinska has been rewarded for her Roland Garros run with a wildcard for the women's singles.

Additionally, three-time Grand Slam champion Stan Wawrinka, who is also retiring at the end of the season, has been handed a place, along with Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov.

Importantly the Wimbledon 2026 will begin on Monday, June 29.