\nSerena Williams will compete in the ladies\u2019 singles at this year\u2019s Championships after entering the main draw as a wild card.
\nA 23-time Grand Slam champion, Williams last played a competitive singles match at the US Open in 2022, when she made a thrilling farewell run to the third round, eventually bowing out in three sets to Ajla Tomljanovic.
\nNow 44, the American has spoken of wanting her two daughters, Olympia and Adira, to see her compete.
\nAnd they will have plenty of opportunities to do so at this year\u2019s Championships after Williams added singles to her 2026 Wimbledon itinerary, having already entered the ladies\u2019 doubles alongside sister Venus, also as a wild card.
\nWilliams has played two doubles matches this month in the lead up to The Championships, including a victory at Queen\u2019s alongside Victoria Mboko against No.3 seeds Erin Routliffe and Nicole Melichar-Martinez.
\nWilliams\u2019 singles record at Wimbledon ranks among the best ever, having won the title seven times and reached the final on four further occasions.
\nNo player has ever won the ladies\u2019 singles as a wild card, but two have in the ladies\u2019 doubles – Serena and Venus themselves, in 2000 and 2002.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Serena Williams will compete in the ladies\u2019 singles at this year\u2019s Championships after entering the main draw as a wild card. A 23-time Grand Slam champion, Williams last played a competitive singles match at the US Open in 2022, when she made a thrilling farewell run to the third round, eventually bowing out in three […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-552505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"\n