London: Serena Williams will find out who she is facing in the first round at Wimbledon on Friday when the draw will be held. This will be the first singles match of Serena after four years at the age of 44.
The seven-time Wimbledon singles champion accepted a wild-card entry to the grass-court Grand Slam, where she'll also compete in doubles with her older sister Venus, who turned 46 last week.
It's all part of a tennis comeback that started with two doubles warmup matches but kicked into high gear Sunday when All England Club announced Serena would play singles.
Because she has no ranking, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion could potentially face a highly ranked player such as defending champion Iga Swiatek or No.1 Aryna Sabalenka.
Williams hasn't played a singles match since a third-round loss to Ajla Tomljanovic at the 2022 U.S. Open. At the time, she said she didn't want to use the word “retiring” and instead declared she was “evolving” away from tennis. Her second daughter was born in 2023.
Williams' most-recent appearance at Wimbledon was in 2022 when she lost in the opening round to then-115th-ranked Harmony Tan.
The 2026 Wimbledon Championships main draw runs from Monday, June 29 through Sunday, July 12, 2026 at the All England Club in London.