Serena Williams is officially back.
The tennis icon will play singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild-card invitation, ESPN reports.
After a four-year hiatus, Williams will play both singles and doubles at Wimbledon with her older sister, Venus Williams.
During news conferences in London and Berlin, Williams was coy about returning to single action.
“I feel like I’m probably going to train a little bit more,” Serena said. “And I want to play singles, and we’ll see if I get there and if not, that’s not my journey right now.”
Widely regarded as the greatest tennis player of all time, Williams revolutionized the sport. Combining unmatched power, precision, and competitive ferocity, she was a dominant force in tennis for more than two decades. During that span, she captured 23 Grand Slam singles titles, the most of any player in the Open Era. She also won seven Australian Open titles, seven Wimbledon crowns, six US Open trophies, and three French Open victories.
On two separate occasions, she achieved the rare “Serena Slam” by holding all four major singles titles simultaneously. Williams was equally lethal on the doubles court. Alongside Venus, she maintained a flawless 14-0 record in Grand Slam doubles finals.
A true global powerhouse, she also earned four Olympic gold medals—one in singles and three in doubles—and spent 319 weeks ranked as the world No. 1, which included a record-tying streak of 186 consecutive weeks at the top. Williams stands alone as the only tennis player in history to achieve a career Golden Slam in both singles and doubles, cementing a legacy of sustained athletic excellence that fundamentally reshaped the modern game.
She also captured five WTA Finals titles and 73 career singles titles in total. By the time she stepped away from the sport following the 2022 US Open, Williams left an indelible legacy of sustained excellence in tennis.