Credit: Elsa/GettyNEED TO KNOW
- Serena and Venus Williams will play women’s doubles at the 2026 US Open
- The sister duo got a last-minute wild card entry on Aug. 26
- They had planned to play in doubles at Wimbledon, but were forced to withdraw after Serena sustained a knee injury during her singles match
Surprise! Serena and Venus Williams are teaming up once again for the US Open.
With a last-minute wild card entry, the sister duo will play women’s doubles at the 2026 US Open, the tournament organizers announced on Wednesday, Aug. 26.
“Serena and Venus Williams will receive a wild card entry into the 2026 US Open Women’s Doubles Championship, as the USTA announced US Open women’s and men’s doubles wild cards today,” the United States Tennis Association (USTA) said in a statement.
Serena, 44, and Venus, 46, have won the women’s doubles title at the US Open twice, in 1999 and 2009, and 12 more times at the three other Grand Slams.
Serena Williams and Venus Williams of USA with their trophies after winning the final of the ladies doubles at Wimbledon on July 9, 2016Credit: Visionhaus/Corbis via Getty
They had planned to make their return to Grand Slam doubles at the 2026 Wimbledon Championships, but were forced to withdraw after Serena sustained a knee injury while playing in the singles tournament, her first Grand Slam match since 2022.
Serena, who will turn 45 at the end of September, said she was “heartbroken to have to withdraw from doubles” when she pulled out of Wimbledon, in an Instagram post on July 4. She added, “Coming back to compete again has been a gift, and the opportunity to play alongside Venus once more meant the world to me. I did everything I could to be ready, but unfortunately my knee just isn’t ready to compete.”
The sisters played doubles at the 2026 Cincinnati Open on Aug. 17, their first match together since 2022, losing in the first round to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns.
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