Serena and Venus Williams have acquired a wild card entry into the 2026 U.S. Open Ladies’s Doubles Championship.
The Williams sisters have performed doubles collectively on the U.S. Open 9 occasions (1997, ’99, 2000-01, ’09, ’12-14, ’22), going 27-7 and profitable each the 1999 and 2009 titles. Serena performed within the U.S. Open’s Combined Doubles Championship on Tuesday with Carlos Alcaraz, the place they reached the quarterfinals.
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The Williams sisters acquired a wild card to play doubles at Wimbledon, however they withdrew earlier than taking part in their first-round match as a consequence of a knee damage Serena sustained throughout her singles match.
Serena, 44, won’t play singles within the ladies’s draw, as Sofia Kenin, the 2020 Australian Open champion, acquired the ultimate singles Wild Card.
Serena has received 23 Grand Slam singles titles, together with six on the U.S. Open. She final singles performed on the Open in 2022, shedding a third-round singles match to Ajla Tomljanović 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1. On the time, she mentioned she was “evolving away from tennis” to concentrate on her household.
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Venus was already granted a Wild Card into this yr’s singles draw amid a lot criticism due to her poor singles outcomes in recent times.
Serena made her return to the singles courtroom at Wimbledon after practically 4 years off, shedding within the first spherical to Australia’s Maya Joint 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 within the first spherical.
Ladies’s Doubles Wild Playing cards
Serena Williams and Venus Williams
Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger
Reese Brantmeier and Savannah Broadus
Claire Liu and Julieta Pareja
DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito (American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoffs)
Bella Payne and Sara Shumate (USTA Billie Jean King Women’ 18s Nationwide Championships)
To be introduced
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Males’s Doubles Wild Playing cards
Jackson Withrow and Nate Lammons
Mackenzie McDonald and Martin Damm
Mac Kiger and Aleks Kovacevic
Brandon Carpico and Nikita Filin (American Collegiate Participant Wild Card Playoffs)
Noah Johnston and Yannik Alvarez (USTA Boys’ 18s Nationwide Championship)
To be introduced
To be introduced
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