Serena Williams Accepts Wild Card for Women's Doubles at HSBC Championships
Serena Williams will return to professional tennis at the HSBC Championships next week after nearly four years away. The 44-year-old 23-time Grand Slam champion received a wild card for women's doubles alongside Victoria Mboko.
Nbc NewsSerena Williams will play women's doubles at the HSBC Championships at Queen's Club in London next week. The 44-year-old 23-time Grand Slam singles champion has not competed since a third-round loss at the 2022 US Open. Williams holds career Golden Slams in both singles and doubles.
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She re-entered the anti-doping programme in December, a required step to return to the WTA tour. In December, after news of her programme re-entry surfaced, Williams posted on social media that she was not planning a comeback. "Omg yall, I'm NOT coming back.
This wildfire is crazy," she wrote at the time. This month she posted "Good news travels fast" with a video showing her on court in an all-white Nike tennis dress. Tournament organizers granted her a wild card for the event.
Williams is scheduled to partner with Canadian Victoria Mboko in the doubles draw. The HSBC Championships 2026 marks her first professional appearance in nearly four years.
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