Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon 2026 after receiving a wild card entry, the tournament announced Sunday.Williams, the 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, last played singles at the 2022 U.S. Open, ending the first part of her career in a three-set loss to Australia’s Ajla Tomljanović.But after starting her tennis comeback with doubles appearances on grass, and receiving a wild card into the Wimbledon doubles event with sister and fellow legend of the sport, Venus, 46, the 44-year-old will return to the version of tennis she most dominated at the Grand Slam she has won seven times.During news conferences at warm-up events in London and Berlin, Williams had been both philosophical and non-committal about the prospect of her playing singles.During a news conference at Queen’s, where she won her first match back with Canada’s Victoria Mboko, Williams said: “I feel like I’m probably going to train a little bit more. I want to play singles and we’ll see if I get there and if not, that’s not my journey right now.”Serena and Venus Williams are reuniting at WimbledonAva WallaceAt the Berlin Tennis Open, after a loss with Karolína Muchová of the Czech Republic, Williams was evasive when asked about a singles wild card into Wimbledon. At that time, the first batch of wild cards had been released — including Serena’s partnership with Venus in the doubles — but one wild card into the women’s singles draw remained.