The long-awaited return of Serena Williams to the Grand Slam stage is taking shape, with the 44-year-old ramping up her preparations ahead of the 2026 Wimbledon
Championships. Meanwhile, her sister Venus has landed in Germany to compete at the Bad Homburg Open.
Serena Williams Practices at Wimbledon As Venus Heads to Bad Homburg Open
The legendary sisters are set to renew their partnership in women’s doubles at this year’s Wimbledon Championships, with Serena coming out of retirement and joining Venus in receiving an official doubles wildcard.
Serena and Venus have teamed up to win 14 Grand Slam titles in doubles, including six at Wimbledon. This marks their first appearance as a team at a Grand Slam since the 2022 US Open.
With the 2026 Wimbledon Championships set to get underway later this month, the younger Williams sister has already landed at All England Club and hit the practice courts on Thursday.
Welcome back to Wimbledon, Serena 👋 pic.twitter.com/aUlG9NWrBl
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) June 18, 2026
Serena marked her spectacular return to the court after four years away from professional tennis. She competed at the Queen’s Club Championships earlier this month alongside Victoria Mboko in doubles. They won their first-round match in impressive fashion before Mboko suffered an injury and was forced to withdraw from the grass-court swing.
The former World No. 1 then teamed up with KarolÃna Muchová in Berlin, but they lost to Erin Routliffe and Giuliana Olmos in the first round.
Meanwhile, Venus will be making a pit stop at the Bad Homburg Open in both the singles and doubles events after receiving a wildcard. She is reportedly teaming up with talented youngster Alexandra Eala in doubles. The tournament organizers shared a video of her landing in Hesse for the grass-court tournament.
Venus #Williams has just arrived in Bad Homburg! 👋#BHO26 pic.twitter.com/KZpcku2LuE
— Bad Homburg Open powered by Solarwatt (@badhomburgopen) June 18, 2026
The older Williams sister has been active on the tour this year, competing in both singles and doubles matches at several tournaments. Her last singles win came at the Citi Open in July 2025, and she will be eager to change that on a surface where she holds an impressive overall record.
Venus was scheduled to team up with Hailey Baptiste at the French Open before the latter suffered an ACL injury while competing at Stade Roland-Garros.
Both Serena and Venus have enjoyed considerable success on grass courts; the former is a seven-time Wimbledon women’s singles champion and the latter a five-time champion at SW19.
