LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 09: Serena Williams of The United States holds the trophy following victory in The Ladies Singles Final against Angelique Kerber of Germany on day twelve of the Wimbledon Lawn Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 9, 2016 in London, England. (Photo by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
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Serena Williams will play singles at Wimbledon after being given a wildcard on Sunday, the Grand Slam tournament announced.
The 23-time Grand Slam singles champion was already slated to play doubles with her older sister Venus at Wimbledon.
Williams, 44, last played competitive singles at the 2022 U.S. Open, when she lost to Ajla Tomljanović in the third round, and said she was “evolving” away from tennis.
She has won Wimbledon seven times, most recently in 2016, and also lost in the final in 2018 and ’19 as she was bidding for a record-tying 24th major title.
Wimbledon runs June 29-July 12.