Serena and Venus Williams awarded US Open wild card in doubles
Serena Williams and Venus Williams will compete together in the 2026 US Open women’s doubles draw after receiving a wild card.
The Americans, who won the US Open doubles title in 1999 and 2009, last played together at a Grand Slam in New York in 2022, losing in the first round. The sisters planned to reunite at Wimbledon following Serena’s return to competition during the grass-court season in June, but she withdrew after suffering a knee injury in her first-round singles match against Maya Joint.
They eventually reunited at the Western & Southern Open in Cincinnati, where they lost in the first round to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns.
The USTA also awarded wild cards Wednesday to Robin Montgomery and Ashlyn Krueger; Reese Brantmeier and Savannah Broadus; Claire Liu and Julieta Pareja; DJ Bennett and Ava Esposito, winners of the American Collegiate Player Wild Card Playoffs; and Bella Payne and Sara Shumate, winners of the USTA Billie Jean King Girls’ 18s National Championships.
One additional wild-card team will be announced.
