Overview
- Williams accepted a wildcard to play women's doubles at the Queen’s Club and is paired with 19-year-old Victoria Mboko for her first competitive matches since 2022.
- The partnership will open against the No. 3 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in the first round, a pairing confirmed when the doubles draw was published.
- Williams told reporters in a press conference on Sunday that she has “nothing to prove” and that winning is not her priority as she treats the return as a low-pressure experiment.
- She has also added a doubles entry at the Berlin Tennis Open later in June and said she cannot rule out a future singles comeback while stressing that singles is not imminent.
- Her eligibility to play followed re-entry into the sport’s anti-doping testing pool, a procedural step that completed the timeline for wildcard opportunities and has fueled speculation about Wimbledon entry that remains unconfirmed.