Overview
- The USTA granted Serena and Venus Williams a women's doubles wild card on Wednesday, placing the sisters in the US Open doubles draw that runs Sept. 3–11.
- Serena has not committed to a singles entry after returning to competition in June and suffering a right‑knee tweak at Wimbledon, and her mixed‑doubles run with Carlos Alcaraz ended in a quarterfinal loss on Aug. 25.
- This will be the pair's 10th US Open doubles entry together and follows two New York titles in 1999 and 2009 and a total of 14 Grand Slam women's doubles crowns.
- Tournament organizers have continued to use discretionary wildcards to add marquee names, a strategy that also produced a singles wild card for Stan Wawrinka after Patrick Kypson withdrew with an injury.
- One women's singles wild card remained unassigned at the time of reporting, and Serena's decision about a singles bid could determine that final allocation and shape promotional plans for the tournament.