Serena and Venus Williams will reunite in the women’s doubles at the US Open after receiving a wildcard from the United States Tennis Association (USTA).
The sisters will make their first Grand Slam appearance as a doubles pairing in four years, having last teamed up at the 2022 US Open.
The Williams sisters are two-time US Open women’s doubles champions and have won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles together. Their most recent major triumph came at Wimbledon in 2016.
The 2026 US Open will mark Serena’s return to Grand Slam doubles since her last appearance with Venus in New York four years ago.
The 44-year-old returned to competitive tennis in doubles at Queen’s in June before receiving a wildcard for the Wimbledon women’s singles tournament.
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Serena lost 6-3, 6-7 (6-8), 6-3 to Australia’s Maya Joint at Wimbledon and suffered a knee injury that forced her to withdraw from the women’s doubles, where she had been scheduled to partner Venus.
The sisters reunited at the Cincinnati Open in August but lost in three sets to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns.
Serena also competed in the US Open mixed doubles alongside Carlos Alcaraz on Tuesday. The pair won their opening match before being eliminated in the quarter-finals.
Venus, 46, has continued to compete sporadically in singles and doubles on the WTA Tour in recent years.
She has also been awarded a wildcard for the US Open singles tournament, which begins on Sunday, 30 August.
The sisters have made only two Grand Slam appearances together since their last major doubles title in 2016. They played at the French Open in 2018 and the US Open in 2022.
They won their second US Open doubles title in 2009, having first lifted the trophy in 1999.
The Williams sisters have never lost a Grand Slam doubles final and will begin their latest campaign on either Thursday, 3 September or Friday, 4 September.
Venus and Canada’s Leylah Fernandez reached the women’s doubles quarter-finals at last year’s US Open before losing to top seeds Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend.
