and are bringing their doubles partnership back at .
The All England Club announced a doubles wild card invitation on Tuesday for the sisters to the grass-court Grand Slam, which starts in less than two weeks.
The move comes after 44-year-old to competition after nearly four years away from professional tennis.
Venus, who has still been competing sporadically, turns 46 on Wednesday.
The Williams sisters have won 14 Grand Slam titles together in doubles, including six at Wimbledon 鈥� the first of them in 2000 and the last in 2016. Their first two doubles titles at Wimbledon, in 2000 and 2002, came as wild cards.
Serena with partner Victoria Mboko at Queen鈥檚 Club in London last week and was slated to play doubles with Karolina Muchova at the Berlin Open later Tuesday.
The Williams sisters at the 2022 U.S. Open, where they lost their opening match. That was the first time they played doubles together in 4 陆 years.
Serena and Mboko won their opening match at Queen鈥檚 Club but then had to withdraw after Mboko injured her knee in a singles match.
Singles wild card spot left open
Serena has not ruled out a return in singles, too, and one of the eight wild card spots for women鈥檚 singles was left as 鈥渢o be announced.鈥�
Recent French Open finalist received a singles wild card, as did six British women: Harriet Dart, Alicia Dudeney, Hannah Klugman, Mika Stojsavljevic, Katie Swan, and Mimi Xu.
Wawrinka, Dimitrov and Kyrgios
Men鈥檚 singles wild cards went to and Grigor Dimitrov and four British players: Jacob Fearnley, Arthur Fery, Jack Pinnington Jones and Toby Samuel.
Wawrinka, a three-time Grand Slam champion whose best result at Wimbledon was reaching the quarterfinals twice, plans to retire at the end of the year.
two sets to none in the round of 16 last year before having to retire early in the third due to an injured pectoral muscle. Dimitrov is now ranked No. 169.
Two more men鈥檚 singles wild cards were also left open.
In men鈥檚 doubles, a wild card went to the pairing of Alexander Bublik and Nick Kyrgios. Kyrgios was a singles finalist in 2022.
Matteo Berrettini, a Wimbledon finalist in 2021, was left off the list despite a quarterfinal appearance at the French Open. He鈥檚 ranked No. 49 but was ranked outside the top 100 when Wimbledon鈥檚 entry list was established. Still, Berrettini could get direct entry into the main draw depending on withdrawals.
Wimbledon starts June 29.
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