{"id":258086,"date":"2026-06-07T11:37:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258086\/"},"modified":"2026-06-07T11:37:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-07T11:37:10","slug":"serena-williams-ends-four-year-tennis-hiatus-at-2026-queens-doubles-competition-how-to-watch-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/258086\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams ends four-year tennis hiatus at 2026 Queen\u2019s doubles competition \u2013 how to watch live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After four years away from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/sports\/tennis\/\" 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target=\"_blank\">tennis<\/a> courts, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/serena-williams\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Serena Williams<\/a> is making a comeback ahead of the grass-court season.<\/p>\n<p>The four-time Olympic champion <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/news\/serena-williamsqueen-s-club\" 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target=\"_blank\">announced her return<\/a> to the WTA tour on 1 June, beginning at the Queen&#8217;s Club WTA 500 tournament in Great Britain (8-14 June).<\/p>\n<p>Williams will compete in the women\u2019s doubles alongside world singles No. 9 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.olympics.com\/en\/athletes\/victoria-mboko\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Victoria Mboko<\/a>, the Canadian teenager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DZKapUgqulN\/\" 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target=\"_blank\">posting a picture<\/a> of the pair together on the London grass.<\/p>\n<p>The return of the 44-year-old ends months of speculation of a touted comeback, after Williams registered herself on the ITIA International Registered Testing Pool at the end of 2025.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first time she was on the list, a requirement for any player wishing to compete, since her last competitive appearance at the 2022 US Open.<\/p>\n<p>After playing in London, Williams will head to the German capital to compete at the Berlin Tennis Open from 13-21 June. Wimbledon begins a week later on 29 June.<\/p>\n<p>She said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.berlintennisopen.com\/en\/news\/the-return-of-the-greatest-tennis-player-of-all-time-serena-williams-set-to-compete-in-berlin-once-again\" data-tracking-payload=\"{&quot;implementation_provider&quot;:&quot;sed&quot;,&quot;content_geography&quot;:&quot;AF,AX,AL,DZ,AS,AD,AO,AI,AQ,AG,AR,AM,AW,AU,AT,AZ,BS,BH,BD,BB,BY,BE,BZ,BJ,BM,BT,BO,BQ,BA,BW,BV,BR,IO,UM,VG,VI,BN,BG,BF,BI,KH,CM,CA,CV,KY,CF,TD,CL,CN,CX,CC,CO,KM,CG,CD,CK,CR,HR,CU,CW,CY,CZ,DK,DJ,DM,DO,EC,EG,SV,GQ,ER,EE,ET,FK,FO,FJ,FI,FR,GF,PF,TF,GA,GM,GE,DE,GH,GI,GR,GL,GD,GP,GU,GT,GG,GN,GW,GY,HT,HM,VA,HN,HK,HU,IS,IN,ID,CI,IR,IQ,IE,IM,IL,IT,JM,JP,JE,JO,KZ,KE,KI,KW,KG,LA,LV,LB,LS,LR,LY,LI,LT,LU,MO,MK,MG,MW,MY,MV,ML,MT,MH,MQ,MR,MU,YT,MX,FM,MD,MC,MN,ME,MS,MA,MZ,MM,NA,NR,NP,NL,NC,NZ,NI,NE,NG,NU,NF,KP,MP,NO,OM,PK,PW,PS,PA,PG,PY,PE,PH,PN,PL,PT,PR,QA,RE,RO,RU,RW,BL,SH,KN,LC,MF,PM,VC,WS,SM,ST,SA,SN,RS,SC,SL,SG,SX,SK,SI,SB,SO,ZA,GS,KR,SS,ES,LK,SD,SR,SJ,SZ,SE,CH,SY,TW,TJ,TZ,TH,TL,TG,TK,TO,TT,TN,TR,TM,TC,TV,UG,UA,AE,GB,US,UY,UZ,VU,VE,VN,WF,EH,YE,ZM,ZW,XK&quot;,&quot;content_id&quot;:&quot;4ebc9ccd-a891-4636-9375-59e04cc5fffc&quot;,&quot;content_release_date_local_utc&quot;:&quot;2026-06-07T10:23:28.872Z&quot;,&quot;content_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams ends four-year tennis hiatus at 2026 Queen\u2019s doubles competition \u2013 how to watch live&quot;,&quot;tag&quot;:&quot;[\\&quot;discipline-tennis\\&quot;,\\&quot;newsclip\\&quot;,\\&quot;apple-news-all\\&quot;,\\&quot;serena-williams\\&quot;,\\&quot;victoria-mboko\\&quot;,\\&quot;north-america-editorial\\&quot;,\\&quot;gender-female\\&quot;,\\&quot;olympics-com\\&quot;,\\&quot;noc-us\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;module_type&quot;:&quot;TextBlock&quot;,&quot;module_title&quot;:&quot;Serena Williams ends four-year tennis hiatus at 2026 Queen\u2019s doubles competition \u2013 how to watch live&quot;,&quot;section_level_1&quot;:&quot;news&quot;,&quot;section_level_2&quot;:&quot;serena-williams-ends-four-year-tennis-hiatus-2026-queens-doubles-how-to-watch-live&quot;,&quot;discipline&quot;:&quot;discipline-tennis&quot;,&quot;odf_id&quot;:&quot;TEN&quot;,&quot;module_instance&quot;:&quot;Inline&quot;,&quot;module_id&quot;:null}\" data-tracking=\"click\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">statement<\/a> on Friday (5 June): &#8220;Every tournament I add to my schedule right now feels special, and Berlin is no exception. I\u2019m excited to compete in front of the German fans and continue building momentum throughout the grass-court season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>First up is a return to London, where the seven-time Wimbledon singles champion has not played since June 2022. She will compete at the Queen&#8217;s Club in south-west London, 4.3 miles (6.9km) from the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After four years away from the tennis courts, Serena Williams is making a comeback ahead of the grass-court&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":258087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-258086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/258087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}