Serena Williams: John McEnroe compares tennis legend to Michael Jordan

John McEnroe has compared Serena Williams to basketball legend Michael Jordan and thinks the tennis star is one of the greatest athletes of all time. 

Williams is a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and is just one major title away from equalling Margaret Court’s record.

The 40-year-old has not played competitive tennis since the 2021 edition of Wimbledon but has accepted a wildcard to play at the All England Club this year. 

Having last won a Slam back in 2017 at the Australian Open, this tournament could prove to be Williams’ last attempt to claim her 24th major title. 

Speaking about the American’s chances, McEnroe said he hopes Williams can remain injury free and stressed that the tennis icon is one of the best sportspeople ever.

“Serena’s obviously been trying to get that one [Grand Slam] to tie Margaret Court and win that first one since she had a kid. I believe it’s all around the world, but certainly, in America, she’s up there with the likes of Michael Jordan and the all-time great athletes,” he said. 

“I haven’t seen her – no one has seen anyone really, and so now we’re finally getting to Wimbledon.

“Last year the fans were like, this is amazing. And then to see what happened last year, you hate to see someone like Serena go out like that.”

Ahead of Wimbledon, Williams has teamed up with Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur to play doubles at Eastbourne. 

The pair will face Sara Sorribes Tormo and Marie Bouzkova in the first round on Monday. 

Williams has won 14 major doubles titles so far in her career and is partnering with Jabeur for the first time –– much to the Tunisian’s delight. 

“I am still over the moon with the news. I am really lucky that she picked me and hopefully we will make a great team,” Jabeur said. 

“I