Serena Williams' return: Why now? Can she win Wimbledon 2022? Will Patrick Mouratoglou be her coach? Doubles?

After a year away, Serena Williams is set to make a stunning return to tennis at Wimbledon. Williams, 40, will make her singles comeback as a wild card at the third Grand Slam of the season, which starts on June 27. She will also play doubles with world No.

5 Ons Jabeur at the Eastbourne International next week. Ad/> Williams has not played since suffering a leg injury in the first round against Aliaksandra Sasnovich at Wimbledon last year. It is not known if she will play only singles at Wimbledon or whether she will also play doubles.

WimbledonWilliams' Wimbledon singles return confirmed, after Eastbourne doublesA DAY AGO How much of a shock is Williams’ return? It has come out of the blue. While Roger Federer has entered events later this year and posted rehab updates as he plans his comeback, Williams has not teased much information over the last few months. There have been the odd soundbites about potentially playing Wimbledon, but nothing confirmed until now, less than two weeks before the start of the Grand Slam.

The timing is interesting as Williams could have entered Wimbledon using a protected ranking, which is reserved for players who have been out for over six months due to injury. However, that opportunity passed and she was not included on the entry list last week. Williams' Wimbledon comeback confirmed McEnroe: Williams sisters changed tennis forever Instead, Williams, who is now ranked No.