Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz To Team Up At U.S. Open

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 30: Serena Williams of United States prepares to service against Maya Joint of Australia during their Ladies' Singles first information lucifer connected time 2 of The Championships Wimbledon 2026 astatine All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club connected June 30, 2026 successful London, England. (Photo by Cameron Spencer/Getty Images)

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Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz are teaming up adjacent week astatine the U.S. Open.'

The star-studded duo will play successful the Mixed Doubles arena moving Tuesday-Wednesday astatine the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center.

Williams and Alcaraz will play their first lucifer connected Tuesday pinch a clip TBD. Also connected Tuesday, 20-time awesome champion Roger Federer will play an accumulation pinch Andy Roddick, Andre Agassi and john McEnroe

Williams, 44, will not play singles successful the women’s draw, arsenic Sofia Kenin received the last singles Wild Card.

Williams has won 23 Grand Slam singles titles, including six astatine the U.S. Open. She past played astatine the Open successful 2022, losing a third-round singles lucifer to Ajla Tomljanović 7-5, 6-7(4), 6-1. At the time, she said she was “evolving distant from tennis” to attraction connected her family.

Her older sister, Venus, was already granted a Wild Card into this year’s singles draw. It remains unclear if the sisters will besides play doubles together astatine the Open.

Serena made her return to the singles tribunal astatine Wimbledon aft astir 4 years off, losing successful the first information to Australia’s Maya Joint 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 successful the first round.

Alcaraz confirmed connected societal media Thursday that he will take sides his singles title aft missing 4 months pinch a wrist injury.

The Mixed Doubles section is headlined by world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, the defending singles champion, and 24-time awesome champion Novak Djokovic.

Rising women’s prima Alex Eala and Felix Auger-Aliassime, spouses Elina Svitolina and Gael Monfils, and two-time defending champions Sara Errani and Andrea Vavassori were fixed chaotic cards into the tournament.

The first information and quarterfinals will beryllium played Aug. 25, pinch the semifinals and last group for Aug. 26. All of the matches will beryllium played either successful Arthur Ashe Stadium aliases Louis Armstrong Stadium, the 2 biggest venues.

Three remaining wild-card spots are still to beryllium announced, and the last 2 teams successful the two-day main tie will gain their measurement successful done an eight-team qualifying tourney to beryllium played Aug. 24.

(The AP contributed reporting.)