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!text-content\">\n                                Serena Williams with inset of Victoria Mboko                            <\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<div class=\"ciam-article-t365\"><!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams has teamed up with Victoria Mboko in doubles for her sensational comeback at the 2026 Queen\u2019s Club Championships, and the duo have learned their first opponents.<\/p>\n<p>The 44-year-old, who has won an Open Era record 23 Grand Slam women\u2019s singles titles, has not played since the 2022 US Open having announced she would \u201cevolve away\u201d from tennis<\/p>\n<p>There had been strong speculation that Williams would make a comeback since it was reported in December that she had re-entered the anti-doping testing pool.<\/p>\n<p>On 1 June, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tag\/serena-williams\">Williams<\/a> announced she would make her return to the sport at the grass-court WTA 500 tournament at the Queen\u2019s Club in London.<\/p>\n<p>It was confirmed that Williams and 19-year-old Canadian Mboko, the world No 9, had received a wildcard for the women\u2019s doubles event at Queen\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The doubles draw has now been made, and Williams and Mboko will face Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe, the No 3 seeds, in the first round.<\/p>\n<h2>More Tennis\u00a0News<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/serena-williams-comeback-blunt-comments-mats-wilander\"><strong>\u2018If Serena Williams is trying to win again in her comeback, I\u2019d advise her to give it up\u2019<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/serena-williams-hailed-for-making-a-wise-decision-ahead-of-return-to-tennis\"><strong>Serena Williams hailed for making a wise decision already ahead of return to tennis<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want more from Tennis365? Add us as <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=tennis365.com\" target=\"_blank\">a preferred source on Google to your favourites list<\/a> for tennis coverage you can trust.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In a statement, Williams said: \u201cQueen\u2019s Club feels like the perfect place to begin this next chapter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGrass has given me some of the most meaningful moments of my career, and I\u2019m excited to be back competing on one of the sport\u2019s most iconic stages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Laura Robson, the tournament director of the Queen\u2019s Club women\u2019s event, said: \u201cSerena Williams is one of the greatest athletes the world has ever seen, and we\u2019re delighted that she will be making her return to tennis at the LTA\u2019s HSBC Championships.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, world No 9 Mboko commented on her partnership with Williams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Queen is back,\u201d wrote the Canadian.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn honour to share the court with one of the greatest athletes of all time this week. Even more excited to play doubles together! Tennis is pretty special.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Serena Williams has won 14 Grand Slam doubles titles, all with her sister Venus, while she has secured 23 WTA Tour doubles titles overall.<\/p>\n<p>The American has also signed up to play doubles at the WTA 500 grass-court event in Berlin later this month.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis365.com\/tennis-news\/how-serena-venus-williams-maja-chwalinskas-wimbledon-dream\">How Serena and Venus Williams could stand in the way of Maja Chwalinska\u2019s Wimbledon dream<\/a><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- Article End --><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Serena Williams and Victoria Mboko\u2019s first doubles opponents at Queen\u2019s Club revealed Ewan West 07 Jun 2026 9:02 AM Serena Williams with inset of Victoria Mboko Serena Williams has teamed up with Victoria Mboko in doubles for her sensational comeback at the 2026 Queen\u2019s Club Championships, and the duo have learned their first opponents. 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