Venus Williams, 43, is handed a Wimbledon wildcard after impressing in warm-up tournament… with five-time champion set to make her 24TH singles appearance at SW19
Venus Williams is set to make her 24th appearance in the singles draw at Wimbledon after the 43-year-old American was given a wild-card entry on Wednesday.
Williams is a five-time Wimbledon singles champion and was a finalist at the grass-court major in 2017, two decades after her debut at the All England Club.
Ranked 697th, Williams beat 48th-ranked Camila Giorgi 7-6 (5), 4-6, 7-6 (6) on Monday at the Birmingham Classic. It was her first victory over a player in the top 50 in nearly four years.
The seven-time Grand Slam champion next plays Jelena Ostapenko at the Wimbledon warm-up event.
Williams’ younger sister Serena is a seven-time Wimbledon champion. Serena Williams lost in the first round at last year’s tournament and soon after announced her decision to step away from tennis.
The 43-year-old, five-time Wimbledon champion will return to SW19 for the 24th time
Her supporters were out in force in Birmingham as she beat a top-50 player in Giorgi
Ukrainian player Elina Svitolina and British players Heather Watson and Katie Boulter were also given wild cards for the women’s draw.
David Goffin, a Belgian who reached the Wimbledon quarterfinals in 2019 and 2022, was among of the men given wild cards.
Wimbledon begins on July 3.