Venus Williams gets a US Open singles wild card at 46, with maybe a spot being held for Serena
The 46-year-old becomes the oldest U.S. Open singles entrant since 1981 as the USTA leaves one women’s wild card open.
- On Tuesday, the United States Tennis Association awarded a US Open singles wild card to 46-year-old Venus Williams, while holding one final spot that would almost certainly go to her sister, Serena Williams, if the 44-year-old decides to return.
- A two-time champion at Flushing Meadows, Venus Williams returned to singles competition at the 2025 D.C. Open after her first singles appearance since the 2022 U.S. Open, though she has since lost all 13 consecutive matches.
- The USTA also granted entry to 2017 US Open champion Sloane Stephens and five other women, while on the men's side, 39-year-old Gael Monfils—set to play his final Grand Slam tournament before retiring—and Australian Alexei Popyrin headline the wild card recipients.
- Venus and Serena Williams competed together at the Cincinnati Open on Monday in Mason, Ohio, their first doubles tournament together since the 2022 U.S. Open, losing in a match tiebreaker to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns.
- With qualifying tournaments starting August 24 and the main singles draw beginning August 30, the unassigned wild card remains available should Serena Williams decide to return to the tournament at age 44.
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Venus, Stephens, Monfils named among US Open wild cards
One wild card spot was left vacant in both the men's and women's draw, with 23-time Grand Slam champion Serena Williams making a comeback and not yet in the field for the August 30-September 13 Grand Slam in New York. The Williams sisters lost in doubles on Monday at the Cincinnati Open in their first match together in four years. Serena, 44, is a six-time US Open singles champion who lost in the first round at Wimbledon this year to launch a co…
Tennis-Venus Williams receives US Open wildcard
Aug 18 (Reuters) - Two-time U.S. Open singles champion Venus Williams has received a wildcard entry into this year's tournament, organisers said on Tuesday. Seven-time Grand Slam winner Williams, 46, was eliminated in the first round at Flushing Mead...
The Toronto Star
Venus Williams gets a US Open singles wild card at 46, with maybe a spot being held for Serena
NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Williams was given a U.S. Open singles wild card on Tuesday and the tournament is keeping one on hold — perhaps in case her sister Serena wants to join her.
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