Archive · 23 Aug 2026
Serena Williams, Carlos Alcaraz Set For US Open Return
Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz will play together in the US Open mixed-doubles event.
Mixed doubles teams have one woman and one man.
Williams is a famous American tennis player with 23 Grand Slam singles titles.
Alcaraz is a Spanish player with seven Grand Slam singles titles.
Williams is returning to the US Open for the first time since 2022, but she will not play singles.
She recently played doubles with her sister Venus in Cincinnati, but they lost in the first round.
Alcaraz also played US Open mixed doubles last year with Emma Raducanu and lost in the opening round.
The new team received a wildcard and will compete over two days.
Other wildcards and replacement teams were also announced.
Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz will team up in US Open mixed doubles.
The 44-year-old Williams is returning to the US Open for the first time since 2022.
Williams will play doubles but not singles at this year’s US Open.
Williams and Alcaraz received one of three final mixed-doubles wildcards.
Mixed doubles begins Tuesday and concludes Wednesday at the National Tennis Center.
- Who
- Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz, along with other announced US Open mixed-doubles teams.
- What
- Williams and Alcaraz will compete together in the US Open mixed-doubles main draw.
- When
- The pairing was announced on August 22, 2026; mixed doubles will be played Tuesday and Wednesday.
- Where
- The National Tennis Center in the United States.
- Why
- They received a wildcard entry into the mixed-doubles main draw.
- Williams’ Grand Slam record
- 23 Grand Slam singles titles
- Alcaraz’s Grand Slam record
- Seven Grand Slam singles titles
- Williams’ US Open return
- Her first US Open appearance since 2022
- Williams’ US Open achievements
- Six US Open singles titles and the 1998 mixed-doubles title with Max Mirnyi
- Williams’ singles status
- She will not play singles at this year’s US Open
- Mixed-doubles schedule
- Tuesday through Wednesday at the National Tennis Center
- Mixed-doubles wildcards
- Other announced wildcard pairings were Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik, and Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul
- Recent doubles results
- Serena and Venus Williams lost in the first round of the Cincinnati Open to Marta Kostyuk and Peyton Stearns
