Serena Williams: Tennis icon to team up with Carlos Alcaraz for US Open mixed doubles tournament

22.08.2026, 17:58 skysports.com

The dream team of Serena Williams and Carlos Alcaraz have signed up to the US Open mixed doubles championship.

Williams will ‌make a competitive return to the ‌US Open alongside defending ​men's champion Alcaraz after ‌the pair were handed a ​wild card entry.

It will be ​Williams' first ⁠competitive match ⁠at Flushing Meadows since 2022 when she lost to Ajla Tomljanovic in the third round.

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The American 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and ‌six-time US Open winner - who returned to tennis this summer - won the mixed doubles title in 1998 with ⁠Max Mirnyi.

Williams, who played singles at Wimbledon and doubles with older sister Venus at the Cincinnati Open, has yet to decide whether she will play singles in New York, though the USTA is still holding one women's wild card.

Alcaraz announced this week he would return to defend his singles title after being sidelined since April with a right wrist injury.

World No 1 Aryna Sabalenka ​will partner four-time US Open winner Novak Djokovic and Jessica ⁠Pegula will team up with fellow ⁠American Taylor Fritz following withdrawals by their previous teammates Jack Draper and Elena Rybakina, respectively.

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The mixed doubles main draw begins Tuesday.

Direct EntrantsAryna Sabalenka and Novak DjokovicJessica Pegula and Taylor FritzIga Swiatek and Casper RuudBelinda Bencic and Flavio CobolliAmanda Anisimova and Learner TienDiana Shnaider and TBA

Wild CardsSara Errani and Andrea VavassoriAlex Eala and Felix Auger-AliassimeLeylah Fernandez and Frances TiafoeTaylor Townsend and Alexander ZverevElina Svitolina and Gael MonfilsSerena Williams and Carlos AlcarazJakub Mensik and Karolina MuchovaEmma Navarro and Tommy PaulQUALIFIERS (2)

Direct Entrants*Katerina Siniakova and Henry PattenGabriela Dabrowski and Harri HeliövaaraLuisa Stefani and Neal SkupskiAleksandra Krunic and Mate PavicKristina Mladenovic and Marcelo ArevaloErin Routliffe and Lloyd Glasspool

Wild CardsMirra Andreeva and Andrey RublevPeyton Stearns and Christian Harrison

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