Serena and Venus Williams will join forces in the U.S. Open for the first time in four years. Their match is set for Friday night in New York. They will face Maya Joint and Hao-Ching Chan in the first round of the women’s doubles tournament. Serena, who is 44 years old, made her comeback to tennis this year after a four-year hiatus.
In a recent match at Wimbledon, Serena lost to 20-year-old Maya Joint from Australia with scores of 6-3, 6-7 (6), 6-3. During the match, Serena sustained a knee injury which forced her to withdraw from a planned doubles match at Wimbledon with Venus, who is 46.
Despite these setbacks, the sisters are geared up for the U.S. Open. The Williams sisters previously clinched the title in 1999 and 2009 and have an impressive 27-7 record in their nine appearances. The last time they played together was in 2022 when they lost in the first round, which many anticipated would be Serena’s final match in Flushing Meadows.
The duo will face Joint and Chan, the No. 14-seeded team. According to Bethanie Mattek-Sands, a nine-time Grand Slam doubles champion, Joint and Chan might feel intimidated. She remarked, “The night match against the Williams sisters with the New York crowd, it’s going to be tough.”
Earlier in the week, Venus exited her 26th singles U.S. Open appearance, losing in straight sets to Sofia Kenin. This match concluded late at night, and Venus was defeated 6-2, 7-6 (6). This marks her 15th consecutive singles defeat since her last victory in July 2025.
Venus has not won a singles match at the U.S. Open since her first-round victory in 2019. Despite the losses, Venus remains focused and refrains from speculating about her future in tennis. Post-match, she stated, “I don’t think I should have to… My mind is fully focused on that: how I recover from this completely insane evening and get ready for the next one.”
Last week, Serena and her mixed doubles partner Carlos Alcaraz were defeated in the quarterfinals by Belinda Bencic and Flavio Cobolli, ending their mixed doubles run.
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