Serena Williams and Alcaraz unite in US Open mixed doubles

Serena Williams, a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion, and second-ranked Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, a seven-time Slam singles winner, will compete together in US Open mixed doubles, organizers announced Saturday.

The US Tennis Association announced mixed doubles pairings topped by 44-year-old American Williams making her return to the US Open for the first time since 2022.

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Williams, a six-time US Open singles champion, captured the 1998 US Open mixed doubles title with Max Mirnyi.

She and Alcaraz received one of the last three wildcard entries into the main draw for mixed doubles, with other spots going to Czechs Karolina Muchova and Jakub Mensik and Americans Emma Navarro and Tommy Paul.

Williams played women's doubles with her sister Venus for the first time since 2022 at Cincinnati but lost in the first round.

Mixed doubles will begin on Tuesday and conclude on Wednesday at the National Tennis Center, where the regular US Open begins on August 30.