Serena Williams' return draw confirmed for Queen's Club: Who is she playing and how to watch?

Serena Williams has her course plotted at the Queen's Club with the draw now confirmed for her grand return next week in doubles alongside Victoria Mboko who will get the first honour of playing with the tennis icon.

Williams and Mboko at Queen's were drawn against No.3 seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez and Erin Routliffe in the opening round at the Queen's Club. This is of course a tough test with Serena and Mboko getting a wildcard to get in so their odds of facing bigger names drastically increase and in this case that is in fact how it has gone.

Routliffe is a former doubles World No.1 and owns two Grand Slam doubles titles. She reached the 2024 final of Wimbledon alongside Gabriela Dabrowski who is her usual partner. But it is their first time like Williams and Mboko as a team. Melichar-Martinez has spent most of the season playing with Cristina Bucsa but the Spaniard has withdrawn with injury lending itself to this new pairing.

Routliffe has teamed with several partners in 2026 including Asia Muhammad, Jelena Ostapenko and Zhang Shuai.

How to watch Serena's return?

It is not yet certain when Serena Williams will be playing but here is a handy TV Guide to show when she will be playing and where.