{"id":107575,"date":"2026-02-10T04:55:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:55:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/serena-williams-eligible-to-return-to-tennis-return-confirmed-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T04:55:58","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T08:55:58","slug":"serena-williams-eligible-to-return-to-tennis-return-confirmed-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/serena-williams-eligible-to-return-to-tennis-return-confirmed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Serena Williams: Eligible to return to tennis, return confirmed?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Serena Williams Enables Her Return to Professional Tennis<\/h2>\n\n\nThe iconic American tennis player, Serena Williams, has taken a significant step towards her possible return to the professional circuit. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has declared her eligible to compete again starting February 22nd.\n\nThis announcement marks a milestone in Williams’ comeback process, who temporarily retired from professional tennis.\n\nWilliams, winner of 23 Grand Slam singles titles and former world number one, enrolled six months ago in the anti-doping program required for athletes wishing to return to official activity. Meeting this regulatory requirement is a crucial step for her eventual return to the courts.\n\nHowever, there is still no official confirmation on when or where, and even if, the 44-year-old tennis player will compete in a professional tournament.\n\n\n

When in 2025 it became known that Williams had initiated the process to re-enter the anti-doping control system, the player herself used her social media to clarify that she was not officially announcing her return to the courts.<\/p>Serena Williams<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nSince her farewell at the 2022 US Open, Williams has kept a low profile in the competitive arena. On that occasion, she avoided talking about definitive retirement, indicating that she was “evolving” towards a new stage outside of tennis.\n\nThe regulations require returning players to provide detailed information about their whereabouts and be available for testing for a minimum period of six months before competing again.\n\n\n

Serena’s possible return occurs in a context in which her older sister, Venus Williams, returned to the circuit last year at the age of 45, after a prolonged absence. Venus, a seven-time Grand Slam singles champion, expressed at the time that she would love to share the court again with Serena, with whom she won 14 major doubles titles.<\/p>\n\n\nFor now, anticipation grows in the world of tennis at the possibility that one of the most influential figures in the history of the sport will decide to write a new chapter in their career. Meanwhile, the landscape remains open and without official confirmations about their competitive schedule.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Serena Williams Enables Her Return to Professional Tennis The iconic American tennis player, Serena Williams, has taken a significant step towards her possible return to the professional circuit. The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has declared her eligible to compete again starting February 22nd. This announcement marks a milestone in Williams’ comeback process, who temporarily […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[93,1032,962,167],"class_list":{"0":"post-107575","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-grand-slam","9":"tag-return","10":"tag-serena-williams","11":"tag-tennis"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/107576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}