Will Serena Williams win her first singles match at Wimbledon after receiving a wild card invite?
63% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 40 predictions cast.
Serena Williams lost her first-round Wimbledon singles match 6-3, 6-7(6), 6-3 to Australia's Maya Joint on Centre Court on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. The match marked Williams's first singles appearance in nearly four years, played on a wild card invitation from Wimbledon organizers after her earlier retirement from the tour. Joint, ranked world No. 87 and 20 years old, was the steadier player from the baseline over three sets, ending an 11-match personal losing streak in the process. Williams, 44, showed flashes of her former level, including saving a match point and hitting a 122-mph serve to force a third-set tiebreak, but Joint closed out the match in the decider.
The loss ended Williams's singles run in the tournament after one match. She is set to continue playing at Wimbledon in the women's doubles draw alongside her sister Venus, also via wild card. Prediction-market bettors had leaned toward a Williams win, with pre-resolution community sentiment at 63 percent yes, but the outcome went the other way as Joint won in three sets.