Boulter is the fifth player set to join forces with Williams in 2026. The future Hall of Famer previously partnered Elina Svitolina (Auckland), Ekaterina Alexandrova (Australian Open), Peyton Stearns (Austin) and Leylah Fernandez (Miami), whom she teamed up with to reach the 2025 US Open quarterfinals.
As for what’s to come, Williams noted that the Internazionali BNL d’Italia in Rome was not in the cards.
“I have other commitments, unfortunately, so I’m really super sad about that, actually,” she said. “My husband is Italian, so we feel sad that we can’t be there. So we would love to keep it going on the clay.”
Williams and Boulter begin their bid against Jiang Xinyu and Xu Yifan of China.
