--- description: Meghan Markle, friend of tennis pro Serena Williams, made a surprise appearance at Wimbledon to watch Williams play her second round match. title: Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance at Wimbledon image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94ba1445c3d9674a/6989ff8ab21a9c2b12501ff8/meghan-markle-wimbledon-serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Sports](/section/sports/) ## Sports Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [royals](/tag/royals/) ## royals Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance at Wimbledon to See Serena Williams by [Jasmine Aguilera](/author/jasmine-aguilera/) ## Jasmine Aguilera Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2019 6:44 PM CUT  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (C) attends day 4 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 04, 2019 in London, England. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (C) attends day 4 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 04, 2019 in London, England.Karwai Tang—Getty Images by [Jasmine Aguilera](/author/jasmine-aguilera/) ## Jasmine Aguilera Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jul 4, 2019 6:44 PM CUT Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex and friend to tennis pro Serena Williams, made a surprise appearance at day four of Wimbledon to watch Williams play in her second round match. This is Markle’s second time at Wimbledon as a royal; she attended last summer as well with Kate Middleton. Middleton attended this year’s Wimbledon on Tuesday, watching British player Harriet Dart defeat the U.S.’s Christina McHale. Williams, ranked the number 10 tennis player in the world, played against Slovenia’s Kaja Juvan, ranked number 133, on Thursday. Williams won the second round match in the third set, 2-6 6-2 6-4\. Markle attended the game with two friends Genevieve Hills and Lindsay Roth.  Meghan, Duchess of Sussex (C) attends day 4 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 04, 2019 in London, England. Karwai Tang—Getty Images  Duchess of Sussex (right) watches Serena Williams on court one on day four of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Mike Egerton - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images  Duchess of Sussex watches Serena Williams on court one on day four of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Mike Egerton - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images  Duchess of Sussex arrives to watch Serena Williams on court one on day four of the Wimbledon Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club, Wimbledon. Mike Egerton - PA Images—PA Images via Getty Images William’s sister, tennis pro Venus Williams, was defeated Monday by [15-year-old Cori Gauff](https://time.com/5618445/cori-gauff-wimbledon-tennis/ "undefined"), who went on to beat Magdaléna Rybáriková on Wednesday. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5620645/meghan-markle-serena-williams-wimbledon/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5620645/meghan-markle-serena-williams-wimbledon/"},"headline":"Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance at Wimbledon to See Serena Williams","datePublished":"2019-07-04T18:44:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:56:52.276Z","description":"Meghan Markle, to tennis pro Serena Williams, made a surprise appearance at Wimbledon to watch Williams play in her second round match.","url":"https://time.com/5620645/meghan-markle-serena-williams-wimbledon/","keywords":["royals","tennis","onetime","Sports","meghan markle"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94ba1445c3d9674a/6989ff8ab21a9c2b12501ff8/meghan-markle-wimbledon-serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Jasmine Aguilera","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/jasmine-aguilera/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt94ba1445c3d9674a/6989ff8ab21a9c2b12501ff8/meghan-markle-wimbledon-serena-williams.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Celebrities Attend Wimbledon 2019","caption":"Celebrities Attend Wimbledon 2019","creditText":"Karwai Tang—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/royals/","name":"royals"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5620645/meghan-markle-serena-williams-wimbledon/","name":"Meghan Markle Makes Surprise Appearance at Wimbledon to See Serena Williams"}}]}] ```