Serena Williams' Diamond Manicure And $3 Million Ring Win Wimbledon's Style Game

Add as a preferred source on Google

Serena Williams walked onto Centre Court on 30th June for the first time in four years. She lost in straight sets to 20-year-old Maya Joint. But by the time she left, most of the internet wasn't talking about the scoreline.

They were talking about her hand.

Photo Credit: Instagram: @usopen @usta

A Comeback Four Years In The Making

Williams, 44, hadn't played a Wimbledon singles match since 2022, when she retired from her first-round bout against Harmony Tan. This year, she returned on a wildcard, dressed in an eyelet Nike skirt set from the brand's Heritage collection - a nod to her own '90s-era looks. Small hoop earrings, a bold manicure, and a neon-strung racket rounded out the outfit.

It was her third finger that got the closest attention.

Williams played her comeback match wearing her 14-carat engagement ring from husband Alexis Ohanian, the Reddit co-founder she married in 2017. The oval-cut centre stone, flanked by two half-moon side diamonds and set in platinum, has long been estimated at around $3 million - a figure jewellery experts have pointed to for years, tied to the diamond's size and the platinum setting's craftsmanship.

Why This Ring Keeps Making Headlines

Ohanian proposed in 2016, and the ring has been dissected by jewellers and gossip sites ever since. Some early estimates put its centre stone at 12 carats and its value closer to $2 million; more recent appraisals, accounting for the stone's true size and the ring's rarity, have pushed that number up to $3 million. It regularly turns up on lists of the most expensive celebrity engagement rings, alongside pieces belonging to Beyoncé, Kim Kardashian, and Mariah Carey.

Williams has never been shy about her jewellery on court. Long before the ring, she was known for her nail art - she is a licensed nail technician herself, and has used Wimbledon's famously strict all-white dress code as a canvas rather than a constraint, favouring bold polish where the rules allow it.

That instinct showed up again this week. Fans on social media flagged her manicure and the ring in the same breath as her outfit, turning a first-round loss into a fashion moment that outlasted the match itself.

The Bigger Picture

Williams' Wimbledon return follows a slow build back to competitive tennis - she played doubles at the Queen's Club Championships with 19-year-old Victoria Mboko earlier in June, and has spoken about approaching this comeback with a "have fun" mindset rather than chasing another title. She remains a seven-time Wimbledon singles champion and six-time doubles champion, a record that made even a first-round exit newsworthy.

But for now, the internet's verdict is clear: the ring won the day, even if the match didn't go her way.