Queen's is one of the oldest tournaments in tennis, and its calendar slot is its identity. Established in 1881 as the London Athletic Club Open Tournament at Stamford Bridge, it moved to its current home at the Queen's Club in West Kensington in 1890. It has carried the Queen's Club Championships name since 1977, and was upgraded from an ATP 250 to a 500-series event in 2015. The sponsor names have rotated — Aegon, Fever-Tree, cinch — and in January 2025 the LTA installed HSBC as title sponsor.
What sets Queen's apart isn't size but placement. It runs in June, one week after the clay-court French Open and one week before Wimbledon, played just four miles away. That makes it the marquee grass tune-up on the men's side, and the form barometer is real: 22 of the last 25 Wimbledon champions have played Queen's, and ten men have completed the Queen's/Wimbledon double back-to-back, among them McEnroe, Sampras, Murray and Alcaraz. A defining recent change: after a 50-year absence, women's tennis returned to Queen's in 2025 as a WTA 500 staged the week before the men's event.
The honor roll skews toward grass royalty. Andy Murray — render plain: Andy Murray won a record five singles titles between 2009 and 2016. More recently, six men have shared the last ten editions: Carlos Alcaraz (2), Matteo Berrettini (2), Feliciano López (2), Andy Murray (2), Marin Cilic and Tommy Paul. Carlos Alcaraz is the defining modern name here — he took the 2025 final over Jiri Lehecka 7-5, 6-7(5), 6-2, his second Queen's title in three years.
The current state is a two-tour footprint. In 2025 Tatjana Maria beat Amanda Anisimova in the WTA final, becoming the first women's champion at Queen's in 52 years. The men's 2026 ATP 500 carries total prize money of €2,583,330, with 500 ranking points to the singles winner — the last hard data point on grass before the tour decamps for SW19.