The Queen's Club Championships is an annual professional tennis tournament, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London, and known as the "HSBC Championships" (after its title sponsor) since 2025. The event is part of the ATP Tour 500 series on the ATP Tour as well as the WTA 500 series on the WTA Tour (starting in 2025). Queen's is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, and serves as a grass court warm-up for Wimbledon.

Andy Murray won a record five singles titles between 2009 and 2016, and a record six championships in total (including one doubles title in 2019).

History

Originally known as the London Athletic Club Tournament or officially London Athletic Club Open Tournament established in 1881 at Stamford Bridge, Fulham. In 1885, the tournament was given the title of the Championship of London then later London Championships, and it was held on outdoor grass courts. In 1890, the tournament moved to its current location, the Queen's Club and consisted of a men's and women's singles event. In 1903, a men's doubles event was added followed in 1905 by the mixed doubles competition. In 1915, the addition of a women's doubles event completed the programme. The two World Wars interrupted the tournament from 1915 to 1918 and 1940 to 1945. Between 1970 and 1989, the Championships were part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The women's tournament was discontinued after the 1973 edition and from 1974 until 1976 no men's tournament was held. By this point the tournament was known as the London Grass Court Championships. Since 1977, it has been called The Queen's Club Championships. The event is currently an ATP Tour 500 series tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour and was upgraded from an ATP World Tour 250 series in 2015. The tournament was voted ATP Tournament of the Year for four years consecutively between 2013 and 2014 when it was an ATP 250 tournament, and between 2015 and 2016 when it was an ATP 500 tournament. It then won it again in 2018 and 2019.

During the 2004 singles tournament, Andy Roddick set the then world record for the fastest serve, recorded at 153 mph (246.2 km/h) during a straight-set victory over Thailand's Paradorn Srichaphan in the quarter-finals.

In 2016, Andy Murray won the singles title for a record fifth time. Seven men have won four singles titles; Major Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Roy Emerson, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick.

After a 50 year absence, women's professional tennis returned to the Queen's Club in 2025, with the club hosting a WTA 500 tournament in the first week of the grass court season, one week in advance of the men's championship.

Schedule

The Queen's Club Championships are held every year in June. They start one week after the clay-court French Open and conclude one week before the start of the grass court Wimbledon Championships, which are held just away. The equivalent warm-up event for women was the Eastbourne International (until 2025 when it was downgraded to a WTA 250), held one week later.

Up to 2014, the break between the French Open and Wimbledon was just two weeks, and the Queen's Club Championships started the day after the French Open's men's final. This changed when Wimbledon moved back a week to expand the length of the grass court season.

Grass courts are the least common playing surface for top-level events on the ATP World Tour. The 2009 schedule included only four grass court tournaments in the run-up to Wimbledon. They were the Queen's Club Championships, Gerry Weber Open, Eastbourne International, and the Rosmalen Grass Court Championships. An additional tournament is played on grass in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in the week immediately after Wimbledon.

Coverage

The BBC has covered the tournament since 1979 and in recent years it has shown the tournament in full after originally only broadcasting the final four days of the event. The BBC has a contract in place until 2027. It broadcasts the event mainly on BBC Two as well as on BBC Radio 5 Live and BBC Sport online. It was shown in high-definition for the first time in 2009.

Since 2018, Amazon Prime has also broadcast from The Queen's Club in the UK.

The ball girls for the Championships are provided by Nonsuch High School and St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, two schools in the London Borough of Sutton.

Sponsorship From 1979 until 2008, the tournament was sponsored by Stella Artois, and thus called the Stella Artois Championships. In 2009, the tournament was renamed the Aegon Championships following a comprehensive sponsorship deal between the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) and Aegon, which also led to renaming of Birmingham and Eastbourne grass court events. In 2018, Fever-Tree began sponsoring the tournament. The online car selling website cinch became the title sponsor of the championships in 2021 and remained so until 2024. On 23 January 2025, the LTA announced HSBC as the new title sponsor of the championships.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score 1881 Frederick. L. Rawson George S. Murray-Hill 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 1882 Herbert Lawford Otway E. Woodhouse 6–1, 4–6, 6–2, 6–3 1883 Herbert Lawford Edward Lake Williams 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 1884 Herbert Lawford Frederick A. Bowlby 6–3, 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 1885 Charles H. A. Ross Ernest Wool Lewis 3–6, 8–6, 1–6, 6–2, 6–3 1886 Ernest Wool Lewis Harry Grove 6–4, 10–8, 6–4 1887 Ernest Wool Lewis Harry S. Barlow 6–2, 8–6, 6–4 1888 Ernest Wool Lewis Harry S. Barlow 6–0, 6–1, 6–2 1889 Harry S. Barlow Charles Gladstone Eames 5–7, 7–5, 3–6, 6–1, 7–5 1890 Harry S. Barlow Wilfred Baddeley 3–6, 6–8, 6–1, 6–2, 6–2 1891 Harry S. Barlow Joshua Pim 6–4, 2–6, 6–0, 7–5 1892 Ernest W. Lewis Joshua Pim 6–4, 6–4, 3–6, 4–6, 6–1 1893 Joshua Pim Harold Mahony 1–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–3 1894 Harold Mahony Harry S. Barlow 6–2, 6–3, 6–3 1895 Harry S. Barlow Manliffe Goodbody 6–4, 7–5, 5–7, 5–7, 10–8 1896 Harold Mahony Reginald Doherty 11–9, 6–4, 6–4 1897 Laurence Doherty Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–2, 6–2 1898 Laurence Doherty Harold Mahony 6–3, 6–4, 9–7 1899 Harold Mahony Arthur Gore 8–10, 6–2, 7–5, 6–1 1900 Arthur Gore Arthur W. Lavy 6–0, 6–2, 6–3 1901 Charles Dixon George Greville 6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4 1902 Major Ritchie Charles Simond 6–3, 6–4, 6–0 1903 George Greville Charles Simond 6–1, 6–4, 7–9, 5–7, 6–4 1904 Major Ritchie Harold Mahony 6–3, 6–1, 6–1 1905 Holcombe Ward Beals C. Wright walkover 1906 Major Ritchie John Flavelle 6–0, 6–1, 7–5 1907 Anthony Wilding Major Ritchie 6–2, 6–1, 6–0 1908 Kenneth Powell Major Ritchie 6–4, 3–3 retired 1909 Major Ritchie Harry Parker 11–13, 6–4, 6–1, 6–0 1910 Anthony Wilding Major Ritchie 6–4, 6–3, 2–0 retired 1911 Anthony Wilding Alfred Beamish 7–5, 6–2, 6–3 1912 Anthony Wilding Otto Froitzheim walkover 1913 Arthur Lowe Wallace F. Johnson 7–5, 6–4, 4–6, 4–6, 6–4 1914 Arthur Lowe Percival Davson 6–2, 7–5, 6–4 1915–1918 Not held (due to World War I) 1919 Pat O'Hara Wood Louis Raymond 6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 7–5 1920 William Johnston Bill Tilden 4–6, 6–2, 6–4 1921 Zenzo Shimizu Mohammed Sleem 6–2, 6–0 1922 Henry Mayes Donald Greig 6–8, 6–2, 6–2, 6–1 1923 Vincent Richards Sydney M. Jacob 6–2, 6–2 1924 Algernon Kingscote Arthur Lowe 3–6, 8–6, 6–3, 6–2 1925 Arthur Lowe Henry Mayes 6–2, 9–7 1926 Henry Mayes Arthur Lowe 6–3, 6–2 1927 Henry Mayes D.M. Evans 6–3, 6–3 1928 Bill Tilden Francis Hunter 6–3, 6–2, 6–1 1930 Wilmer Allison Gregory Mangin 6–4, 8–6 1931 John Olliff Edward Avory 3–6, 6–4, 6–2 1932 Jack Crawford Hendrik Timmer 1–6, 6–3, 6–3, 6–4 1934 Sidney Wood Frank Shields 6–4, 6–3 1936 Donald Budge David Jones 6–4, 6–3 1937 Donald Budge Henry Austin 6–1, 6–2 1938 Henry Austin Kho Sin-Kie 6–2, 6–0 1939 Gottfried von Cramm Ghaus Mohammad 6–1, 6–3 1940–1945 Not held (due to World War II) 1946 Pancho Segura Colin Long 6–4, 7–5 1947 Bob Falkenburg Colin Long 6–4, 7–5 1949 Ted Schroeder Gardnar Mulloy 8–6, 6–0 1950 John Bromwich Arthur Larsen 6–2, 6–4 1951 Eric Sturgess Frank Sedgman 6–4, 5–7, 6–2 1952 Frank Sedgman Mervyn Rose 10–8, 6–2 1953 Lew Hoad Ken Rosewall 8–6, 10–8 1954 Lew Hoad Mervyn Rose 8–6, 6–4 1955 Ken Rosewall Lew Hoad 6–2, 6–3 1956 Neale Fraser Ken Rosewall 7–5, 3–6, 9–7 1957 Ashley Cooper Neale Fraser 6–8, 6–2, 6–3 1958 Malcolm Anderson Robert Mark 1–6, 11–9, 6–3 1959 Ramanathan Krishnan Neale Fraser 6–3, 6–0 1960 Andrés Gimeno Roy Emerson 8–6, 6–3 1961 Bob Hewitt Chuck McKinley 6–2, 6–3 1962 Rod Laver Roy Emerson 6–4, 7–5 1963 Roy Emerson Owen Davidson 6–1, 6–2 1964 Roy Emerson Toomas Leius 12–10, 6–4 1965 Roy Emerson Dennis Ralston walkover 1966 Roy Emerson Tony Roche walkover 1967 John Newcombe Roger Taylor 7–5, 6–3 ↓  Open Era  ↓ 1968 Clark Graebner & Tom Okker Cancelled – No title awarded 1969 Fred Stolle John Newcombe 6–3, 22–20 1970 Rod Laver John Newcombe 6–4, 6–3 1971 Stan Smith John Newcombe 8–6, 6–3 1972 Jimmy Connors John Paish 6–2, 6–3 1973 Ilie Năstase Roger Taylor 10–8, 6–3 1974–1976 Not held 1977 Raúl Ramírez Mark Cox 9–7, 7–5 1978 Tony Roche John McEnroe 8–6, 9–7 1979 John McEnroe Víctor Pecci 6–7, 6–1, 6–1 1980 John McEnroe Kim Warwick 6–3, 6–1 1981 John McEnroe Brian Gottfried 7–6, 7–5 1982 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe 7–5, 6–3 1983 Jimmy Connors John McEnroe 6–3, 6–3 1984 John McEnroe Leif Shiras 6–1, 3–6, 6–2 1985 Boris Becker Johan Kriek 6–2, 6–3 1986 Tim Mayotte Jimmy Connors 6–4, 2–1 (retired) 1987 Boris Becker Jimmy Connors 6–7, 6–3, 6–4 1988 Boris Becker Stefan Edberg 6–1, 3–6, 6–3 1989 Ivan Lendl Christo van Rensburg 4–6, 6–3, 6–4 1990 Ivan Lendl Boris Becker 6–3, 6–2 1991 Stefan Edberg David Wheaton 6–2, 6–3 1992 Wayne Ferreira Shuzo Matsuoka 6–3, 6–4 1993 Michael Stich Wayne Ferreira 6–3, 6–4 1994 Todd Martin Pete Sampras 7–6(7–4), 7–6(7–4) 1995 Pete Sampras Guy Forget 7–6(7–3), 7–6(8–6) 1996 Boris Becker Stefan Edberg 6–4, 7–6(7–3) 1997 Mark Philippoussis Goran Ivanišević 7–5, 6–3 1998 Scott Draper Laurence Tieleman 7–6(7–5), 6–4 1999 Pete Sampras Tim Henman 6–7(1–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4) 2000 Lleyton Hewitt Pete Sampras 6–4, 6–4 2001 Lleyton Hewitt Tim Henman 7–6(7–3), 7–6(7–3) 2002 Lleyton Hewitt Tim Henman 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 2003 Andy Roddick Sébastien Grosjean 6–3, 6–3 2004 Andy Roddick Sébastien Grosjean 7–6(7–4), 6–4 2005 Andy Roddick Ivo Karlović 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–4) 2006 Lleyton Hewitt James Blake 6–4, 6–4 2007 Andy Roddick Nicolas Mahut 4–6, 7–6(9–7), 7–6(7–2) 2008 Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic 7–6(8–6), 7–5 2009 Andy Murray James Blake 7–5, 6–4 2010 Sam Querrey Mardy Fish 7–6(7–3), 7–5 2011 Andy Murray Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3–6, 7–6(7–2), 6–4 2012 Marin Čilić David Nalbandian 6–7(3–7), 4–3 default 2013 Andy Murray Marin Čilić 5–7, 7–5, 6–3 2014 Grigor Dimitrov Feliciano López 2015 Andy Murray Kevin Anderson 6–3, 6–4 2016 Andy Murray Milos Raonic 6–7(5–7), 6–4, 6–3 2017 Feliciano López Marin Čilić 4–6, 7–6(7–2), 7–6(10–8) 2018 Marin Čilić Novak Djokovic 5–7, 7–6(7–4), 6–3 2019 Feliciano López Gilles Simon 6–2, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(7–2) 2020 Not held due to the coronavirus pandemic 2021 Matteo Berrettini Cameron Norrie 6–4, 6–7(5–7), 6–3 2022 Matteo Berrettini Filip Krajinović 7–5, 6–4 2023 Carlos Alcaraz Alex de Minaur 6–4, 6–4 2024 Tommy Paul Lorenzo Musetti 6–1, 7–6(10–8) 2025 Carlos Alcaraz Jiří Lehečka 7–5, 6–7(5–7), 6–2 2026 Francisco Cerúndolo Tommy Paul 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 6–3

Women's singles

Fulham YearChampionRunner-upScore 1881 M. Raikes Miss Burleigh 5–0, 5–2 1882–1883 1884 Maud Watson Edith Coleridge Cole 6–4, 6–2, 2–6, 6–1 1885 Maud Watson Lilian Watson 6–2, 6–3 1886 Blanche Bingley Hillyard Edith Davies 6–1, 6–1 1887 Blanche Bingley Hillyard B. James 6–4, 6–3 1888 Blanche Bingley Hillyard May Jacks 6–4, 6–3 1889 May Jacks Maud Shackle 6–2, 6–1

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