Queen's Club Championships: Start date, past winners, history & more

The Queen's Club Championships are the traditional warm-up to Wimbledon, the highlight of the grass court season for the best tennis players in the world.

The 2026 edition of the tournament will be the 123rd edition of the men's event and the just the second women's tournament at the venue since 1973, following a WTA return after a 50-year hiatus last year.

Dates

• WTA 500 tournament - 8th - 14th June 2026
• ATP 500 tournament - 15th - 21st June 2026

The women's championship at Queens takes place one week prior to the men's tournament, with the WTA event starting Monday 8th June 2026 and finishing on Sunday 14th June.

The men's tournament then begins the following day, starting on Monday 15th June 2026 before finishing on Sunday 21st June.

Venue

The Queen's Club Championships are held at the Queen's Club in Barons Court, West Kensington, London.

The private members club was established in 1886. The Queen's Club Championships is one of the oldest and most recognised tennis tournaments in the world. It was first hosted at the Club in 1890 as a joint men's and women's event.

Some version of the event has been staged at the current venue since 1890 and it has stood the test of time, with interruptions only during the two World Wars.

Prize Money

The 123rd edition of the men's Queen's Club Championships is set to have a prize fund of £2.238m, whilst the women's event will offer a total prize fund of £1.43m.

Previous Winners

Britain's Andy Murray is the most successful players at Queen's with five wins - in 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015 and 2016.

Seven men have won four singles titles; Major Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Roy Emerson, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick.

Other famous winners include Rod Laver, Jimmy Connors, Stefan Edberg, Pete Sampras and Rafael Nadal.

In Murray's record breaking fifth title win things did not look good for the Scot. Canada's Milos Raonic took the first set and led 3-0 in the second, but Murray rallied to win 6-7 6-4 6-3.

Ivan Lendl won the event in both 1989 and 1990, his first success coming five years after McEnroe had collected his fourth and final crown.

Lendl and McEnroe met 33 times in their careers and their battles were an enduring image of the 1980s and early 1990s. Their only Queen's clash was in 1990, with Lendl winning 6-2 6-4 in the last four before defeating Becker in the final.

The current reigning men's champion of the Queen's Club Championships is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who will not be in London to defend his crown this year.

Germany's Tatjana Maria is the current champion of the women's tournament, the 38-year-old won the 2025 edition after beating Amanda Aminsova, becoming the oldest woman in history to win a WTA 500 title.