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The Queen’s Club

West Kensington, London · named for Queen Victoria

London, Greater London, United Kingdom · Members club

No. 2, World's Greatest Grass Clubs No. 5, Innovative Grass Clubs Davis Cup or BJK Cup grass venue
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GRASS TENNIS CLUB ★ ★ ★ NO. 2 WORLD'SGREATESTGRASS CLUBS

No. 2, World's Greatest Grass Clubs

The world's first multi-purpose sports complex. The proving ground before Wimbledon.

Scores out of 10: Surface Excellence 10, Historical Pedigree 10, Tournament Credentials 10, Scale & Facilities 9, Prestige & Exclusivity 10, Ecosystem Contribution 9.

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GRASS TENNIS CLUB ★ ★ ★ NO. 5 INNOVATIVEGRASS CLUBS

No. 5, Innovative Grass Clubs

An established name still moving forward

Primary driver: Innovation & Leadership

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A Victorian multi-sport club whose June lawns open the London grass season.

Facts

Location
West Kensington, London
Founded
1886; first lawn tennis courts 1887
Grass courts
12, alongside clay, hard and artificial courts
On the grass
The Queen’s Club Championships, at the club since 1890; women’s event restored in 2025
Also
The national home of real tennis and rackets
Season
Members
Address
The Queen’s Club, Palliser Road, West Kensington, London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, London, Greater London, W6 8NL, United Kingdom
Competitive grass
2 Davis Cup or BJK Cup ties, latest 2015

Why it is special

Queen’s was founded in 1886 as a multi-sport club, combining lawn tennis with rackets, real tennis and athletics, and named after its first patron, Queen Victoria. Its buildings were designed by William Marshall, a finalist at the first Wimbledon in 1877. Owned by the Lawn Tennis Association from 1953, it was sold to its members in 2007.

The championships held here in June are a leading preparation event for the men’s tour, and in 2025 women’s professional tennis returned after an absence of fifty years, making Queen’s a combined grass event. Andy Roddick served at 153 miles an hour here in 2004, then a world record, and Andy Murray won the singles a record five times.

The courts are worked all year on soil health, drainage and turf. Queen’s shows the grass court at the centre of a city, four miles from Wimbledon and a world away from the country club.

Champions here, 2017 to 2026

Year Men's singles Women's singles
2017 Feliciano López No women's event
2018 Marin Čilić No women's event
2019 Feliciano López No women's event
2020 Not held Not held
2021 Matteo Berrettini No women's event
2022 Matteo Berrettini No women's event
2023 Carlos Alcaraz No women's event
2024 Tommy Paul No women's event
2025 Carlos Alcaraz Tatjana Maria
2026 Francisco Cerúndolo Donna Vekić

Every champion on the roll: Queen's Club

About the club

Established in 1886, The Queen’s Club describes itself as the first multipurpose sports complex built anywhere in the world. Members play lawn tennis, padel, real tennis, rackets and squash, and the club has 28 grass courts.

The Members’ Clubhouse includes a restaurant, bar, museum and The President’s Room. Queen’s staged Davis Cup ties on grass against France in 1990, a World Group qualifying round, and in 2015, a World Group tie.

More grass tennis in Greater London

Queen's Club is one of 78 clubs in the Grass Court Atlas for the United Kingdom. The nearest other grass court clubs listed are Campden Hill Lawn Tennis Club (2.2 km), Hurlingham Club (2.4 km) and Roehampton Club (3.5 km).

Official website: Queen's Club

Competitive grass record

Dated proof the grass was in match play
Date Competition Tie Result Source
17–19 July 2015 Davis Cup, World Group Great Britain v France 3–1 Wikipedia
21–23 September 1990 Davis Cup, WG qualifying round Great Britain v France 0–5 Wikipedia

Photographs

Courts at Queen’s Club
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