AEGON Championships

Queen's Club Championships
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The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male tennis players, held on grass courts at the Queen's Club in West Kensington, London. The event is part of the ATP World Tour 250 series on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. It is currently promoted as the Aegon Championships for sponsorship reasons.

Queen's is one of the most prestigious grass court tournaments, as well as one of the oldest Tennis tournaments in the world, and serves as a warm-up for Wimbledon. Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt dominated the tournament in the early stages of the 21st century, each winning four titles.^[1] Andy Roddick has called the courts at the Queen's Club "arguably the best in the world".^[2]

History

Originally known as the London Grass Court Championships, the tournament traces back to 1884 when a tennis tournament was held at the London Athletic Club at Stamford Bridge, Fulham.^[3] One year later the tournament was given the title of the London Championships, and it was held outdoors, on grass. In 1890 the tournament moved to its current location, the Queen's Club. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit. The event is now an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour.

During the 2004 singles tournament, Andy Roddick set the 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.

Schedule

The Queen's Club Championships is held every year in June in the week after the clay court French Open. They conclude one week before the start of the grass court Wimbledon Championships, which are held just 4 miles (6 km) away. The equivalent warm-up event for women is the Eastbourne International.

Grass courts are the least common playing surface for top-level events on the ATP 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

Outside Wimbledon, Queen's is the grass-court tournament with the largest draw size. In addition, it enjoys full coverage on the BBC in the UK, and was shown in High Definition for the first time in 2009. The ball girls for the Aegon Championships are provided by Nonsuch High School and St Philomena's Catholic High School for Girls, two schools in the London Borough of Sutton.^[4]

Sponsorship

From 1979 until 2008, the tournament was sponsored by Stella Artois, and thus called the Stella Artois Championships.^[5] In 2009 the tournament was renamed as the Aegon Championships following a comprehensive sponsorship deal between Lawn Tennis Association and Aegon, which also led to renaming of Birmingham and Eastbourne grass court events.^[6]

Past results

Men

Singles

Since 1890:

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1890	David G. Chaytor	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	Manliff 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	Josiah 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	A. Lavy	6–0, 6–2, 6–3
1901	Charles Dixon	George Greville	6–1, 6–0, 4–6, 6–4
1902	Josiah 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	Josiah Ritchie	Harold Mahony	6–3, 6–1, 6–1
1905	Holcombe Ward	Beals C. Wright	walkover
1906	Josiah Ritchie	John M. Flavelle	6–0, 6–1, 7–5
1907	Anthony Wilding	Josiah Ritchie	6–2, 6–1, 6–0
1908	Kenneth Powell	Josiah Ritchie	6–4, 3–3 retired
1909	Josiah Ritchie	Harry Parker	11–13, 6–4 6–1, 6–0
1910	Anthony Wilding	Josiah 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	Not held (due to World War I)
1916
1917
1918
1919	Pat O'Hara Wood	Louis Raymond	6–4, 6–0, 2–6, 7–5
1920	William Johnston	William 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	William Tilden	Francis Hunter	6–3, 6–2, 6–1
1929	William Tilden / Francis Hunter		title shared
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
1933	Ellsworth Vines / Lester Stoefen		title shared
1934	Sidney Wood	Frank Shields	6–4, 6–3
1935	Wilmer Allison / Clarence Jones		title shared
1936	Donald Budge	David P. 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	Not held (due to World War II)
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1946	Pancho Segura	Colin Long	6–4, 7–5
1947	Robert Falkenburg	Colin Long	6–4, 7–5
1948	Robert Falkenburg / Eric Sturgess		title shared
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	Robert 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 Lejus	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
1968	Clark Graebner / Tom Okker		title shared (rainout)
Open Era
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	Not held
1975
1976
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

Doubles

Since 1969:

(Note: Tournament dates back to 1890)

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1969	Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston	Ove Nils Bengtson Thomaz Koch	8–6, 6–3
1970	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Arthur Ashe Charlie Pasarell	7–9, 6–4, 9–7
1971	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Stan Smith Erik Van Dillen	8–6, 4–6, 15–13
1972	Jim McManus Jim Osborne	Jürgen Fassbender Karl Meiler	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
1973	Tom Okker Marty Riessen	Ray Keldie Raymond Moore	6–4, 7–5
1974–1976	Not Held
1977	Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj	John Lloyd David Lloyd	6–1, 6–2
1978	Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan	Fred McNair Raúl Ramírez	6–2, 7–5
1979	Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson	Marty Riessen Sherwood Stewart	6–4, 6–4
1980	Rod Frawley Geoff Masters	Paul McNamee Sherwood Stewart	6–2, 4–6, 11–9
1981	Pat Du Pré Brian Teacher	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	3–6, 7–6, 11–9
1982	John McEnroe Peter Rennert	Victor Amaya Hank Pfister	7–6, 7–5
1983	Brian Gottfried Paul McNamee	Kevin Curren Steve Denton	6–4, 6–3
1984	Pat Cash Paul McNamee	Bernard Mitton Butch Walts	6–4, 6–3
1985	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Pat Cash John Fitzgerald	3–6, 6–3, 16–14
1986	Kevin Curren Guy Forget	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	6–2, 7–6
1987	Guy Forget Yannick Noah	Rick Leach Tim Pawsat	6–4, 6–4
1988	Ken Flach Robert Seguso	Pieter Aldrich Danie Visser	6–2, 7–6
1989	Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann	Tim Pawsat Laurie Warder	7–6, 6–3
1990	Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren	Henri Leconte Ivan Lendl	7–6, 6–4
1991	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Grant Connell Glenn Michibata	7–6, 6–4
1992	John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd	Goran Ivanišević Diego Nargiso	6–4, 7–6
1993	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Neil Broad Gary Muller	6–4, 6–7, 6–3
1994	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	5–7, 7–6, 6–4
1995	Todd Martin Pete Sampras	Jan Apell Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–2
1996	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	6–2, 6–7, 6–3
1997	Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter	Sandon Stolle Cyril Suk	6–2, 4–6, 7–5
1998	Todd Woodbridge & Mark Woodforde                    vs Jonas Björkman & Patrick Rafter		title shared (rainout)
1999	Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	6–3, 7–6
2000	Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde	Jonathan Stark Eric Taino	7–6, 6–4
2001	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Eric Taino David Wheaton	6–3, 6–2
2002	Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	7–6, 3–6, 6–3
2003	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Mahesh Bhupathi Max Mirnyi	6–3, 6–4
2004	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	6–3, 6–4
2005	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–7, 7–6, 7–6
2006	Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett	Jonas Björkman Max Mirnyi	6–4, 7–6
2007	Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	7–5, 6–4
2008	Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 7–6 (7–3)
2009	Wesley Moodie Mikhail Youzhny	Marcelo Melo André Sá	6–4, 4–6, [10–6]
2010	Novak Djokovic Jonathan Erlich	Karol Beck David Škoch	7–6(8–6), 2–6, [10–3]
2011	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Mahesh Bhupathi Leander Paes	6–7(2–7), 7–6(7–4), [10–6]
2012	Max Mirnyi Daniel Nestor	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	6–3, 6–4
2013	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Alexander Peya Bruno Soares	4–6, 7–5, [10–3]

Women

Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Margaret Court	Billie Jean King	6–3, 3–6, 6–3
1972	Olga Morozova	Evonne Goolagong	6–2, 6–3
1973	Chris Evert	Karen Krantzcke	6–4, 6–0

Doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Mary–Ann Curtis Valerie Ziegenfuss	6–2, 8–6
1972	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Brenda Kirk Pat Walkden	5–7, 6–0, 6–2
1973	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Françoise Dürr Betty Stöve	4–6, 6–3, 7–5

Junior championship finals

Year	Champion	Runner-up
The Junior Championship
2007	Uladzimir Ignatik	Gastão Elias
2006	Iain Atkinson	Nicolas Santos
2003	Florin Mergea	Chris Guccione
2002	Alex Bogdanović	Dudi Sela
The HSBC Junior Invitation Cup
2001	Santiago González	Andrew Banks
The David Lloyd Leisure Cup
2000	Lee Childs	Arnaud Segoda
1999	Jarkko Nieminen	Lee Childs
1998	Edgardo Massa	Wei-Jen Chang
The Sam Whitbread Cup
1997	Nicolás Massú	Xavier Malisse
1996	Jaymon Crabb	Arvind Parmar
1995	Alejandro Hernández	Jamie Delgado
1994	Jamie Delgado	Nicolás Lapentti
1993	Neville Godwin	David Škoch
1992	Grant Doyle	Lucas Arnold
1991	Leander Paes	Nicolas Kischewitz
1990	Andrew Foster	Dirk Dier

Statistics

Players and winners

• Most Titles – John McEnroe (4 singles and 1 doubles).
• Most Singles Titles 4 – Josiah Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Roy Emerson, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick.
• Most Singles Finals Josiah Ritchie (8), John McEnroe (7), Harold Mahony, Roy Emerson (6), Arthur Lowe, Jimmy Connors, Boris Becker (5)
• Youngest Winner – Boris Becker, 17 years 207 days in 1985.
• Oldest Winner – Josiah Ritchie, 38 years old in 1909 (Open era oldest winner was Jimmy Connors at 30 years old in 1983)
• Lowest Ranked Champion – Scott Draper, ranked 108 in the world in 1998.
• Lowest Ranked Finalist – Laurence Tieleman, ranked 253 in the world in 1998.
• Winners of both Tournaments – Pete Sampras in 1995 (doubles with Todd Martin), and Mark Philippoussis in 1997 (doubles with Patrick Rafter).
• Most Prize Money Received – Pete Sampras won GBP241,804 from playing at Queen's Club. Lleyton Hewitt, who is still active on the tour, follows him closely with GBP228,165.
• 22 of the last 25 Wimbledon champions have played at the Queen's Club Championships.
• Several players have completed the Queen's/Wimbledon double, winning both events back to back, including Don Budge, Roy Emerson, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Pete Sampras and Andy Murray.

Matches

• Longest Final – Sampras beat Henman in 151 minutes in 1999.
• Shortest Final – Stich beat Ferreira in 57 minutes in 1993.
• Longest Match (time) – Ashe beat Mitten in 6 hours and 16 minutes in 1979.
• Longest Match (games) – Odizor beat Forget in a match containing 65 games in 1987.

Attendance

Centre Court holds 6,478 spectators. The highest total attendance for the week was in 2003, when 52,553 people attended the event; The highest attendance for one day was 8,362 on 11 June 2003.

References

External links

Commons has media related to Queen's Club.

• Official tournament website
• Official AEGON Tennis Sponsorship website
• The Queen's Club website
• ATP tournament profile
• LTA tournament profile
• List of past champions at sportsrecords.co.uk

Coordinates: 51°29′17″N 0°12′43″W / 51.488°N 0.212°W / 51.488; -0.212