June 7-13, London, England 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 an ATP World Tour 250 series tournament on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Its sponsored name is currently the AEGON Championships. The tournament was known as the Stella Artois Championships from 1979 until 2008. The current Singles Champion is Scotsman Andy Murray who won the title in 2009 after a straight sets win over the American James Blake. This triumph meant Murray was the first British winner of the singles crown since Bunny Austin lifted the title in 1938. The Queen's Club Championships is held every year in June in the week after the French Open. Grass courts are the least common playing surface for top-level events on the ATP Tour (excluding Challenger Series events). The 2009 schedule includes only four grass court tournaments in the run-up to Wimbledon. Alongside Queen's, there are the Gerry Weber Open, the AEGON International, and the Ordina Open. An additional tournament is played on grass in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in the week immediately after Wimbledon. Outside Wimbledon, this is the grass-court tournament with the largest draw size and it has a reputation for helping to produce Wimbledon champions (see the "Players and Winners" section under "Statistics" further down the page). In addition, it enjoys full coverage on BBC TV in the UK, and was shown in High Definition for the first time in 2009. However despite the reputation of Queen's, Roger Federer, the dominant grass court player of recent years, has generally preferred to play at the Gerry Weber Open in Halle as his warm-up to Wimbledon. Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt have dominated the tournament in this decade, each winning four titles. Roddick has called the courts at the Queen's Club "arguably the best in the world".
Past Winners 2009 Andy Murray 2008 Rafael Nadal 2007 Andy Roddick 2006 Lleyton Hewitt 2005 Andy Roddick 2004 Andy Roddick 2003 Andy Roddick 2002 Lleyton Hewitt 2001 Lleyton Hewitt 2000 Lleyton Hewitt 1999 Pete Sampras 1998 Scott Draper 1997 Mark Philippoussis 1996 Boris Becker 1995 Pete Sampras 1994 Todd Martin 1993 Michael Stich 1992 Wayne Ferreira 1991 Stefan Edberg 1990 Ivan Lendl 1989 Ivan Lendl 1988 Boris Becker 1987 Boris Becker 1986 Tim Mayotte 1985 Boris Becker 1984 John McEnroe 1983 Jimmy Connors 1982 Jimmy Connors 1981 John McEnroe 1980 John McEnroe 1979 John McEnroe 1978 Tony Roche 1977 Raúl Ramírez 1974-1976 Not held 1973 Ilie Năstase 1972 Jimmy Connors 1971 Stan Smith 1970 Rod Laver 1969 Fred Stolle 1968 Clark Graebner / Tom Okker Title shared. 1967 John Newcombe 1966 Roy Emerson 1965 Roy Emerson 1964 Roy Emerson 1963 Roy Emerson 1962 Rod Laver 1961 Bob Hewitt 1960 Andrés Gimeno 1959 Ramanathan Krishnan 1958 Malcolm Anderson 1957 Ashley Cooper 1956 Neale Fraser 1955 Ken Rosewall 1954 Lewis Hoad 1953 Lewis Hoad 1952 Frank Sedgman 1951 Eric Sturgess 1950 John Bromwich 1949 Ted Schroeder 1948 Robert Falkenburg / Eric Sturgess title shared 1947 Robert Falkenburg 1946 Pancho Segura 1940-1945 Not Held 1939 Gottfried von Cramm 1938 Henry Austin 1937 Donald Budge 1936 Donald Budge 1935 Wilmer Allison / David N. Jones title shared 1934 Sidney Wood 1933 Ellsworth Vines / Lester Stoefen title shared 1932 Jack Crawford 1931 John Olliff 1930 Wilmer Allison 1929 William Tilden / Francis Hunter title shared 1928 William Tilden 1927 Henry Mayes 1926 Henry Mayes 1925 Arthur Lowe 1924 Algernon Kingscote 1923 Vincent Richards 1922 Henry Mayes 1921 Zenzo Shimizu 1920 Bill Johnston 1919 Pat O'Hara Wood 1915-1918 Not Held 1914 Arthur Lowe 1913 Arthur Lowe 1912 Anthony Wilding 1911 Anthony Wilding 1910 Anthony Wilding 1909 Josiah Ritchie 1908 Kenneth Powell 1907 Anthony Wilding 1906 Josiah Ritchie 1905 Holcombe Ward 1904 Josiah Ritchie 1903 George Greville 1902 Josiah Ritchie 1901 Charles Dixon 1900 Arthur Gore 1899 Harold Mahony 1898 Lawrence Doherty 1897 Lawrence Doherty 1896 Harold Mahony 1895 Harry S. Barlow 1894 Harold Mahony 1893 Joshua Pim 1892 Ernest W. Lewis 1891 Harry S. Barlow 1890 D.G. Chaytor Doubles 2009 Wesley Moodie Mikhail Youzhny 2008 Daniel Nestor Nenad Zimonjić 2007 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 2006 Paul Hanley Kevin Ullyett 2005 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 2004 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 2003 Mark Knowles Daniel Nestor 2002 Wayne Black Kevin Ullyett 2001 Bob Bryan Mike Bryan 2000 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 1999 Sébastien Lareau Alex O'Brien 1998 Final cancelled (weather) 1997 Mark Philippoussis Patrick Rafter 1996 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 1995 Todd Martin Pete Sampras 1994 Jan Apell Jonas Björkman 1993 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 1992 John Fitzgerald Anders Järryd 1991 Todd Woodbridge Mark Woodforde 1990 Jeremy Bates Kevin Curren 1989 Darren Cahill Mark Kratzmann 1988 Ken Flach Robert Seguso 1987 Guy Forget Yannick Noah 1986 Kevin Curren Guy Forget 1985 Ken Flach Robert Seguso 1984 Pat Cash Paul McNamee 1983 Brian Gottfried Paul McNamee 1982 John McEnroe Peter Rennert 1981 Pat Du Pré Brian Teacher 1980 Rod Frawley Geoff Masters 1979 Tim Gullikson Tom Gullikson 1978 Bob Hewitt Frew McMillan 1977 Anand Amritraj Vijay Amritraj 1974-1976 Not Held 1973 Tom Okker Marty Riessen 1972 Jim McManus Jim Osborne 1971 Tom Okker Marty Riessen 1970 Tom Okker Marty Riessen 1969 Owen Davidson Dennis Ralston
