The Queen's Club Championships is a grass-court tennis tournament for mens singles and doubles held on an annual basis in the week after the French Open, as a warm-up event for Wimbledon.
The Queen's Club, its host, was founded in 1886 and is the national headquarters of Real tennis. (see map (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=524334&y=178102&z=1&sv=524250,178250&st=4&ar=Y&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf))
As its title sponsor is Stella Artois, it is currently officially referred to as the Stella Artois Championships. During the 2004 Singles Tournament, American Andy Roddick set the 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.
The 2005 Tournament
Dates
- In 2005 the main tournament is scheduled to be held from Monday June 6th to Sunday June 12th.
- The qualifying for this tournament will be held on the weekend of June 4th to June 5th.
- The Queen's Club Junior Championships will take place from Wednesday June 8th to Friday June 10th.
Prize Money
The Prize Money for 2005 will be as follows:
- Singles
- Winner = $101,835 (USD)
- Losing Finalist = $49,500
- Semi-Finalist = $29,150
- Quarter-Finalist = $17,150
- Round of 16 = $10,100
- Round of 32 = $5,920
- 1st Round = $3,500
- Doubles (Per person)
- Winner = $36,000
- Losing Finalist = $21,200
- Semi-Finalist = $12,500
- Quarter-Finalist = $7,450
- 2nd Round = $4,400
- 1st Round = $2,250
Ranking Points
ATP 2005 Race and Ranking Points will be awarded during the 2005 tournament as follows:
- Singles
- Winner = 45 points
- Losing Finalist = 31
- Semi-Finalist = 20
- Quarter-Finalist = 11
- Round of 16 = 4
- Round of 32 = 2
- 1st Round = 1
- Doubles (Per person for Doubles Ranking and per team for team race)
- Winner = 45
- Losing Finalist = 31
- Semi-Finalist = 20
- Quarter-Finalist = 11
- 2nd Round = 4
- 1st Round = 1
History
Singles Finals
Doubles Finals
- 2004 - Bryan/Bryan beat Knowles/Nestor
- 2003 - Knowles/Nestor beat Bhupathi/Mirnyi
- 2002 - Black/Ullyett beat Bhupathi/Mirnyi
- 2001 - Bryan/Bryan beat Taino/Wheaton
- 2000 - Woodbridge/Woodforde beat Stark/Taino
- 1999 - Lareau/O'Brien beat Woodbridge/Woodforde
- 1998 - Bjorkman/Rafter shared the title with Woodbridge/Woodforde
- 1997 - Philippoussis/Rafter beat Stolle/Suk
- 1996 - Woodbridge/Woodforde beat Lareau/O'Brien
- 1995 - Martin/Sampras beat Apell/Bjorkman
- 1994 - Apell/Bjorkman beat Woodbridge/Woodforde
- 1993 - Woodbridge/Woodforde beat Broad/Muller
- 1992 - Fitzgerald/Jarryd beat Ivanisevic/Nargiso
- 1991 - Woodbridge/Woodforde beat Connell/Michibata
- 1990 - Bates/Curren beat Leconte/Lendl
- 1989 - Cahill/Kratzmann beat Pawsat/Warder
- 1988 - Flach/Seguso beat Aldrich/Visser
- 1987 - Forget/Noah beat Leach/Pawsat
- 1986 - Curren/Forget beat Cahill/Kratzmann
- 1985 - Flach/Seguso beat Cash/Fitzgerald
- 1984 - Cash/McNamee beat Mitton/Walts
- 1983 - Gottfried/McNamee beat Curren/Denton
- 1982 - McEnroe/Rennert beat Amaya/Pfister
- 1981 - Dupre/Teacher beat Curren/Denton
- 1980 - Frawley/Masters beat McNamee/Stewart
- 1979 - Gulikson/Gulikson beat Riessen/Stewart
Junior Championship
The Junior Championship
- 2003 - Florin Mergea beat Christophe Guccione
- 2002 - Alex Bogdanovic beat Dudi Sela
The HSBC Junior Invitation Cup
The David Lloyd Leisure Cup
- 2000 - Lee Childs beat Arnaud Segoda
- 1999 - Jarkko Nieminen beat Lee Childs
- 1998 - Edgardo Massa beat Wei-Jen Chang
The Sam Whitbread Cup
Statistics
Players and Winners
- Most Titles - John McEnroe (4 Singles and 1 Doubles).
- Most Singles Titles - John McEnroe and Boris Becker (4).
- Youngest Winner - Boris Becker, 17 years, 207 days in 1985.
- Oldest Winner - Jimmy Connors, 30 years, 284 days 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 Pat Rafter)
- Most Prize Money Received - Pete Sampras won 241,804 GBP from playing at Queen's Club. Lleyton Hewitt, who is still active on the tour, follows him closely with 204,084 GBP.
- 22 of the last 25 Wimbledon champions have played at the Queen's Club Championships.
Matches
- Longest Final - Sampras beat Henman in 151 minutes in 1999.
- Shortest Final - Stich beat Ferreira in 57 minutes in 1993.
- Longest Match in Time - Ashe beat Mitten in 6 hours and 16 minutes in 1979.
- Longest Match in 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 June 11th, 2003.
See Also
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