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The Queen's Club Championships is an annual tournament for male Tennis players, held on Grass Court s at the Queen's Club in London . The event is an International Series tournament on Association Of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Tour. Its sponsored name is currently the '''Stella Artois Championships'''.

The event is held every year in June in the week after the French Open . It is considered to be one of the main warm-up events for Wimbledon , which begins two weeks later.

Many people consider the Queen's Club Championships to be the second-most prestigious grass court tournament in the world after Wimbledon.


PAST RESULTS

during the 2005 Queen's Club Championships ]]


Singles finals

Since 1973:


and Mark Philippoussis at the 2005 Queen's Club Championships ]]


Doubles champions

Since 1977:




Junior Championship Finals

The Junior Championship





STATISTICS



Players and Winners

  • Most Titles - John McEnroe (4 singles and 1 doubles).

  • Most Singles Titles 4 - John McEnroe and Boris Becker.

    • ::''Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick, still active on the tour, both hold 3 titles.''

  • 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 Patrick Rafter).

  • Most Prize Money Received - Pete Sampras won GBP 241,804 from playing at Queen's Club. Lleyton Hewitt, who is still active on the tour, follows him closely with GBP204,084.

  • 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 (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 June 11 th, 2003.



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