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Encyclopedia > The Queen's Club
Entrance to Queen's Club during preparations for the 2005 Queen's Club Championships.
Entrance to Queen's Club during preparations for the 2005 Queen's Club Championships.

The Queen's Club is a private sporting club in West Kensington, London. Founded in 1886, the Queen's Club was the world's first multipurpose sports complex. The club hosts the prestigious annual Queen's Club Championships grass court men's lawn tennis tournament. With two courts it is also the national headquarters of real tennis, hosting the British Open every year. The Queen's Club also has a racquets court and squash courts. Download high resolution version (1338x1506, 294 KB)Queens Club during preparations for the 2005 tournament, taken Saturday 4th June 2005. ... Download high resolution version (1338x1506, 294 KB)Queens Club during preparations for the 2005 tournament, taken Saturday 4th June 2005. ... Centre Court stands at Queens Club during the 2005 Queens Club Championships The Queens Club Championships (also known as the Stella Artois Championships) is an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) International Series grass court tennis tournament for mens singles and doubles. ... The Clock Tower of the Palace of Westminster which contains Big Ben Tower Bridge at night A red double-decker bus crosses Piccadilly Circus. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... Centre Court stands at Queens Club during the 2005 Queens Club Championships The Queens Club Championships (also known as the Stella Artois Championships) is an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) International Series grass court tennis tournament for mens singles and doubles. ... Grass courts are the second fastest kind of tennis courts, next to cement courts or hard courts. ... Tennis balls This article is about the sport, tennis. ... Real tennis is the original Racket sport from which the modern game of tennis, is descended from. ... Racquets (also Rackets or Hard Racquets) is a game played in a 30 foot by 60 foot enclosed court, using a long wooden racquet and a small, hard ball. ... Squash racquet and ball Squash is an indoor racquet sport which was, until recently, called Squash Rackets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball used in its parent game Racquets or Rackets--see below). ...


See also

Centre Court stands at Queens Club during the 2005 Queens Club Championships The Queens Club Championships (also known as the Stella Artois Championships) is an Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) International Series grass court tennis tournament for mens singles and doubles. ...

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