[1] Queen's is one of the oldest tennis tournaments in the world, and serves as a warm-up for Wimbledon.
[2] In 1890, the tournament moved to its current location, the Queen's Club and consisted of a men's and women's singles event.
Seven men have won four singles titles; Major Ritchie, Anthony Wilding, Roy Emerson, John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick.
The equivalent warm-up event for women is the Eastbourne International, although this is held one week later.
This changed when Wimbledon moved back a week to expand the length of the grass court season.
[7] Grass courts are the least common playing surface for top-level events on the ATP World Tour.
An additional tournament is played on grass in Newport, Rhode Island, USA, in the week immediately after Wimbledon.
Since 1969: (Note: Tournament dates back to 1890) Pre-2017 the Centre Court held 6,479 spectators.