With two courts, it is also the national headquarters of real tennis, hosting the British Open every year excepting 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The first lawn tennis courts were opened on 19 May 1887, and the first sporting event was held on 1 and 2 July 1887 when Oxford played Cambridge.

[8] In December 2006, the two sides reached an out-of-court settlement in which the sale price was reduced to £35 million.

[9][10] In February 2007, the LTA relocated its headquarters from Queen's Club to the new National Tennis Centre in Roehampton.

The Cinch Championships remains one of the six most popular grass competitions on the men's ATP tour, along with the Halle Open in Germany, the Aegon International in Eastbourne, the Hall of Fame Open in Rhode Island, the Rosmalen Championships in the Netherlands, and Wimbledon.