2026 Queen’s Club Championships
June 6 – June 21
As the tennis world transitions to the slick, lightning-fast grass courts of the summer season, few venues hold as much prestige and historical charm as West London. The HSBC Championships, traditionally known as the Queen’s Club Championships, stands as one of the most popular and longest-running grass-court tennis events in existence.
Established all the way back in 1889, this iconic event offers the perfect blend of high-stakes professional tennis and quintessential British summer tradition. In a groundbreaking modern expansion, the tournament spans two thrilling weeks, featuring an elite WTA 500 women’s event in week one, followed immediately by the historic ATP 500 men’s event in week two.
Whether you are preparing to head to West Kensington or setting up your broadcast viewing schedule at home, this comprehensive guide covers everything you need to know about the 2026 edition—including tournament dates, the historic venue, daily schedule breakdown, global star player entry lists, prize money, and official broadcasting networks.
1. Tournament Dates & Historic Venue
The 2026 HSBC Championships will take place across a blockbuster fortnight from 06 June to 21 June 2026. This expansive positioning gives fans twice the action on one of the most revered surfaces in all of sports.
The tournament is hosted at The Queen’s Club in West Kensington, London, United Kingdom.
Venue Fast Facts
- Capacity: The historic grounds are optimized to welcome up to 17,000 passionate spectators every single day.
- The Complex: Boasts 28 pristine grass courts across the property.
- Surface Reputation: Widely regarded by top ATP and WTA professionals as possessing some of the finest, most meticulously maintained grass tennis courts in the world, offering an authentic, low-skidding bounce that perfectly mirrors the conditions found at nearby Wimbledon.
2. Provisional Tournament Schedule
The 2026 event features two entirely distinct tournament weeks. Week one hosts the fierce competitors of the WTA 500 circuit, while week two shifts the spotlight over to the ATP 500 men’s draw and the highly competitive Men’s Wheelchair division.
Week 1: Women’s WTA 500 Singles & Doubles
WTA Qualifying Rounds: Saturday, 6 June – Sunday, 7 June. The opening weekend sees players outside the automatic main draw entry list battle through two rounds of intense qualification matches to earn a spot in the primary 28-player field.
WTA First Round: Monday, 8 June – Tuesday, 9 June. The main draw officially gets underway. Star seeds and wildcard entrants make their grass debuts on the Queen’s Club show courts across both singles and doubles action.
WTA Second Round & Quarterfinals: Wednesday, 10 June – Thursday, 11 June. The field narrows significantly. Play intensifies as competitors fight for spots in the final eight of singles, while doubles pairings push through into the quarterfinal stages.
WTA Quarterfinals & Semifinals: Friday, 12 June – Saturday, 13 June. Super Friday showcases the top eight singles players. Saturday follows with high-tension semifinal match-ups on Center Court to determine who earns a spot in Championship Sunday.
WTA Championship Sunday: Sunday, 14 June. The historic culmination of week one. The afternoon crowns the 2026 Queen’s Club WTA Singles and Doubles champions.
Week 2: Men’s ATP 500 & Wheelchair Schedule
ATP Qualifying Rounds: Saturday, 13 June – Sunday, 14 June. As the women’s event concludes, the men’s qualifying draw takes center stage across the outer courts, featuring two rounds of intense singles qualifying and a round of doubles qualifying.
ATP First Round: Monday, 15 June – Tuesday, 16 June. The 32-player men’s main draw swings into action. Top international seeds open their accounts alongside local British favorites across a packed, high-energy schedule.
ATP Second Round: Wednesday, 17 June – Thursday, 18 June. The round of 16. Power-servers and grass-court specialists collide as players look to secure their placement in the critical final weekend rounds.
ATP Quarterfinals: Friday, 19 June. Quarterfinal Friday. Four high-stakes, back-to-back singles blockbusters take over Center Court to decide who moves within striking distance of the trophy.
ATP Semifinals & Wheelchair Action: Saturday, 20 June. A spectacular day of tennis featuring the ATP Singles and Doubles semifinals, alongside the high-intensity kickoff of the Men’s Wheelchair Singles semifinals.
ATP & Wheelchair Finals: Sunday, 21 June. Championship Sunday for the men’s circuit. The day features three back-to-back finals: the Men’s Wheelchair Singles/Doubles titles, followed by the main ATP Singles and Doubles finals.
3. Stars to Watch: The 2026 Player Line-Up
The 2026 entry lists for both the WTA and ATP events are stacked with elite baseline champions, booming servers, and reigning titlists looking to assert dominance on the grass.
WTA Singles Stars to Watch
The women’s field features an incredible blend of Grand Slam winners and defensive powerhouses:
- Elena Rybakina (Kazakhstan | World No. 2): The former Wimbledon champion stands as the absolute gold standard on grass. Armed with a thunderous first serve and lightning-flat groundstrokes, she enters as the heavy favorite.
- Amanda Anisimova (USA | World No. 6): The 2025 runner-up returns to London with unfinished business, looking to go one step further than her brilliant final run last summer.
- Belinda Bencic (Switzerland | World No. 12): A naturally gifted grass-court player with exceptional timing and an innate ability to take the ball early on low-bouncing surfaces.
- Emma Raducanu (Great Britain | World No. 30): The home crowd will be out in full force to support the former US Open Champion, who always raises her level of play on British lawns.
ATP Singles Stars to Watch
The men’s entry list is an absolute minefield of deep, explosive talent:
- Alex de Minaur (Australia | World No. 9): The lightning-fast Aussie top-seeds the event. His world-class speed, low center of gravity, and flat counter-punching make him an apex predator on slick grass.
- Lorenzo Musetti (Italy | World No. 11): Possessing one of the most elegant, versatile one-handed backhands in the modern game, his slice variations and net touch are beautiful to watch on this surface.
- Jiri Lehecka (Czech Republic | World No. 14): The 2025 finalist returns to West Kensington with highly dangerous, flat groundstrokes that proved lethal on these exact courts a year ago.
- Jack Draper (Great Britain | World No. 74): The powerful, big-serving British lefty possesses a game completely tailor-made for grass court dominance and stands as a major unseeded threat in the draw.
4. Prize Money & Points Distribution
In an ongoing, historic commitment by the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA), the prize money for the women’s WTA 500 event has seen another massive increase for 2026, climbing to a record $1,915,000 as part of an official initiative to achieve total prize parity across the men’s and women’s events by 2029.
Meanwhile, the men’s ATP 500 event features a total prize fund of €2,583,330.
Point and Financial Rewards
Beyond the massive financial compensation, players are competing for crucial ranking points right before the seeding deadline for Wimbledon. The distribution scales heavily by round:
| Round Reached | ATP 500 Points | WTA 500 Points |
| Champion | 500 | 500 |
| Runner-Up | 330 | 325 |
| Semifinalist | 200 | 195 |
| Quarterfinalist | 100 | 108 |
| Round of 16 | 50 | 60 |
| Round of 32 | 0 | 1 |
5. Official Broadcast Guide
To accommodate the surging global interest in both the men’s and women’s draws, the HSBC Championships provides extensive domestic and international television coverage.
Domestic Coverage (United Kingdom)
For local fans watching within Great Britain, the entire fortnight of live coverage is broadcast entirely free-to-air across the BBC network.
- Early Rounds (Monday – Friday): Daily live action streams from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM local time on BBC Two and BBC iPlayer.
- Final Rounds (Saturday – Sunday): The high-stakes semifinal and final matches transition over to BBC One for premium weekend afternoon viewing.
International Broadcasters
If you are tuning in from outside the United Kingdom, you can catch the live action via the following primary broadcasting partners:
| Region / Territory | Official Broadcast Network |
| United States & Puerto Rico | Tennis Channel |
| Canada | TSN |
| Australia | beIN SPORTS Australia |
| Southeast Asia | beIN Southeast Asia (Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, etc.) |
| Germany, Austria, Switzerland | Sky Deutschland |
| Italy & San Marino | Sky Italia |
| Spain | Telefonica / Movistar |
| France | Eurosport France |