Tennis at the Queen's Club

Published 28 September 2026 · By the Guide to London editorial team · Editor: Terje Moy

The grass-court tournament at The Queen's Club in West Kensington is now called the HSBC Championships, and it is two tournaments rather than one: a women's WTA 500 event and then a men's ATP 500 event, in consecutive weeks each June. There is no public ballot. Tickets go on general sale in the winter, with a priority window for members of the LTA's Advantage scheme, and a ground pass cost between £15 and £38 in 2026 depending on the day.

The club has held a tournament here since 1889, on grass, inside a members' club in a residential street, which is why the whole thing feels like a garden party with a stadium in the middle. It is the last serious grass-court event before Wimbledon and a great many players use it as their only preparation. Our guide to Wimbledon tickets and the Queue covers the fortnight that follows; this page is about the two weeks before it, and about the ticket that most visitors should buy, which is not a seat in the main arena.

The dates, and how they sit against Wimbledon

In 2026 the women's event ran from Saturday 6 to Sunday 14 June and the men's from Saturday 13 to Sunday 21 June, the two overlapping over a weekend of qualifying. For 2027 the LTA's tournament page gives the whole window as 5 to 20 June and adds that the qualifying and main-draw dates have yet to be finalised; the hospitality listing on the same site is more specific, giving the women's event as 7 to 13 June 2027 and the men's as 14 to 20 June 2027. Taken together, that means qualifying on the weekend of Saturday 5 June, the women's main draw from Monday 7 June with its final on Sunday 13 June, and the men's main draw from Monday 14 June with its final on Sunday 20 June.

Wimbledon 2027 begins on Monday 28 June, so the men's final at Queen's is eight days before the first ball at SW19 and the women's event starts three weeks before it. That gap is the whole point of the tournament for players and the whole argument for going as a spectator: you are watching the top of the draw on grass, in a club that holds a fraction of Wimbledon's crowd, for a fraction of the price and with no ballot to lose. Our month guide to London in June has the rest of that fortnight.

There is no ballot. This is how tickets are sold

Wimbledon has a public ballot; Queen's does not, and the confusion costs people tickets. The sequence is simpler and more ordinary than that.

Tickets for the following June go on sale in the autumn or winter. In late September 2026 the LTA's page said only that 2027 tickets "will go on sale later in the year", and that standard tickets were not yet available. When sales open, members of LTA Advantage get access to a priority window before the general public. Advantage has a free tier and a paid one: the free Fan membership for adults gives newsletters, partner discounts and the opportunity to buy tickets to the LTA's summer events, while Fan+ costs £25 a year and gives priority for tickets to all LTA tournaments plus the chance to buy Wimbledon tickets. If you are planning a trip around this tournament, the free membership is the minimum and the £25 one is the version that gets you a choice of day.

Everything is mobile. Tickets are delivered through the LTA's Courtside app, so download it before you travel and make sure the phone that holds the ticket is charged; there is no paper alternative. Hospitality packages for the Andy Murray Arena are sold separately and were already on sale for 2027 in September 2026, which is the one route that does not wait for general sale. Our checklist of what to book before you go to London puts this in order with everything else.

Arena seat or ground pass, and what each one buys

There are two products. An Andy Murray Arena ticket gives you an allocated seat in the main court and, on top of that, access to all the practice and match courts including the unreserved seating at Court 1. A ground admission ticket gives you everything except the arena: all the outside courts, the practice courts and Court 1.

These were the 2026 prices, in the tournament's own published table. Every figure excludes a £5 booking fee per ticket.

Read the right-hand column twice, because it is the opposite of what you would guess. The ground pass is at its most expensive, £38, on the first three days of the men's draw, and at its cheapest, £16, on the men's quarter-final and finals days. That is the correct way round. On Monday to Wednesday of the men's week every court in the club is in play at once and there are sixteen first-round matches to wander between; by Friday there is one match at a time and it is in the arena, so a ground pass buys you a big screen and a glass of something. If you want to see the most tennis for the least money, the first two days of either week is the answer, and £15 on the opening Monday is the best value in British sport that fortnight.

Two entrances, and neither station has a lift

The club has two gates and they are not interchangeable. Ticket holders in Andy Murray Arena blocks 19 to 23 must use the Perham Road entrance, postcode W14 9SP. Everyone else uses the Palliser Road entrance, W14 9EQ. Check your block before you set off, because the two gates are a ten-minute walk apart round the outside of the grounds.

The nearest station to Palliser Road is Barons Court, on the Piccadilly and District lines. The nearest to Perham Road is West Kensington, on the District line. The tournament states plainly that neither has step-free access: no lifts and no escalators at either. The closest stations with lifts are Hammersmith, Kensington (Olympia) and West Brompton, all of which leave a longer walk or a bus at the end. Local bus routes are the 9, 10, 27, 28, 74, 190, 295 and 391.

There is no parking on site at all, and the tournament recommends public transport. Blue Badge parking in the surrounding streets is a matter for Hammersmith and Fulham council. The nearest cycle stands are in Margravine Gardens near Barons Court, and bicycles cannot be brought into the grounds. The neighbourhood itself is quiet terraced west London: our guides to Fulham and Hammersmith and Barnes cover what is around it, and staying in Earl's Court and west London the hotels within walking distance.

Inside: gates, start times and the movement rule

Gates open an hour before play. In 2026 the pattern was entry at 10:00 or 11:00 with play starting between 11:00 and 12:30, the later starts falling on the finals weekends; the exact times for each day are published on the tournament's visitor information page a few weeks ahead.

One rule surprises people who have not been to a tour event since 2025, when the ATP and WTA introduced Free Fan Movement. Your seat sits in one of three zones. Green means you can move at any time during a match. Orange means you can only move after each game, including after the first game of a set and before a tie-break. Red means you can only move at a change of ends or during set breaks. The zones are shown on a map published with the seating plan, and they decide whether a two-hour match with a small child in tow is feasible. If you are choosing between two similar seats, choose the green one.

Practical things to carry: the phone with your ticket on it, sun protection, a reusable water bottle for the free hydration stations around the grounds, and a reusable coffee cup, which every coffee outlet on site accepts. June in London can be 15°C and wet or 30°C and cloudless; our guide to London in a heatwave is not a joke for a day on open grass.

Access, and the men's wheelchair event

Accessible seating, both wheelchair spaces and ambulant disabled seats, is booked online through the LTA's ticket shop rather than by telephone, and every accessible ticket comes with a complimentary Essential Companion ticket. The LTA says it has cut accessible ticket prices, by as much as 55% on some days. Its own advice is to use the "select the best seat automatically" option rather than the seat map, because that adds the companion seat for you; if you use the map, you have to add the companion manually and change its tariff.

The tournament also stages a men's wheelchair event, with the semi-finals and final on the closing weekend, so a ground pass on the last two days includes wheelchair tennis at international level alongside the big-screen coverage of the arena. For the journey rather than the venue, step-free transport in London explains how to get to a corner of west London where both local stations have stairs.

What goes wrong

Rain is the obvious risk: this is grass, uncovered, in England, in June, and a wet day can mean no play at all on the outside courts while the arena continues. The tournament's refund position depends on how much play took place and is set out in the LTA's ticket terms, so read them before you buy rather than after the rain.

The second risk is transport works. Engineering closures on the District and Piccadilly lines have repeatedly hit this tournament's weekends, and in June 2026 the Piccadilly line was closed on the Saturday and Sunday of the men's finals. Check the status on the morning rather than assuming, and allow for the fact that neither local station has a lift if you are travelling with a pushchair. Finally, this is a members' club for fifty weeks of the year, and the temporary stands, queues and catering all reflect that: it is smaller and more crowded underfoot than a purpose-built stadium.

Frequently asked questions

Is there a ballot for Queen's Club tennis tickets?

No. Unlike Wimbledon, the HSBC Championships at The Queen's Club has no public ballot. Tickets go on general sale in the autumn or winter before the tournament, with a priority booking window first for members of the LTA's Advantage scheme. Free Fan membership gives the chance to buy; Fan+ at £25 a year gives priority across all LTA events.

When is the Queen's Club tennis in 2027?

The LTA's tournament page gives 5 to 20 June 2027 and says the exact qualifying and main-draw dates are not yet finalised. Its hospitality listing gives the women's WTA event as 7 to 13 June and the men's ATP event as 14 to 20 June 2027. Wimbledon 2027 starts on 28 June, so the men's final at Queen's is eight days earlier.

What does a ground pass get you at Queen's?

Access to all the practice and match courts, including the unreserved seating at Court 1, but not a seat in the Andy Murray Arena. In 2026 it cost between £15 and £38 depending on the day, plus a £5 booking fee. It was dearest during the men's first three rounds, when every court is in use, and cheapest on the finals weekend, when almost all the tennis is in the arena.

Which Tube station is closest to The Queen's Club?

Barons Court, on the Piccadilly and District lines, for the Palliser Road entrance, and West Kensington on the District line for the Perham Road entrance. Neither station has step-free access: the tournament states that both are without lifts and escalators. The nearest stations with lifts are Hammersmith, Kensington (Olympia) and West Brompton.

Can I move around during a match at Queen's?

It depends where you are sitting. Under the Free Fan Movement rules the ATP and WTA introduced in 2025, green zones allow movement at any time, orange zones only between games, and red zones only at a change of ends or a set break. The zones are shown on a map published with the seating plan.

Sources

• LTA - HSBC Championships, The Queen's Club, 2027 dates and tournament history (checked September 2026)
• LTA - HSBC Championships tickets, on-sale position and Advantage priority window (checked September 2026)
• LTA - HSBC Championships 2026 pricing table (PDF) (checked September 2026)
• LTA - HSBC Championships visitor information: ticket types, entry times and Free Fan Movement (checked September 2026)
• LTA - Getting to the HSBC Championships: entrances, stations and buses (checked September 2026)
• LTA - Ticketing information, accessible seating and 2027 event dates (checked September 2026)
• LTA - Advantage memberships and what each tier includes (checked September 2026)
• The All England Lawn Tennis Club - Wimbledon 2027 dates and public ballot (checked September 2026)