Queen's Club

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.

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West Kensington - London - 1886 - Queen's Club Championships - Grass court - Lawn tennis - Real tennis - Racquets - Squash

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Until 1922, the club was the main ground for the football games of the Corinthians. One international was held, England drawing 1-1 with Wales on March 18 1895.

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Football - Corinthians - England - Wales - March 18 - 1895

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On September 13, 2005, the Lawn Tennis Association, the governing body of British lawn tennis, put the Queen's Club up for sale, in the form of a 120-year lease. The terms require that the rackets club and the Stella Artois Championships remain unaffected. The LTA is relocating its headquarters by early 2007 to the new National Tennis Centre, currently under construction in Roehampton.

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September 13 - 2005 - Lawn Tennis Association - Stella Artois Championships - Roehampton

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