Since the 1880s, London has hosted a grass court tournament on the eve of Wimbledon, with many of the globe's greatest racquet handlers making tracks for the capital to test themselves.
Though lacking much of Wimbledon's lustre, and a sizable portion of the purse, to work one's way through the bracket to become the queen of the Queen's court is no mean feat.
Yet, since 1973, Queen's Club has not hosted a women's tournament, and thus, there has not been a women's champion crowned in the past 50 years
So, despite this half-century hiatus, which women's tennis players toasted championships at Queen's in decades gone by?
From an array of British pioneers to a string of 1970s legends, here is the full list of women's tennis players who won the Queen's Club Championship.
| Year | Champion |
| 1881 | M. Raikes (UK) |
| 1882 | - |
| 1883 | - |
| 1884 | Maud Watson (UK) |
| 1885 | Maud Watson (UK) |
| 1886 | Blanche Bingley (UK) |
| 1887 | Blanche Bingley (UK) |
| 1888 | Blanche Bingley (UK) |
| 1889 | May Jacks (UK) |
| 1890 | May Jacks (UK) |
| 1891 | Maud Shackle (UK) |
| 1892 | Maud Shackle (UK) |
| 1893 | Maud Shackle (UK) |
| 1894 | Edith Austin (UK) |
| 1895 | Maud Shackle (UK) |
| 1896 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1897 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1898 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1899 | Edith Austin (UK) |
| 1900 | Charlotte Cooper (UK) |
| 1901 | Edith Austin (UK) |
| 1902 | Charlotte Cooper Sterry (UK) |
| 1903 | Agnes Morton (UK) |
| 1904 | Agnes Morton (UK) |
| 1905 | Ethel Thomson (UK) |
| 1906 | Ethel Thomson (UK) |
| 1907 | Violet Pinckney (UK) |
| 1908 | Violet Pinckney (UK) |
| 1909 | Aurea Edgington (UK) |
| 1910 | Gladys Lamplough (UK) |
| 1911 | Mildred Coles (UK) |
| 1912 | Ethel Larcombe (UK) |
| 1913 | Ethel Larcombe (UK) |
| 1914 | Ethel Larcombe (UK) |
| 1915 | - |
| 1916 | - |
| 1917 | - |
| 1918 | - |
| 1919 | Ethel Larcombe (UK) |
| 1920 | Dorothy Holman (UK) |
| 1921 | Mabel Clayton (UK) |
| 1922 | Mabel Clayton (UK) |
| 1923 | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1924 | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1925 | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1926 | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty (UK) |
| 1927 | Dorothy Kemmis-Betty (UK) |
| 1928 | Joan Ridley (USA) |
| 1929 | Elizabeth Ryan (USA) |
| 1930 | Madge List (UK) |
| 1931 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman (UK) |
| 1932 | Dorothy Andrus (USA) |
| 1933 | Elsie Goldsack Pittman (UK) & Helen Wills Moody (USA) |
| 1934 | Jacqueline Goldschmidt (FRA) |
| 1935 | Anita Lizana (CHI) & Sylvie Jung Henrotin (FRA) |
| 1936 | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) |
| 1937 | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) |
| 1938 | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) |
| 1939 | Jadwiga Jedrzejowska (POL) |
| 1940 | - |
| 1941 | - |
| 1942 | - |
| 1943 | - |
| 1944 | - |
| 1945 | - |
| 1946 | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1947 | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1948 | Doris Hart (USA) & Margaret Osborne duPont (USA) |
| 1949 | Louise Brough (USA) |
| 1950 | Doris Hart (USA) |
| 1951 | Shirley Fry (USA) |
| 1952 | Hazel Redick-Smith (SA) |
| 1953 | Jean Rinkel-Quertier (UK) |
| 1954 | Louise Brough (USA) |
| 1955 | Louise Brough (USA) |
| 1956 | Angela Buxton (UK) |
| 1957 | Mimi Arnold (USA) |
| 1958 | Bernice Carr (SA) |
| 1959 | Yola Ramirez (MEX) |
| 1960 | Christine Truman (UK) |
| 1961 | Margaret Smith (AUS) |
| 1962 | Rita Bentley (UK) |
| 1963 | Robyn Ebbern (AUS) |
| 1964 | Margaret Smith (AUS) |
| 1965 | Annette Van Zyl (SA) |
| 1966 | Francoise Durr (FRA) |
| 1967 | Nancy Richey (USA) |
| 1968 | Ann Haydon-Jones (UK) & Nancy Richey (USA) |
| 1969 | Ann Haydon-Jones (UK) |
| 1970 | Margaret Court (AUS) |
| 1971 | Margaret Court (AUS) |
| 1972 | Chris Evert (USA) |
| 1973 | Olga Morozova (USSR) |
