British No 1 Boulter said the opportunity to play at Queen’s Club is an ‘absolute dream’ ahead of the first women’s event to be held there since 1973. Emma Raducanu and Katie Boulter will appear at Queen’s this summer in the first women’s event at the London club in more than 50 years. The new HSBC Championships will take place from June 7-15 in the run-up to Wimbledon, with the men’s tournament being held in the following week.
The addition of the women’s event adds to the British grass-court season with other tournaments remaining at Birmingham, Nottingham and Eastbourne. British players Raducanu and Boulter will be aiming to battle for the No 1 ranking before the summer, with Boulter a two-time defending Nottingham winner. She said the opportunity to play at Queen’s Club is an “absolute dream” ahead of the first women’s event to be held there since 1973.
"I used to watch the tournament every year growing up so to be able to compete at such a wonderful, historic, and iconic event to commence the grass-court season is an honour. "We have some of the best women's players in the world competing at Queen's, and it takes the British grass-court swing to a whole new level. "To win that title as a British player would an absolute dream and I will do everything I can to get myself in that position. Let's make more history this summer.".
