Queen's Club is set to host first WTA event in more than 50 years

The Queen's Club is all set to host a women's Tennis event next year for the first time in more than half a century, which is set to prove to be a one-off. Notably, the WTA event is set to take place after Roland Garros, featuring a short grass-court campaign and putting up among the warm-up tournaments for Wimbledon. Meanwhile, the men's ATP tour is set to begin just after that week.

The men's players have raised big questions about whether the quality of the grass at the Queen's Club will be impacted as women's matches will take place first over them. However, the director of major events and digital at the Lawn Tennis Association, Chris Pollard, recently said that the arrangement could end up only being for a year.

Pollard gave the surety that Men's Tennis wouldn't get hampered and the grass could withstand two weeks of Tennis, which wouldn't cause Men to suffer in any way. Meanwhile, the All England Club is set to announce the Men's and Women's seeds on Wednesday and is expected to follow the ATP and WTA rankings, granting 32 berths in 128-player singles draws.

Men’s week will not suffer in any way, shape or form: Chris Pollard

“We have absolute confidence that we can stage a two-week event at theQueen’s Club. Obviously, the championships at Wimbledon prove that grass can withstand two weeks of tennis. We’ve got independent data that really provides a lot of evidence that the men’s week will not suffer in any way, shape or form," Chris Pollard said.

“We’ve had many discussions with both tours in respect of that. (The ATP) have given the green light for the tournament to take place in 2025 and we continue to have an ongoing dialogue with them in respect of the success of the 2025 tournament. We remain in very close dialogue with them on that point and remain very confident that it will be a permanent change," he added further.