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The Queen's Club set to host pre-Wimbledon women's event for first time since 1973

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The Queen's Club is poised to stage a pre-Wimbledon tournament for women for the first time since 1973.

If plans are approved, a WTA tournament will be held the week after the French Open in June, on grass courts which will be used by men the following week.

Although no final decision has been made, the LTA and The All England Club are keen to bring a WTA event back to London after more than half a century.

The WTA will need to sanction the new tournament, which could start in 2025.

It is expected to replace Eastbourne as the sole WTA 500 event staged in the UK in the run up to Wimbledon.