London | Laura Robson to run new WTA 500 Queen’s Membership occasion

Former British No 1 and Olympic Silver medalist Laura Robson has been appointed by the LTA because the Match Director of the brand new WTA 500 occasion to be held at The Queen’s Membership subsequent summer season.

I’m delighted to be taking over this position subsequent summer season. It’s very thrilling that ladies’s tennis is returning to the Queen’s Membership for the primary time in over 50 years. It’s an iconic venue and has been voted Match of the 12 months by the lads many instances. I’m assured that the ladies’s occasion might be simply as thrilling and I can’t wait to get began. Laura Robson

Beforehand the Match Director of the Nottingham Open WTA 250/ATP Challenger Occasion since 2023, Robson will carry girls’s tour stage tennis again to London for the primary time in over 50 years.

The appointment is a part of the LTA’s work with former gamers who want to transfer into different tennis roles after their retirement, and implies that over 70% of the UK grass-court swing now have feminine Match Administrators working them.

One other participant engaged on LTA occasions is Jamie Murray, who returns in his position as Match Director of the ATP 500 occasion on the Queen’s Membership.

Following Robson’s appointment, Amy Hitchinson has been chosen as the brand new Match Director at Nottingham, having undertaken the identical position at Birmingham in 2024, whereas Rebecca James, Rik Smith and Kirsty Thomson will proceed of their roles on the LTA’s occasions in Eastbourne, Ilkley and Roehampton respectively, with Thomson additionally taking over the brand new mixed occasion at Birmingham

“I’m delighted to be taking over this position subsequent summer season,” Robson mentioned. “It’s very thrilling that ladies’s tennis is returning to the Queen’s Membership for the primary time in over 50 years.

“It’s an iconic venue and has been voted Match of the 12 months by the lads many instances. I’m assured that the ladies’s occasion might be simply as thrilling and I can’t wait to get began.”

Chris Pollard, the LTA’s Managing Director, Business and Operations, mentioned: “Laura did a improbable job at Nottingham and obtained lots of plaudits from the gamers. We’re more than happy she’s going to now be taking over this essential position at Queens subsequent yr.

“Now we have labored arduous to make sure former British gamers reminiscent of Laura and Jamie can proceed to make use of their data and expertise for the advantage of the sport on this nation, and it’s nice information they are going to each be a part of our skilled cohort of Match Administrators.”

Hospitality for the ladies’s WTA 500 occasion at The Queen’s Membership is now on sale, and might be bought by way of the LTA’s companion Keith Prowse at www.keithprowse.co.uk

Basic admission tickets for the ladies’s occasion will go on sale early in 2025.

Tickets for the ATP 500 occasion at The Queen’s Membership are already out there to LTA Benefit Members by way of the LTA web site and went on normal sale on Thursday, 28 November.

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Birmingham – Edgbaston Priory Membership, w/c 2 June

• Males’s and girls’s Challenger stage occasions Match Director: Kirsty Thomson

London – The Queen’s Membership, w/c 9 June

• WTA 500 Match Director: Laura Robson

Ilkley – Ilkley Garden Tennis Membership, w/c 9 June

• Males’s and girls’s Challenger stage occasions Match Director: Rik Smith

London – The Queen’s Membership, w/c 16 June

• ATP 500 Match Director: Jamie Murray

Nottingham – Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre, w/c 16 June

• WTA 250 & ATP 125 Match Director: Amy Hitchinson

Eastbourne – Devonshire Park, w/c 23 June

• WTA 250 & ATP 250 Match Director: Rebecca James

Roehampton – Wimbledon Qualifying and Group Sports activities Centre, w/c 30 June 

• Wheelchair ITF1 & J300 Match Director: Kirsty Thomson