Queen's Club: German qualifier Tatjana Maria beats America's Amanda Anisimova in straight sets to claim historic title
German qualifier Tatjana Maria is the first women's champion at The Queen's Club in 52 years; Taylor Fritz beat top seed Alexander Zverev to win Stuttgart Open final; watch all the action from the ATP and WTA on Sky Sports Tennis and Sky Sports+, NOW and the Sky Sports app
Sunday 15 June 2025 19:06, UK
German qualifier Tatjana Maria beat America's Amanda Anisimova to become the first women's champion at The Queen’s Club in 52 years with a straight-sets final victory.
Maria completed a 6-3 6-4 win at the HSBC Championships against the eighth seed in an hour and 24 minutes to claim the biggest title of her career in front of her two daughters, her husband, and coach Charles-Edouard Maria.
The 37-year-old defeated Australian Open champion Madison Keys, 2022 Wimbledon winner Elena Rybakina and Karolina Muchova on her way to victory.
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The former Wimbledon semi-finalist is now the oldest ever WTA 500 champion since 2020, when Serena Williams - who also returned to tennis after having children - won in Auckland, aged 38.
"It means a lot to me, because I'm 37 years old and I won this trophy today," said Maria, who confirmed she would like her career to last for at least another two years so she can play doubles as soon as her eldest is eligible.
"In the past, people were always saying, 'you're too old', but actually I'm a good example that even at my age, you can still win big trophies.
"I'm super proud of myself that I could win this tournament, because I always believed, and my husband too.
"That's why we kept going, because there was always this belief that I could win big tournaments and do great things on the tour, so I'm really, really proud of this."
Anisimova struggled against Maria's slice and only managed to win 55 per cent of points on serve in the opening set and was then on the backfoot for most of the match.
Anisimova, the world No. 87, continued to make errors in the second set and Maria capitalised on this, edging ahead to a double break lead.
Maria then served at 5-4 for the biggest title of her career, and Anisimova sent her forehand wide to hand Maria the historic victory.
The German qualifier put her hands to her face in shock before heading over to her family to celebrate, whilst Anisimova looked astonished in her chair.
She replaces Olga Morozova, who once coached a young Murray, as the most recent female winner at Queen's, and marked the venue's new chapter by scribbling "queen of Queen's" on the camera.
Maria entered this WTA 500 tournament at 86th in the rankings, but the triumph will catapult her to No 43 when they update on Monday - when Emma Raducanu will also officially take over from Katie Boulter as British No 1.
The 2022 German Wimbledon semi-finalist won her first WTA title on grass at Mallorca in 2018, following it with back-to-back clay-court trophies at Bogota.
Fritz sees off top seed Zverev to win Stuttgart Open
Taylor Fritz earned a 6-3 7-6 (7-0) victory over German top seed Alexander Zverev in the Stuttgart Open final to land his first title of the year.
Zverev's struggles on grass continued, with defeat meaning he has still to win a title on the surface.
The first set went with serve until Zverev twice double faulted, allowing his American opponent to break for a 5-3 lead.
Both players were dominant on serve in the second set.
Zverev saved the only break point in the whole set before Fritz ran away with the tie-break, winning seven straight points to clinch his ninth career title and fourth on grass.
Fritz, who did not face a single break point throughout the match, hitting 11 aces on his way to victory, said on the ATP Tour website: "It was not so great a clay season, so to come here and start the grass season off perfectly, I am super happy to get the title and to do it here."
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