Alex de Minaur will be hoping to bounce back quickly from his defeat in the Libema Open final.
The Australian, who has struggled to locate his best form in recent months, was defeated by Poland’s Kamil Majchrzak in Sunday’s final.
De Minaur is now set to travel west to London to take part in the Queen’s Club Championships.
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De Minaur, a former finalist in West London, is the top seed at this year’s event and the clear favourite to win the title.
If De Minaur were to accomplish this feat, he would end the 20-year wait for an Australian Queen’s Club champion.
Lleyton Hewitt is the last Australian to win Queen’s
Lleyton Hewitt came into the 2006 Queen’s Club Championships seeded eight – a clear outsider for the title.
However, the Australian defied the odds, defeating Rafael Nadal and Tim Henman en route to the title.
The two-time Grand Slam champion, who had won the event on three occasions prior to 2006, began the tournament by defeating Fernando Vicente in three sets.
Lleyton Hewitt’s run to the 2006 Queen’s title
- First round: BYE
- Second round: defeated Fernando Vicente 4-6, 6-4, 6-2
- Third round: defeated Max Mirnyi 4-6, 6-1, 7-6
- Quarter-finals: defeated Rafael Nadal 3-6, 6-3 [RETIRED]
- Semi-finals: defeated Tim Henman 6-3, 3-6, 6-2
- Final: defeated James Blake 6-4, 6-4
Hewitt then knocked out Max Mirnyi, setting up a clash with top seed Rafael Nadal.
After two sets of intense battle, Nadal was forced to retire from the match due to a shoulder injury.
Hewitt then won another three-set contest in the semi-finals, beating Tim Henman 6-3, 3-6, 6-2.
Hewitt then secured his fourth Queen’s title with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over American James Blake.
“This is fantastic. It’s just great to get back in the winners’ circle,” said Hewitt, as reported by CNN.
“I lost a tough match to James in the final of Las Vegas earlier this year and I knew I was going to have to step it up even another notch from how I played yesterday against Tim [Henman], and I was able to do that.
“The year I won Wimbledon I won here as well, and it just gives you a lot of confidence going into Wimbledon. Hopefully I can take my game and play some good tennis as I’ve done this week.”
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The most successful Australians in Queen’s Club history
Roy Emerson, a winner of 11 Grand Slam singles titles, is the most successful male Australian player in the history of the Queen’s Club.
Emerson, who has won the most Davis Cup titles in tournament history, claimed four consecutive Queen’s titles between 1963 and 1966.
Remarkably, Emerson [pictured below] is one of just three players to have won four consecutive Queen’s Club singles titles throughout the history of the event, alongside Jadwiga Jędrzejowska and Ethel Larcombe.
Margaret Court, a 24-time major singles champion, is the most successful female Australian player in Queen’s Club history.
Court won four titles between 1961 and 1971.
