The word "dedans" comes from the French for "within." In Real Tennis, the dedans is the traditional viewing gallery at one end of the court — a netted opening through which spectators have watched the game for centuries. The Queen's Club still has one, and this package puts your group of twelve inside it.

The Real Tennis Dedans is a private gallery within the Queen's Clubhouse, set directly above the active Real Tennis court and styled throughout to reflect the history of a sport that predates lawn tennis by several hundred years. The room seats twelve at one table in an intimate environment that looks down over the court below. It is one of the only settings in world sport where you can eat a three-course lunch with a Champagne reception while watching a form of tennis that has been played in essentially the same way since the medieval period — and then walk a hundred yards to your padded seat in the North Stand to watch the world's best women players compete on grass.

That contrast is the specific appeal of the Dedans. The WTA500 is only in its second year at Queen's, and the players confirmed for 2026 — Emma Raducanu on home soil, Jessica Pegula, and 2025 finalist Amanda Anisimova — make the Centre Court tennis genuinely unmissable. But the framing of the day here is unlike anything else in the lineup. You arrive into a room that speaks entirely of history, eat and drink well in complete privacy, and then move to some of the closest seats on the court. The two parts of the day complement each other in a way that feels considered rather than accidental.

The Centre Court seats are Premium North Stand, rows one, two, and three directly behind the baseline — the closest rows to the players during serve and changeover, and a position that rewards anyone who wants to read the game tactically rather than simply watch it from a distance. Takeaway drinks from the complimentary bar are permitted courtside. For groups interested in going deeper into the history of the venue, a Real Tennis demonstration can be arranged at an additional cost — a genuinely rare opportunity and one worth taking if the group has any curiosity about what the court below them is actually for.

Available for the full week of the WTA500, Monday 8 June to Sunday 14 June, from £375 per person plus VAT. Entry via the Palliser Road VIP hospitality lane.