The Queen's Club has been at the centre of British tennis since 1886. It has hosted every great player of every era on its grass courts. What most visitors — even regular attendees — never see is what exists inside the Clubhouse itself: an active Real Tennis court, one of the only ones remaining in London, above which sits a private dining room decorated with the history of a sport that predates lawn tennis by several hundred years.

The Real Tennis Museum is that room, and for the WTA500 it takes on an additional significance. Women's professional tennis returned to Queen's Club in 2025 after an absence of over fifty years. The Clubhouse in which the Real Tennis Museum sits has witnessed the full arc of that history — the decades when women's tennis was absent from these courts, and the moment it came back. Entertaining twelve guests in a room that carries that context, while Emma Raducanu, Jessica Pegula, and the rest of the WTA500 field compete on the grass courts outside, is the kind of experience that only Queen's Club can offer.

The format is private dining in the most complete sense. Twelve guests, one table, one room, no other parties sharing the space. The room overlooks the active Real Tennis court below and is decorated throughout with artefacts, photographs, and exhibits from centuries of the sport's history. It is the kind of setting that generates genuine conversation before anyone has touched their food — and the kind of room that guests remember long after the scores from the day have been forgotten.

A Champagne reception opens proceedings, followed by a three-course lunch at the private table set for twelve. The complimentary bar runs throughout the day covering Pimm's, spirits, beer, wine, and soft drinks, with takeaway drinks permitted courtside so the transition from lunch to tennis requires no sacrifice. Afternoon tea rounds out the food offer as the day moves into the later sessions.

The Centre Court seats are in rows one, two, and three of the Premium North Stand — three rows directly behind the baseline, with padded seats. This is one row deeper than the equivalent ATP500 allocation, giving the WTA500 Real Tennis Museum guests a slightly broader choice of proximity. All three rows place you in the closest seats to the players during serve and changeover, reading the game from the position that rewards genuine tactical attention. For twelve guests who take their tennis seriously, this is the seat position that delivers the most from a day at the WTA500.

A Real Tennis demonstration can be arranged at additional cost — a worthwhile addition for any group curious about the sport whose history surrounds them during lunch. The demonstration takes place on the active court below the room, which gives the experience a completeness that a demonstration anywhere else cannot replicate.