World number four Andy Murray has confirmed that he will be defending the grasscourt event – AEGON Championships Queen’s Club title in June 2014.
In 2013, Murray defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia in the final and he would go on to become the first British male player in 77 years to win the Wimbledon singles title less than a month later.
Murray has won the title three times and is aiming to be just the only fifth player in tournament’s history to win the event four times (like John McEnroe, Boris Becker, Lleyton Hewitt and Andy Roddick). Murray won the title in 2009, 2011 and 2013.
“To win the title for the third time last year and then to go on to win Wimbledon was really special, and it highlights the importance of Queen’s,” Murray said.
“The grass courts there are as good as any in the world and it’s a great event. It’s also a tournament with a lot of history, both personally for me and for the game as a whole.
“It’s where I won my first professional match and my first title in Britain and, when you look at the names on the trophy, including my coach Ivan Lendl, it shows how big a tournament it is to win. I’d love to do it again.”
It’s been reported that Murray would go on to donate his prize money from the event in 2013 to the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity which helped his good friend Ross Hutchins in his battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma – a form of cancer. Hutchins is now in remission and is back on tour.
