Laura Robson has been appointed tournament director of the new WTA Tour event at Queen’s Club next summer.
A reshuffle of the grass-court events leading up to Wimbledon has seen the creation of a WTA 500 tournament beginning on June 9, the week before the traditional men’s event.
Former British number one Robson, who retired in 2022, held the same role at the joint WTA and ATP tournament in Nottingham for the past two years.
The 30-year-old said: “I’m delighted to be taking up this role next summer. It’s very exciting that women’s tennis is returning to the Queen’s Club for the first time in over 50 years.”