Tatjana Maria Victorious at Queen’s Club Return to WTA Tour

The German becomes the oldest woman to win a WTA 500 title.

Tatjana Maria of Germany, 37, defeated Amanda Anisimova of the United States, 23, to win the Women’s Singles title at the 2025 Queen’s Club Championships in London, United Kingdom (a WTA 500 event). The score in the final was 6-3 and 6-4 in favor of Maria.

This was the second match Anisimova and Maria have played against each other on the WTA Tour - with Maria winning their prior meeting. Today’s victory was the first title Maria has won on the 2025 WTA Tour and the fourth title of her career in single’s competition. Notably, she remains undefeated in every WTA final she has reached. At 37 years and 10 months old, she now becomes the oldest woman to win a WTA 500 title. Moreover, this was the second title she has claimed from a grass court event and her first from a 500-level tournament. And finally, this was the first title she has taken since prevailing for the second time at the Copa Colsanitas in April 2023.

Heading into this tournament, Anisimova was ranked as the Number 15 tennis player on the 2025 WTA Tour, while Maria carried the Number 86 designation. By winning in London, Maria has received 500 points in the overall rankings. Meanwhile, Anisimova has picked up 325 points.

This was the first edition of the women’s event held at the Queen’s Club since 1973. Furthermore, Anisimova was the event’s eighth seed while Maria entered the main draw after first prevailing during the qualifying competition.

Maria arrived in the final after winning against Chan Hao-ching of Taiwan (No. 1,189), Arina Rodionova of Australia (No. 220), Leylah Fernandez of Canada (No. 30), sixth seed Karolína Muchová of the Czech Republic (No. 14), fourth seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan (No. 11), and second seed Madison Keys of the United States (No. 8). This was the fourth WTA final she has competed in and her first at a 500-level event.

In the other half of the main draw, Anisimova defeated wildcard Jodie Burrage of the United Kingdom (No. 162), wildcard Sonay Kartal of the United Kingdom (No. 50), third seed Emma Navarro of the United States (No. 10), and first seed Zheng Qinwen of China (No. 5). This was the sixth WTA final she has contested and her first at a 500-level event.

The revised rankings for the 2025 WTA Tour will be officially released on Monday, June 16. The tour will then play two tournaments from June 15-22: the German Open in Berlin, Germany (a WTA 500 event) and the Nottingham Open in Nottingham, United Kingdom (a WTA 250 event). Both competitions will be played on grass courts.

Jessica Pegula of the United States (No. 3) is the reigning champion at the German Open. She is looking to defend the title as the third seed at this year’s event. The Top 4 seeds receive byes into the second round of competition. Meanwhile, Katie Boulter of the United Kingdom (No. 34) is the two-time reigning champion at the Nottingham Open. She is also attempting a title defense as the eighth seed at this year’s event. In the first round, she will face off against Lulu Sun of Australia (No. 43).

Furthermore, Anisimova will be competing as an unseeded player at the German Open. In the first round, she will battle wildcard Bianca Andreescu of Canada (No. 118). And finally, Maria has been granted a special exempt entry into the main draw of the Nottingham Open. She will play protected ranking Petra Kvitová of the Czech Republic (No. 574) in the first round.