German qualifier Tatjana Maria wins Queen's Club final at age 37

German qualifier Tatjana Maria proclaimed herself "Queen of Queen's" after winning the Wimbledon warm-up tournament at the Women's Tennis Association (WTA) Queen's Club for the biggest title of her career on Sunday.

The 37-year-old mother of two claimed her first WTA 500 title with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over eighth-seeded Amanda Anisimova of the United States in the grass-court final in London.

86th-ranked Maria won in front of her daughters Charlotte and Cecilia, and her husband and coach Charles-Edouard Maria.

"It means a lot to me," Maria said. "I'm a good example that even at my age you still can win big trophies. I'm super proud of myself."

On the way to her fourth WTA title, she eliminated four top 20 players, including Karolina Muchova of the Czech Republic, Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan and Madison Keys of the U.S., to become the oldest singles champion on the WTA Tour since 2020, when Serena Williams won the Auckland Classic at age 38.

Maria previously won WTA titles on grass at Mallorca in 2018, and triumphed twice on clay in Bogota in 2022 and 2023.

Maria, a former Wimbledon semifinalist, will jump to No. 43 in the world rankings on Monday.

Fritz lifts Stuttgart title as Zverev's grass-court wait goes on

On the same day in Stuttgart, Taylor Fritz of the U.S. defeated home favorite Alexander Zverev in straight sets in a rain-hit final to win his first Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) title of the season.

Fritz eased to a 6-3, 7-6 (0) victory despite being held up by a lengthy rain delay early in the second set. He has now won his last five meetings with Zverev and is set to climb to fourth in the world rankings, a place behind the German.

"It was not so great a clay season, so to come here and start the grass season off perfectly, I am super happy to get the title and to do it here," said Fritz, who did not lose a service game in the entire tournament.

Fritz lost in the first round of the French Open last month to Daniel Altmaier, ending a clay-court season in which he won just three matches in four tournaments.

Last year's U.S. Open runner-up bounced back though, with his first trophy since winning in Eastbourne 12 months ago, also on grass.

Top seed Zverev is still waiting to win the first grass-court title of his career and he has never reached the quarter-finals of Wimbledon, which gets under way on June 30.

Fritz moved into a one-set lead courtesy of a break in the eighth game. He missed the only break point of the second set but raced through the tie-break, winning the last 11 points of the match.