ANDY Murray is one of the least superstitious players on Tour, which is a shame because it's his turn to win the Aegon Championships at London's Queen's Club.

The Scot's name is emboldened on the honours board here from 2009, 2011 and 2013 and as the Wimbledon warm-up event begins today, he is the overwhelming favourite to win for a fourth time.

That's something that only John McEnroe, Andy Roddick and Lleyton Hewitt have managed in the Open era and Murray knows that it's more than a question of numbers.

"A lot of great players have won here," said Murray, who opens against a qualifier either today or tomorrow.

"When you look at the list, it's pretty amazing. Until this year, this was a 250, a "'small" event, but the fields have always been great.

"To have won three times here I feel lucky to have done that. I'll try to win again this year but it will be an extremely hard tournament to win because of the quick turn-around but also the field. It's so strong."

Success at Queen's is not always an indication a player will impress at Wimbledon but Murray knows that a good performance should bode well.

In 2009 and 2011, he followed victory here by reaching the semi-finals at Wimbledon; in 2013, he achieved the double with his first Wimbledon title.

You might think that the tape of that 2013 triumph, a straight-sets win over Novak Djokovic, would be pride of place in the Murray household, watched on regular occasions.

But the 28-year-old Murray said he had rarely allowed himself to look back at the biggest achievement of his career to date.

"That is one of the matches, I don't know why, that I have hardly watched at all," he said. "I've watched bits of the match, but not extended periods.

"It's more the Olympics. I've watched my match with Novak at the Olympics a couple of times, and the final with Roger Federer there, quite a few times, rather than Wimbledon."

Though Amelie Mauresmo will be at Wimbledon for her last event before the birth of her first child, the Frenchwoman is skipping Queen's, which means Jonas Bjorkman is looking after matters this week.

Murray said he hopes the Swede's grass-court nous will rub off over the next month.

"He was a great returner, a very aggressive returner and that's something you see the rewards of on grass maybe more than on a clay court," Murray said.

"It can help everywhere, but if you are being aggressive on the grass with the returns you can get quick points, free points, and it puts a lot more pressure on the server.

"He was a fantastic net player, too. He and Amelie were both very good up at the net. I think that's something he can help me understand better.

"If I can incorporate those two things over the next few weeks and into the hard-court season in the United States, that will help for sure."

Eight of the world's top 13 - including Rafael Nadal and the newly-crowned French Open champion Stan Wawrinka - are here for a tournament which this year has been upgraded to "500" status, which means more prize money and ranking points.

Murray has long believed that the grass-court season needs to be extended and wants to see a Masters 1000 on the surface.

At its present capacity, Queen's is too small to fit the rules stipulated by the ATP Tour for a Masters 1000 but Murray would clearly back a further upgrade.

"You have a tournament with unbelievable history here and they get fantastic crowds," he said. "If they could make a 10,000-seat stadium here, they would fill it as well."