Andy Murray won his third Aegon Championships title and completed the perfect preparation for Wimbledon with victory over Marin Cilic at Queen's Club.


The Briton's serve was especially impressive as he won the rain-delayed final 5-7 7-5 6-3.


Taking the trophy capped a week that proved the ideal return from the back injury which forced him to miss the French Open.


Murray, the world number two, will now turn his attention to a week of practice before resuming his quest for a first Wimbledon title.


A second Monday final in three years had looked a possibility at Queen's, but after a rain delay of over three hours, and one aborted attempt to start, play began at 15:29 BST.


Murray made the first breakthrough with a whipped cross-court forehand in game two and served his way out of trouble facing three break points in the next, but from 4-1 the tide began to turn.


Two forehands dragged down into the net saw the Scot give up his advantage, and when he fell awkwardly while trying in vain to convert a break point in the next game, the shriek of pain rang around the Centre Court.


Murray dusted himself down and carried on, albeit rather cautiously, but the momentum was now with Cilic and the fifth seed broke again for 6-5, before fending off two break points to take the set.


The sun was finally shining on Centre Court as the second set began, and Murray's fortunes brightened as his serve clicked into gear.


Cilic managed to cling on in the face of three breaks points in game five, but unable to make any headway against Murray's serve, the pressure was always quickly back upon him.


The Croat almost made it to the shoot-out of a tie-break but a brilliant lob set Murray on the way to a break in game 12, and Cilic netted a forehand on set point.


As he did in Saturday's semi-final win over Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, Murray accelerated towards the finish line with some sublime play in the final set.


It was Cilic errors that led to the decisive break in game four, but they came amid a string of wonderful shots from Murray, who followed a deft backhand volley with a searing pass down the line in game five.


The Scot narrowly missed out on breaking again at 4-1 and 5-2, when he netted a backhand on his first match point, but his serve remained impregnable.


After denying his opponent a single break point in sets two or three, he moved to match point again with a forehand winner and took the title when Cilic put a forehand into the net.