Nottingham Open

Nottingham Open
Tournament information
Event name	Aegon Open Nottingham
Founded	1970 (men) / 1971 (women)
Location	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Surface	Grass / Outdoors
ATP World Tour Category ATP World Tour 250 series Draw 48S/32Q/16D Prize money €644,065
WTA Tour Category WTA International tournaments Draw 32S/32Q/16D Prize money $250,000

Nottingham Open, officially named for sponsorship reasons Aegon Open Nottingham, is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom. After being discontinued in 2008, it has been re-established as from the 2015 season as an ATP World Tour 250 event on the men's tour and an international event on the women's tour, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. The tournament is held in June as a preparation before the third Grand Slam event of the season, the oldest and widely considered the most prestigious tennis tournament, The Championships, Wimbledon.

History

The event was previously known as John Player Tournament, John Player Open,^[1] Slazenger Nottingham Open, Red Letter Days Open, Samsung Open and 10tele.com Open. Originally a replacement of the Manchester Open and part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from (1970–89), it was also a Grand Prix Super Series prestigious event (1974–75), which was discontinued after the 2008 edition, and the International Women's Open at Eastbourne became a combined event for both male and female players.^[2]

Nottingham City Council bosses announced their "extreme disappointment" at having Nottingham Open removed from the ATP Tour. The event had, according to the council, been partly responsible for stimulating interest in tennis in Nottingham. Roger Draper, the head of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) responded by saying that the changes would introduce tennis to a "new audience".^[3] It was announced later in 2008 that Nottingham would host a new tennis event, the Aegon Nottingham Challenge, in lieu of The Surbiton Trophy, which was cancelled, in 2009. The new event was an ATP Challenger Series event, one level lower than the main ATP Tour. The Nottingham Tennis Centre, which had hosted the Open, had undergone refurbishments costing £735,000 in 2008, and councillor Dave Trimble called it "great news" to have a new tennis event in the city.^[3][4]

In 2015 Birmingham based company Eventmasters LTD^[5] were appointed by the LTA to promote official hospitality at both the WTA ATP Open events transforming part of the indoor court area into the Sherwood Suite.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Steve Johnson	Pablo Cuevas	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
2015	Denis Istomin	Sam Querrey	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6)
2011–14	Challenger Tournament
2009–10	Not held
2008	Ivo Karlović	Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6)
2007	Ivo Karlović	Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	Richard Gasquet	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–3
2005	Richard Gasquet	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
2004	Paradorn Srichaphan	Thomas Johansson	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2003	Greg Rusedski	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–2
2002	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Arthurs	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
2001	Thomas Johansson	Harel Levy	7–5, 6–3
2000	Sébastien Grosjean	Byron Black	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
1999	Cédric Pioline	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
1998	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black	6–3, 6–2
1997	Greg Rusedski	Karol Kučera	6–4, 7–5
1996	Jan Siemerink	Sandon Stolle	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
1995	Javier Frana	Todd Woodbridge	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
1978–94	Not held
1977	Tim Gullikson	Jaime Fillol	abandoned [6]
1976	Jimmy Connors	Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6 [1]
1975	Tom Okker	Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1974	Stan Smith	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1973	Eric van Dillen	Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Geoffrey Masters	Premjit Lall	abandoned due to rain
1971	Jaime Fillol	Greg Perkins	6–2, 6–3
1970	Andrew Smith	Chauncey Steele	6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Dominic Inglot Daniel Nestor	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
2015	Chris Guccione André Sá	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–2, 7–5
2011–14	Challenger Tournament
2009–10	Not held
2008	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
2007	Jamie Murray Eric Butorac	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4–6, 6–3, 10–5
2006	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 6–2
2005	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2004	Paul Hanley Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	6–4, 6–3
2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2002	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2001	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
2000	Piet Norval Donald Johnson	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1999	Patrick Galbraith Justin Gimelstob	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1998	Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
1997	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1995	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Karolína Plíšková	Alison Riske	7–6^(10–8), 7–5
2015	Ana Konjuh	Monica Niculescu	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
↑  WTA International tournament  ↑
2011–14	ITF Tournament
1974–2010	Not held
1973	Billie Jean King (2)	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–4
1972	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	rain prevented play
1971	Julie Heldman	Barbara Hawcroft	6-4, 7-9, 6-3

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2016	Andrea Hlaváčková Shuai Peng	Gabriela Dabrowski Zhaoxuan Yang	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
↑  WTA International tournament  ↑
2011–14	ITF Tournament
1974–2010	Not held
1973	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6–2, 9–7

References

1. "Nastase Stalled NOTTINGHAM, England (UPI)". 20 June 1976. The Hays Daily News. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
2. "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
3. "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
4. "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
5. Eventmasters LTD
6. "Gullikson-Fillol Player tennis final rained out again NOTTINGHAM. England". 14 June 1977. The Independent Newspaper Long Beach. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

External links

• Aegon Nottingham Open – ATP tournament profile
• Aegon Nottingham Open – WTA tournament profile
• Aegon Nottingham Open – LTA tournament profile
• Official website