Nottingham Open

The Nottingham Open, originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887–1967),^[1] is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. After being discontinued in 2008, it was downgraded in 2011 to ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's Circuit. briefly re-established as an ATP World Tour 250 event on the men's tour in 2015 and 2016, before returning to a Challenger event in 2017, and since 2015 it has been an international event on the women's tour. The tournament is held in June as a "warm-up" for Wimbledon.

Nottingham Open
Tournament information
Event name	Nottingham Open presented by The Sunday Telegraph (2004) The 10tele.com Open (2005) Red letter DAYS Open (2006) Nature Valley Open The Nottingham Open (2007) The Slazenger Open (2008) Aegon Open Nottingham (2015-17) Nature Valley Open (2018-19) Viking Open (2021) Rothesay Open Nottingham (2022-)
Founded	1887; 136 years ago (1887) (men) 1887; 136 years ago (1887) (women)
Location	Nottingham United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Surface	Grass - outdoors
Website	lta.org.uk
Current champions (2023)
Men's singles	Andy Murray
Women's singles	Katie Boulter
Men's doubles	Jacob Fearnley Johannus Monday
Women's doubles	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger 125 Draw 32S / 16Q / 16D Prize money €145,000 (2023)
WTA Tour Category WTA 250 Draw 32S / 24Q / 16D Prize money US$259,303 (2023)

History

The event was founded in 1887 as the Nottingham Championships until 1967.^[2] At the start of the open era in 1968 it became part of the independent International Tennis Federation annual tour until 1973. In 1971 it was previously known as John Player Nottingham Tennis Tournament,^[3] John Player Open,^[4] Samsung Open, Aegon Open Nottingham and Nature Valley Open among other names. Originally a replacement of the Manchester Open and was part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from (1973–77), 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.^[5]

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".^[6] It was announced later in 2008 that Nottingham would host a new tennis event, the Aegon Nottingham Trophy, 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.^[6][7]

In 2015 Birmingham based company Eventmasters LTD^[8] 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
ATP Challenger Tour (2017–)
2023	Andy Murray	Arthur Cazaux	6–4, 6–4
2022	Dan Evans (2)	Jordan Thompson	6–4, 6–4
2021	Frances Tiafoe	Denis Kudla	6–1, 6–3
2020	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Dan Evans	Evgeny Donskoy	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2018	Alex de Minaur	Dan Evans	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
2017	Dudi Sela	Thomas Fabbiano	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
ATP Tour event (2015–2016)
2016	Steve Johnson	Pablo Cuevas	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
2015	Denis Istomin	Sam Querrey	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6)
ATP Challenger Tour (2011–2014)
2014	Nick Kyrgios	Samuel Groth	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(9–7)
2013	Steve Johnson	Ruben Bemelmans	7–5, 7–5
2012	Grega Žemlja	Karol Beck	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
2011	Dudi Sela	Jérémy Chardy	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2009- 2010	Not held
ATP Tour event (1970–2008)
2008	Ivo Karlović (2)	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 (2)	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 (2)	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–2
2002	Jonas Björkman (2)	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
1978-1994	not held
1977	No winner	Tim Gullikson   Jaime Fillol	abandoned ^[9]
1976	No winner	Jimmy Connors   Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6 1–1 abandoned
1975	Tom Okker	Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1974	Stan Smith (2)	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1973	Eric van Dillen	Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Geoff Masters	Premjit Lall	abandoned due to rain
1971	Jaime Fillol	Greg Perkins	6–2, 6–3
1970	Stan Smith	Chauncey Steele	6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
ATP Challenger Tour (2017–)
2023	Jacob Fearnley   Johannus Monday	Liam Broady   Jonny O'Mara	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), [10–7]
2022	Jonny O'Mara   Ken Skupski (3)	Julian Cash   Henry Patten	3–6, 6–2, [16–14]
2021	Matt Reid   Ken Skupski (2)	Matthew Ebden   John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
2020	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Santiago González   Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Gong Maoxin   Zhang Ze	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]
2018	Frederik Nielsen   Joe Salisbury	Austin Krajicek   Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
2017	Ken Skupski   Neal Skupski	Matt Reid   John-Patrick Smith	7–6^(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]
ATP Tour event (2015–2016)
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
ATP Challenger Tour (2011–2014)
2014	Rameez Junaid   Michael Venus	Ruben Bemelmans   Go Soeda	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–6]
2013	Sanchai Ratiwatana   Sonchat Ratiwatana	Purav Raja   Divij Sharan	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]
2012	Olivier Charroin   Martin Fischer	Evgeny Donskoy   Andrey Kuznetsov	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
2011	Rik de Voest   Adil Shamasdin	Treat Conrad Huey   Izak van der Merwe	6–3, 7–6^(11–9)
2009-2010	not held
ATP Tour event (1995–2008)
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 (2)   Andy Ram (2)	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 (2)	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 (2)   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 (2)   Justin Gimelstob (2)	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
2023	Katie Boulter	Jodie Burrage	6–3, 6–3
2022	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Alison Riske	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2021	Johanna Konta	Zhang Shuai	6–2, 6–1
2020	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Caroline Garcia	Donna Vekić	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
2018	Ashleigh Barty (2)	Johanna Konta	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2017	Donna Vekić	Johanna Konta	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
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  ↑
2014	Jarmila Gajdošová	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 6–2
2013	Elena Baltacha	Tadeja Majerič	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
2012	Ashleigh Barty	Tatjana Malek	6–1, 6–1
2011	Elena Baltacha	Petra Cetkovská	7–5, 6–3
↑  ITF Women's Circuit tournament  ↑
1974-2010	not held
1973	Billie Jean King (2)	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–4
1972	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	unfinished (rain)^[a]
1971	Julie Heldman	Barbara Hawcroft	6–4, 7–9, 6–3

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2023	Ulrikke Eikeri   Ingrid Neel	Harriet Dart   Heather Watson	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
2022	Beatriz Haddad Maia   Zhang Shuai	Caroline Dolehide   Monica Niculescu	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
2021	Lyudmyla Kichenok   Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Dolehide   Storm Sanders	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]
2020	cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019	Desirae Krawczyk   Giuliana Olmos	Ellen Perez   Arina Rodionova	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
2018	Alicja Rosolska   Abigail Spears (2)	Mihaela Buzărnescu   Heather Watson	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2017	Monique Adamczak   Storm Sanders	Jocelyn Rae   Laura Robson	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
2016	Andrea Hlaváčková   Peng Shuai	Gabriela Dabrowski   Yang Zhaoxuan	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  ↑
2014	Jarmila Gajdošová   Arina Rodionova	Verónica Cepede Royg   Stephanie Vogt	7–6^(7–0), 6–1
2013	Julie Coin   Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Julia Glushko   Erika Sema	6–2, 6–4
2012	Ashleigh Barty   Sally Peers	Réka-Luca Jani   Maria João Koehler	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
2011	Eva Birnerová   Petra Cetkovská	Regina Kulikova   Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 6–2
↑   ITF Women's Circuit Tournament  ↑
1974–2010	not held
1973	Rosie Casals   Billie Jean King	Chris Evert   Betty Stöve	6–2, 9–7

Source: LTA^[11]

Notes

1. This was a round robin event. King finished first and Goolagong second.^[10]

References

1. "The John Player Nottingham Tennis Tournament: Record of Winners Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887-1970)" (PDF). Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
2. Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7
3. Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7
4. "Nastase Stalled NOTTINGHAM, England (UPI)". 20 June 1976. The Hays Daily News. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
5. "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
6. "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
7. "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
8. Eventmasters LTD
9. "Gullikson-Fillol Player tennis final rained out again NOTTINGHAM. England". 14 June 1977. The Independent Newspaper Long Beach. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
10. John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780671216238.
11. "Rothesay Open Nottingham: History". lta.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

External links

• Nature Valley International – ATP tournament profile
• Nature Valley Open – WTA tournament profile
• at the Wayback Machine (archived November 25, 2014)
• Nature Valley Open – LTA tournament profile
• Official website