Manchester Trophy Challenger

This article is about the Challenger level event. For the main tour ATP event, see Manchester Open.
Aegon Manchester Trophy
2016 Aegon Manchester Trophy
ATP Challenger Tour
Event name Manchester
Location Manchester, England, United Kingdom
Category ATP Challenger Tour
Surface Grass
Draw 32S/32Q/16D
Prize money €42,500
Website Website
French Nicolas Mahut won his first Challenger title in Manchester in 2003
2008 Australian Open doubles champion Andy Ram titled in 2000 alongside Dejan Petrovic
Eventual British top tenner Tim Henman won the doubles event in 1995, partnering Mark Petchey

The Manchester Trophy (also known as the Aegon Manchester Trophy) is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour. It is held annually at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, England, United Kingdom, since 1995. The original defunct tournament, the Manchester Open, began in 1880 and continued until the event became a lower level Challenger tournament in 1995. The Challenger level event ended in 2009, but was revived in 2015.

Past finals

Singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2015 Australia Sam Groth Australia Luke Saville 7–5, 6–1
2010–2014 Not Held
2009 Belgium Olivier Rochus Netherlands Igor Sijsling 63, 46, 62
2008 Sweden Björn Rehnquist United Kingdom Richard Bloomfield 76(8), 06, 63
2007 Israel Harel Levy United States Travis Rettenmaier 62, 64
2006 India Harsh Mankad United Kingdom Joshua Goodall 76(1), 76(4)
2005 Italy Daniele Bracciali Slovakia Igor Zelenay 64, 64
2004 United Kingdom Alex Bogdanovic Slovakia Michal Mertiňák 61, 63
2003 France Nicolas Mahut Belgium Gilles Elseneer 63, 76(5)
2002 Belarus Vladimir Voltchkov Slovakia Karol Beck 64, 76(2)
2001 France Jean-François Bachelot United Kingdom Jamie Delgado 64, 64
2000 Italy Mose Navarra United Kingdom Martin Lee 64, 63
1999 Italy Igor Gaudi South Africa Neville Godwin 76, 62
1998 United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson Italy Stefano Pescosolido 63, 64
1997 Spain Oscar Burrieza-Lopez Italy Stefano Pescosolido 76, 26, 61
1996 Australia Ben Ellwood Netherlands Fernon Wibier 64, 64
1995 United Kingdom Chris Wilkinson Germany Christian Saceanu 64, 64

Doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2015 Australia Chris Guccione
Brazil André Sá
South Africa Raven Klaasen
United States Rajeev Ram
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2010–2014 Not Held
2009 United Kingdom Joshua Goodall
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom Colin Fleming
United Kingdom Ken Skupski
67(1), 63, 119
2008 Australia Adam Feeney
Australia Robert Smeets
India Harsh Mankad
India Ashutosh Singh
63, 67(5), 106
2007 India Rohan Bopanna
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Netherlands Jesse Huta Galung
Sweden Michael Ryderstedt
46, 63, 105
2006 United Kingdom Joshua Goodall
United Kingdom Ross Hutchins
Australia Chris Guccione
France Thomas Oger
36, 75, 105
2005 United Kingdom Mark Hilton
United Kingdom Jonathan Marray
United Kingdom James Auckland
United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan
63, 62
2004 France Jean-François Bachelot
France Nicolas Mahut
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Croatia Lovro Zovko
62, 64
2003 United Kingdom Martin Lee
United Kingdom Arvind Parmar
United Kingdom Daniel Kiernan
United Kingdom David Sherwood
63, 26, 62
2002 Slovakia Karol Beck
Pakistan Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Hong Kong John Hui
Australia Anthony Ross
63, 76(2)
2001 Australia Ben Ellwood
Sweden Fredrik Loven
South Africa Wesley Moodie
South Africa Shaun Rudman
46, 75, 64
2000 Australia Dejan Petrovic
Israel Andy Ram
Switzerland Yves Allegro
Switzerland Ivo Heuberger
62, 76
1999 South Africa Jeff Coetzee
South Africa Neville Godwin
United Kingdom Jamie Delgado
United Kingdom Martin Lee
64, 62
1998 Italy Mose Navarra
Italy Stefano Pescosolido
Australia Wayne Arthurs
Australia Bel Ellwood
61, 67, 76
1997 United Kingdom Mark Petchey
United Kingdom Danny Sapsford
Israel Noam Behr
Switzerland Filippo Veglio
63, 67, 76
1996 Belarus Max Mirnyi
Israel Lior Mor
Belgium Dick Norman
Netherlands Fernon Wibier
75, 76
1995 United Kingdom Tim Henman
United Kingdom Mark Petchey
Italy Massimo Bertolini
Italy Diego Nargiso
63, 64

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