Nottingham Open
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 a 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), it 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 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 |
| 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 [5] |
| 1976 | Jimmy Connors | .svg.png) 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 | .svg.png) Frew McMillan | 3–6, 6–1, 6–1 |
| 1972 | Geoffrey Masters |  Premjit Lall | abandoned Rain |
| 1971 | Jaime Fillol | Greg Perkins | 6–2, 6–3 |
| 1970 | Andrew Smith | Chauncey Steele | 6–3, 6–1 |
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Men's doubles
| Year |
Champion |
Runner-up |
Score |
| 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
Women's doubles
References
- 1 2 "Nastase Stalled NOTTINGHAM, England (UPI)". 20 June 1976. The Hays Daily News. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 2008-04-08. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
- 1 2 "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 2008-04-09. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ↑ "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 2008-12-11. Retrieved 2008-12-16.
- ↑ "Gullikson-Fillol Player tennis final rained out again NOTTINGHAM. England". 14 June 1977. The Independent Newspaper Long Beach. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
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