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.
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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 (2011–2017) Nature Valley Open (2018–19) Viking Open (2021) Rothesay Open Nottingham (2022–present) | ||||||||
Founded | 1887 1887 (women) | (men) ||||||||
Location | Nottingham United Kingdom | ||||||||
Venue | Nottingham Tennis Centre | ||||||||
Surface | Grass - outdoors | ||||||||
Website | lta.org.uk | ||||||||
Current champions (2024) | |||||||||
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History
editThe 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
editMen's singles
editMen's doubles
editWomen's singles
editYear | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2024 | Katie Boulter (2) | Karolína Plíšková | 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 |
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 |
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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
editSource: LTA[11]
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7
- ^ Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7
- ^ "Nastase Stalled NOTTINGHAM, England (UPI)". 20 June 1976. The Hays Daily News. 20 June 1976. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.
- ^ a b "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.
- ^ Eventmasters LTD
- ^ "Gullikson-Fillol Player tennis final rained out again NOTTINGHAM. England". 14 June 1977. The Independent Newspaper Long Beach. 14 June 1977. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ^ John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780671216238.
- ^ "Rothesay Open Nottingham: History". lta.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
External links
edit- Nature Valley International – ATP tournament profile
- Nature Valley Open – WTA tournament profile
- Aegon Nottingham Challenge at the Wayback Machine (archived November 25, 2014)
- Nature Valley Open – LTA tournament profile
- Official website
- Men's ITF search
- Women's ITF search