The Nottingham Trophy (formerly known as the Aegon Trophy) was an annual tennis tournament played in Nottingham, England. The tournament was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF Women's Circuit) as a $75,000 event. The tournament's key sponsor was Dutch insurance firm Aegon. The tournament was held at the end of May before the main tour's grass-court season starts.
In 2021, an ATP Challenger Tour and ITF Women's World Tennis Tour event was held in Nottingham, under the name Nottingham Trophy. This event was supposed to be held as the Ilkley Trophy, but moved to Nottingham due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Location The tournament was held annually at the Nottingham Tennis Centre within the University Park area of Nottingham.
History The city used to hold an ATP Tour event, the Nottingham Open; however, due to its failure to attract big names the tournament was merged with the women's Eastbourne International event in 2009. It was merged with Eastbourne due to the LTA wanting to attract an umbrella sponsor and a younger audience to Eastbourne. However, in December 2008, it was announced that Nottingham would take over from Surbiton in hosting the grass court ATP Challenger and ITF event. It started in 2009, replacing the Surbiton Trophy due to the renovation of the facilities that had been undertaken at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. The tournament moved back to Surbiton for the 2015 season. A new WTA International competition commenced on 8 June 2015 instead.
Past finals
Men's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2021 Alex Bolt Kamil Majchrzak 4–6, 6–4, 6–32015–2020 Not held 2014 Marcos Baghdatis Marinko Matosevic 6–4, 6–3 2013 Matthew Ebden Benjamin Becker 7–5, 4–6, 7–5 2012 Benjamin Becker Dmitry Tursunov 4–6, 6–1, 6–4 2011 Gilles Müller Matthias Bachinger 7–6(7–4), 6–2 2010 Ričardas Berankis Go Soeda 6–4, 6–4 2009 Brendan Evans Ilija Bozoljac 6–7(4–7), 6–4, 7–6(7–4)
Women's singles YearChampionRunner-upScore 2021 Alison Van Uytvanck Arina Rodionova 6–0, 6–42015–2020 Not held 2014 Kristýna Plíšková Zarina Diyas 6–2, 3–6, 6–4 2013 Petra Martić Karolína Plíšková 6–3, 6–3 2012 Urszula Radwańska Coco Vandeweghe 6–1, 4–6, 6–1 2011 Eleni Daniilidou Olga Govortsova 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 2010 Elena Baltacha Carly Gullickson 6–2, 6–2 2009 Maria Elena Camerin Stefanie Vögele 6–2, 4–6, 6–1
Men's doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2021 Marc Polmans Matt Reid Benjamin Bonzi Antoine Hoang 6–4, 4–6, [10–8]2015–2020 Not held 2014 Chris Guccione Rajeev Ram Colin Fleming Andre Sá 6–7(2–7), 6–2, [11–9] 2013 Jamie Murray John Peers Ken Skupski Neal Skupski 6–2, 6–7(3–7), [10–6] 2012 Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen 6–4, 6–7(9–11), [10–8] 2011 Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins Dustin Brown Martin Emmrich 4–6, 7–6(8–6), [13–11] 2010 Colin Fleming Ken Skupski Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky 7–6(7–3), 6–4 2009 Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky Colin Fleming Ken Skupski 6–4, 6–4
Women's doubles YearChampionsRunners-upScore 2021 Monica Niculescu Elena-Gabriela Ruse Priscilla Hon Storm Sanders 7–5, 7–52015–2020 Not held 2014 Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez 7–6(7–5), 4–6, [10–5] 2013 Maria Sanchez Nicola Slater Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman 4–6, 6–3, [10–8] 2012 Eleni Daniilidou Casey Dellacqua Laura Robson Heather Watson 6–4, 6–2 2011 Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears 6–4, 7–6(9–7) 2010 Sarah Borwell Raquel Kops-Jones Naomi Broady Katie O'Brien 6–3, 2–6, [10–7] 2009 Alexa Glatch Natalie Grandin Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara 6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
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