Manchester Trophy Challenger

Manchester Trophy
Tournament information
Event nameManchester Trophy
LocationManchester, United Kingdom
VenueNorthern Lawn Tennis Club
SurfaceGrass
WebsiteOfficial website
ATP Tour
CategoryATP Challenger Tour
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money€42,500
WTA Tour
CategoryITF Women's Circuit
Draw32S / 32Q / 16D
Prize money$100,000

The Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played in the United Kingdom on outdoor grass courts. It was previously part of the ATP Challenger Tour and now currently part of the ITF Women's Circuit. It had been held annually at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, England since 1995. The original defunct tournament, the Manchester Open, began in 1880 as the prestigious Northern Championships and continued until the event became a lower level Challenger tournament in 1995. The Challenger event ended in 2009, but was revived in 2015. The men's tournament was discontinued after the 2016 edition while the women's tournament was established in 2017 and ended in 2019.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2016 Dustin Brown Lu Yen-hsun 7–6(7–5), 6–1
2015 Sam Groth Luke Saville 7–5, 6–1[1]
2010–
2014
Not held
2009 Olivier Rochus Igor Sijsling 6–3, 4–6, 6–2
2008 Björn Rehnquist Richard Bloomfield 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–3
2007 Harel Levy Travis Rettenmaier 6–2, 6–4[2]
2006 Harsh Mankad Joshua Goodall 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4)
2005 Daniele Bracciali Igor Zelenay 6–4, 6–4
2004 Alex Bogdanovic Michal Mertiňák 6–1, 6–3
2003 Nicolas Mahut Gilles Elseneer 6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2002 Vladimir Voltchkov Karol Beck 6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2001 Jean-François Bachelot Jamie Delgado 6–4, 6–4
2000 Mosé Navarra Martin Lee 6–4, 6–3
1999 Igor Gaudi Neville Godwin 7–6, 6–2
1998 Chris Wilkinson Stefano Pescosolido 6–3, 6–4
1997 Oscar Burrieza-Lopez Stefano Pescosolido 7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1996 Ben Ellwood Fernon Wibier 6–4, 6–4
1995 Chris Wilkinson Christian Saceanu 6–4, 6–4

Women's singles

Year Champion Runner-up Score
2020
Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Magda Linette Zarina Diyas 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–3
2018 Ons Jabeur Sara Sorribes Tormo 6–2, 6–1
2017 Zarina Diyas Aleksandra Krunić 6–4, 6–4

Men's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2016 Purav Raja
Divij Sharan
Ken Skupski
Neal Skupski
6–3, 3–6, [11–9]
2015 Chris Guccione
André Sá
Raven Klaasen
Rajeev Ram
walkover
2010–
2014
Not held
2009 Joshua Goodall
Jonathan Marray
Colin Fleming
Ken Skupski
6–7(1–7), 6–3, 11–9
2008 Adam Feeney
Robert Smeets
Harsh Mankad
Ashutosh Singh
6–3, 6–7(5–7), 10–6
2007 Rohan Bopanna
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Jesse Huta Galung
Michael Ryderstedt
4–6, 6–3, 10–5
2006 Joshua Goodall
Ross Hutchins
Chris Guccione
Thomas Oger
3–6, 7–5, 10–5
2005 Mark Hilton
Jonathan Marray
James Auckland
Dan Kiernan
6–3, 6–2
2004 Jean-François Bachelot
Nicolas Mahut
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
Lovro Zovko
6–2, 6–4
2003 Martin Lee
Arvind Parmar
Dan Kiernan
David Sherwood
6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2002 Karol Beck
Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi
John Hui
Anthony Ross
6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2001 Ben Ellwood
Fredrik Lovén
Wesley Moodie
Shaun Rudman
4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2000 Dejan Petrovic
Andy Ram
Yves Allegro
Ivo Heuberger
6–2, 7–6
1999 Jeff Coetzee
Neville Godwin
Jamie Delgado
Martin Lee
6–4, 6–2
1998 Mosé Navarra
Stefano Pescosolido
Wayne Arthurs
Ben Ellwood
6–1, 6–7, 7–6
1997 Mark Petchey
Danny Sapsford
Noam Behr
Filippo Veglio
6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1996 Max Mirnyi
Lior Mor
Dick Norman
Fernon Wibier
7–5, 7–6
1995 Tim Henman
Mark Petchey
Massimo Bertolini
Diego Nargiso
6–3, 6–4

Women's doubles

Year Champions Runners-up Score
2020
Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2019 Duan Yingying
Zhu Lin
Robin Anderson
Laura Ioana Paar
6–4, 6–3
2018 Luksika Kumkhum
Prarthana Thombare
Naomi Broady
Asia Muhammad
7–6(7–5), 6–3
2017 Magdalena Fręch
An-Sophie Mestach
Chang Kai-chen
Marina Erakovic
6–4, 7–6(7–5)

References

  1. ^ Schlink, Leo (8 June 2015). "Aegon Manchester Trophy: Sam Groth eyes more grasscourt success after Challenger win". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 22 November 2024.
  2. ^ Sinai, Allon (23 July 2007). "Tennis: Dudi Sela, Harel Levy win first titles". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 22 November 2024.