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Nottingham Open
Nottingham Open
Tournament information
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 Nottingham Challenge (2011–2014) ; Aegon Nottingham Open (2015–2017) ; Nature Valley Open (2018–19) ; Viking Open (2021) ; Rothesay Open Nottingham (2022–2024) ; Lexus Nottingham Open (2025–)
Founded	1887; 139 years ago (men) ; 1887; 139 years ago (women)
Location	Nottingham; United Kingdom
Venue	Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre
Surface	Grass – outdoors
Website	lta.org.uk
Current champions (2026)
Men's singles	Christopher O'Connell
Women's singles	Marie Bouzková
Men's doubles	Fernando Romboli ; Theodore Winegar
Women's doubles	Harriet Dart ; Maia Lumsden
Category
ATP Tour
Category	ATP Challenger 125
Draw	32S / 16Q / 16D
Prize money	€203,900 (2026)
Category
WTA Tour
Category	WTA 250
Draw	32S / 24Q / 16D
Prize money	US$283,347 (2026)

The Lexus Nottingham Open^[1] (originally known as the Nottingham Championships or Nottingham Lawn Tennis Tournament (1887–1967))^[2] is a professional tennis tournament held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Lexus Nottingham Tennis Centre. The tournament is held in June as a grass court warm-up for Wimbledon.

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 ATP Tour in 2015 and 2016, before returning to a Challenger event in 2017. Since 2015 it has been an WTA International event on the WTA Tour.^[1]

History

The event was founded in 1887 as the Nottingham Championships until 1967.^[3] 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,^[4] John Player Open,^[5] 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.^[6]

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".^[7] 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 completely 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.^[7]^[8]

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1970	Stan Smith	Chauncey Steele	6–3, 6–1
1971	Jaime Fillol	Greg Perkins	6–2, 6–3
1972	Geoff Masters	Premjit Lall	abandoned due to rain
1973	Eric van Dillen	Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1974	Stan Smith (2)	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1975	Tom Okker	Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1976	No winner	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6 1–1 abandoned
1977	No winner	Tim Gullikson Jaime Fillol	abandoned ^[9]
1978–1994	Cancelled without organisation
1995	Javier Frana	Todd Woodbridge	7–6^(7–4), 6–3
1996	Jan Siemerink	Sandon Stolle	6–3, 7–6^(7–0)
1997	Greg Rusedski	Karol Kučera	6–4, 7–5
1998	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black	6–3, 6–2
1999	Cédric Pioline	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
2000	Sébastien Grosjean	Byron Black	7–6^(9–7), 6–3
2001	Thomas Johansson	Harel Levy	7–5, 6–3
2002	Jonas Björkman (2)	Wayne Arthurs	6–2, 6–7^(5–7), 6–2
2003	Greg Rusedski (2)	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–2
2004	Paradorn Srichaphan	Thomas Johansson	1–6, 7–6^(7–4), 6–3
2005	Richard Gasquet	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
2006	Richard Gasquet (2)	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–3
2007	Ivo Karlović	Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2008	Ivo Karlović (2)	Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 6–7^(4–7), 7–6^(8–6)
ATP Tour event (1970–2008)
2009–2010	Cancelled without organisation
2011	Dudi Sela	Jérémy Chardy	6–4, 3–6, 7–5
2012	Grega Žemlja	Karol Beck	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 6–4
2013	Steve Johnson	Ruben Bemelmans	7–5, 7–5
2014	Nick Kyrgios	Samuel Groth	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(9–7)
ATP Challenger Tour (2011–2014)
2015	Denis Istomin	Sam Querrey	7–6^(7–1), 7–6^(8–6)
2016	Steve Johnson	Pablo Cuevas	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
ATP Tour event (2015–2016)
2017	Dudi Sela	Thomas Fabbiano	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2018	Alex de Minaur	Dan Evans	7–6^(7–4), 7–5
2019	Dan Evans	Evgeny Donskoy	7–6^(7–3), 6–3
2020	Completely cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Frances Tiafoe	Denis Kudla	6–1, 6–3
2022	Dan Evans (2)	Jordan Thompson	6–4, 6–4
2023	Andy Murray	Arthur Cazaux	6–4, 6–4
2024	Jacob Fearnley	Charles Broom	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2025	Marin Čilić	Shintaro Mochizuki	6–2, 6–3
2026	Christopher O'Connell	Otto Virtanen	7–6^(7–3), 7–6^(8–6)
ATP Challenger Tour (2017–present)

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1971	Julie Heldman	Barbara Hawcroft	6–4, 7–9, 6–3
1972	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	unfinished (rain)^[a]
1973	Billie Jean King (2)	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–4
1974–2010	Completely cancelled without organisation
↓ ITF Women's Circuit tournament ↓
2011	Elena Baltacha	Petra Cetkovská	7–5, 6–3
2012	Ashleigh Barty	Tatjana Malek	6–1, 6–1
2013	Elena Baltacha (2)	Tadeja Majerič	7–5, 7–6^(9–7)
2014	Jarmila Gajdošová	Timea Bacsinszky	6–2, 6–2
↓ WTA International tournament ↓
2015	Ana Konjuh	Monica Niculescu	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
2016	Karolína Plíšková	Alison Riske	7–6^(10–8), 7–5
2017	Donna Vekić	Johanna Konta	2–6, 7–6^(7–3), 7–5
2018	Ashleigh Barty (2)	Johanna Konta	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2019	Caroline Garcia	Donna Vekić	2–6, 7–6^(7–4), 7–6^(7–4)
2020	Completely cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Johanna Konta	Zhang Shuai	6–2, 6–1
2022	Beatriz Haddad Maia	Alison Riske	6–4, 1–6, 6–3
2023	Katie Boulter	Jodie Burrage	6–3, 6–3
2024	Katie Boulter (2)	Karolína Plíšková	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
2025	McCartney Kessler	Dayana Yastremska	6–4, 7–5
2026	Marie Bouzková	Emma Navarro	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, 6–2

Men's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1995	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–2, 6–4
1996	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1997	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1998	Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
1999	Patrick Galbraith (2) Justin Gimelstob (2)	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
2000	Piet Norval Donald Johnson	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
2001	Donald Johnson (2) Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
2002	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan (2)	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	7–6^(7–3), 4–6, 7–6^(7–4)
2004	Paul Hanley Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	6–4, 6–3
2005	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2006	Jonathan Erlich (2) Andy Ram (2)	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 6–2
2007	Jamie Murray Eric Butorac	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4–6, 6–3, 10–5
2008	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6^(7–5)
ATP Tour event (1995–2008)
2009–2010	Tournaments cancelled without organisation
2011	Rik de Voest Adil Shamasdin	Treat Conrad Huey Izak van der Merwe	6–3, 7–6^(11–9)
2012	Olivier Charroin Martin Fischer	Evgeny Donskoy Andrey Kuznetsov	6–4, 7–6^(8–6)
2013	Sanchai Ratiwatana Sonchat Ratiwatana	Purav Raja Divij Sharan	7–6^(7–5), 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]
2014	Rameez Junaid Michael Venus	Ruben Bemelmans Go Soeda	4–6, 7–6^(7–1), [10–6]
ATP Challenger Tour (2011–2014)
2015	Chris Guccione André Sá	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–2, 7–5
2016	Dominic Inglot Daniel Nestor	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–5, 7–6^(7–4)
ATP Tour event (2015–2016)
2017	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	7–6^(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]
2018	Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury	Austin Krajicek Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	7–6^(7–5), 6–1
2019	Santiago González Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Gong Maoxin Zhang Ze	4–6, 7–6^(7–5), [10–5]
2020	Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Matt Reid Ken Skupski (2)	Matthew Ebden John-Patrick Smith	4–6, 7–5, [10–6]
2022	Jonny O'Mara Ken Skupski (3)	Julian Cash Henry Patten	3–6, 6–2, [16–14]
2023	Jacob Fearnley Johannus Monday	Liam Broady Jonny O'Mara	6–3, 6–7^(6–8), [10–7]
2024	John Peers Marcus Willis	Harold Mayot Luke Saville	6–1, 6–7^(1–7), [10–7]
2025	Santiago González (2) Austin Krajicek	Fernando Romboli John-Patrick Smith	7–6^(7–2), 6–4
2026	Fernando Romboli Theodore Winegar	Mac Kiger Reese Stalder	6–3, 6–4
ATP Challenger Tour (2017–present)

Women's doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1973	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6–2, 9–7
1974–2010	Cancelled without organisation
↓ ITF Women's Circuit tournament ↓
2011	Eva Birnerová Petra Cetkovská	Regina Kulikova Evgeniya Rodina	6–3, 6–2
2012	Ashleigh Barty Sally Peers	Réka Luca Jani Maria João Koehler	7–6^(7–2), 3–6, [10–5]
2013	Julie Coin Stéphanie Foretz Gacon	Julia Glushko Erika Sema	6–2, 6–4
2014	Jarmila Gajdošová Arina Rodionova	Verónica Cepede Royg Stephanie Vogt	7–6^(7–0), 6–1
↓ WTA International tournament ↓
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
2016	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2017	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	Jocelyn Rae Laura Robson	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
2018	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears (2)	Mihaela Buzărnescu Heather Watson	6–3, 7–6^(7–5)
2019	Desirae Krawczyk Giuliana Olmos	Ellen Perez Arina Rodionova	7–6^(7–5), 7–5
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021	Lyudmyla Kichenok Makoto Ninomiya	Caroline Dolehide Storm Sanders	6–4, 6–7^(3–7), [10–8]
2022	Beatriz Haddad Maia Zhang Shuai	Caroline Dolehide Monica Niculescu	7–6^(7–2), 6–3
2023	Ulrikke Eikeri Ingrid Neel	Harriet Dart Heather Watson	7–6^(8–6), 5–7, [10–8]
2024	Gabriela Dabrowski Erin Routliffe	Harriet Dart Diane Parry	5–7, 6–3, [11–9]
2025	Beatriz Haddad Maia (2) Laura Siegemund	Anna Danilina Ena Shibahara	6–3, 6–2
2026	Harriet Dart Maia Lumsden	Shuko Aoyama Chan Hao-ching	6–3, 6–4

Source: LTA^[11]

Notes

↑ This was a round robin event. King finished first and Goolagong second.^[10]

References

1 2 "LTA and Lexus extend their partnership to cover tournaments at Nottingham and Eastbourne". 17 February 2025.
↑ "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.
1 2 "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.
↑ "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

Nottingham | Overview | WTA Tour | Tennis
Nottingham | Overview | ATP Tour | Tennis
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

52°56′6″N 1°11′26″W / 52.93500°N 1.19056°W / 52.93500; -1.19056

[roundrobin-11] This was a round robin event. King finished first and Goolagong second.^[10]

[LexusGrass-1] 1 2 "LTA and Lexus extend their partnership to cover tournaments at Nottingham and Eastbourne". 17 February 2025.

[2] "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.

[3] Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7

[4] Nottingham Castle LTC. Notts Lawn Tennis Association. 7 June 1971. pp. 1–7

[The_Hays_Daily_News-5] "Nastase Stalled NOTTINGHAM, England (UPI)". 20 June 1976. The Hays Daily News. 20 June 1976. Retrieved 21 March 2015.

[6] "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 8 April 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2008.

[Anger-7] 1 2 "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 9 April 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.

[8] "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 11 December 2008. Retrieved 16 December 2008.

[9] "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.

[wot1973-10] John Barrett, ed. (1973). World of Tennis '73 : a BP and Commercial Union yearbook. London: Queen Anne Press. p. 283. ISBN 9780671216238.

[12] "Rothesay Open Nottingham: History". lta.org.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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