Women's singles | |
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2014 Nottingham Challenge | |
Champion | Jarmila Gajdošová |
Runner-up | Timea Bacsinszky |
Final score | 6–2, 6–2 |
Elena Baltacha was the defending champion, having won the event in 2013, but retired at the end of the season [1] and died in May 2014 of liver cancer. [2]
Jarmila Gajdošová won the title, defeating Timea Bacsinszky in the final, 6–2, 6–2.
Semifinals | Final | ||||||||||||
Nicole Gibbs | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||
3 | Timea Bacsinszky | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
3 | Timea Bacsinszky | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
Q | Jarmila Gajdošová | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||
4 | Andrea Hlaváčková | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
Q | Jarmila Gajdošová | 6 | 6 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
1 | M Doi | 6 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
S Arvidsson | 3 | 5 | 1 | M Doi | 5 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | I Wallace | 2 | 2 | N Gibbs | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||
N Gibbs | 6 | 6 | N Gibbs | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | S Murray | 6 | 4 | 4 | L Tsurenko | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
L Tsurenko | 2 | 6 | 6 | L Tsurenko | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Bychkova | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | O Rogowska | 2 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
7 | O Rogowska | 3 | 6 | 6 | N Gibbs | 4 | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
3 | T Bacsinszky | 5 | 6 | 6 | 3 | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
N Burnett | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | T Bacsinszky | 4 | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
S Vogt | 4 | 6 | 61 | LL | K Kozlova | 6 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
LL | K Kozlova | 6 | 3 | 77 | 3 | T Bacsinszky | 6 | 3 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ç Büyükakçay | 6 | 2 | 4 | M Johansson | 2 | 6 | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | M Imanishi | 1 | 6 | 6 | Q | M Imanishi | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||
M Johansson | 6 | 6 | M Johansson | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
8 | S Zheng | 3 | 1 |
First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
6 | M Linette | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
WC | J Windley | 2 | 3 | 6 | M Linette | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | A Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | Q | A Kontaveit | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Brengle | 1 | 2 | Q | A Kontaveit | 77 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
P Parmentier | 1 | 3 | 4 | A Hlaváčková | 62 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
T Majerič | 6 | 6 | T Majerič | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
A Krunić | 1 | 2 | 4 | A Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
4 | A Hlaváčková | 6 | 6 | 4 | A Hlaváčková | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
5 | C Feuerstein | 2 | 4 | Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | O Jabeur | 6 | 6 | Q | O Jabeur | 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
WC | K Boulter | 6 | 6 | WC | K Boulter | 3 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
V Cepede Royg | 3 | 2 | Q | O Jabeur | 3 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||||
E Hozumi | 77 | 4 | 3 | Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||||
M Sirotkina | 64 | 6 | 6 | M Sirotkina | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Q | J Gajdošová | 77 | 6 | Q | J Gajdošová | 6 | 3 | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||
2 | A-L Friedsam | 63 | 4 |
Elena Sergeevna Baltacha was a Ukrainian-born British professional tennis player. Being a four-time winner of the AEGON Awards, she was also a long-term British No. 1, a position she held intermittently from 2002 to 2012. However, as a result of her absence from competition due to knee surgery, she dropped down the world rankings and at the time of her retirement on 18 November 2013, she was ranked as the world No. 221 and British No. 6. Her career-high ranking of world No. 49 was achieved in September 2010.
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