Manchester Trophy Challenger

This article is about the Challenger level event. For the main tour ATP event, see Manchester Open.

Manchester Trophy
Tournament information
Event name	Manchester Trophy
Location	Manchester, United Kingdom
Venue	Northern Lawn Tennis Club
Surface	Grass
Website	Official website
ATP Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money €42,500
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money $100,000

French Nicolas Mahut won his first Challenger title in Manchester in 2003

2008 Australian Open doubles champion Andy Ram titled in 2000 alongside Dejan Petrovic

Eventual British top tenner Tim Henman won the doubles event in 1995, partnering Mark Petchey

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.

External links

• The Northern Lawn Tennis Club.: Accessed: 17/09/2011.
• Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) official website