Manchester Trophy | |||||||||
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Tournament information | |||||||||
Event name | Manchester Trophy | ||||||||
Location | Manchester, United Kingdom | ||||||||
Venue | Northern Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||
Surface | Grass | ||||||||
Website | Official website | ||||||||
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The Manchester Trophy was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was previously part of the ATP Challenger Tour and now currently part of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is 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.
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2016 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–1 |
2015 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–5, 6–1 |
2010– 2014 | Not held | ||
2009 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 4–6, 6–2 |
2008 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–3 |
2007 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–4 |
2006 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4) |
2005 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
2004 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–1, 6–3 |
2003 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 7–6(7–5) |
2002 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(7–2) |
2001 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
2000 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
1999 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6, 6–2 |
1998 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–3, 6–4 |
1997 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6, 2–6, 6–1 |
1996 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
1995 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2019 | ![]() | ![]() | 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–3 |
2018 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–2, 6–1 |
2017 | ![]() | ![]() | 6–4, 6–4 |
Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
2019 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 6–3 |
2018 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
2017 | ![]() ![]() | ![]() ![]() | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |
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