Manchester Open

The Manchester Open previously known as the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships, the Northern Championships, the Northern Tennis Tournament and the Manchester Trophy was a grass court tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club, in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, Great Britain. The tournament had been held annually from 1880 to 2009. Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.^[2][3][4][5] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the men's Grand Prix Tennis Tour.

History

Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.^[6][7][8][9] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships. From its inception until the end of the 1920s the location of the tournament alternated between Manchester and Liverpool.^[10] Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the men's Grand Prix Tennis Tour known throughout the 1980s as the Greater Manchester Grass Court Tennis Championships.^[11] In 1990 it became an ATP Tour event as part of the ATP International Series until 1994. In 1995 the tournament was moved to Nottingham and continued as an ATP World Series event. The current Manchester Trophy is part of the ATP Challenger Tour; throughout its history the event has been won by a number of Wimbledon champions such as Pete Sampras, who won his first grass court title there.^[12] The tournament ended in 2009.

Past finals

Singles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1880	Richard T. Richardson	Walter E. Fairlie	6–0, 6–3, 6–0
1881	Richard T. Richardson	John Comber	6–1, 6–1, 6–0
1882	Richard T. Richardson	Ernest Renshaw	6–1, 3–6, 5–7, 6–4, 11–9
1883	William Wilberforce	Champion Russell	6–1, 3–6, 6–1, 6–0
1884	Donald C. Stewart	William Wilberforce	5–7, 6–4, 6–4, 6–0
1885	James Dwight	Donald C. Stewart	6–2, 6–4, 6–4
1886	Harry Grove	James Dwight	6–4, 6–3, 6–1
1887	Harry Grove	David G. Chaytor	4–6, 6–2, 8–10, 6–4, 6–2
1888	Willoughby Hamilton	Harry Grove	6–1, 8–6, 6–1
1889	Willoughby Hamilton	Harold Mahony	6–3, 3–6, 6–1, 6–2
1890	Joshua Pim	Willoughby Hamilton	2–6, 6–8, 7–5, 7–5, 6–3
1891	Joshua Pim	Wilfred Baddeley	4–6, 8–6, 6–4, 7–5
1892	Joshua Pim	Harry S. Barlow	4–6, 6–1, 6–4, 6–4
1893	Joshua Pim	Harold Mahony	4–6, 6–3, 7–5, 6–2
1894	Wilfred Baddeley	Joshua Pim	4–6, 11–9, 4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1895	Wilfred Baddeley	Herbert Baddeley	6–8, 6–2, 6–4, 1–0 ret.
1896	Wilfred Baddeley	Harold Mahony	6–1, 10–12, 7–5, 6–4
1897	Wilfred Baddeley	Reginald Doherty	6–2, 7–5, 2–6, 6–0
1898	Laurence Doherty	Clarence Hobart	6–1, 6–1, 8–6
1899	Sydney H. Smith	Wilberforce Eaves	7–9, 6–3, 6–3, 8–6
1900	Sydney H. Smith	Edward R. Allen	6–3, 6–8, 6–4, 4–6, 6–2
1901	Sydney H. Smith	Wilberforce Eaves	10–12, 7–5, 6–2, 6–4
1902	Sydney H. Smith	Harold Mahony	7–5, 7–5, 3–6, 10–8
1903	Sydney H. Smith	Xenophon Casdagli	6–1, 6–3, 6–2
1904	Sydney H. Smith	Frank Riseley	6–2, 7–9, 2–6, 6–2, 6–2
1905	Sydney H. Smith	Frank Riseley	walkover
1906	Frank Riseley	Sydney H. Smith	4–6, 7–5, 6–1, 6–3
1907	Norman Brookes	Xenophon Casdagli	6–0, 6–2
1908	Arthur W. Gore	James Cecil Parke	6–3, 4–6, 6–1, 6–8, 6–4
1909	Robert Powell	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–4, 6–1, 6–4
1910	Beals Wright	James Cecil Parke	Divided Wright taking the cup
1911	James Cecil Parke	Stanley N. Doust	7–5, 5–7, 6–1, 6–0
1912	James Cecil Parke	Theodore Mavrogordato	6–3, 1–6, 6–3, 6–4
1913	James Cecil Parke	Anthony Wilding	6–2, 7–5, 6–8, 2–6, 7–5
1914	Theodore Mavrogordato	Alfred Dunlop	9–7, 8–6, 6–2
1915–1918	Not held (due to World War I)
1919	James Cecil Parke	George Dodd	0–6, 6–3, 9–7, 6–0
1920	Theodore Mavrogordato	Randolph Lycett	8–6, 6–2, 5–7, 3–0 ret.
1921	Randolph Lycett	Theodore Mavrogordato	8–6, 2–6, 6–4, 1–6, 6–4
1922	Ali-Hassan Fyzee	Louis Meldon	9–7, 6–4, 11–9
1923	John D. P. Wheatley	Maxwell Woosnam	6-3, 4-6, 9-7, 9-11, 6-2
1924	Samuel Ernest Charlton	William G. Ireland	10–8, 6–4, 4–6, 7–5
1925	Norman Dicks	Gerald R. Sherwell	6–1, 7–5, 2–6, 6–3
1926	Maxwell Woosnam	Douglas Hodges	7–9, 6–2, 6–2, 8–6
1927	Edwin D. McCrea	Douglas Hodges	4-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-2, 7-5
1928	John Olliff	Edwin D. McCrea	6–2, 3–6, 6–4, 6–4
1929	John Olliff	Charles Kingsley	2–6, 6–3, 6–4, 2–6, 14–12
1930	Henry Austin	John Olliff	8–6, 6–2, 6–4
1931	John Olliff	Nigel Sharpe	6–3, 3–6, 7–9, 6–3 ret.
1932	Eskell D. Andrews	Martin Wedd	6–2, 6–3
1933	Herby Aldred	J. Gilbert Hall	3–6, 6–2, 6–1
1934	George Lyttleton–Rogers	Camille Malfroy	6–4, 4–6, 6–4
1935	Jiro Yamagishi	George Lyttleton–Rogers	6–3, 8–6
1936	Charles Hare	David N. Jones	6–4, 5–7, 6–4
1937	George Lyttleton–Rogers	Norman Farquharson	6–4, 2–6, 6–4
1938	Jack Piercy	Clifford J. Hovell	6–4, 10–8
1939	Eric J. Filby	R. E. Burton	6–3, 6–4
1940–1945	Not held (due to World War II)
1946	Jack Harper	Derrick Barton	6–4, 6–1
1947	William Sidwell	Torsten Johansson	6–2, 6–3
1948	John Bromwich	Eric Sturgess	2–6, 6–2, 8–6
1949	Tony Mottram	Naresh Kumar	6–2, 6–2
1950	Geoffrey Brown	Sumant Misra	6–0, 6–2
1951	Gardnar Mulloy	Don Candy	6–4, 6–2
1952	Frank Sedgman	Don Candy	6–2, 4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1953	Mervyn Rose	Clive Wilderspin	4–6, 6–3, 6–0
1954	Ken Rosewall	Rex Hartwig	6–2, 6–1
1955	Hugh Stewart	Roger Becker	6–4, 3–6, 6–1
1956	Jaroslav Drobný	Lew Hoad	2–6, 6–3, 7–5
1957	Lew Hoad	Ramanathan Krishnan	6–2, 6–1
1958	Ramanathan Krishnan	Naresh Kumar	5-7, 6-3, 6-2
1959	Kurt Nielsen	Torben Ulrich	4–6, 6–3, 6–4
1960	Mark Otway	Martin Mulligan	3–6, 6–2, 7–5
1961	Mike Sangster	Luis Ayala	divided
1962	Mike Sangster	Billy Knight	10–12, 6–3, 6–4
1963	Mike Sangster	Tony Roche	19–17, 6–4
1964	Abandoned
1965	Tom Okker	Roger Taylor	7–5, 6–3
1966	John E. Barrett	Lew Gerrard	6–3, 6–3
1967	Owen Davidson	Ray Ruffels	6–1, 6–8, 6–4
Open era
1968	Ken Fletcher	Luis Ayala	6–3, 6–2
1969	Clark Graebner	Graham Stilwell	9–7, 3–6, 6–4
1970	Robert Lutz	Tom Gorman	6–2, 9–7
1971	Colin Dibley	Bob Hewitt	6–1, 6–4
1972	Thomaz Koch	Colin Dibley	6–2, 5–7, 6–4
1973	Sherwood Stewart	Richard Crealy	6-3, 6-4
1974	Jimmy Connors	Mike Collins	13–11, 6–2
1975	Not held
1976	Roscoe Tanner	Paul McNamee	6–3, 7–9, 12–10
1977	Billy Martin	Saeed Meer	6–2, 6–1
1978	Billy Martin	Chris Bradnam	9-8, 7-5
1979	Colin Dibley	Mark Cox	6–4, 6–4
1980	Roscoe Tanner	Stan Smith	6–3, 6–4
1981	Phil Dent	Brad Drewett	7-5, 6-1
1982	John McEnroe	Russell Simpson	6–3, 6–7, 10–8
1983	Tim Mayotte	Pat Du Pré	3-6, 6-4, 6-4
1984	Jeremy Bates	Jeff Turpin	6-4, 8-6
1985	Jeremy Bates	Dan Cassidy	6-4, 6-2
1986	Glenn Michibata
1987	Stefan Edberg	Kevin Curren	6–3, 6–4
1988	Stefan Edberg	Kevin Curren	6–3, 6–4
1989	Patrick Baur	Andrew Castle	6–4, 6–7, 7–5
1990	Pete Sampras	Gilad Bloom	7–6, 7–6
1991	Goran Ivanišević	Pete Sampras	6–4, 6–4
1992	Jacco Eltingh	MaliVai Washington	6–3, 6–4
1993	Jason Stoltenberg	Wally Masur	6–1, 6–3
1994	Patrick Rafter	Wayne Ferreira	7–6(7–5), 7–6(7–4)
1995	Chris Wilkinson	Christian Saceanu	6–4, 6–4
1996	Ben Ellwood	Fernon Wibier	6–4, 6–4
1997	Oscar Burrieza-Lopez	Stefano Pescosolido	7–6, 2–6, 6–1
1998	Chris Wilkinson	Stefano Pescosolido	6–3, 6–4
1999	Igor Gaudi	Neville Godwin	7–6, 6–2
2000	Mosé Navarra	Martin Lee	6–4, 6–3
2001	Jean-François Bachelot	Jamie Delgado	6–4, 6–4
2002	Vladimir Voltchkov	Karol Beck	6–4, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Nicolas Mahut	Gilles Elseneer	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2004	Alex Bogdanovic	Michal Mertiňák	6–1, 6–3
2005	Daniele Bracciali	Igor Zelenay	6–4, 6–4
2006	Harsh Mankad	Joshua Goodall	7–6(7–1), 7–6(7–4)
2007	Harel Levy	Travis Rettenmaier	6–2, 6–4
2008	Björn Rehnquist	Richard Bloomfield	7–6(10–8), 0–6, 6–3
2009	Olivier Rochus	Igor Sijsling	6–3, 4–6, 6–2
2010	Not held

Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
1990	Mark Kratzmann Jason Stoltenberg	Nick Brown Kelly Jones	6–3, 2–6, 6–4
1991	Omar Camporese Goran Ivanišević	Nick Brown Andrew Castle	6–4, 6–3
1992	Patrick Galbraith David Macpherson	Jeremy Bates Laurie Warder	4–6, 6–3, 6–2
1993	Ken Flach Rick Leach	Stefan Kruger Glenn Michibata	6–4, 6–1
1994	Rick Leach Danie Visser	Scott Davis Trevor Kronemann	6–4, 4–6, 7–6
1995	Tim Henman Mark Petchey	Massimo Bertolini Diego Nargiso	6–3, 6–4
1996	Max Mirnyi Lior Mor	Dick Norman Fernon Wibier	7–5, 7–6
1997	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	Noam Behr Filippo Veglio	6–3, 6–7, 7–6
1998	Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido	Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood	6–1, 6–7, 7–6
1999	Jeff Coetzee Neville Godwin	Jamie Delgado Martin Lee	6–4, 6–2
2000	Dejan Petrovic Andy Ram	Yves Allegro Ivo Heuberger	6–2, 7–6
2001	Ben Ellwood Fredrik Lovén	Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman	4–6, 7–5, 6–4
2002	Karol Beck Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	John Hui Anthony Ross	6–3, 7–6(7–2)
2003	Martin Lee Arvind Parmar	Dan Kiernan David Sherwood	6–3, 2–6, 6–2
2004	Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut	Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko	6–2, 6–4
2005	Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray	James Auckland Dan Kiernan	6–3, 6–2
2006	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	Chris Guccione Thomas Oger	3–6, 7–5, [10–5]
2007	Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi	Jesse Huta Galung Michael Ryderstedt	4–6, 6–3, [10–5]
2008	Adam Feeney Robert Smeets	Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh	6–3, 6–7(5–7), [10–6]
2009	Joshua Goodall Jonathan Marray	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–7(1–7), 6–3, [11–9]
2010	Not held

Notes

External links

• http://www.lta.org.uk/Manchester: Accessed 17/09/2011.
• The Northern Lawn Tennis Club Manchester: Accessed 17/09/2011.
• Championship Roll of Honour. Accessed 8/11/2011.