Nottingham Open

Nottingham Open
Tournament information
Event name	Nature Valley Open
Founded	1970 (1970) (men) 1971 (1971) (women)
Location	Nottingham United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Surface	Grass - outdoors
Website	lta.org.uk
Current champions (2018)
Men's singles	Alex de Minaur
Women's singles	Ashleigh Barty
Men's doubles	Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury
Women's doubles	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears
ATP World Tour Category ATP World Tour 250 series (2015-2016)
WTA Tour Category WTA International tournaments Draw 32S / 32Q / 16D Prize money US$226,750 (2017)

Nottingham Open, officially named Nature Valley Open for sponsorship reasons, is a tennis tournament for men and women held in Nottingham, United Kingdom, played on outdoor grass courts at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. After being discontinued in 2008, it was briefly re-established as an ATP World Tour 250 event on the men's tour in 2015 & 2016, before being downgraded to a Challenger event in 2017, and an international event on the women's tour. The tournament is held in June as a preparation before the third Grand Slam event of the season, the oldest and widely considered the most prestigious tennis tournament, The Championships, Wimbledon.

History

The event was previously known as John Player Tournament, John Player Open,^[1] Slazenger Nottingham Open, Red Letter Days Open, Samsung Open, 10tele.com Open and Aegon Open Nottingham. Originally a replacement of the Manchester Open and part of the Grand Prix tennis circuit from (1970–89), 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.^[2]

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".^[3] It was announced later in 2008 that Nottingham would host a new tennis event, the Aegon Nottingham Challenge, in lieu of The Surbiton Trophy, which was 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.^[3][4]

In 2015 Birmingham based company Eventmasters LTD^[5] were appointed by the LTA to promote official hospitality at both the WTA ATP Open events transforming part of the indoor court area into the Sherwood Suite.

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Alex de Minaur	Dan Evans	7–6(7–4), 7–5
2017	Dudi Sela	Thomas Fabbiano	4–6, 6–4, 6–3
2017–	Challenger Tournament
2016	Steve Johnson	Pablo Cuevas	7–6(7–5), 7–5
2015	Denis Istomin	Sam Querrey	7–6(7–1), 7–6(8–6)
2009–14	Not held
2008	Ivo Karlović (2)	Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 6–7(4–7), 7–6(8–6)
2007	Ivo Karlović	Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	Richard Gasquet (2)	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–3
2005	Richard Gasquet	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
2004	Paradorn Srichaphan	Thomas Johansson	1–6, 7–6(7–4), 6–3
2003	Greg Rusedski (2)	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–2
2002	Jonas Björkman (2)	Wayne Arthurs	6–2, 6–7(5–7), 6–2
2001	Thomas Johansson	Harel Levy	7–5, 6–3
2000	Sébastien Grosjean	Byron Black	7–6(9–7), 6–3
1999	Cédric Pioline	Kevin Ullyett	6–3, 7–5
1998	Jonas Björkman	Byron Black	6–3, 6–2
1997	Greg Rusedski	Karol Kučera	6–4, 7–5
1996	Jan Siemerink	Sandon Stolle	6–3, 7–6(7–0)
1995	Javier Frana	Todd Woodbridge	7–6(7–4), 6–3
1978–94	Not held
1977	No Winner	Tim Gullikson Jaime Fillol	abandoned [6]
1976	No Winner	Jimmy Connors Ilie Năstase	6–2, 4–6 1–1 Match Abandoned
1975	Tom Okker	Tony Roche	6–1, 3–6, 6–3
1974	Stan Smith (2)	Alex Metreveli	6–3, 1–6, 6–3
1973	Eric van Dillen	Frew McMillan	3–6, 6–1, 6–1
1972	Geoffrey Masters	Premjit Lall	abandoned due to rain
1971	Jaime Fillol	Greg Perkins	6–2, 6–3
1970	Stan Smith	Chauncey Steele	6–3, 6–1

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Frederik Nielsen Joe Salisbury	Austin Krajicek Jeevan Nedunchezhiyan	7–6(7–5), 6–1
2017	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	Matt Reid John-Patrick Smith	7–6(7–1), 2–6, [10–7]
2016	Dominic Inglot Daniel Nestor	Ivan Dodig Marcelo Melo	7–5, 7–6(7–4)
2015	Chris Guccione André Sá	Pablo Cuevas David Marrero	6–2, 7–5
2011–14	Challenger Tournament
2009–10	Not held
2008	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6(7–5)
2007	Jamie Murray Eric Butorac	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4–6, 6–3, 10–5
2006	Jonathan Erlich (2) Andy Ram (2)	Igor Kunitsyn Dmitry Tursunov	6–3, 6–2
2005	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	Simon Aspelin Todd Perry	4–6, 6–3, 7–5
2004	Paul Hanley Todd Woodbridge	Rick Leach Brian MacPhie	6–4, 6–3
2003	Bob Bryan Mike Bryan (2)	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	7–6(7–3), 4–6, 7–6(7–4)
2002	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6(7–3), 6–4
2001	Donald Johnson (2) Jared Palmer	Paul Hanley Andrew Kratzmann	6–4, 6–2
2000	Piet Norval Donald Johnson	Ellis Ferreira Rick Leach	1–6, 6–4, 6–3
1999	Patrick Galbraith (2) Justin Gimelstob (2)	Marius Barnard Brent Haygarth	5–7, 7–5, 6–3
1998	Justin Gimelstob Byron Talbot	Sébastien Lareau Daniel Nestor	7–5, 6–7, 6–4
1997	Ellis Ferreira Patrick Galbraith	Danny Sapsford Chris Wilkinson	4–6, 7–6, 7–6
1996	Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford	Neil Broad Piet Norval	6–7, 7–6, 6–4
1995	Luke Jensen Murphy Jensen	Patrick Galbraith Danie Visser	6–2, 6–4

Women's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Ashleigh Barty	Johanna Konta	6–3, 3–6, 6–4
2017	Donna Vekić	Johanna Konta	2–6, 7–6(7–3), 7–5
2016	Karolína Plíšková	Alison Riske	7–6(10–8), 7–5
2015	Ana Konjuh	Monica Niculescu	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
↑  WTA International tournament  ↑
2011–14	ITF Tournament
1974–2010	Not held
1973	Billie Jean King (2)	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–4
1972	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	rain prevented play
1971	Julie Heldman	Barbara Hawcroft	6-4, 7-9, 6-3

Women's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2018	Alicja Rosolska Abigail Spears (2)	Mihaela Buzărnescu Heather Watson	6–3, 7–6(7–5)
2017	Monique Adamczak Storm Sanders	Jocelyn Rae Laura Robson	6–4, 4–6, [10–4]
2016	Andrea Hlaváčková Peng Shuai	Gabriela Dabrowski Yang Zhaoxuan	7–5, 3–6, [10–7]
2015	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	3–6, 6–3, [11–9]
↑  WTA International tournament  ↑
2011–14	ITF Tournament
1974–2010	Not held
1973	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6–2, 9–7

References

External links

• Nature Valley International – ATP tournament profile
• Nature Valley Open – WTA tournament profile
• Nature Valley Open – LTA tournament profile
• Official website