Nottingham Open

Nottingham Open
ATP World Tour
Location	Nottingham  United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Category	International Series
Surface	Grass / Outdoors
Draw	32S/32Q/16D
Prize money	$416,000
Website	nottingham.lta.org.uk

The Slazenger Nottingham Open (previously known as Red Letter Days Open, Samsung Open and 10tele.com Open) was a tennis tournament on the ATP Tour that was held in Nottingham, Great Britain. Originally a replacement of the Manchester Open, it was discontinued in 2008, and the International Women's Open at Eastbourne became a combined event for both male and female players.^[1] The tournament was played on outdoor grass courts, and the final event was held from June 14 till June 21.

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".^[2] It was announced later in 2008 that Nottingham would host a new tennis event, the AEGON Trophy, in lieu of The Surbiton Trophy, which was cancelled, in 2009. The new event will be an ATP Challenger Series event, which is 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.^[2][3]

Past finals

Men's singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Ivo Karlović	Fernando Verdasco	7–5, 6–7(4), 7–6(8)
2007	Ivo Karlović	Arnaud Clément	3–6, 6–4, 6–4
2006	Richard Gasquet	Jonas Björkman	6–4, 6–3
2005	Richard Gasquet	Max Mirnyi	6–2, 6–3
2004	Paradorn Srichaphan	Thomas Johansson	1–6, 7–6(4), 6–4
2003	Greg Rusedski	Mardy Fish	6–3, 6–2
2002	Jonas Björkman	Wayne Arthurs	6–2, 6–7(5), 6–2
2001	Thomas Johansson	Harel Levy	7–5, 6–3
2000	Sébastien Grosjean	Byron Black	7–6(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(0)
1995	Javier Frana	Todd Woodbridge	7–6(4), 6–3

Men's doubles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2008	Bruno Soares Kevin Ullyett	Jeff Coetzee Jamie Murray	6–2, 7–6(5)
2007	Jamie Murray Eric Butorac	Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins	4–6, 6–3, 10–5
2006	Jonathan Erlich Andy Ram	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	Joshua Eagle Jared Palmer	7–6(3), 4–6, 7–6(4)
2002	Mike Bryan Mark Knowles	Donald Johnson Jared Palmer	0–6, 7–6(3), 6–4
2001	Donald Johnson 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 Justin Gimelstob	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

A women's event was held briefly, from 1972–73.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Billie Jean King	Virginia Wade	8–6, 6–4
1972	Billie Jean King	Evonne Goolagong	Rain prevented play

Women's doubles

Women's doubles was held once, in 1973.

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
1973	Rosie Casals Billie Jean King	Chris Evert Betty Stöve	6–2, 9–7

References

1. ^ Wimbledon-warm-up-event-scrapped "Wimbledon warm-up event scrapped". BBC Sport. 2008-04-08. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/tennis/7337663.stm Wimbledon-warm-up-event-scrapped. Retrieved 2008-04-08. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Anger over scrapped tennis event". BBC News. 2008-04-09. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/nottinghamshire/7338575.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-16. 
3. ^ "Nottingham to host tennis trophy". BBC Sport. 2008-12-11. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7778094.stm. Retrieved 2008-12-16.