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