Aegon Trophy

Aegon Trophy
Tournament information
Event name	Aegon Trophy
Location	Nottingham, United Kingdom
Venue	Nottingham Tennis Centre
Surface	Grass
Website	Official website
ATP World Tour Category ATP Challenger Tour Draw 32S/32Q/16D/4Q Prize money €64,000
WTA Tour Category ITF Women's Circuit Draw 32S/32Q/16D Prize money $75,000

The Aegon Trophy is an annual tennis tournament played in Nottingham, England. The tournament is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit as a $75,000 event. The tournament's key sponsor is Dutch insurance firm Aegon. The Aegon Trophy and Aegon Nottingham Challenge are the only challenger events to be held on grass. The tournament is held at the end of May before the main tour's grass court season starts.

In 2015, the women's competition will be upgraded to a WTA International tournament with $250,000 in prize money.

Location

The tournament is held annually at the Nottingham Tennis Centre^[1] within the University Park area of Nottingham.

History

The city used to hold an ATP Tour event, the Nottingham Open; however, due to its failure to attracted big names the tournament was merged with the Women's Eastbourne International event in 2009.^[2] It was merged with Eastbourne due to the LTA wanting to attract an umbrella sponsor and a younger audience to Eastbourne.^[3] However, in December 2008, it was announced that Nottingham would take over from Surbiton, in hosting the grass court ATP challenger and ITF event. It started in 2009, replacing the Surbiton Trophy due to the renovation of the facilities that had been undertaken at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.^[4][5] The new WTA International competition will commence on 8 June 2015.

Past finals

Men's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2014	Marcos Baghdatis	Marinko Matosevic	6–4, 6–3
2013	Matthew Ebden	Benjamin Becker	7–5, 4–6, 7–5
2012	Benjamin Becker	Dmitry Tursunov	4–6, 6–1, 6–4
2011	Gilles Müller	Matthias Bachinger	7–6^(7–4), 6–2
2010	Ričardas Berankis	Go Soeda	6–4, 6–4
2009	Brendan Evans	Ilija Bozoljac	6–7^(4–7), 6–4, 7–6^(7–4)

Women's Singles

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score
2014	Kristýna Plíšková	Zarina Diyas	6–2, 3–6, 6–4
2013	Petra Martić	Karolína Plíšková	6–3, 6–3
2012	Urszula Radwańska	Coco Vandeweghe	6–1, 4–6, 6–1
↑   ITF $75,000 event   ↑
2011	Eleni Daniilidou	Olga Govortsova	1–6, 6–4, 6–2
↑   ITF $75,000+H event   ↑
2010	Elena Baltacha	Carly Gullickson	6–2, 6–2
2009	Maria Elena Camerin	Stefanie Vögele	6–2, 4–6, 6–1
↑   ITF $50,000 event   ↑

Men's Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2014	Chris Guccione Rajeev Ram	Colin Fleming Andre Sá	6–7^(2–7), 6–2, [11–9]
2013	Jamie Murray John Peers	Ken Skupski Neal Skupski	6–2, 6–7^(3–7), [10–6]
2012	Treat Conrad Huey Dominic Inglot	Jonathan Marray Frederik Nielsen	6–4, 6–7^(9–11), [10–8]
2011	Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins	Dustin Brown Martin Emmrich	4–6, 7–6^(8–6), [13–11]
2010	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	7–6^(7–3), 6–4
2009	Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky	Colin Fleming Ken Skupski	6–4, 6–4

Women's Doubles

Year	Champions	Runners-up	Score
2014	Jocelyn Rae Anna Smith	Sharon Fichman Maria Sanchez	7–6^(7–5), 4–6, [10–5]
2013	Maria Sanchez Nicola Slater	Gabriela Dabrowski Sharon Fichman	4–6, 6–3, [10–8]
2012	Eleni Daniilidou Casey Dellacqua	Laura Robson Heather Watson	6–4, 6–2
↑   ITF 75,000 event   ↑
2011	Kimiko Date-Krumm Zhang Shuai	Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears	6–4, 7–6^(9–7)
↑   ITF 75,000+H event   ↑
2010	Sarah Borwell Raquel Kops-Jones	Naomi Broady Katie O'Brien	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
2009	Alexa Glatch Natalie Grandin	Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara	6–3, 2–6, [10–7]
↑   ITF $50,000 event   ↑

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2011-06-03.
2. http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,12110_3403024,00.html
3. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7337663.stm
4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-11-09. Retrieved 2010-09-17.
5. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tennis/7778094.stm

External links

• Official website
• Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) official website