The Nottingham Trophy (formerly known as the Aegon Trophy) was an annual

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tournament played in

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, England. The tournament was part of the

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and the

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(ITF Women's Circuit) as a $75,000 event. The tournament's key sponsor was Dutch

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firm Aegon. The tournament was held at the end of May before the main tour's grass-court season starts. In 2021, an

and

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event was held in Nottingham, under the name Nottingham Trophy. This event was supposed to be held as the

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, but moved to Nottingham due to the

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Location

The tournament is held annually at the

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within the University Park area of Nottingham.

History

The city used to hold an

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event, the

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; however, due to its failure to attracted big names the tournament was merged with the women's

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event in 2009. It was merged with Eastbourne due to the LTA wanting to attract an umbrella sponsor and a younger audience to Eastbourne. 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

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due to the renovation of the facilities that had been undertaken at the Nottingham Tennis Centre. The tournament moved back to Surbiton for the 2015 season. A new WTA International competition commenced on 8 June 2015 instead.

Past finals

Men's singles

Women's singles

Men's doubles

Women's doubles

References

External links

* * {{ITF Women's Circuit ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's World Tennis Tour Grass court tennis tournaments Tennis tournaments in England Sport in Nottingham Recurring sporting events established in 2009 2009 establishments in England Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2014 2014 disestablishments in England