Manchester Open
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| Northern Championships Manchester Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | ATP Tour, (1968–1974), (1990–1994) |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Editions | 119 |
| Location | Manchester, England Liverpool, England |
| Venue | Northern Lawn Tennis Club (Manchester) Aigburth Cricket Ground (Liverpool)[1] |
| Surface | Grass / outdoor |
The Manchester Open previously known as the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships, the Northern Championships, the Northern Tennis Tournament and the Manchester Trophy was a grass court tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club, in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, Great Britain. The tournament had been held annually from 1880 to 2009.
Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[2][3][4] The others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships.
History
The first edition in July 1880 was held at the Broughton Cricket Club while the Kersal Cricket Ground staged the 1881 event.[5][6] The 1882 edition was the first one to be held in Liverpool and saw the addition of the women's singles event, won by May Langrishe, as well as the women's and mixed doubles events. Prior to the creation of the International Lawn Tennis Federation and the establishment of its world championship events in 1913 it was considered by players and historians one of the four most important tennis tournaments to win.[7][8][9] the others being Wimbledon, the U.S. National championships and the Irish Championships. From its inception until 1927 the location of the tournament alternated between Manchester and Liverpool.[10] Between 1968 and 1974 it was part of the ATP Tour, from 1976 to 1989 it was played as a non tour event which meant the titles were not recognised by the ATP Tour. It returned to being an ATP Tour event from 1990 to 1994.[11] In 1990 it became an ATP Tour event as part of the ATP International Series until 1994. In 1995 the tournament was moved to Nottingham and continued as an ATP World Series event. The current Manchester Trophy Challenger is part of the ATP Challenger Tour; throughout its history the event has been won by a number of Wimbledon champions such as Pete Sampras, who won his first grass court title there.[12] The tournament ended in 2009.
Finals
Men's singles
Men's doubles
Women's singles
Notes
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Prentice, David (12 March 2014). "Liverpool International tennis tournament is changing venues this summer". Liverpool Echo, 12 March 2014. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.R.L. Fell (1936). Northern Lawn Tennis Club. p. 5.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Allaby, David (1981). Wimbledon of the North : 100 years at the Northern. Didsbury: E.J. Morten. pp. 8–9. ISBN 978-0859720472.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Robertson, Max (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. pp. 266, 267. ISBN 9780047960420.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Meyers, A. Wallis (1903). Lawn Tennis at Home and Abroad. New York: Charles Scribner and Sons. p. 55.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lake, Robert J. (2014). A Social History of Tennis in Britain. Routledge. p. 49. ISBN 9781134445578.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Max Robertson, ed. (1974). The Encyclopedia of Tennis. London: Allen & Unwin. p. 294. ISBN 0047960426.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."McEnroe Tests Ankle". Ocala Star Banner. 2 June 1982. Retrieved 17 September 2011.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AP". The Albany Herald Newspaper Reports 1st Grass Court title win by Pete Sampras. 24 June 1990. Retrieved 21 September 2011.
External links
- http://www.lta.org.uk/Manchester LTA Northern Lawn Tennis Club: Accessed 17/09/2011.
- The Northern Lawn Tennis Club Manchester: Accessed 17/09/2011.
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