Manchester Trophy Challenger
Tennis tournament
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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 had 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.
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| Event name | Manchester Trophy | ||||||||
| Location | Manchester, United Kingdom | ||||||||
| Venue | Northern Lawn Tennis Club | ||||||||
| Surface | Grass | ||||||||
| Website | Official website | ||||||||
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Past finals
Men's singles
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 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
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2019 |  Magda Linette |  Zarina Diyas | 7–6(7–1), 2–6, 6–3 |
| 2018 |  Ons Jabeur | Sara Sorribes Tormo | 6–2, 6–1 |
| 2017 | Zarina Diyas |  Aleksandra Krunić | 6–4, 6–4 |
Men's doubles
Women's doubles
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | ||
| 2019 |  Duan Yingying Zhu Lin | Robin Anderson  Laura Ioana Paar | 6–4, 6–3 |
| 2018 |  Luksika Kumkhum Prarthana Thombare | Naomi Broady Asia Muhammad | 7–6(7–5), 6–3 |
| 2017 | Magdalena Fręch An-Sophie Mestach | Chang Kai-chen  Marina Erakovic | 6–4, 7–6(7–5) |