# 2014 Nottingham Challenge

The 2014 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of €64,000 for the men and $50,000 for the women in prize money. It took place in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 9–15 June 2014.
The men's singles event was won by then-teen Nick Kyrgios, who was awarded a wildcard entrance to the Wimbledon Championship as a result. Jarmila Gajdosova, who won the women's singles, was also awarded a Wimbledon wildcard.

## ATP entrants
### Singles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Go Soeda | 103 | 1 |
| LUX | Gilles Müller | 113 | 2 |
| GER | Andreas Beck | 123 | 3 |
| JPN | Tatsuma Ito | 126 | 4 |
| AUS | Samuel Groth | 138 | 5 |
| JPN | Yūichi Sugita | 139 | 6 |
| ROU | Marius Copil | 151 | 7 |
| USA | Rajeev Ram | 157 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 May 2014

#### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Edward Corrie
* Kyle Edmund
* Oliver Golding
* Marcus Willis
The following players received entry as special exempt into the singles main draw:
* Dimitar Kutrovsky
The following players use protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw:
* Sergei Bubka
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Nick Kyrgios
* Martin Fischer
* John-Patrick Smith
* Michael Venus

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| AUS | Rameez Junaid | NZL | Michael Venus | 146 | 1 |
| AUS | Paul Hanley | IND | Divij Sharan | 157 | 2 |
| THA | Sanchai Ratiwatana | THA | Sonchat Ratiwatana | 167 | 3 |
| GER | Philipp Marx | GER | Dominik Meffert | 206 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 May 2014

#### Other entrants

The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Lewis Burton / Marcus Willis
* David Rice / Sean Thornley
* Edward Corrie / Daniel Smethurst

## WTA entrants
### Singles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Misaki Doi | 97 | 1 |
| GER | Anna-Lena Friedsam | 108 | 2 |
| SUI | Timea Bacsinszky | 112 | 3 |
| CZE | Andrea Hlaváčková | 119 | 4 |
| FRA | Claire Feuerstein | 120 | 5 |
| POL | Magda Linette | 123 | 6 |
| AUS | Olivia Rogowska | 124 | 7 |
| CHN | Zheng Saisai | 128 | 8 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 May 2014

#### Other entrants

The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw:
* Katie Boulter
* Samantha Murray
* Isabelle Wallace
* Jade Windley
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw:
* Jarmila Gajdošová
* Miharu Imanishi
* Ons Jabeur
* Anett Kontaveit
The following player received entry with a lucky loser:
* Kateryna Kozlova

### Doubles
#### Seeds

| Country | Player | Country | Player | Rank$^1$ | Seed |
| JPN | Shuko Aoyama | CZE | Renata Voráčová | 126 | 1 |
| AUS | Monique Adamczak | AUS | Olivia Rogowska | 189 | 2 |
| AUS | Jarmila Gajdošová | AUS | Arina Rodionova | 203 | 3 |
| THA | Noppawan Lertcheewakarn | THA | Tamarine Tanasugarn | 241 | 4 |
* $^1$ Rankings as of 26 May 2014

#### Other entrants

The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw:
* Katie Boulter / Mayo Hibi

## Champions
### Men's singles

* Nick Kyrgios def. Samuel Groth, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$

### Women's singles

* Jarmila Gajdošová def. Timea Bacsinszky, 6–2, 6–2

### Men's doubles

* Rameez Junaid / Michael Venus def. Ruben Bemelmans / Go Soeda, 4–6, 7–6$^{(7–1)}$, [10–6]

### Women's doubles

* Jarmila Gajdošová / Arina Rodionova def. Verónica Cepede Royg / Stephanie Vogt, 7–6$^{(7–0)}$, 6–1