# Manchester Trophy Challenger

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 has 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.

## Past finals
### Men's singles

| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
| 2016 | Dustin Brown | Lu Yen-hsun | 7–6$^{(7–5)}$, 6–1 |
| 2015 | Sam Groth | Luke Saville | 7–5, 6–1 |
| 2010– 2014 | Not held | Not held | 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 |
| 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 |
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 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

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 2016 | Purav Raja Divij Sharan | Ken Skupski Neal Skupski | 6–3, 3–6, [11–9] |
| 2015 | Chris Guccione André Sá | Raven Klaasen Rajeev Ram | walkover |
| 2010– 2014 | Not held | Not held | Not held |
| 2009 | Joshua Goodall Jonathan Marray | Colin Fleming Ken Skupski | 6–7$^{(1–7)}$, 6–3, 11–9 |
| 2008 | Adam Feeney Robert Smeets | Harsh Mankad Ashutosh Singh | 6–3, 6–7$^{(5–7)}$, 10–6 |
| 2007 | Rohan Bopanna Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | Jesse Huta Galung Michael Ryderstedt | 4–6, 6–3, 10–5 |
| 2006 | Joshua Goodall Ross Hutchins | Chris Guccione Thomas Oger | 3–6, 7–5, 10–5 |
| 2005 | Mark Hilton Jonathan Marray | James Auckland Dan Kiernan | 6–3, 6–2 |
| 2004 | Jean-François Bachelot Nicolas Mahut | Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi Lovro Zovko | 6–2, 6–4 |
| 2003 | Martin Lee Arvind Parmar | Dan Kiernan David Sherwood | 6–3, 2–6, 6–2 |
| 2002 | Karol Beck Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi | John Hui Anthony Ross | 6–3, 7–6$^{(7–2)}$ |
| 2001 | Ben Ellwood Fredrik Lovén | Wesley Moodie Shaun Rudman | 4–6, 7–5, 6–4 |
| 2000 | Dejan Petrovic Andy Ram | Yves Allegro Ivo Heuberger | 6–2, 7–6 |
| 1999 | Jeff Coetzee Neville Godwin | Jamie Delgado Martin Lee | 6–4, 6–2 |
| 1998 | Mosé Navarra Stefano Pescosolido | Wayne Arthurs Ben Ellwood | 6–1, 6–7, 7–6 |
| 1997 | Mark Petchey Danny Sapsford | Noam Behr Filippo Veglio | 6–3, 6–7, 7–6 |
| 1996 | Max Mirnyi Lior Mor | Dick Norman Fernon Wibier | 7–5, 7–6 |
| 1995 | Tim Henman Mark Petchey | Massimo Bertolini Diego Nargiso | 6–3, 6–4 |

### Women's doubles

| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
| 2020 | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | Tournament cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | 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$^{(7–5)}$ |