# 2014 Nottingham Challenge – Men's singles

Steve Johnson was the defending champion, but chose to compete in the 2014 Gerry Weber Open instead.
Nick Kyrgios won the title, defeating Samuel Groth in the final, 7–6$^{(7–3)}$, 7–6$^{(9–7)}$.

## Seeds

* Go Soeda (first round)
* Gilles Müller (quarterfinals)
* Andreas Beck (first round)
* Tatsuma Ito (quarterfinals)
* Samuel Groth (final)
* Yūichi Sugita (first round)
* Marius Copil (quarterfinals)
* Rajeev Ram (semifinals)

## Draw
### Key

* Q = Qualifier
* WC = Wild card
* LL = Lucky loser
* Alt = Alternate
* SE = Special exempt
* PR = Protected ranking
* ITF = ITF entry
* JE = Junior exempt
* w/o = Walkover
* r = Retired
* d = Defaulted
* SR = Special ranking

### Finals

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Q | Nick Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | |
| | Miloslav Mečíř Jr. | 3 | 2 | | | | |
| | Miloslav Mečíř Jr. | 3 | 2 | Q | Nick Kyrgios | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ |
| | | | | 5 | Samuel Groth | 6$^3$ | 6$^7$ |
| 8 | Rajeev Ram | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ | 5 | Samuel Groth | 6$^3$ | 6$^7$ |
| 5 | Samuel Groth | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ | | | | |

### Top half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 1 | G Soeda | 2 | 2 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | K Edmund | 6 | 6 | | WC | K Edmund | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Bemelmans | 6 | 4 | 4 | Q | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | N Kyrgios | 4 | 6 | 6 | | | | | | Q | N Kyrgios | 4 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | |
| | G Žemlja | 6$^5$ | 0 | | | | | | | | F Krajinović | 6 | 4 | 6$^4$ | | | | |
| Q | M Fischer | 7$^7$ | 6 | | Q | M Fischer | 6$^2$ | 6 | 3 | | | | | | | | | |
| | F Krajinović | 7$^7$ | 7$^9$ | | | F Krajinović | 7$^7$ | 0 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Y Sugita | 6$^5$ | 6$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | Q | N Kyrgios | 6 | 6 |
| 3 | A Beck | 7$^{10}$ | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | | M Mečíř Jr. | 3 | 2 |
| | M Mečíř Jr. | 6$^8$ | 6 | 6 | | M Mečíř Jr. | 3 | 7 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Smethurst | 6 | 6$^7$ | 3 | | A Pavić | 6 | 5 | 6$^4$ | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Pavić | 3 | 7$^9$ | 6 | | | | | | | M Mečíř Jr. | 7 | 3 | 6 | | | | |
| WC | E Corrie | 1 | 6 | 4 | | | | | | 7 | M Copil | 5 | 6 | 3 | | | | |
| WC | M Willis | 6 | 3 | 6 | WC | M Willis | 6$^3$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | | |
| PR | S Bubka | 3 | 6$^3$ | | 7 | M Copil | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 7 | M Copil | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### Bottom half

| First round | First round | First round | First round | First round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals |
| 8 | R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | D Kosakowski | 2 | 3 | | 8 | R Ram | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| WC | O Golding | 3 | 4 | | | R Williams | 3 | 0 | | | | | | | | | |
| | R Williams | 6 | 6 | | | | | | 8 | R Ram | 4 | 7$^{10}$ | 6 | | | | |
| | H Moriya | 3 | 6 | 7$^7$ | | | | | 4 | T Ito | 6 | 6$^8$ | 4 | | | | |
| Q | J-P Smith | 6 | 3 | 6$^2$ | | H Moriya | 1 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | A Krajicek | 2 | 2 | | 4 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 4 | T Ito | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | 8 | R Ram | 6$^5$ | 6$^4$ |
| 5 | S Groth | 7$^7$ | 7$^8$ | | | | | | | | | | | 5 | S Groth | 7$^7$ | 7$^7$ |
| | I Bozoljac | 6$^2$ | 6$^6$ | | 5 | S Groth | 7$^{15}$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| | Y Uchiyama | 6$^5$ | 2 | | Q | M Venus | 6$^{13}$ | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Q | M Venus | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | 5 | S Groth | 6 | 7 | | | | | |
| | D Rice | 6 | 6$^4$ | 7 | | | | | 2 | G Müller | 4 | 5 | | | | | |
| SE | D Kutrovsky | 4 | 7$^7$ | 5 | | D Rice | 3 | 4 | | | | | | | | | |
| | L Grigelis | 6$^3$ | 4 | | 2 | G Müller | 6 | 6 | | | | | | | | | |
| 2 | G Müller | 7$^7$ | 6 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |