Manchester Trophy Challenger
The Manchester Trophy is a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was previously part of the ATP Challenger Tour and now currently part of the ITF Women's Circuit. It is held annually at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, England, United Kingdom, 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 level 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.
French Nicolas Mahut won his first Challenger title in Manchester in 2003
2008 Australian Open doubles champion Andy Ram titled in 2000 alongside Dejan Petrovic
Eventual British top tenner Tim Henman won the doubles event in 1995, partnering Mark Petchey
Luke Saville is an Australian professional tennis player. He has had success as a doubles player where he reached his highest ranking of World No. 23 on 8 November 2021. Saville reached the final at the 2020 Australian Open, partnering with fellow Australian Max Purcell.
Saville at the 2015 Wimbledon qualifying tournament