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| Event name | Nottingham | |
| Location | Nottingham, England, United Kingdom | |
| Venue | Nottingham Tennis Centre | |
| Category | ATP Challenger Tour ITF Women's Circuit |
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| Surface | Grass | |
| Draw | 32S/32Q/16D/4Q | |
| Prize money | €42,500 (men) $50,000 (women) |
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| Website | www.aegontrophy.co.uk | |
The AEGON Trophy is an yearly tennis tournament played in Nottingham, England. The tournament is currently part of the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) Challenger Tour, and of the International Tennis Federation (ITF) Women's Circuit as a 50k event. The tournament's key sponor is Dutch insurance firm AEGON. The tournament is the only challenger event to be held on grass and is held at the end of May before the main tours grass court season starts. It lasts for a week and features 32 players in a 32 player draw grid with eight seeds.
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The tournament is held annually at the Nottingham Tennis Centre[1] within the University Park area of Nottingham.
The city used to hold an ATP Tour event, the Nottingham Open, however due to its failiure to attracted big names the tournament was merged with the Women's Eastbourne International event in 2009.[2] It was merged with Eastbourne due to the LTA wanting to attract an umbrella sponsor and a younger audience to Eastbourne.[3] However in December 2008, it was announced that Nottingham would take over from Surbiton, in hosting the grass court ATP challenger and ITF event. It started in 2009, replacing the Surbiton Trophy, due to the renovation of the facilities that had been undertaken at the Nottingham tennis centre.[4][5]
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2011 | Gilles Müller | Matthias Bachinger | 7–6(4), 6–2 |
| 2010 | Ričardas Berankis | Go Soeda | 6–4, 6–4 |
| 2009 | Brendan Evans | Ilija Bozoljac | 6–7(4), 6–4, 7–6(4) |
| Year | Champion | Runner-up | Score |
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| 2011 | Eleni Daniilidou | Olga Govortsova | 1–6, 6–4, 6–2 |
| 2010 | Elena Baltacha | Carly Gullickson | 6–2, 6–2 |
| 2009 | Maria Elena Camerin | Stefanie Vögele | 6–2, 4–6, 6(10)–7 |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2011 | Colin Fleming Ross Hutchins |
Dustin Brown Martin Emmrich |
4–6, 7–6(8), [13–11] |
| 2010 | Colin Fleming Ken Skupski |
Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky |
7–6(3), 6–4 |
| 2009 | Eric Butorac Scott Lipsky |
Colin Fleming Ken Skupski |
6–4, 6–4 |
| Year | Champions | Runners-up | Score |
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| 2011 | Kimiko Date-Krumm Shuai Zhang |
Raquel Kops-Jones Abigail Spears |
6–4, 7–6(7) |
| 2010 | Sarah Borwell Raquel Kops-Jones |
Naomi Broady Katie O'Brien |
6–3, 2–6, [10–7] |
| 2009 | Alexa Glatch Natalie Grandin |
Eleni Daniilidou Rika Fujiwara |
6–3, 2–6, 10–7 |
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