Manchester Open
| Manchester Open | |
|---|---|
| Defunct tennis tournament | |
| Tour | Pre-open era tour (1880-1967) Grand Prix circuit, (1970–1989) ATP Tour, (1990–1994) |
| Founded | 1880 |
| Abolished | 2009 |
| Editions | 119 |
| Location |
Manchester, England Liverpool, England |
| Venue |
Northern Lawn Tennis Club (Manchester) Aigburth Cricket Ground (Liverpool) |
| Surface | Grass / Outdoor |
The Manchester Open previously known as the Northern Lawn Tennis Championships, the Northern Championships, the Northern Tennis Tournament and the Manchester Trophy was a grass court tennis tournament on the ATP Tour held at the Northern Lawn Tennis Club, in the Didsbury suburb of Manchester, Great Britain. The tournament had been held annually from 1880 to 2009 .
From its inception until the end of the 1920s the location of the tournament alternated between Manchester and Liverpool. Between 1970 and 1989 it was part of the men's Grand Prix Tennis Tour known throughout the 1980s as the Greater Manchester Grass Court Tennis Championships. In 1990 it became an ATP Tour event as part of the ATP International Series until 1994. In 1995 the tournament was moved to Nottingham and continued as an ATP World Series event. The current Manchester Trophy is part of the ATP Challenger Tour; throughout its history the event has been won by a number of Wimbledon champions such as Pete Sampras, who won his first grass court title there. The tournament ended in 2009.
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