The 2014 Nottingham Challenge (known for sponsorship reasons as the Aegon Nottingham Challenge) was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor grass courts. It was the fourth edition of the tournament and part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour and the 2014 ITF Women's Circuit, offering a total of €64,000 for the men and $50,000 for the women in prize money. It took place in Nottingham, United Kingdom, on 9–15 June 2014.
The men's singles event was won by then-teen Nick Kyrgios, who was awarded a wildcard entrance to the Wimbledon Championship as a result. Jarmila Gajdosova, who won the women's singles, was also awarded a Wimbledon wildcard.
ATP entrants
Singles
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedGo Soeda1031Gilles Müller1132Andreas Beck1233Tatsuma Ito1264Samuel Groth1385Yūichi Sugita1396Marius Copil1517Rajeev Ram1578 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Edward Corrie Kyle Edmund Oliver Golding Marcus Willis
The following players received entry as special exempt into the singles main draw: Dimitar Kutrovsky
The following players use protected ranking to gain entry into the singles main draw: Sergei Bubka
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Nick Kyrgios Martin Fischer John-Patrick Smith Michael Venus
Doubles
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedRameez JunaidMichael Venus1461Paul HanleyDivij Sharan1572Sanchai RatiwatanaSonchat Ratiwatana1673Philipp MarxDominik Meffert2064 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants The following pairs received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Lewis Burton / Marcus Willis David Rice / Sean Thornley Edward Corrie / Daniel Smethurst
WTA entrants
Singles
Seeds Country Player Rank1 SeedMisaki Doi 97 1Anna-Lena Friedsam 108 2Timea Bacsinszky 112 3Andrea Hlaváčková 119 4Claire Feuerstein 120 5Magda Linette 123 6Olivia Rogowska 124 7Zheng Saisai 128 8 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants The following players received wildcards into the singles main draw: Katie Boulter Samantha Murray Isabelle Wallace Jade Windley
The following players received entry from the qualifying draw: Jarmila Gajdošová Miharu Imanishi Ons Jabeur Anett Kontaveit
The following player received entry with a lucky loser: Kateryna Kozlova
Doubles
Seeds Country Player Country Player Rank1 SeedShuko AoyamaRenata Voráčová1261Monique AdamczakOlivia Rogowska1892Jarmila GajdošováArina Rodionova2033Noppawan LertcheewakarnTamarine Tanasugarn2414 1 Rankings as of 26 May 2014
Other entrants The following pair received wildcards into the doubles main draw: Katie Boulter / Mayo Hibi
Champions
Men's singles
Nick Kyrgios def. Samuel Groth, 7–6(7–3), 7–6(9–7)
Women's singles
Jarmila Gajdošová def. Timea Bacsinszky, 6–2, 6–2
Men's doubles
Rameez Junaid / Michael Venus def. Ruben Bemelmans / Go Soeda, 4–6, 7–6(7–1), [10–6]
Women's doubles
Jarmila Gajdošová / Arina Rodionova def. Verónica Cepede Royg / Stephanie Vogt, 7–6(7–0), 6–1
References
External links 2014 Nottingham Challenge at ITFtennis.com Official website