The tournament was part of the ATP Challenger Tour and the International Tennis Federation (ITF Women's Circuit) as a $75,000 event.
The tournament was held at the end of May before the main tour's grass-court season starts.
This event was supposed to be held as the Ilkley Trophy, but moved to Nottingham due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
[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.