Lexus Nottingham Open 2026: Results & updates

Women's

17-year-old lucky loser Hannah Klugman headlined the victories in the women's draw after beating Harriet Dart in an all-British battle on Centre Court.

Klugman - who only found out this morning that she had moved into the main draw -  broke Dart's serve four times across the match before securing a 6-2, 6-4 win to seal her first WTA main draw victory.

Reigning champion McCartney Kessler has missed out on the chance to defend her women's singles title after she was knocked out by compatriot Katie Volynets 6-3, 6-3.

Later followed another huge upset as top seed and former US Open runner-up Leylah Fernandez was knocked out by Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez, 6-4, 7-6(1).

Wins also came in for former world No.1 Karolina Pliskova, Caty McNally, Viktoria Golubic and Ann Li.

Lucky loser Alicia Dudeney put up a resilient fight against Ukraine's Dayana Yastremska, but fell short in a 6-4, 7-6(2) defeat.

Men's

Elsewhere, former champion and Ilkley runner-up Jacob Fearnley had to come through a testing opener against Australia's Dane Sweeny - winning 6-7(16), 6-2, 6-3.

The Brit fought back from 5-2 down in the first set to draw level before losing out in a gruelling 32 point tie-break. While many might've let that affect him, Fearnley dusted himself off and sparked the comeback, breaking Sweeny four times across the second and third sets to progress to the second round.

Felix Gill then joined Fearnley as the fourth Brit to reach the second round after he returned to court to finish against fifth seed Hugo Gaston.

Gill concluded Monday's action having won the opening set and returned to court to complete a 7-6(4), 6-7(2). 6-2 win to set up a meeting with Finland's Otto Virtanen in the next round.

The Finnish star captured his first win in Nottingham by overcoming Soonwoon Kwon 6-2, 7-5.

The first day of the 2026 Lexus Nottingham Open is here, with a jam-packed schedule full of British talent set to contest their first round matches.

Women's 

Francesca Jones came within one point of a place in the second round but couldn't get over the line as Talia Gibson edged the wild card 6-3, 5-7, 7-6(4) in a three hour and six minute epic.

Despite taking two medical time outs in the second set, Jones went on break in the 12th game to force a decider. 

There, she recovered from an early break to go 4-1 up before stepping up to serve for the match at 5-4. The Brit set up two match points but the Australian fought her way back to level terms to force the decider where she once again came back from a mini-break down to seal the win. 

Elsewhere, third seed Emma Navarro fought back from a set down to beat Hungary's Anna Bondar 6-7(6), 6-3, 6-2 to reach the second round, while sixth seed Maria Sakkari was beaten by Paris Olympic champion Qinwen Zheng 4-6, 7-6(1), 6-4.

Former HSBC Championships champion Tatjana Maria moved into the next round after beating ninth seed Janice Tjen 6-3, 6-2, while Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva came out on top in a marathon match against last year's Lexus Eastbourne Open champion Maya Joint, winning 6-7(8), 7-5, 6-4 in three hours and 21 minutes.

Men's 

In the men's draw, Jay Clarke has become the first Brit to punch his ticket to the second round after beating America's Tristan Boyer, 7-6(3), 6-3.

Clarke let a 4-0 lead slip in the opening set but recovered well in the tie-break - reeling off six of the last seven points to take a one set lead before finding the decisive break in the second to progress to the next round.

Billy Harris closed out the action on Centre Court by knocking out fourth seed Coleman Wong 7-5, 3-6, 6-1.

After dropping the second set, Harris found another level in the decider - breaking Wong twice before sealing victory on his fourth match point.

In the next round, he'll face Frenchman Arthur Gea who earlier beat Britain's Anton Matusevich, 6-3, 6-3.

Elsewhere, top seed Jaime Faria eased into the second round, along with Christopher O'Connell and Zhizhen Zhang.

It wasn't to be for wild card Oliver Tarvet who lost out to former top 40 player Roman Safiullin in a tight match ending 4-6, 6-3, 6-3.

Qualifier Alastair Gray also fell short in his opener to lucky loser August Holmgren 6-4, 7-5.

It's another busy day of qualifying at the Lexus Nottingham Open with multiple Brits contesting their second round matches in the hopes of booking their spot in the main draw.

Alastair Gray and Anton Matusevich secured their places in the main draw after securing straight sets victories in their final qualifying matches.

Gray dropped just two games on his way to beating James Wat 6-1, 6-1 while Matusevich beat Soonwoon Kwon 6-4, 6-3.

Meanwhile, Giles Hussey, Oliver Okonkwo, Hannah Klugman and Alicia Dudeney fell short in their second round matches.