Lexus Nottingham Open 2026: Results & updates

World No.25 Emma Navarro secured a hard-fought victory at the start of the day, followed by victories for Jessica Bouzas Maneiro, Tatjana Maria, and Talia Gibson.

Meanwhile, Billy Harris bagged a quarter-final spot on a day that saw three British losses in the second round of the men's singles.

Women's

World No.25 Navarro found a way through against Yulia Starodubtseva 6-4, 6-7(3), 6-4 in the first match on Court 1.

The American showed her fighting spirit to come back from 5-0 down in the second set to force a tie-break. Despite losing the set, Navarro refused to let the match get away from her, coming back from 3-1 down in the third to book a quarter-final spot.

She will play Bouzas Maneiro of Spain in the next round, after American Katie Volynets retired at 7-5, 1-0 down.

Meanwhile, 2025 HSBC Championships winner Maria cruised into the quarter-finals, knocking out last year's runner-up Dayana Yastremska 6-1, 6-2.

Australia's Gibson secured an impressive win over 2024 Paris Olympic gold medallist Qinwen Zheng 6-3, 7-6(10).

Gibson saved three set points in the tie-break to clinch a spot in the quarter-finals against either Caty McNally or Karolina Pliskova.

Men's

Harris held his nerve to beat Frances' Arthur Gea 7-6(3), 6-7(3), 6-4 in two hours and 48 minutes.

The British star saw a break overturned in the third set, but stayed on the front foot to take his opportunity when it came.

At 4-4, the Briton sealed his third and decisive break of the match before serving it out to set up a quarter-final against Otto Virtanen.

Jay Clarke, Jacob Fearnley, and Felix Gill all lost out in their second round matches at the Lexus Nottingham Open.

In the first match on Centre Court, Australia's Christopher O'Connell knocked out British qualifier Clarke 4-6, 6-4, 7-6(5).

O'Connell saved two match points at 5-4 in the deciding set, before seeing out the tie-break after two hours and 34 minutes.

2024 champion Fearnley followed that match against second seed Benjamin Bonzi - losing to the Frenchman 6-1, 7-6(5).

Fearnley fought back from a break down in the second set and had a 5-3 lead in the tie-break, before Bonzi reeled off the final four points of the match.

The British star has a wild card for the Wimbledon main draw this year, following his final run at Ilkley last week.

24-year-old Gill was beaten by former Birmingham champion Virtanen 6-2, 6-3 in an hour and 12 minutes.

The Brit knocked out fifth seed Hugo Gaston for his career-first Nottingham win yesterday, but Virtanen was too strong in the second round, losing just four points on first serve.

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.