Nigeria Open (table tennis)

For the golf tournament, see Nigerian Open.
Nigeria Open
Tournament information
TourITTF Challenge Series
SponsorBaba Ijebu
Government of Lagos State
Founded2013
LocationLagos
VenueTeslim Balogun Stadium
CategoryITTF World Tour
Prize moneyUS$46,000 (2018)
Current champions (2018 ITTF Challenge Series Nigeria Open)
Men's singlesNigeria Quadri Aruna
Women's singlesChina Guo Yan
Men's doublesFrance Alexandre Robinot
France Joe Seyfried
Women's doublesChina Qi Fenjie
China Sun Chen

The Nigeria Open, also called ITTF Challenge Nigeria Series or ITTF Challenge Seamester Nigeria Open is an annual table tennis tournament in Lagos, Nigeria, run by the International Table Tennis Federation as part of Challenge Series. Egyptian Omar Assar has won the most single gold medals. In 2018, the prize money for the medalist at the event was $46,000.[1] The maiden edition was known as Lagos Classics, it was until 2014 that the tournament was listed in ITTF calendar.[2][3]

Tournament winners

Individual events

Year Men's singles runner-up Women's singles runner-up Ref
2013 Egypt Omar Assar Nigeria Segun Toriola Nigeria Cecilia Otu Akpan Nigeria Offiong Edem [4][5]
2014 Egypt Omar Assar Egypt Nadeen El-Dawlatly Egypt Dina Meshref [6][7][8]
2015 Egypt Omar Assar Nigeria Quadri Aruna Portugal Shao Jieni Egypt Dina Meshref [9]
2016 Finland Benedek Olah Egypt Khalid Assar Portugal Shao Jieni Hungary Szandra Pergel [10]
2017 Egypt Omar Assar India Sarthak Ghandi Egypt Dina Meshref Russia Kulikova Olga [11]
2018 Nigeria Quadri Aruna France Antoine Hachard China Guo Yan China Sun Chen [12]

References

  1. ^ "Record entries for 2018 ITTF Challenge Nigeria Open". Sun.
  2. ^ "2017 ITTF Nigeria Open: Akpan ready to halt foreigners' dominance".
  3. ^ "Table Tennis: Lagos Classics Listed In 2014 ITTF World Tour". PM News.
  4. ^ "Nigeria: Lagos Table Tennis Classics - Assar, Akpan Emerge Winners". September 2, 2013. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  5. ^ Eludini, Tunde. "Lagos Table Tennis World Tour: Nigeria star, Offiong, talks tough". Premium Times. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  6. ^ "ITTF World Tour 2014".
  7. ^ "ITTF WORLD TOUR: Oshonaike Targets Lagos Open Gold". Sports Day. March 4, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  8. ^ "Meshref believes Egypt will continue dominance of Lagos Open".
  9. ^ "TABLE TENNIS: OMAR ASSAR, SHAO JIENI TRIUMPH IN LAGOS OPEN SINGLES". Information Nigeria. March 14, 2014. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  10. ^ "ITTF Nigeria Open: Finland's Olah wins men's singles". May 23, 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  11. ^ "Egypt's Omar Assar wins third Nigeria Open title". Cable. Retrieved 2018-08-15.
  12. ^ "Ambode Congratulates ITTF Nigeria Open Men's Singles Champion Quadri". Complete Sports. Retrieved 2018-08-15.